Too many buttons?

Posted on May 16, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Buttons, classic editor?, Editing, Layout, Learning, positioning text, Time, too many options, Understanding?, WordPress6 Comments

What are they all for WordPress? I know you are holding some training sessions. But I don’t have time for them. I don’t need an immersive experience, I want to point and press!

I’m still coming to terms with the loss of the classic editor and all I do now is press enter and start another block. The one thing I do like is more control over image sizes, but how do I set whether an image is right, left or centre of the page…?

I never learnt type setting, I don’t know what to do when I can type columns? I’m interested in getting my thoughts out, not how to place them on a page. Yes it might look scrappy, but I’m not fussed….

Curved edges

Posted on May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged curved edge, Green, Hartshill Park, Learning, nature reserve, Photo, Pond, WordPressLeave a comment

I’m not sure I’m keen on curved edges to my photos. It does look interesting but with the new WordPress block editor I’m not sure if you can move the shape around and change where the image is centered. I’ll keep on playing with it to learn how it works…

Raining

Posted on April 28, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged ?, Block editor?, Digital drawing, drawn, how do I? Pane, Life, Pain, Poem, Rain, Rhyme, WordPressLeave a comment

Digital sketch filtered through photodirector.

I decided to write a verse
Which might seem rather perverse..
I'm learning the ropes 
For knowledge I grope. 
About WordPress block editor
And I might need a mediator?
It's like very heavy rain
It can be an absolute pain! 
Storm clouds gather 
I'm in a lather
Maybe I should write this again? 
Is there anything at all to gain.....

I can’t do this on my phone

Posted on December 31, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged #don't like it, Annoyed, Block editor?, classic editor?, Doodle, Face, face the future, Irritated, Life, not that bad, WordPressLeave a comment

I’m confused, this is my confused face. I can’t find some of my settings although this seems to be the classic version of WordPress I am still irritated and lost. Bits of information and buttons are missing….

Sigh

Why mess it up? I’m getting too fed up with it! Not a good attitude for a happy new years eve.

Well it didn’t snow!

Posted on December 31, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged #don't like it, Annoyed, Life, Mist, New years eve, Snow, Sunshine, Weather, window view, WordPressLeave a comment

I was hoping for a new layer of snow instead we got mist. There is still a bit of lying snow but the roads and pavements are clearer. Might go for a walk later….

Apart from that WordPress has reverted to block editor again…. Clearly they don’t like us old fuddy duddies that prefer the classic version. Grr….

Full…

Posted on December 7, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Cost, Full, Full memory, Life, Old blog pages, Pictures, WordPress2 Comments

My WordPress is getting too full of images again. I try and put a new photo or art on each page, but when my media is around 86% full it won’t allow me to upload new images. So unfortunately I’m going to have to delete pictures to make more room. I will delete them from the older pages. It will probably mean that the page and writing will still be there, but the image might be missing. Sorry if this is a problem. I might try and increase my package with WordPress but that will cost me money. I don’t want to clutter my blog up with ads either. We will see what happens.

Upgrading Instagram

Posted on November 12, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Business account, Illustration, Instagram, Learning, Life, Progress, Thinking, WordPress2 Comments

I’ve upgraded my Instagram account to try and understand the traffic there. I have been putting off doing it for a few years but as I’m trying to do more art and illustration I guess it’s necessary. I think having more insights will help me choose what to post and when. But like here I’m a bit of a scattergun. Anything I’m interested in gets written down and as I have eclectic tasted I have I like sharing those ideas here. What do you think?

I’m still confused 😕

Posted on September 3, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blogging, Confused, Cursing changes, Help, Is this a draft?, Learning, Life, What does this mean?, WordPressLeave a comment

WordPress, it’s like looking in a mirror with your face obscured. You can see it’s there, but you can’t work out what is going on! I tried to update a post that I might have published, or might have been a draft, and I ended up in one of those endless loops, where you don’t know where anything is? I found myself being told the post was empty, that it was a local draft. That I needed to go to a preview rather than editing the post. Then I was told again the post was empty… Feels like fighting with bureaucracy. Not knowing what the other side knows, only what you suspect….. Anyway it eventually posted… I think!

Slow

Posted on August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Annoying, blocks, Blogging, Frustrating, Irritated, Life, Poem, Poetry, Slow, WordPressLeave a comment

Slow connection

Slow to load,

Blocks are irritating

Words don’t work.

Finding my footing

Muddling through

Finding it painful

To work it out.

Don’t try spaces

Don’t type lines,

Everything jumps

And moves around.

Poems in WordPress

blocks are hard to do.

Coursework Submitted.

Posted on August 20, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged 0/10, Alphabet, blocks!, costs me money!, Drawing, frustraiting, I pay for this! imposed, miffed, slow to load, too many options, WordPressLeave a comment

I’ve been up till 4am two nights this week, including this morning. Ive had to ring the IT service to wrangle PowerPoint and Word documents into pdfs then had to merge the documents together ( thank you smallpdf website). then I uploaded lots of work to the college website.

So coming here has been a bit of an impossibility over the last couple of days. The imposition of “blocks” which has more options than my alphabet, has also added to my stress and anxiety… and the fact I’m paying for this service is not forgotten.

I think that professional writers might like it. I can see that you could produce really interesting spreads, but really? I’m sure a lot of us are much less bothered about adding collages or audio, a cover (why?). What’s a pullquote? a Hero? SyntaxingHighlighter Code (FFS!)

You are pressing my BUTTONS big time!

right, I will try, I don’t want to waste my money…..good luck everyone. see you on the other side…

OH ITS STILL HERE????????

Mallaband-Brown

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