I rented space to start my business this past May. My landlord is awesomely enthusiastic, so I felt a little sheepish telling him that I didn't have a website, at the time. "I do have a Twitter account, though!" I told him.
It's okay; you can laugh. It's kinda funny.
I'd purchased my domain, gesundheitmassage.com, back in 2011 from 1&1.com, and sat on it. I didn't want to use templates, but I also didn't know how to start a site from scratch. I started reading the CSS Missing Manual, but I didn't have a sandbox to test what I was reading. Early this year, I gave AMTA's free website a try, then dropped it like a snob.
Enter NeoCities.
They launched in May, and they are – you guessed it – a reincarnated form of GeoCities. My husband told me about it many times beforehand, but I was skeptical. Mid-July, he "hijacked" my laptop and showed me exactly what it is. I immediately signed up with gesundheitmassage.neocities.org and spent the next two hours tweaking and playing with their default HTML.
I'd have stuck with the sub-domain for a while if NeoCities' Kyle Drake hadn't tweeted this:
A few hours later, with the help of my programmer husband (I'm not too proud to admit assistance), I was all set.Would love your help testing the http://t.co/pGfBAxQp4Y custom domains! Not sure if the IP is final though, be forewarned.
— Kyle Drake (@kyledrake) July 27, 2013
I'm won further over by good humor.Wunderbar! The second hosted NeoCities site using a domain! Santa Clara people, need a massage? http://t.co/a4LEiS7Ilo /cc @GesundhtMassage
— Kyle Drake (@kyledrake) July 27, 2013
With my simple website fully-functional, if a little sparse, I've decided that (why not?) it is time to start a blog.
What do massage therapists blog about? While I collect my own thoughts, please enjoy the following favorites of mine:
• LMT or Bust by Kat Mayerovitch
• Save Yourself by Paul Ingraham
• Massage St Louis by Alice Sanvito
• Writing a Blue Streak by Allissa Haines
• Is This Thing On? by Kelli Wise
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