JANUARY 2023


LOTS OF CHANGE ON THE WAY AND MY SITES WILL BECOME MOBILE FRIENDLY

I have alway been disappointed because my sites fail Google Vitals tests for mobile devices despite the fact it achieves close to 100% for desktop.

Since January 2022 I have devoted much time and effort to finding a solution and then in July 2022 I found two promising solutions but both require me to move from Rapidweaver as a development tool and away from traditional hosting services. I had already tested my own in-house servers so it suits me to host my websites but I have spent years using Rapidweaver so I will continue to use the application for a few more years but will gradually develop alternative solutions.

I was really surprised to discover two solutions. I have always liked Wordpress but over the years I have had serious security problems and a number of hosting services asked my to go elsewhere and eventually I ended up using WPengine for my Wordpress sites but monthly cost is very high and increasing.

The most promising solution that I have found is Headless Wordpress and I am in a position to self host if necessary. I will not discuss the second solution here as I do not know if there are security issues in the case of self hosting. However, both new solutions can be migrated to the cloud [AWS or Digital Ocean] instantly if I wish to do so and it is most likely that I will.

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KING BILLY'S WHITE HORSE

The myth is that William, who was dressed in gleaming armour, was riding a white horse while his banner bore the words 'God and the Protestant religion'. According to historic records the horse that featured in the Battle Of The Boyne was brown.

When I was young I remember my Grandmother saying as we passed a large house "protestants live in that house" when I asked her how she knew she replied that they have King Billy's horse above the door. I was a bit surprised by Grandmothers's comment as her sister happened to be a Protestant.

My main hobby is Street Photography but I have many other interests including blogging, computers and electronics in general.

Currently I operate a number of websites in order to promote my interests and through my sites I have made available a really large catalog of photographs many of which are available to anyone who wishes to use them.

IT IS LONELY HERE

WAITING FOR YOU TO VISIT

This particular site in in many ways experimental and gives me the opportunity to try out different ideas and technologies and at present my main focus is on building and operating a really fast site and that is much more complicated [and costly] that I had originally expected.


ALL PHOTOGRAPHS SUPPLIED BY INFOMATIQUE

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Because of issues that we have had with hosting services and because our web sites were not mobile friendly was have decided to implement alternative solutions but as much time and effort will be required the changes will be introduced on a phased basis beginning in February 2023. If you are a mobile user it is suggested that you select the mobile friendly options included here.

OTHER SITES

EXCELLENT STREET IMAGES

This web site by Infomatique is in the process of being redesigned in order to make the experience more mobile friendly and more changes will be introduced going forward

VISIT THE 2023 PHOTO BLOG

As this site is not a mobile-friendly as we had hoped we are developing Headless WordPress solutions which are much faster and ideal for mobile users.

THE QUICK BLOG

We are experimenting with the Sparkle App as an alternative mobile friendly solution give it a try and see what you think.

THE GREEN MENU OPTIONS ARE MOBILE FRIENDLY AND ARE FASTER SO THEY ARE RECOMMENDED. THE RED MENU OPTIONS ARE SOMEWHAT SLOWER DEPENDING ON YOUR DEVICE OR BROWSER AND ARE MORE SUITABLE FOR DESKTOPS AND LAPTOPS. THE BLUE OPTIONS ARE PAGE LINKS AND WILL BE PHASED OUT GOING FORWARD

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