On August 20th, Key Administration celebrated a milestone by hosting a ‘Website Launch Event’. First I want to thank everyone that participated!

As everyone gathered on the call, the purpose of this event was to provide input and criticism on every and all aspect of the site. And let me tell you, everyone was eager to give their two cents which was GREAT! I learned so much on that call and can’t wait to start tweaking all of the suggestions which included:

• too much white space; althought a lot of white space is what I wanted, the vote was unanimous, there seems to be too much especially when viewing the site on a widescreen! Suggestions were to incorporate some colour in the header and/or sidebars
• my picture under Chantal Livingstone requires padding
• spelling and rewording was corrected live on the call
• service sublinks should possibly be permanent in left sidebar
• add a link to the launch special directing visitor to the service page
• too much info in footer
• I do want to have a horizontal navigation menu in the future and insert my mission statement in the left sidebar in the navigation’s place

Most suggestions have been tended to however the colours will take me a few days. I will keep everyone posted with updates!

Our Wordpress Basic Training is scheduled for TONIGHT at 7pm EST!

Please join us at
Phone: 712.432.3900
Access code: 7531730

It is recommended you download our Wordpress Basic Training document before the call. You may find it here: http://www.keyadministration.com/WPBasicTraining.pdf

If your hosting company does not have a one-step install process, please ensure you have the following information ready: 

• Database Name
• Database Username
• Database Password

If you have no idea what I’m talking about, don’t worry, I have two extra guest accounts we may access! Just ask!

See you tonight!

Chantal Livingstone

Creating this website has been both challenging and rewarding! Sitting back and seeing an almost complete site is very satisfying. However I have to admit, it has been the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do!

I encountered a few bumps in the road of creation but that’s not what I’m talking about! Writing content, something so personal to my business, proved to be the biggest hurdle. How many times did I re-read, edit and re-write a section, just to scratch it all off and start again! Or decide on services with accurate rates just to re-evaluate and re-calculate to ensure my numbers were reasonable & correct.

It’s taken me four months to achieve the peace I feel within when I look through the site. I hope you enjoy every bit, every page, every word as much as I cherish them!

Cheers!

Always Backup! I repeat, ALWAYS backup your files.

Always.

Frequently.

Prior to setting up Wordpress, I tested a different platform for blogging. It was fine, no complaints however when I uploaded my html-based site, my blog files were overwritten. My hosting company claims it is impossible to retrieve my old posts!

So always backup; keep additional copies! Because chances are, if you’re like me, you hate starting over! And if you find yourself forgetting this important task or simply don’t find the time, you can have this automatically done by outsourcing to a VA.

C

It has taken a few months to put this site together and I’m proud to say It’s done! After spending a few days getting familiar with Wordpress, I spent the weekend tweaking a theme I liked, uploaded the content I wrote over the last few months and tada! Now let’s get to business…