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.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)