website changes

Last entry "July"...? so you're thinking, "what's with that? has this guy forgotten about his site?" well, I have not forgotten. In fact I have been very busy with things here - that is when I am not otherwise occupied with working, sleeping, or other daily activities.

Those of you (you know who you are :) who have been tracking my site will notice subtle changes here and there. I have been experimenting just a little bit: putting in ads, researching, doing search engine optimization, changing keywords, tracking hits, streamlining code (then finding something doesn't work, and changing it back... argh!) the list goes on...

I am still working on a new menu, but just haven't found the right design or layout yet (I am fussy about how it is going to work). So check back every so often to see what I have done. I put a lot of work and effort into how things look. This is a long-term investment, because I know eventually it will pay off :) So bear with me folks, everything is a work in progress.

photo gallery redesign

Just for reference [to entice you to come back :] I am in the process of redesigning my photo gallery. The current design works and does the job. However, it is done in frames and there are some bugs in the code that I am not happy with. And besides, I find it just a little plain and, well, lacking something.

So rather than pull my hair out trying to debug things, I decided it was time to overhaul the design and start from scratch.

I'm kicking around a few ideas, so it is just a matter of settling on something specific. I go through a lot of trial and error when it comes to designing and layout, because I fuss over the smallest of details. But I can say that the new look will function differently, and have more pizzazz.

So check back and see how I have progressed [or not]. Considering I am a one man crew (chief webmaster, chief designer, chief bottle washer...), it could take a while. At the very least I will post updates as to how the changes are coming along.

[update 5/14/07: ok folks, am still working on my new gallery. Is taking me a little longer than I anticipated. However, the new layout is now confirmed, now it is just a simple matter (ahem... yeah, right :) of doing the images and the text.]

new look for blog

Well, as you may, or may not, have noticed, my blog has a new look! It all has to do with keeping the pages of my website the same, or at least as close as possible, in look and appearance. There was a lot of little alterations to do. It took a couple of days, and, oh, what a headache (sigh... but is it over? never! :)

I also redid the mobile version of my website, the other one was kind of buggy. I am still working on some minor things though.
Still no images in there; I haven't figured out how to pull that off yet. Give it time, I know I'll find something. I may end up restyling it again... (ahhh, the life of a webmaster...)

I am working on installing an auto-detect feature on the mobile page link. This will detect the difference between a PC or wireless (mobile) browser, and redirect to the appropriate page. I haven't fully tested the code, but it appears to work...

My photo gallery, btw, is coming along fine. There is yet more content to add, some things to shuffle around, and I may delete some stuff. My gallery will always be a work in progress, as I am always finding ways to improve it.

gallery update

Well... it is taking a wee bit longer to complete updating my photo gallery. Nonetheless, I have added some new content, and I still have some more. So, with that may mean another photo category; not sure about that though, I am still working on it.

However, before I complete that I have doing a major overhaul on the colour scheme. Which means my blog has to match as well (oh, boy....) I am very particular about the colour scheme; everything should match, or at least be similar to, the main website. But there seems to be a bit of a bug in the frames of the photo gallery - I'm working on it... it's really p!ssing me off.

I am also redesigning the mobile version of my site. I'm trying to settle on how I want it to look. But I'm having a helluva time getting my phone to read it whenever I make changes to the xml code.

So stay with me folks! "The times, they are a'changing..."