Category: From the Digital Desk of Arianne

My behind-the-screen space where I share bits of my tech life…building WordPress sites, playing with Elementor, testing tools and productivity systems, and figuring things out one click at a time. It’s not all code and chaos, just fun fixes, favorite finds, and the digital things that make life (and work) smoother.

22 Years of WordPress, 16 Years With Me

Dear WordPress,

There are very few things in life I get absolutely hooked on, and you’re one of them.

Blogging was such a big part of my life growing up, and you were there for most of it.

Sixteen years ago, I stumbled into your world. Back then, social media was barely a thing and blogging was the OG way to share thoughts online.

My very first platform was Multiply. But when it shut down, I found you. I also explored Blogger (aka Blogspot) and bounced between the two for a while. My posts are kind of scattered because of that. I liked Blogspot too, but you felt like home. I loved how I could customize and tinker with the backend even when there were no tutorials, no YouTube walkthroughs, and no one guiding me. I wasn’t a custom coder or anything, but it felt like discovering this hidden creative playground. Every tweak felt like a little win, and I just kept following my curiosity.

In 2012, my then-boyfriend (now husband) TJ gifted me my very first domain. It’s not active anymore, but it’s something I’ll always be grateful for. I couldn’t think of a good blog name at the time even though I had always wanted one. So I stuck with it for a few years and even handwrote the name to upload as a logo. DIY forever!

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just updated my other Instagram account for things like this! Follow me here

It’s been a month since the quarantine… wondering when this will end. *sighs* Anyway. Since I did another meal prep earlier, I am only just starting work now — 3:11p. Will be doing some website-related work. I finally found my rose gold stainless steel strap. My smartwatch face of the day is from Samsung! What’s yours?

 

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Hello and welcome to arianne.blog! ♡

This all looks somewhat familiar because it’s actually still the same blog, just different “address” on the web space. I’ve had this since June this year but only got to transfer everything just recently (I’m 85% done). I’m keeping my other domain name, alwaysarianne.com, which by the way is three years old now Honestly, I like arianne.blog more because it’s short and simple – just my name, just ME (ang vain lang pakinggan hahaha!) and my blog, which is my diary. I will also be posting more here since a lot of times I couldn’t get to upload stories on my Instagram and it pissed me off. Bihira na nga lang ako sa social media, ayaw pa akong ipag-upload! LOL

If you didn’t know, .blog is a new top level domain on the world wide web bought by Automattic (my dream company hihi) last May 2016. If you are someone who loves blogging, you might want to consider getting one here before your name gets taken.