Another Victoria's Secrets

So after years of friendship and lots of plan to collaborate, my friend Ana and I finally got the vibe and started a new collaboration blog 'Sunset Walks And Midnight Ramblings'. The blog is inspired by our years in Bali, our friendship, and all the stuff that happened along the way. I take care of the text while Ana is drawing the doodles. I guess we team up pretty good. Come visit and take a peek of our fun days. It's free!

I know it's kind of late but it's still 2016 so allow me to say:
May the jolly festive season raises our spirit to welcome the new coming year.

www.balihacks.com

Do you have a company, brand or portfolio? If you want to keep up with the globalization, you have to publish them online. The most common thing to do is to create your own website, and it's not as hard as it sounds. Actually it's so easy that you don't need to hire anyone to do it, just DIY!
(as this post would mostly serve Indonesian, I'll continue write this in Indonesian)

Saya punya beberapa blog dan website yang saya kelola sendiri. Blog ini, contohnya, sudah aktif sejak November 2, 2005 (hey, it just celebrated its 11th anniversary!)--dan meskipun saya sempat mengalami kendala dan harus memindahkan kontennya dari "Victoria's Secrets" ke "Another Victoria's Secrets" (juga kadang terlalu sibuk untuk menulis sampai berminggu-minggu) saya akan terus mempertahankan blog ini "for the love of writing".

Blog saya yang lain di antaranya Kumpulan Puisi (of which I've stopped posting for a while for lacking of inspiration) dan Pélopé Shop (the ideal product shop I'm pending for lacking of money and time now). Sementara itu saya juga punya dua website: tentang buku/tulisan saya yang diterbitkan, dan yang terbaru tentang asemua hal yang perlu kamu tahu untuk survive hidup di Bali.

Web saya yang terakhir, #balihacks, adalah web yang paling membuat saya senang dan bersemangat dalam meng-update nya. Selain karena saya jadi punya wadah khusus untuk membagikan informasi yang selama empat tahun terakhir saya kumpulkan tentang Bali, saya juga puas dengan tampilannya yang bersih--dan terutama karena nama yang saya pilih belum terpakai orang lain.

Kedua website saya, saya operasikan dari hosting yang berbeda (satu dari Wix.com dan satunya dengan blogger.com). Tapi saya mendaftarkan domain keduanya di domainesia.com. Dari semua provider domain, saya melihat harga di DomaiNesia paling murah, pendaftaran cepat dan mudah, dan terutama mudah dalam pengaplikasian ke web host saya. Bahkan saya, yang bukan seorang IT developer, tidak perlu bantuan siapapun untuk menyambungkan alamat domain ke web hosting saya!


CARA MEMBUAT WEBSITE



To make my post is even more resourceful, saya akan bantu menuliskan step-by-step tutorials cara membuat website sendiri. Untuk hal ini, saya pilihkan cara yang paling murah. Cek cara membuat website mudah di bawah ini:


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Tentukan hosting web yang kamu inginkan. Silakan cari hosting murah Indonesia pilihanmu. Saya menyarankan www.blogger.com karena saya sudah punya akun Google yang bisa dan mudah dipakai untuk login ke semua app Google, mudah dalam pembuatan, pengaturan dan penambahan apapun, dan yang paling penting: gratis!

Tapi kamu juga bisa memakai wordpress, tumblr, Wix, atau blogging web lainnya sesuai seleramu.

Pic 1

2.
Buka www.blogger.com, klik tombol "Create Your Blog" warna jingga di tengah page (lihat Pic 1), lalu login dengan akun Google kamu. Kalau belum punya, klik "Sign Up" atau "Daftar". Isi semua form dengan datamu, tapi kalau masih mau diubah nanti bisa diedit lagi kok.


3.
Setelah masuk ke dashboard blogger, klik tombol "New Blog" warna abu di bagian kiri atas, di bawah profile picture-mu. Di pop-up page, pilih judul blog-mu dan tuliskan di kolom "Title", lalu ketik alamat blog yang kamu inginkan di kolom "Address". Kamu bisa mengganti nama dan alamat ini nanti kalau berubah pikiran (lihat Pic 2).

Pic 2

4.
Setelah itu, ini dia bagian favorit saya: mendekorasi website. Pilih tombol "Template" (di deretan kiri, tombol kedua dari bawah - lihat Pic 3). Saran saya, pilih "Simple" saja dulu, nanti juga bisa diubah lagi kok. Pilih Template yang kamu suka, mudah dibaca, dan kalau bisa yang responsive (artinya bisa dibuka dari desktop/laptop, ponsel atau tablet).

Pic 3

Untuk pemakai blogger, kalau tidak ada template bawaan yang kamu suka untungnya banyak desainer yang membuatkan template indah yang bisa kamu pakai secara gratis. Favorit saya: www.gooyaabitemplates.com, www.colorlib.com/wp/free-blogger-templates, www.mybloggerthemes.com, www.themexpose.com, www.btemplates.com, www.bloggertemplates20.com, www.deluxetemplates.net.

