Windmill Web Work

If you read a blog, a lot of times you’ll see the introduction of a blog entry on the front page of the blog, followed by a ‘Read more’ link. That link will take you to the full text on the entry.

In a PivotX template, you can place that ‘Read more’ link in a template with the [[ more ]] template tag. You can even control what the link looks like with the parameter ‘text’, like so: [[more text="Continue reading..." ]]. There is a problem with this template tag though… (more…)

The Netherlands have a long history in web design. Back in 1693, when it became a law that every windmill should have a name, the Dutch thought it would be fun if every windmill had its own ‘home page’ as well. So they started designing. Most home pages back in the day were made with quill pens on a piece of paper. Of course Google and Yahoo didn’t exist yet, so the amount of visitors was still low, also because you actually had to go to the windmill to see its home page. And once you arrived at the site, there was so much more stuff to see, that most people didn’t really care about the home page. After all, it’s more exciting to see a real windmill than to see one on paper… (more…)

After years of using Pivot and – more recently – PivotX blogging software, I have moved the Windmill Web Work website to WordPress. Although I love PivotX as a blogging tool, it is not very widely used. WordPress on the other hand, has a huge following, and is used by millions of professional and amateur bloggers, and by a lot of corporate websites as well. (more…)