Redesigning.
[ Posted by Dan on December 27, 2002 | 5 Comments ]

I'm slowly working thru a redesign of this site, and have chosen to focus on the blog elements more while recessing the other stuff. Believe it or not, this site was originally envisioned as a job seeking helper, and I even went so far as to tailor it to finding a job at AOL (note the 'running man' like dude at the top). Well, that goes away in the next revision, and full bore blogging will be the focus.

I plan on using iframes (minimally) to create a place for other bloggers (eg, you) to ping using TrackBack, and this will appear on the home page of the new design. Hopefully it will actually get pinged and not be abused. It's an experiment with a back up plan of using RSS aggregation to fill its place in case of abuse or lack of use. We'll see.

Currently, I have the home page completed and need to do the archive pages, and then port the old content to the new format, then I'll go public. The challenge will be getting the new UI implemented with minimal disruption to my five or six faithful readers. I'll be attempting some .htaccess hacking to limit access during the switch, so please come back soon if the site appears to be down, broken or in flux. Thanks.

 

		Post a screenshot mockup! :) -Posted by Quinn on December 27, 2002 04:36 PM

		That's a cool idea, to allow a place for other people to ping - kind of like a MT discussion board, or something. -Posted by milbertus on December 27, 2002 05:33 PM

		While you're redoing everything: Please make the comments link from the homepage go to the comments, not the comments form! (like it does on almost every other blog out there) Thank you :) -Posted by Joshua Kaufman on December 29, 2002 09:05 PM

		Will do. :) -Posted by Dan on December 30, 2002 09:18 AM

		Hmmm... I wouldn't recommend iframes, for usability reasons. -Posted by Michael Heraghty on February 9, 2004 01:55 PM

Comment posting has been turned off because I don't have enough time and will to deal with the constant comment spamming. I'm very sorry and will fix this sometime soon (soon = before 2004 ends).