There is now a total of 10 games to play. The Sudoku, Solitaire and the classic Minesweeper games have been added by request. Snake, Breakout and Word Puzzle were also recently added. The surprising one though is hangman, it’s tough. They are All very challenging, but unfortunately none of the new games add any points for playing, but Concentration, Wordfind and Crossword still do. These game are all designed to make you think and keep your mind sharp.
Adding Recipes is now available through your Profile tab. Click on the Articles/Recipe tab to open the post editor. Recipes are a form of article (Post) and are added the same way. The only difference is you click on the Knife & Fork Iconon the text editor to bring up the Recipe Maker first to enter your recipe. Be sure to Publish your “Article” when you’re done.
The park Map on the website DEMHP.Info has changed. Instead of a plain picture, the map is now interactive. Information bubbles are now over the properties that are for sale and when clicked on, shows information about that unit. We can display text, images and videos. This way folks won’t have to flip back and forth between the pages. The basic information is right there.
You have probably noticed, there’s a lot to this website and most of it is petty impressive. You think the parts you see, called the frontend, took quite a bit to do; you ought to see the side only the website administer gets to see, called the backend. The truth is, I didn’t do it all by myself. I had help from hundreds of people. Let me explain.
This website is built using WordPress (wordpress.org). This is the engine. It was originally designed to handle millions of newspaper and magazine articles and subscriptions. It was so popular, that at one time 70% of all websites worldwide used it. Twenty some years later, that number has dropped to around 50% because other software has been developed .
WordPress handles the how things operate part, most of the security and the Posts feature. It also keeps track of each subscriber, you. The other features have been provided by other organizations. Think of it like building a car. One company makes the light bulbs, another built the radio, another makes the tires, and so on. As the designer, I chose which features to use. These are called Plugins. They plug into the engine.
As I’m writing this, the website currently uses 60 different plugins, created by hundreds of people. As the features increase, that number will grow. Sometimes you want a feature that isn’t available. In that case, you will have to pay someone to make it for you or create it yourself. I’ve written 6 of the plugins used so far and ChatGPT has made one (Minesweeper). I wanted to see if it could do it.
So you see, I didn’t do it all. I had help and I appreciate that someone else took the time and effort. The best part, these other people constantly update their plugins, keeping what we do safe and adding more features.
I’m like the designer and the mechanic. I enjoy building and maintaining the website but have no desire to be the driver (Moderator). So if you’re interested in getting behind the wheel, please let me know.
