I’ve transferred this to a template I got off the net, but it’s written in CSS rather than pure HTML like the last one, so I’m a bit at sea trying to tweak the code to get rid of the lines above each interactive link on the right-hand menus. I can get it to work for certain links and not for others, but I don’t know how I did it…the code looks the same for lined and unlined links on my template. It’s maddening. But it is a gorgeous interface, much more subtle than the last one I came up with. (I still want to learn HTML, though, so I can design my own site from scratch and change it when the mood hits me…like when I need to practice creative avoidance.)

I also managed to relocate this onto my free server space to get rid of that Blogspot banner ad on the top. The difficult there mainly involved downloading and learning to use Fetch, and once I fumbled my way through the instructions and accomplished my first upload to my site’s new home I figured it out.

I just wish the folks who document these programs would learn to explain the whys for a prospective user, as well as giving the necessary steps involved in using it successfully. I’m the type of person who can usually puzzle my way out of dead ends if I’m clear on the concept, but trial and error is a lousy way to run an airline. Most program instructions are just a list of successive directions–do this, then do this, then do this. If they’ve left an ‘obvious’ step out (either because the documentation assumes you know it’s needed, or because some proofreader wasn’t doing his/her job) tough bananas, pal–you’re on your own. Of course, that’s how the computer book market stays in business.

Now that I know how to upload files, my next experiment will probably involve downloading the latest trial version of Macromedia Dreamweaver and running that around the block a few times.

So many things to play with, and so little time. I need a 48-hour day.

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