Kalau sudah ketemu template yang kamu suka, klik "Download" dan simpan di folder khusus. Kalau formatnya .zip kamu masih harus membukanya sampai ada format .xml.


5.
Masih di bagian "Template".
Kalau kamu memilih template yang sudah ada (bawaan) blogger, kamu bisa sesuaikan desainnya sesuai selera dengan meng-klik tombol "Customize" di bawah tampilan blog-mu.

Pic 4

Kalau kamu memilih template dari tempat lain, klik tombol "Back Up/Restore" di bagian pojok kanan atas. Di pop-up page, klik tombol "Browse..." warna putih, dan pilih template yang sudah kamu download sebelumnya (dengan format .xml). Lalu klik tombol "Upload" warna jingga di bawahnya (lihat Pic 4).


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Klik pilihan "Layout" di bagian kiri (di atas "Template"). Tampilan Layout ini bisa berbeda-beda sesuai dengan jenis Template yang kamu pilih, terutama kalau kamu memilih Template dari luar blogger (lihat Pic 5).

Buka semua Gadget yang ada dengan meng-klik tombol "Edit", lalu pelajari bagaimana tampilan blog-mu berubah dengan meng-klik tombol "Preview" di bagian kanan atas. Kalau sudah suka, klik tombol "Save arrangement" warna jingga di bagian kanan atas.

Kamu bisa mengubah isi, urutan, bahkan menambah dan mengurangi Gadget dengan mengklik tombol "Add a Gadget" di setiap kolom.

Pic 5

7.
Kalau sudah siap menulis, klik bagian "Post" di bagian kiri (kedua dari atas), lalu klik tombol "New Post" warna jingga di atasnya.


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Kalau kamu tidak suka alamat blog-mu disertai .blogpost.com, saatnya mencari domain. Favorit saya di DomaiNesia karena murah, mudah dan cepat. Cari nama domain yang belum pernah dipakai orang (available). Kamu bisa memilih alamat yang kamu inginkan dengan mengetiknya di kolom "Cari" di tengah page (lihat Pic 6). Kamu bisa memilih domain .com, .net, .co.id, atau lainnya sesuai selera.

Pic 6

Kalau alamat yang kamu inginkan tidak tersedia, artinya sudah dipakai orang. Kalau sudah yakin dengan alamat yang kamu inginkan, klik tombol "Daftarkan domain" di sebelah alamat yang kamu inginkan (lihat Pic 7).

Pic 7

9.
Pada kolom pendaftaran, klik centang di "DNS Management" dan "Email Forwarding" (lihat Pic 8). Keduanya gratis dan akan memudahkanmu. Kamu bisa juga memilih "Privacy Protection" dengan harga tambahan yang tertera. Jangan lupa tentukan berapa tahun kamu mau membayar domain-mu.  Kalau belum yakin, bayar untuk 1 tahun saja dulu. Kalau sudah yakin dan tidak mau ribet setiap tahun, tambahkan jumlah tahun dibayarnya.
 

Pic 8

 
Kalau kamu sudah puas, lanjutkan dengan meng-klik tombol "Masukkan Troli" warna hijau di bawah.


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Di bagian "Troli", masukkan kode promo kalau ada (lihat Pic 9). Lanjutkan pembayaran dengan mengklik centang tulisan "Saya telah membaca, memahami, dan menyetujui Terms of Service" dan mengklik tombol "Selesaikan & Bayar" warna hijau. Selebihnya kamu bisa mengikuti arahan dari DomaiNesia.
 

Pic 9

11.
Setelah sukses membayar, kamu akan dikirimi email bukti pembayaran. Kalau sudah menerima email ini, kamu bisa lanjutkan dengan masuk ke www.blogger.com lagi. Di bagian kiri, pilih tombol "Settings" di paling bawah.

Di bagian "Publishing", klik tulisan "+ Set up a third-party URL for your blog" di bawah alamat blogmu. Masukkan Blog Address barumu (lihat Pic 10). Di bawahnya akan tertera dua alamat baru.

Pic 10

12.
Copas alamat baru ini dan masukkan satu per satu ke halaman "DNS Management" DomaiNesia di tab lain: 

Buka web DomaiNesia dan masuk ke akunmu (https://my.domainesia.com/clientarea.php) > Klik tombol "Domain" > "My Domains" di bagian atas > Pilih domain yang sudah kamu daftarkan, lalu klik tombol "Kelola Domain" warna biru (lihat Pic 11).

Pic 11

13.
Di halaman "Manage", klik tombol "Management Tools" lalu pilih "Kelola DNS". Masukkan alamat yang kamu dapatkan dari blogger.com sesuai petunjuk kolomnya: A (address) dan CNAME. Ganti "Host Name" sesuai keperluan (lihat Pic 12).

Pic 12

14.
Tunggu konfirmasi dari blogger. Biasanya perlu 1x48 jam untuk proses persetujuan alamat baru ini. Cek progress-nya di halaman "Basic Settings" blogger. Kalau belum berhasil juga, kamu bisa mengontak (email atau chat) tim DomaiNesia untuk dibantu kelancarannya.

