Trying to find a place to store your website can be tricky. Even after being a web designer for several years, I still haven't been able to find one which reaches all my needs and acquires for all your needs come rain or shine.
I have a tried a few in the past and it has either been a success or a total failure. But one lately was such a failure that after trying everything to work round their problems, I was very close to throwing my laptop against the wall.
This web hosting site is Joomla, I was introduced to it by a client who based her business on it, her previous web designer had used it to create her website and I was quite taken back how complex it was and just brushed this off as I thought it was just first thoughts and would easily find my way round it, parts of this was right.
It took me a couple of days to understand how Joomla works and at the same time how I thought how much of a rip off it is. Joomla in my eyes is a Managed hosting service which means that you don't get full control over hosting your own website. So basically you are limited to what you want to do, this can be a catch 22, you avoid performing dodgy tasks but at the same time you can't get the full benefit of your website.
A perfect example of this is introducing youtube videos to your website. My client wanted a few videos from her youtube channel to be put on to her website, the simple way to do this is get the embedded html coding from the video you want and then simple copy and paste it into your html coding on your website. This usually works with the majority of websites but that didn't work in this case, more research showed that in order to be able to use youtube videos you have to pay Joomla for a add on to use youtube videos. So as well as paying for the web storage and domain name, Joomla are also charging to let you use videos which should be free to use in the first place. I was shocked and surprised people are still using Joomla.
To use PHP and JavaScript, you also have to pay to use this service. I find it totally absurd that you have to pay to use open source coding in your website and also open source videos. One good part of Joomla is that due to being forced to pay for these services, some members make the software they create for Joomla free of service but it is still tricky to use and install.
In conclusion, Joomla is useless and I don't think I can say any more.
Thursday, 28 April 2011
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
England Vs Ghana
I was meant to write this as soon as the game finished but have been a very busy boy so I have finally got round to writing it.
This game was set up to be a horrible one the day after the Wales game, Capello wanted to make 11 changes to the team which is a punch in the face to all the fans (England and Ghana) who came to see the best players from each country and me included. I and several friends wanted a refund, a great point was made on twitter "If Haye vs Klitschko was changed to be Harrison vs Klitschko, everyone would be wanting their money back and this game was no exception"
So as we were refused refunds, we had no choice but to go to the game, as a Chelsea fan I was hoping Essien would do a U-turn and come back to play for Ghana but he is still unsure due to past injuries. England fielded a decent but I already had a few concerns based on previous times, Baines is a terrific left-back but when he plays he England, he tends to hold back a lot more and not bomb forward like he does for Everton. Ashley Young was in a central for some bizarre reason when everyone knows he is a out and out winger.
The game started and England were looking relaxed until Ghana has the first big chance to take the lead through Asamoah Gyan, he unfortunately was matched by Joe Hart who was to have one of his best games in a England shirt.
England also created a few chances, Wilshere in the middle was looking effective while Carroll was slowly getting into the game. Jageilka was looking decent but was struggling against Gyan, chances were at both ends until Carroll scored 2 mins before half time. A cross from the left was miscontrolled by Downing but put in the path of Carroll who shot with his left to the bottom left hand corner of Kingston who had been making some good saves for Ghana up to this point.
2nd half brought one sub from England, Lescott came on for Glen Johnson which switched Jageilka at right-back, a position he hasn't played at since his days at Sheffield United. The more the 2nd half went on, the more Ghana looked like getting something from the game. The England team looked lost and were struggling, Joe Hart was making decent saves keeping England ahead. The introduction of Jarvis for his first England cap brought a big of life to the game and he did look effective on the left, Welbeck also came on for England in the last 5 mins for his first cap with a lot of boo's from the Ghana fans.
So it was to be the last minute that Ghana would score and the magic of Gyan would be shown, taking the ball to the outside and then switching inside onto his left leaving Lescott stranded and slotting the ball home to the joy of 25,000 Ghana fans.
Full time whistle came shortly afterwards to the chorus of boo's from England fans. England didn't deserve a win and didn't deserve to lose so a draw was a fair result. This Ghana team is certainly going places while everyone is still not sure what Capello is up to.
