Kev Quirk

Moving From Nextcloud to Synology

Tue, 10 Mar 2020 15:29:15 +0000

Following a hardware failure in Feb 2019, I moved away from my old Synology to a home built server running Nextcloud. I’ve now moved back to Synology. This post explains why.

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Making A Website 05 – Adding A Blog

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 11:54:23 +0000

Creating this light website has been really fun, but in its current form, there isn’t much you can do with it. You may want to use it as a place for sharing your thoughts or knowledge with the world. So in this post we’re going to add a blog.

Full post: https://kevq.uk/making-a-website-05-adding-a-blog/

Decentralised SMTP Is For The Greater Good

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 11:53:46 +0000

The writer talks about how the big mail corporations, like Gmail and Office 365, are so popular that they’re centralising an open standard. This can be a problem for a number of reasons, which the OP (Original Poster) talks about.

Full post: https://kevq.uk/decentralised-smtp-is-for-the-greater-good/

Making A Website 04 – Responsiveness

Thu, 30 Jan 2020 11:52:25 +0000

Our light website is coming along nicely! By now you should have a light website that looks good, has multiple pages and a menu. But there’s still some work to do – today we’re going to make our website responsive.

Full post: https://kevq.uk/making-a-website-04-responsiveness/

Writing On My iPad

Thu, 30 Jan 2020 11:51:13 +0000

Since I decided to start writing more, I’ve been deliberately posting shorter form posts, some of which have been created on my iPad. This post talks about what that experience has been like for me.

Full post: https://kevq.uk/writing-on-my-ipad/

Automatic Dark Mode

Wed, 29 Jan 2020 11:49:40 +0000

I’ve had a lot of feedback in the past about adding a dark mode to this website. I always resisted doing this, as I wanted my theme just how I designed it – to be a first class citizen.

Full post: https://kevq.uk/automatic-dark-mode/

Making A Website - 03 Menus

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:28:43 +0000

From the previous post, we now have a pretty good looking webpage, but it's now time to turn it into a website. Let's add some more pages and a menu.

Full post: https://kevq.uk/making-a-website-03-menus/

Making A Light Website - 02 Design

Sat, 18 Jan 2020 14:27:24 +0000

In the last Making A Light Website post, we went through the basics of getting a simple website. In this post we will look at adding to our light website.

Full post: https://kevq.uk/making-a-website-02-design/

Making A Website - 01 The Basics

Thu, 09 Jan 2020 14:25:57 +0000

In this Making A Website post, we're looking at the very first steps of actually making a website. It's super simple at the moment, but it will get better.

Full post: https://kevq.uk/making-a-website-01-the-basics/

Making A Website

Wed, 08 Jan 2020 14:22:58 +0000

This new series will assist in making a website that is simple, quick, responsive and looks good. Making a website isn't that hard and is a lot of fun.

Full post: https://kevq.uk/making-a-website/