Nah, website barumu sudah siap sekarang. Mudah kan?
Silakan eksplorasi dan berkarya ya!

The whole residents of Bali is going to enter the Silence Day tonight and celebrating the Tawur Kesanga with ogoh-ogoh parade this evening. What exactly is happening in Nyepi day? Find out more about it in victoriatunggono.com.

Meanwhile, I greet you all a happy Silence Day, Çaka year 1937. May we all find the peace and pureness in our hearts.

www.victoriatunggono.com

Anyway, I posted some fun facts about Gerbang Nuswantara book, about Indonesia and about Nuswantara in my website. I put the English translation there, too, to help you to understand about the whole book and concept. I update it every day for now (except on weekends), so check it often!

www.victoriatunggono.com

I just finished creating my own official webpage and FB page. It's actually something I really like, but only do when I really am into it. And thanks to wix.com, it really make web-creating such an easy thing. I just added my own 'logo' and ta-daa.. a website is ready. Plus, I got Valentine's Day discount from wix.com for the Unlimited package. What a great deal!

Now please like my FB page here and enjoy visiting my website!

Would you help vote for me to win an exchange trip abroad?


Click here and don't forget to reconfirm via your emails!
Thanks a bunch pals!

I just got an email confirmation that the Big Blog Exchange is coming back next July 23 this year. So, with huge hope on being one of the lucky 16, I am posting this for a reminder for you, too, fellow blogger, to be prepared for the world's biggest blog event. Now would you do me a favor to vote for me when the time comes for me to collect as many voters? Please, pretty please?

Today is Sarasvati Day in Hindu religion. Sarasvati is the goddess of knowledge, awareness, art and literature. It is also the International Women's Day that today is really dedicated for women all around the world. So for the sake of world's knowledge and art, for all the women who raised and built the world, let's pray for Goddess Sarasvati today..

I don't normally post jokes, but this one really caught my attention. I laugh hard every time I see this. Come on, laugh with me!

People are being too serious about their lives. This cartoon showed well how I saw life. But now my view has changed into something more complicated to describe here. At least this comic says something I want to share with you people..
What do you think about this?

Tomorrow, the Chinese will celebrate the year of Horse, in Yang (of Yin-Yang) Wood element (of the five elements: fire, metal, wood, earth and water). FYI, in ancient Indonesian scriptures mentioned that white horse is a symbol of the nation (it was Nusantara--or Nuswantara--before it was known as Indonesia), so I kind of believe that this year of 2014 will be the year of Indonesia. Would you believe, too?

No matter what religion or belief you hang on to, this guidance is a simple one to follow when we pray. Easy to remember for the kids and a great reminder for us adults!

FYI there is a blog post competition to win tickets to Hanoi and Chiang Mai by Silk Air. You can click here for more details. Happy blogging!

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It's been a while since my last post here because I was already back in Bali last week but got an emergency call for the project meeting in Jakarta so I went back to the metropolitan and here I am, kind of occupied with urban stuff here.

My friend Herdi informed me that we entered the top 100 Indonesian blogger in the Big Blog Exchange program out of 1173 participants, but failed to be the top 25. It means that we failed to get the chance of 16 bloggers out of 100 to be picked but still have the slight chance with the 2 wildcards. I am still crossing my fingers on that.

Anyway, I want to say thank you to all of the family and friends who had helped voting that made me sit at the rank 174 worldwide. It's already among the top 15% of the contestants and I feel so blessed that many people support me on this, although I had only about the last 2 weeks to gather voters while the others had 4 more weeks before that. I am proud enough to be on the rank 174.

So, thank you and please still pray for my chance on the 2 wildcards to swap life with another blogger's next June! I'm now working my power of mind on it :)

I found this cartoon from a friend's Facebook timeline and I think this is a really good illustration on how to make our dream come true. First thing is to do what you love doing, then everything else will follow...


I wish all of us will achieve our dreams, although so many obstacles and challenges will no doubt be coming in our ways but doing things we love will keep us going. Good luck to us all!

Apparently I didn't skip Easter as I planned. I skipped the three holy days but went to the Easter mass anyway. I went to 5 p.m. mass at St. Stefanus Church at Cilandak and instantly fell in love with the architecture of the church. It's a small but intimate church, with joglo architecture and island-styled Altar. So they put the Altar in the middle of the church and the people sit around it. It's very Javanese and looks so modest to me. I think I'm going back more often to this church. I simply love it!

I've just registered my blog to participate on Big Blog Exchange. Now I need as many supports as you can give me by clicking this link http://www.bigblogexchange.org/blog/546002 and vote with your email account. You can submit the vote as many as your email addresses. 


I hope I can win the 10 days life exchange with other passionate blogger on next June by winning this competition. Any vote would be highly appreciated. Thanks before, folks! XOXOXO~

I think I am between the Designer, Consultant and CMO. Then this directed me to Funders and Founders, all the images by Anna Vital. This is inspiring and motivating. Now that I just quit my job, it's such a perfect time to start my own thing. Why not?