When I first bought the domain name for Mountains of MAM I had no website experience. I had tried to create a Joomla site learning CMS (Content Management System) along the way. I remember purchasing the "look" of my website, and spent several hours and days curating and creating MountainsofMAM.com. To my disappointment and frustration, my efforts had failed and my soon-to-be website was not published or live. Some time had passed and I found Weebly.com; their drag & drop website creation features were the solution to my technical hardships. Concurrently, I had my domain name hosted and registered with Siteground, a U.K. based company. At the time, Weebly did not host nor register websites. I built and published my website and VIOLA, MountainsofMAM.com was on the interwebs.
Fast forward to 2018, my hosting with Siteground was expiring in July, and it was far too expensive to renew. Yet, to my delight I had learned that Weebly now hosts and registers websites to work alongside their easy-to-use website building platform; three services under the same house equals ease of use and savings of money. Whew! I decided I would register, host, and continue building my website with Weebly. However, due to GDPR being passed earlier this year I was having issues with my ICANN information being released in order for the transfer to be complete. Previously I had my domain/hosting from Siteground directed toward the site I created on Weebly. However, during this time (June to September) I was having an epic 3-month long road trip from Chicago, Illinois to Los Angeles, California; my partner and I had decided to take a northern route through Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon before dropping into California. Unbeknownst to me though, my cell carrier Sprint had little to no service along these northern states. I had decided to wait, and deal with the transfer process once I was finally settled back into Los Angeles.
Thus, here I am, living back in the greater Los Angeles area, and www.mountainsofmam.com is live and active once again for the worldwide web. Stay tuned for more postings, poems, music, creations, and more as they become available in the future. Lots of love, - Mary.
Fast forward to 2018, my hosting with Siteground was expiring in July, and it was far too expensive to renew. Yet, to my delight I had learned that Weebly now hosts and registers websites to work alongside their easy-to-use website building platform; three services under the same house equals ease of use and savings of money. Whew! I decided I would register, host, and continue building my website with Weebly. However, due to GDPR being passed earlier this year I was having issues with my ICANN information being released in order for the transfer to be complete. Previously I had my domain/hosting from Siteground directed toward the site I created on Weebly. However, during this time (June to September) I was having an epic 3-month long road trip from Chicago, Illinois to Los Angeles, California; my partner and I had decided to take a northern route through Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon before dropping into California. Unbeknownst to me though, my cell carrier Sprint had little to no service along these northern states. I had decided to wait, and deal with the transfer process once I was finally settled back into Los Angeles.
Thus, here I am, living back in the greater Los Angeles area, and www.mountainsofmam.com is live and active once again for the worldwide web. Stay tuned for more postings, poems, music, creations, and more as they become available in the future. Lots of love, - Mary.