I decided the new skill I’d learn during Covid lockdown would be web design, and I couldn’t have chosen a better teacher and program than the Website Creation Workshop. Christina Hills is a teacher’s teacher ( I say that as a teacher!) She has tremendous facility teaching technical skills and breaking them down in a simple, non-overwhelming process that is actually fun, especially to a non-technical audience. She is logical as well as creative in the perfect balanced combination. She understands creative multi-faceted people who are working with more than one niche, yet provides structure and sound advice at the same time. I have taken almost all of her different programs at this point, and each one has delivered far beyond my expectations.
Above all, Christina instills confidence and independence in her students so that a non-technical solo entrepreneur can manage their own online presence independently without stress, multiple contractors or overwhelm. This newfound freedom, confidence and independence to be able to update my websites anytime I want on my own timeline is absolutely priceless. I’ve even noticed benefits outside the class, in that I am more eager to tackle complex technical things a lot more lately because of my overall increased technical skills.
Last but not least, Christina’s support team is absolutely amazing. They are the nicest group of ladies who went above and beyond on so many occasions to help me go live on schedule. You guys are the best. I highly recommend the Website Creation Workshop to anyone who wants to gain full mastery and independence over their websites and online presence. Thanks Christina, and thank you to the wonderful Website Creation Workshop team!
Excellent direction on Gravatars – Not sure that it’s true for ALL WordPress sites, though. I see variation based on how a user logs in – i.e., if they are using Facebook or Twitter to login to comment, Disqus, or other comment plugin, and then, there’s the variation between WordPress sites hosted by WordPress, and self-hosted wordpress sites on your own domain. Would be great to see a table that sorted all these variations out ! I keep different avatars for each of these options so I can recall how I was logged in when I comment – or “who” I was at the time? Gravatar is great tool, but it is not universal, unfortunately. I’m using my self-hosted WordPress site email and domain name here in your comment section. I’m curious to see which image shows up.
Andrew,
Yes you are correct that it is not true for the WordPress sites where the business owner has decided to use a different commenting system. I only teach the self hosted WordPress, as I don’t believe in using WordPress.com except for hobbyist.
Also, various themes use the gravatar in different ways. In any case, it’s FREE to get one, you set it up once and then you can forget about it.
🙂 Christina
p.s. I like your gravatar photo!
Thank you! and likewise – great Gravatar. I follow your program, and always learn something from you – thank you for always delivering. Agreed on the “hobbyist”…, Go BIG or don’t go. Enjoy your Easter.
Andrew
Andrew,
I agree! Go big or don’t go!
🙂
Christina,
Thank you for the guidance on gravatars. You have a wonderful way of making WordPress features so easy to access. Thanks for everything you do!
Amy,
Nice to see your picture show up here!
This is a test post to view the gravatar I just made
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Thanks so much for this post. I have a huge problem on my blog. When I comment on other blogs, my Gravatar image shows, but on my own blog it won’t. Please help, I have been battling with this for a while…
http://www.ugochi-jolomi.com
Thanks very much in anticipation.
do you have 2 different email addresses? add both to gravatar
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not quite working yet…
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Thank you
It’s working now! Good job @kristen 🙂
Just leaving a comment to test out my gravatar image
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