2019-07-21 reserved the domain SideTracksPro.com at Godaddy and configured the email addy of 4×4@sidetrackspro.com for general communication and inquiries.
Immediately WordPress was installed because it’s usually quick and painless to set up. Went with the out-of-the-box variety WP theme called "Twenty Seventeen", which stayed in tact as a placeholder until June, 2020. That theme was only intended to hold the beginning blog posts as I accumulated more Chevrolet Geo Trackers for the collection, and otherwise got things rolling.
June 12, 2020
I switched the theme to a Genesis theme called “Magazine Pro” by Studiopress which is now owned by the WPengine hosting company. The magazine style is a much better look for ongoing blogging and is easy to work with along side of Woocommerce which will be installed later so that merchandise can be sold here.
July 13, 2020
Installed Woocommerce and configured the payment processing with PayPal so that I wouldn’t have to get a digital certificate for encryption. That’ll come later.
Added the first two products for sale: One woman’s crop-top t-shirt; one man’s blue sublimated t-shirt that’s kind of a tie dye look, with black tire tracks across it in the front and back.
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