Ratings England (out of 10): Ratings Ghana (out of 10):
Hart 7 Kingson 8
Baines 6 Addy 7
Cahill 6 Mensah 7
Jagielka 5 Vorsah 6
Johnson 5 Pantsil 6
Downing 4 Asamoah 7
Wilshere 7 Muntari 7
Young 6 Badu 7
Milner 5 Annan 7
Barry 3 Gyan 9
Carroll 7 Adiyiah 6
Subs: Subs:
Lescott 6 Opare 5
Jarvis 7 Mensah 5
Defoe 5 Inkoom 5
Welbeck 4 Boateng 6
Tagoe 6
Ayew 6
MOTF: Although Dowing was given it at the stadium to a massive round of boo's, I felt the best player by far was Gyan. He ran for everything and done brilliantly, deserved his goal.
Flops: The whole England except Jarvis who looked good when he came on, Carroll who looked decent and always caused trouble and Hart who was excellent all game! I hope to never see Barry in a England shirt again and the same can be said for Downing.
This game was set up to be a horrible one the day after the Wales game, Capello wanted to make 11 changes to the team which is a punch in the face to all the fans (England and Ghana) who came to see the best players from each country and me included. I and several friends wanted a refund, a great point was made on twitter "If Haye vs Klitschko was changed to be Harrison vs Klitschko, everyone would be wanting their money back and this game was no exception"
So as we were refused refunds, we had no choice but to go to the game, as a Chelsea fan I was hoping Essien would do a U-turn and come back to play for Ghana but he is still unsure due to past injuries. England fielded a decent but I already had a few concerns based on previous times, Baines is a terrific left-back but when he plays he England, he tends to hold back a lot more and not bomb forward like he does for Everton. Ashley Young was in a central for some bizarre reason when everyone knows he is a out and out winger.
The game started and England were looking relaxed until Ghana has the first big chance to take the lead through Asamoah Gyan, he unfortunately was matched by Joe Hart who was to have one of his best games in a England shirt.
England also created a few chances, Wilshere in the middle was looking effective while Carroll was slowly getting into the game. Jageilka was looking decent but was struggling against Gyan, chances were at both ends until Carroll scored 2 mins before half time. A cross from the left was miscontrolled by Downing but put in the path of Carroll who shot with his left to the bottom left hand corner of Kingston who had been making some good saves for Ghana up to this point.
2nd half brought one sub from England, Lescott came on for Glen Johnson which switched Jageilka at right-back, a position he hasn't played at since his days at Sheffield United. The more the 2nd half went on, the more Ghana looked like getting something from the game. The England team looked lost and were struggling, Joe Hart was making decent saves keeping England ahead. The introduction of Jarvis for his first England cap brought a big of life to the game and he did look effective on the left, Welbeck also came on for England in the last 5 mins for his first cap with a lot of boo's from the Ghana fans.
So it was to be the last minute that Ghana would score and the magic of Gyan would be shown, taking the ball to the outside and then switching inside onto his left leaving Lescott stranded and slotting the ball home to the joy of 25,000 Ghana fans.
Full time whistle came shortly afterwards to the chorus of boo's from England fans. England didn't deserve a win and didn't deserve to lose so a draw was a fair result. This Ghana team is certainly going places while everyone is still not sure what Capello is up to.
Ratings England (out of 10): Ratings Ghana (out of 10):
Hart 7 Kingson 8
Baines 6 Addy 7
Cahill 6 Mensah 7
Jagielka 5 Vorsah 6
Johnson 5 Pantsil 6
Downing 4 Asamoah 7
Wilshere 7 Muntari 7
Young 6 Badu 7
Milner 5 Annan 7
Barry 3 Gyan 9
Carroll 7 Adiyiah 6
Subs: Subs:
Lescott 6 Opare 5
Jarvis 7 Mensah 5
Defoe 5 Inkoom 5
Welbeck 4 Boateng 6
Tagoe 6
Ayew 6
MOTF: Although Dowing was given it at the stadium to a massive round of boo's, I felt the best player by far was Gyan. He ran for everything and done brilliantly, deserved his goal.
Flops: The whole England except Jarvis who looked good when he came on, Carroll who looked decent and always caused trouble and Hart who was excellent all game! I hope to never see Barry in a England shirt again and the same can be said for Downing.
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Brazil Vs Scotland Friendly March 27th 2011
Going to this game I thought would let me see 2 things. 1) Brazil to completely walk over Scotland by a huge margin and 2) Get to see some good talent coming out of Brazil. In the end I only got to see one.
