I previously posted a hand drawn sitemap that reflected a hierarchical order of information that was constructed under the premise of using stand alone pages. After installing wordpress, however, my website kinda lost its hierarchy. The template or theme provided by wordpress provided global navigation that essentially flattened the information structure of my site. Consequently, I found that the sitemap and wireframe revolved around me trying to represent how wordpress is depicting my content. Here is my sitemap and here is my wireframe.
March 23, 2009
WordPress Modifications
Besides being a week late, I’m still an unable to effect certain font changes and customize a color scheme. But since my sitemap and wireframes will be meaningless without this information, I figured I needed to post this….as is. The particular wordpress theme I selected did come with a few color options. Consequently, I was able to choose the least offensive color scheme available. The colors look better on my laptop than on my desktop. I did add a plugin from wordpress’ list of one-click activations. However, I have no idea if this plug will help me in any way. I was hoping to find a plug in that might provide some added value displaying digital images on designated pages. Just playing around with installing pictures I figured out that I could add pictures either as individual blog posts or as a gallery on a stand alone page. Each method has pros and cons so I was curious if a plugin might offer me some other alternative relative to displaying images. If anyone has any suggestions, I’d love to hear them. But plugins aside, I think this wordpress theme will be conducive to presenting my content. If I stay with wordpress, I may yet add an additional page so that I can separate early childhood photos from the images of the Hay County Herald. I think the thumbnails offered in a gallery presentation are better for the newspaper images while blog posts can allow people to comment on various family photos. The lone bright spot for me is the comfort level I have developed with wordpress. I have no doubt that I can expand or change most any aspect of this website to suit future needs. Thus, I think wordpress maybe more sustainable for a computer-goon like me.
