So I changed the theme, again. Wanted to do black and yellow but there is nothing like a good clean white theme. Plus it is easier to make. I have added about 7 new masthead images(those are the ones at the top). You can still preview all the mastheads I have ever used on the absolutely huge masthead image page. Or as FB calls it a "cover photo" - its all been done before.
Nothing else has changed on the code front (or the code back), except some changes to the comment rules to block the last set of spam attacks. :< If you can't add a comment let me know if its affecting you.
Its back to school time and I'm working on the new website design, the long over due update that should have happened at the beginning of 2011 but nothing ever goes as planned. It is going to have a white background and big masthead pictures just like the ones I had in the past. All that is old is new again. Hopefully I will finish it before I lose my selfish-ways. I've been working on other stuff - You know how I am. Laying pipes.
As for the SoftNews sub-site I've created a new page which shows you only videos, so now you can just click on the video - right on the page - and watch it.
I have some pictures of floors that I think I will put up in a new photo project category. I was thinking of calling it "floor fetish" but a member of the fan club suggested "Low life" instead, which is just twisted enough that it actually seems more logical.
In the months ( well its been a year ) since my last confession I've created a whole other website for my game development side projects - I didn't want to bore you people with that kind of technical mumbo jumbo. Plus since then facebook and twitter have totally blown the hell up and no one has anytime to comment on anything anymore because they have A.D.D. with all the stuff that is floating around on there. I will have everything up and running by the end of the week cause we don't care about the young folks, talking about the young style; and we don't care about the old folks, talkin' 'bout the old style too.
I've been busy lately mostly working on daily disasters and sleeping. But I have not ignored the internet. And with the rise of the scorn that is facebook its harder and harder to focus on anything creative nowadays. But alas I've been working on at least one thing that I can share with the public.
I've added a new category called "Food and Eats". Please don't misinterpret what "Eats" means - I know you people. Eats is just there to cover all the other stuff that may not necessarily be considered as "food", such as snacks and sweets which are bad for your teeth. I have a couple pics lined and I expect at least one picture submitted from each of you.
In other news I've been working feverishly (meaning every now and then when I'm not doing something else) on simplifying the blog news website. Doing so will eventually make it a cleaner more efficient overall expirence for the readers and the blogs that are linked. I have about 29 categories now, including Sex and Relationships, Politics, Opinion, Travel, Sports etc. I'm working on reducing the number to about 15. I've also made it so that it reads RSS feed from your blogs automatically, so if you write a lot of movie Reviews just email me (owensoft on gmail dot com) the link the RSS feed for your movie review category and I'll set it up in the appropriate category. I'm also working on logins for editors so that they can manage the influx of information that comes through the feeds.
So now there are 2 ways to update the news page; posting a link or submitting your RSS feed. The news site mainly focus on blog posts by people with opinions, hense you will rarely see a Gleaner or CNN article on there.
New theme, I created late one night based on a old version of the wafer site. I really did not have any design inspiration behind this one apart from the fact that it was a new year and I was getting pretty sick of the old one.
Nothing much apart from the theme has changed. Updated the New user page so that it forces the user to answer 10 questions before they can register on the site. I've always been annoyed when people register and not post any comments, so that will solve that little annoyance.
The archive page also has startling data; 2009 (120 items posted with 61 photos) vs 2008 (255 items posted with 138 photos). 2009 has less posts than 2008 by about half. Performance is WAY DOWN! I'm not sure if I've people lazy or the recession had hit the site last year. I may need to fire somebody or you guys need to start submitting more content. Either way heads are going to roll!
Jamila commented: I think management should implement some strategies which may improve staff productivity. I say we should ask the manager/CEO to resign. What says you, Owen? ... read 8 more
As I stated at the beginning of the year of our lord 2009 the new design is up. Only took about 4 months for something to push me from my procrastination and put it up. After the website troubles last weekend I put it up so its not what you would call "perfect". And due to the world recession I have cut back on the colors. So without further a due I present to you white wedding. Complain about it and make suggestions by posting a comment.
