In my previous post, I used a Canadian flag to indicate both English and French on my bilingual site. I thought this would be alright, since I’m not using a language toggle or menu that displayed flags anyway. However, flags are used in the Wix Controls menu to show which version of the site you’re working on. If I used the same flag for both languages, I'll be continually second guessing which language/version I'm in. So instead of using a Canadian flag, I went full colonial

I started taking lessons at TheFrenchSchool.ca today, so in the spirit of bilingualism I will begin to create a version of my site en français. Thankfully, the non-blog parts of my site don't have much content. I have worked with bilingual sites in Drupal, and it would be interesting to see how they do things chez Wix. According to this guide, you should be able to translate the following: Text (in text boxes, menu tabs, on buttons, in lists and grids, etc.) Images and backgr

While I’m starting to really, really like Wix, emails are extra and you have to get GSuite for an extra 6USD per month. For setting up emails with Mailgun, I found these instructions at DevAnswers.co to be much clearer. The screenshots for the Domain Verification steps may be out of date, so here’s a link to Mailgun’s documentation. TBH, I haven’t had the best time with PlanetHoster’s World Panel interface while trying to update my DNS records. A few questions that popped int

Thursday If you can get the domain you want, Wix offers a free domain name with their premium plan. But since they don’t do .ca domains, I was out of luck - so I had to buy and connect my lymn.ca domain to my Wix site. It took about half a day but it works and I’m happy. So far I’ve signed up for the combo plan at Wix for 120.00 USD per year and have purchased my domain for 32.72 CAD for 3 years. I’ve spent more than $150 so far and I still need to get my cards printed. Next

Here's some back story. I gave my notice 2 weeks ago and because I am not a Brexiteer, I stuck with my original departure date of March 29. Then I went and gave myself 3 crazy deadlines: First week: hang out my shingle Second week: enrol in a French course and get up to speed with front-end development Third week: find work/sign a contract in one month. Here's how the first week is going so far: Monday Instead of designing a logo and some business cards to hand out, I procras