Map of Montreal 1888
Wow, what a difference a blog server makes. I was originally making it using an HTML generator, which was fun none the less but annoying and tedious. WordPress has been a great help so far, it keeps everything organized and easy to navigate. I started this photoblog as a class project for my History and Digital Media class. I decided to use WordPress because I want to make this photoblog an on going thing, it’s too good of an idea to waste on a one shot class project. Nothing against the class project, I just want to keep it going. 
There were so many things that I could not do on the original HTML page. All the pictures comparing the two eras were accessed through a thumbnail gallery instead of easily scrolling down the page, and there wouldn’t have been a blog section to allow me to make comments or to post random pictures and quotes.
My friend suggested that I should add a link for every image and comparison, but as I intend this to be an on going thing it would eventually become too cluttered. In the mean time there’s the handy search function. I may develop more specific categories as the photoblog fills relating to neighbourhoods or themes. I would definitely like to have a section for old buildings that have found new uses (i.e. all the old post offices that are now commercial buildings).
I am definitely going to keep this site active. It’s fun, easy and, interesting. I’ve been meaning to do something like this for a while. All my attempts at blogs have failed before, but a photoblog; this is fun!
Unfortunately, I probably won’t get a chance to update it much after this until the new year. I need to get my camera fixed at the moment, I’ve had to use a friend’s camera for the pictures so far.
Image source: The McCord Museum
