Dreama's Daily Paintings and Writings

A New Website Home!

2013-02-02T20:21:00.000-05:00

Dreama's Art has a new website home....and you are only a click away!!

To head on over to my new blog/website, just click here:))

Gettin' Webby With It/ Part II

2013-01-30T19:32:00.002-05:00

View from My Office

Okay, I realize that this post is late, but look at the view from my office.
Exactly.
I cannot get any work done here.
Due to that and the fact that local police have now surrounded the building--
(evidently that "squatter's rights" thing has been way overrated) I have no choice but to get my buns headed back to Kentucky and the Eds.

So....why a new website, why now?

Why did I think a perm was a great idea back in the day?

I have no idea.

Okay, actually I do. The perm was intended to help balance out that GIANT COLLAR AND BOW I WAS WEARING.

But back to the tale of the new website.
Have you ever tried living in two places at the same time? Two zip codes, two roofs, two places to keep straight?

I have been online for 4 years with two addresses. Yep, two. Don't ask.

My website proper (http://DreamaTollePerry.com)

And my blog (http://DreamaTollePerry.blogspot.com)

Which is like having someone over for a drink and having them go to the other house for ice.
Or doing a sleepover when the only working bathroom is at the other location.
Or
Well, you get my drift:)

I don't like doing housekeeping for two places and I really don't like sending my friends away for ice. I decided last year that I wanted everything under one roof, one almighty url/zip code!

My single biggest reason for changing it all up though was.... I wanted more choices on the look of it. I wanted a site that could grow with me.

It's my "home" online. I have friends over. I wanted it to be inviting. I wanted to be able to move the furniture around and hang new curtains:))
The kind of place you might just kick your shoes off, sink into the "sofa" and stay awhile with me:))

In short I needed it to feel more like my house.
So with the help of some really talented people, including my daughter Desiree---I have ended up with a new home for my Eddies, art and friends to hang out that feels, as Goldilocks would say, just right!

If video does not appear, click here:)

Get your red dress out and be ready to "come on-a my house":)))
My new "home" is almost ready for guests, as in--- plan on swinging by Sunday afternoon for some "candy"!

P.S. A tech question that one of you savvy artists posed me was what I thought of FASO (FineArtStudioOnline) ---the folks I have had my website with for the past four years but am now leaving. I still think, based on my personal experience, they are the best way to go if you are just getting started and are intimidated by the whole online experience---my reason being they have the best tech support ever! (They now offer the blog, newsletter and website all in one--which was not an option when I first started with them, at a reasonable monthly fee.)
Depending on your level of understanding and comfort with being online AND how much time you have to devote to the learning curve involved ---all of this should be what helps you decide what is best for you. The important thing to do is launch---don't wait. Find what is the best fit for you and just do it:))

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"Romancing the Sun and Gettin' Webby With It"

2013-01-28T22:13:00.001-05:00

"Romancing the Sun"

12 x 12"oil on museum quality panel

$600

Ahhh...the hot romance that is Italy:)))

It's totally acceptable to have love affairs with sun-warmed cobblestones, market umbrellas, blooming plants, terracotta beauties and tables in the shade----isn't it??

Please say yes

or else I am in BIG trouble.....;)

Gettin' Webby With It

Part I

A new website you say.

Yes. It did seem like a good idea when it first came to me.

Something that was fresh, uncluttered and oh so easy to use.

Cut to

12 months

842 emails

and enough tech talk to melt the last few remaining brain cells I have left later

and a new website home was born:)

(And no, it's has not officially opened its doors yet. Eddie is making last minute decisions on which pics I can use of him..)

I thought I should give you a few tips in case you are thinking of doing this yourself.

Things like what I was thinking..

WHAT WAS I THINKING??

and how to get the ball rolling in case you ever decide you have nothing better to do than drive yourself that last tenth of mile to crazy.

You first start with some amazing drawings outlining your vision, making sure to spell your own name correctly....

(artwork by daughter Desiree---

and yes, by golly, that drawing talent does run in the family.)

You then realize that the stick photo of yourself is never going to work

so you prepare to call in the pros to come and take some photos of you in your natural habitat

...but then realize that NO ONE should have to see that stuff in the shape it's in.

...which leads to a frenzied studio makeover...

(I think we all remember that carnage from last year, but if not, here's the link)

before the big photo shoot. Which unfortunately gives Eddie time to get himself properly worked into a fur frenzy over what to wear and how he was going to pose...

So....

with that part behind me, I thought I was sailing into clear waters

(hopefully Caribbean blue)

That's when the back-end, sneaky stuff started.

Things like.....

"The next step in the "optimization" process would be downloading,

optimizing, then re-uploading the images and possibly setting up a CDN

network (Content Delivery Network to help with the images). But since YSlow

has such a high score, I'd rather wait to see what GoDaddy can do before

performing this step (so we wouldn't have to reduce the quality of the

images in the optimization process.)

What do you think?" (Question from savvy tech gal Karyn)

"Huh?" (Low tech Dreama's response)

I'd like to tell you it's been a joyful learning experience.

I'd also like to tell you that I get carded routinely and am often mistaken for Julia Roberts.

Suffice it to say we have survived.

We being me and the new website.

I have so far not managed to kill it off and in return, it has promised to share my colorful insanity with you in a new and improved way:))

Next Post?

Answers to who I paid, bribed and forced to help me do this.

Why I really decided it was time.

When I expect to "flip the switch" (not to be confused with flipping the wig;)

YOU know you'll be back tomorrow. It's kind of like watching a train wreck. You want to look away but.....

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