Welcome to the personal website of Larry Chartier, Graphic and Web Designer from Grimsby, Ontario. Larry is currently hard at work with local IT solutions provider, Extreme Technology, as part of the website design and development team.
Cole and I finally went to see the new Star Trek on Friday after weeks of trying…thanks Pam for babysitting!
I must say, I had pretty high expectations for this movie and after seeing it I left the theater feeling more satisfied with a movie than I have in a long time. Everything was perfect…the story, the cast…even our seats in the theater. I was never a huge Star Trek fan, but as die hard space geek I was really excited to see how the re-imagined version would look and feel. There were no disappointments…even Cole who usually can’t sit through a 90 min. movie left wishing it was longer.
The movie was directed by J.J. Abrams (creator of LOST) and anyone who knows me knows that LOST is my all time favorite TV show…once I knew he was attached to direct it I was sold. As I read more about the what they were doing it I became more and more excited…when I saw the trailer I became even more impatient and began counting down the weeks till it opened in theaters.
All said and done it was truly one of the greatest Sci-Fi movies I have ever scene. Definitely a movie I will buy when available on DVD and definitely a movie I will recommend everyone to go see…even if you are not a fan you will not be disappointed by this amazing movie!
I’ve wanted to update my site for a while now but just haven’t had the time…seems like that is just how it is when it comes to working on stuff just for myself.
After a lot of reading I decided it was time to build my website entirely with WordPress as I really don’t plan on having a regular website anytime soon. Why use WordPress? A WP website allows me to add small posts (like this one) and I don’t have to worry about adding new pages, links, etc. The admin panel does all the extra work for me…
Why the (partial) redesign?
For the most part I was happy with my old site, it was just the content that was lacking. I liked the header and footer but there were too many holes in between…mainly because I didn’t have time to properly finish everything. That alone was what got the ball rolling on using WP for everything. The next obstacle was learning the ins and outs of building a WP theme.
My old site had a WP weblog…but it used the bare minimum code required. This time around I wanted to use more features and that meant more reading…unfortunately there wasn’t a lot out there (that I could find) which really gave a solid walk-through.
The first resource I found (which turned out to be a good stepping stone) was on website called Code Scheme. It gave 4 quick lessons on the basics of building a WP theme. The basics were good, but I was looking for something with greater detail. After a dozen web searches I gave up and went straight to the WP ‘Docs‘ section on their website. Turns out that was the only resource I needed.
I started by downloading a basic theme framework and pulled it apart piece by piece. Once I was familiarized with what everything was, I added in my own code. Finally, things went from being incredibly confusing to incredibly straight forward. After a couple late nights I finished up all the code and then it was just a matter of polishing a couple design elements.
Now that everything is up and running I’m finding a couple small things that need updating here and there. I figure I’ll just update them as I go…if I wait until everything is perfect I’ll never have my website online!
I’ve wanted to update my site for a while now but just haven’t had the time…seems like that is just how it is when it comes to working on stuff just for myself.