GS update
Friday, July 11, 2008I thought I better give an update on the projects I’ve been working on - as it’s been a while since I’ve done so.
Recently, as you may be aware, GoodSeed launched a new website - www.goodseed.com - of which I had a little to do to get it started. My involvement before launch was to work with the SEO - Search Engine Optimization - finding, analyzing and applying commonly searched terms to individual pages.
Once we had the site up and running, it has been my job—more or less—to update and modify the site. This has proved to be labor intensive in a few areas. In our product pages, we have made PDF documents available for free download, where people can read full books online. On the old site, these were available before, but they were hard to find. Now, each product page (where available) will have a tab for a free eBook, and in some instances, the audio as well. So most of these pages needed modification, mainly all the translations—like the Spanish eBook—replacing the English Table of Contents with the correct language. And when languages come available, it’s my job to modify the PDF documents and create a page to get them up (like the new Pa-O book - Lamb version - a language in Myanmar - North Eastern part, of the Shan State.) We should have Wa and Burmese up sometime as well. I’m just waiting for the files.
Then there’s adding new products to the site, each of which is a time consuming process. I’ll spare you the details, but it takes several hours to do each one (and that does get faster as the process becomes more familiar.)
Another plus, is that my condo is relatively complete now. Yes, there are a few large projects to do yet, (master bath, HVAC system, remodel other bathroom, kitchen counters, kitchen floors) but until I save up for those, they can be as they are just fine. The rest of the house is done, and is quite nice. I say all that to say that at the ‘end’ of the day, I don’t have to run home and work on the shack, which frees me up more to stay at the office longer.
