Conant Correct by Claire Conant

This site uses a Wordpress template that I customized to look how it looks today. The theme had some basic bones that worked well for me. However, in the wp-admin> Options panel, I needed to remove the blog title because it was presenting my blog title, Conant Correct, on top of my header image. Not what I wanted to see. The added impact of removing the blog title from the Options panel was that when you went to subscribe to my blog, there was no title to my blog site. That wasn’t good.

So, finally, many weeks later, I stopped and looked through the Wordpress.org support forum. I had avoided addressing fixing my blog because I thought it was going to take a long time to redo the entire template. Little did I know how a quick search through the forum would offer up just the right answer.

Five minutes later, editing my stylesheet and saving, and voila! I have a blog title and you can subscribe properly to my blog. LOVE IT! And I didn’t have to pay anyone to fix it for me. Even better. Thanks, Wordpress.org.

I’ve been busy - aren’t we all? - but it seems that lately I’ve been spending a lot of time deleting junk emails. It amazes me that with the current awareness of scams and phishing emails, that they still proliferate and pester people.

I must get dozens of the emails a day that ask me to help spend some long lost relative’s inheritance or to verify my bank account because of suspicious activity. I’ve learned the email addresses of the major banks to forward some of the emails to, and I’ve learned how to block senders and domain names manually, one at a time.

However, I haven’t found a good way to block the spam from arriving in my email box in the first place. My web site is hosted and I own my own domain name. I tried using the spam tools provided by the hosting company to block the email before it is ever downloaded to my computer, but then it started asking senders for registration information. I don’t want that either because the last thing I want to do is make it difficult for legitimate messages to get through to me.

In August, I should have a bit of a break from my crazy writing and editing schedule and then I’m going to redo this site anyway, because I’m having issues with people being able to subscribe. Maybe I’ll just hire some one to help set it up for me the right way, instead of trying to do it myself. At that time, hopefully, I’ll find a way to block the junk mail permanently. I’m spoiled because when using Comcast or Yahoo mail, I never have a problem with junk mail getting through. It’s just this business address through my hosting provider and my own domain name that’s causing the problem.

Anyone have any tips?

I’m a great armchair quarterback. It’s very easy for me to sit and critique from the sideline, and speculate that something could be done better or differently. For example, I enjoy sewing and crafts as a hobby. There are some people who are making a living from their sewing and crafts, and some of their work is good, some not so good. Sometimes, I think I could do far better than what they are selling, and likely I could. What’s the difference then? They are doing it. I’m not. They have their business set up while I’ve been doing nothing.

No more. I’m getting it done. I’m starting my own business and building my own Web site. I’m not letting the drive for perfection hold me up. I don’t have to be the best of the best, although I strive for that continuously. I need to just get it started. And finished.

I used to have a manager earlier in my career - loved him dearly - who would try to help me to let go of absolute perfection so that we could meet deadlines. He used the analogy of cars. He said, although we may want to drive or build the Cadillac, Lexus, or Mercedes (pick your top of the line luxury car), we may have to settle for a Chevy, Nissan, or Toyota (pick your average middle of the road economy car) and just get in and drive.

I’ve hung on to that lesson and am applying it today. I just need to get from stopped to point A.

Welcome. If you’re interested in finding out what I do and how I can help you, please email me at claire.conant@conantcorrect.com. Thank you for visiting.