When the Brazil squad was announced at the start of March I was quite disappointed. No Kaka, no Ronaldinho, no Robinho, no Luis Fabiano and Pirlo then pulled out a week before the game with an injury. There was no big stars but the silver lining was that we would be able to see some of the next generation and in particular Neymar who there was a lot of hype about before the game.
The game started and immediately for the next 90 minutes there was continuously samba drums, whistles and what ever other musical instrument you can think of which can be related to Brazil. For a man with a hangover it was going to be a long 90 minutes.
But back to the game, Brazil started strongly in the first 30 mins and Julio Cesar was happily sitting back and being a spectator. Some of Scotland's players who I thought would have a decent game failed to shine such as Charlie Adams while Kenny Miller was struggling to make an impact by chasing the long ball which Brazil's centre backs easily dealt with.
Soon enough Neymar popped up with the first goal after several chances, taking the ball on the inside when in the box, he managed to adjust his body brilliantly to slot the ball in the bottom corner beyond the hands on Mcgregor.
Surprised I was come the second half, whilst the samba band were still playing, Scotland came out fighting. I was quite surprised by how much they were going for it and it seemed their midfield finally clicked and Crainey was getting forward and looking like a threat. It was a shame when the penalty came as that put the final nail into Scotland's coffin, it was a definite penalty which Neymar converted with no problems. From then on Neymar looked a constant threat running at the back four of Scotland. The Brazil midfield pairing of Ramires and Lucas looked brilliant as well.
But unfortunately the major incident of the game overshadowed the football with the 'banana' incident. I was right in front of the pitch where the banana was found and as far as I'm aware, the banana was thrown when the action was taking place at the other end of the pitch and the fans that were closest where it was thrown were Brazil fans so I think this incident is being over evaluated and should just be laid to rest.
In the end Brazil were convincing 2-0 winners and Scotland should take a lot from this game.
When the Brazil squad was announced at the start of March I was quite disappointed. No Kaka, no Ronaldinho, no Robinho, no Luis Fabiano and Pirlo then pulled out a week before the game with an injury. There was no big stars but the silver lining was that we would be able to see some of the next generation and in particular Neymar who there was a lot of hype about before the game.
The game started and immediately for the next 90 minutes there was continuously samba drums, whistles and what ever other musical instrument you can think of which can be related to Brazil. For a man with a hangover it was going to be a long 90 minutes.
But back to the game, Brazil started strongly in the first 30 mins and Julio Cesar was happily sitting back and being a spectator. Some of Scotland's players who I thought would have a decent game failed to shine such as Charlie Adams while Kenny Miller was struggling to make an impact by chasing the long ball which Brazil's centre backs easily dealt with.
Soon enough Neymar popped up with the first goal after several chances, taking the ball on the inside when in the box, he managed to adjust his body brilliantly to slot the ball in the bottom corner beyond the hands on Mcgregor.
Surprised I was come the second half, whilst the samba band were still playing, Scotland came out fighting. I was quite surprised by how much they were going for it and it seemed their midfield finally clicked and Crainey was getting forward and looking like a threat. It was a shame when the penalty came as that put the final nail into Scotland's coffin, it was a definite penalty which Neymar converted with no problems. From then on Neymar looked a constant threat running at the back four of Scotland. The Brazil midfield pairing of Ramires and Lucas looked brilliant as well.
But unfortunately the major incident of the game overshadowed the football with the 'banana' incident. I was right in front of the pitch where the banana was found and as far as I'm aware, the banana was thrown when the action was taking place at the other end of the pitch and the fans that were closest where it was thrown were Brazil fans so I think this incident is being over evaluated and should just be laid to rest.
In the end Brazil were convincing 2-0 winners and Scotland should take a lot from this game.
Saturday, 26 March 2011
The worst possible job interview that has ever been set up.
I decided to make a regular blog of what I get up to in 2011 and decided to start off with what my main ambition is for 2011, get a job and what better place to start a blog of my 2011, then to talk about my first job interview of 2011.
I had just finished my internship at Hammersmith hospital and got a call from a company out of the blue saying they saw my CV, I forgot to ask where there found it but it today's climate I just wanted a job. It was a job for IT sales, over the phone for the first 3 months then you will be going out and about meeting clients.
