[Clayart] Greetings plus

Thu Mar 9 17:44:42 UTC 2023

Hi Brian - 
Scrolling now works fine on all pages.  Thanks.  I am going to link your site from mine, since you have so much good information.  
- Vince

Vince Pitelka
Potter, Writer, Teacher
Chapel Hill, NC
vpitelka at dtccom.net
www.vincepitelka.com 
https://chathamartistsguild.org/ 

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From: Clayart <clayart-bounces at lists.clayartworld.com> On Behalf Of brian
Sent: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 4:25 PM
To: Clayart international pottery discussion forum <clayart at lists.clayartworld.com>
Subject: Re: [Clayart] Greetings plus

Thank you Vince, for your comments on the website building. I The software are use is created by Universe.com. It is basically designed to create pages in Apple ios - which suits my working on the iPad. It’s a bit like building with children’s blocks and des  have some limitations.
But so so easy to use and create with and very reasonably priced.

I think that viewing on a larger screen would make the design look large and extra brash. It is so difficult to design for different devices.

Your comments were very very helpful, and I have spent a little bit more time in the past two days, tidying up my layout and converted to scrolling rather than swiping.

“ To scroll or not, to scroll, that is the question. Whether it is nobler in the mind, suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous and conflicting views, or whether to take arms can use the sea of contradictions  and by opposing etc etc etc. ……. must give  us pause.” (To misquote Bill)

I have so much to add into the site but it is a start. If you or  anyone in the group would let me know if the scrolling is working on the Past and Published  menu items I would be very grateful.

Mastering a small part of the digital world is challenging rewarding when you feel some success. I would recommend web site building to any lively  with something to show or say.

Interesting topic alongside the publishing book discussion.

Vince, if Luca is interested in geology he might like to view the Maar volcanic crater (about a mile across).I live on the rim.

Brian,

www.igneousart.info

On Tue, 7 Mar 2023 at 8:47 AM, <vincepitelka at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Brian -
> Very glad to hear that you are still with us on Clayart.  There's much 
> interesting and valuable information and imagery on your site, and you 
> have made a huge contribution to world ceramics over the years.  When 
> I click on the "Publish" page on my PC and it brings up the image of 
> your books and other publication, there is a scroll bar on the right, 
> but it doesn't work for me because if I hover over it, the right arrow 
> shows, and if I click on the bar to scroll, it just advances to the 
> next page.  The only way I was able to scroll down on the "Publish" 
> page was to click on empty space in the middle of the page and then 
> use the touch-pad to scroll down.  There's lots more to see by 
> scrolling down, but some people might give up when the scroll bar 
> doesn't work.  I have found that one of the biggest challenges for me 
> in building my website is to make it easily accessible across 
> different devices.  I had the same experience - there were no tablets 
> or smartphones when I built my first website 25 years ago on Microsoft FrontPage.
>
> I am not sure what platform you are using for your website.  Mine is 
> WordPress, and it is super easy to learn and use.  For the extensive 
> collection of documents on the "Documents and Handouts" page of my 
> website, I just drag and drop each PDF to the WordPress media file, 
> which automatically assigns a URL to every file loaded.  Then I just 
> link that URL to the name of the document on the "Documents and Handouts" page.
>
> Regarding your beautiful country, my Grandson Luca Pitelka is on a 
> semester's exchange from University of North Carolina and is at 
> University of Auckland for the spring term.  He's only been there a 
> few weeks but is loving it and is currently on a camping trip with an 
> outdoor adventure club.
> - Vince
>
> Vince Pitelka
> Potter, Writer, Teacher
> Chapel Hill, NC
> vpitelka at dtccom.net
> www.vincepitelka.com
> https://chathamartistsguild.org/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clayart <clayart-bounces at lists.clayartworld.com> On Behalf Of 
> brian
> Sent: Sunday, March 5, 2023 8:23 PM
> To: clayart at lists.clayartworld.com
> Subject: [Clayart] Greetings
>
> Kia ora
> Encouraged by David Woof, I wonder what this long time lurker can offer.
> What can I say?
> First to say “hello” to the clayart ears who  participated and 
> remember the numerous  “ what the hell - circus glazing “ workshops I 
> had the good fortune to lead in the past decade or two ( or three) I 
> enjoyed everything about those classes and have to say that it led me 
> to many years of exploration and experiment in the area of glaze 
> texture.  At this later stage, I am trying to collate and make sense 
> of the many results I recorded
> - alongside my own work.. ‘ have to learn about publishing  pdf guides .
> The software failed me in my  20 year old website| so I  dumped it and 
> have started a very  new “work in progress” site you might be 
> interested in..and comment upon.
> There were no smart phones when I built the first site.
> Change ………the only constant ….. right?
>
> Cheers
>
> Brian
>
> www.igneousart.info
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