I rejected it the first time they called as it sounded like another sales job and as much as I hated sales I knew I was no good at it. But I had a bit of time to think about it(plus when they called me I was half-asleep) and the more I thought about it, the more I thought I should give it a go, a job is hard to come by today and thought I should just go for it.
I called back and eased past the phone interview in 5 mins. I got the interview and was set to go.
I turned up on the day to expect a small group interview (I hated these for obvious reasons) but turned up to a group interview of 60 people!! It's difficult to impress in a group of 10, but a group of 60 it was near impossible. At the start they gave us a small introduction of what will happen during the day which was a small introduction to what the company looks for, a small 2 min presentation in front of everyone which included our name, star sign and our biggest achievement to date, next was a group task which the company wanted to see us have leadership then a one to one interview and then a 3 min presentation in front of 3 people which focused on why we wanted a job in sales and why we wanted to work for their company.
The introduction was basic, I then had to sit there for 2 and a half hours listening to people before I had my 5 mins of fame. It was boring and horrible and spent half the time sat there on twitter.
Next was the group task, 20 mins and 2 tasks (10 mins each task) first task involved team work with another group and showing leadership was impossible, I hate shouting over other people and that's what it came down to, I refuse to do it and trying to make a point was trying to heard in a football stadium. The next task was the same but involved 15 items and being stuck in a desert, I gave up and just sat back, I knew at this point the job wasn't mine and just decided to have a laugh for the rest of it with a few people I met.
The one to one interviews were basic questions, the presentation was simple, I went in there with no hope and came out the same, the company seemed a let down and I couldn't care less. What made it worse was that I was stuck in an interview for 7 and a half hours which made things worse. I spent the rest of the time playing games on my phone and in the end I was glad I didn't get the job, as the people that did and met, were proper t*ats and I'm sure didn't have any friends and didn't have a heart.
But the person I felt most sorry for was a girl who came all the way from Edinburgh for this interview when I only had a 10 min train journey and she didn't get the job. Times like this where I think I'm in a bad position and realise people are a lot worse off
The search continues........
I had just finished my internship at Hammersmith hospital and got a call from a company out of the blue saying they saw my CV, I forgot to ask where there found it but it today's climate I just wanted a job. It was a job for IT sales, over the phone for the first 3 months then you will be going out and about meeting clients.
I rejected it the first time they called as it sounded like another sales job and as much as I hated sales I knew I was no good at it. But I had a bit of time to think about it(plus when they called me I was half-asleep) and the more I thought about it, the more I thought I should give it a go, a job is hard to come by today and thought I should just go for it.
I called back and eased past the phone interview in 5 mins. I got the interview and was set to go.
I turned up on the day to expect a small group interview (I hated these for obvious reasons) but turned up to a group interview of 60 people!! It's difficult to impress in a group of 10, but a group of 60 it was near impossible. At the start they gave us a small introduction of what will happen during the day which was a small introduction to what the company looks for, a small 2 min presentation in front of everyone which included our name, star sign and our biggest achievement to date, next was a group task which the company wanted to see us have leadership then a one to one interview and then a 3 min presentation in front of 3 people which focused on why we wanted a job in sales and why we wanted to work for their company.
The introduction was basic, I then had to sit there for 2 and a half hours listening to people before I had my 5 mins of fame. It was boring and horrible and spent half the time sat there on twitter.
Next was the group task, 20 mins and 2 tasks (10 mins each task) first task involved team work with another group and showing leadership was impossible, I hate shouting over other people and that's what it came down to, I refuse to do it and trying to make a point was trying to heard in a football stadium. The next task was the same but involved 15 items and being stuck in a desert, I gave up and just sat back, I knew at this point the job wasn't mine and just decided to have a laugh for the rest of it with a few people I met.
The one to one interviews were basic questions, the presentation was simple, I went in there with no hope and came out the same, the company seemed a let down and I couldn't care less. What made it worse was that I was stuck in an interview for 7 and a half hours which made things worse. I spent the rest of the time playing games on my phone and in the end I was glad I didn't get the job, as the people that did and met, were proper t*ats and I'm sure didn't have any friends and didn't have a heart.
But the person I felt most sorry for was a girl who came all the way from Edinburgh for this interview when I only had a 10 min train journey and she didn't get the job. Times like this where I think I'm in a bad position and realise people are a lot worse off
The search continues........
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