What’s new in SeanT.Conrad.com land? The site is long overdue for some technical love. A whole bunch of changes both above and below the covers are on the horizon. These are in part to do some research for some work products, part to better present myself here, and part to fill the gaping hole left by the end of football season.
What does that mean for you, my dear friends, looking to avoid a few minutes of work? Well, the bad news is that there will be fewer posts this week. The good news is that the site navigation should be greatly improved which should make your slacking more efficient. Here is the list of improvements I have planned:
- Pic of the Day Solution – The quirky image that heads 90% of the entries is a pain to post. I hope to use a great Moveable Type plugin by the very intelligent Kevin Shay called Right Fields to further automate the process. Completed 2/19/2006
- TAR Backup – A zipped version of the site on CD before I do anymore wacky changes. Just in case. Completed 2/20/2006
- Tag Solution – If you have missed all the hullabuloo over the "Web 2.0," don’t worry…it’s as overblown as all Internet phases. The big hype that is in web development today is tags. "Oh. My. God. You totally need tags!" What are tags? Tags are nothing more than exposing the keywords for a piece of content and linking to other pieces of content with similar keywords. It makes the browsing experience more of a web instead of drilling down into categories and subcategories. When you say it like that it is not pretentious but a decent idea. Anyways, it’s coming to SeanTConrad.com Completed 3/20/2006 using tagwire. Also tries tag.app. Neither is ideal.
- Source Control – I have set up a Subversion repository on my domain for templates, CSS, and possibly export files. If you don’t know what that means, I envy you. Completed 2/20/2006
- Archive 2005 – Have you noticed no "2005" over to the right next to "2004?" I need to get on that. Possibly with a year solution (year based archive) or maybe just the old-fashioned way.
- Keyword Cleanup – With at tag solution, you need decent keywords. I hope to automate that. Somehow.
- Front Page Redesign – With new navigation and new archives, it’s time to redo the front page. Ideas are welcome. Completed 03/18/006
- XHTML Compliance – I mean, why not? Completed for front page 03/20/006
- New About – If the site is all new and pretty, it needs a new About. Completed 03/20/006
- New CSS Style Sheet – I may offer one of my graphic desing friends a c-note plus a sixer for this. Completed 03/18/006
- SEO – See "Source Control" above.
- New Comment/Trackback Solution – I had to go to Haloscan because my server was beaten down by Spam. I’m convinced I can get this back in house.
Really, why bother with all this? Two reason: 1.) At work, I’m in charge of getting a lot of stuff like this done for multiple websites. It’s important to stay abreast. 2.) I’m pitching a few freelance writing pieces in my other spare time right now and I need a better clip site. Since I have only one clip, I need to add some sizzle to a very small steak.
Yes, I know programmers are geeks, but thank-you for thinking it. Check back often and watch as things get done.
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Site of the Day: Although I side with Bryant Gumbel that the Winter Olympics are pointless, you may not. If so, you may want to know the actual rules to curling. Or to look at naked curlers.
What’s new in SeanT.Conrad.com land? The site is long overdue for some technical love. A whole bunch of changes both above and below the covers are on the horizon. These are in part to do some research for some work products, part to better present myself here, and part to fill the gaping hole left by the end of football season.
What does that mean for you, my dear friends, looking to avoid a few minutes of work? Well, the bad news is that there will be fewer posts this week. The good news is that the site navigation should be greatly improved which should make your slacking more efficient. Here is the list of improvements I have planned:
- Pic of the Day Solution – The quirky image that heads 90% of the entries is a pain to post. I hope to use a great Moveable Type plugin by the very intelligent Kevin Shay called Right Fields to further automate the process. Completed 2/19/2006
- TAR Backup – A zipped version of the site on CD before I do anymore wacky changes. Just in case. Completed 2/20/2006
- Tag Solution – If you have missed all the hullabuloo over the "Web 2.0," don’t worry…it’s as overblown as all Internet phases. The big hype that is in web development today is tags. "Oh. My. God. You totally need tags!" What are tags? Tags are nothing more than exposing the keywords for a piece of content and linking to other pieces of content with similar keywords. It makes the browsing experience more of a web instead of drilling down into categories and subcategories. When you say it like that it is not pretentious but a decent idea. Anyways, it’s coming to SeanTConrad.com Completed 3/20/2006 using tagwire. Also tries tag.app. Neither is ideal.
- Source Control – I have set up a Subversion repository on my domain for templates, CSS, and possibly export files. If you don’t know what that means, I envy you. Completed 2/20/2006
- Archive 2005 – Have you noticed no "2005" over to the right next to "2004?" I need to get on that. Possibly with a year solution (year based archive) or maybe just the old-fashioned way.
- Keyword Cleanup – With at tag solution, you need decent keywords. I hope to automate that. Somehow.
- Front Page Redesign – With new navigation and new archives, it’s time to redo the front page. Ideas are welcome. Completed 03/18/006
- XHTML Compliance – I mean, why not? Completed for front page 03/20/006
- New About – If the site is all new and pretty, it needs a new About. Completed 03/20/006
- New CSS Style Sheet – I may offer one of my graphic desing friends a c-note plus a sixer for this. Completed 03/18/006
- SEO – See "Source Control" above.
- New Comment/Trackback Solution – I had to go to Haloscan because my server was beaten down by Spam. I’m convinced I can get this back in house.
Really, why bother with all this? Two reason: 1.) At work, I’m in charge of getting a lot of stuff like this done for multiple websites. It’s important to stay abreast. 2.) I’m pitching a few freelance writing pieces in my other spare time right now and I need a better clip site. Since I have only one clip, I need to add some sizzle to a very small steak.
Yes, I know programmers are geeks, but thank-you for thinking it. Check back often and watch as things get done.
…
Site of the Day: Although I side with Bryant Gumbel that the Winter Olympics are pointless, you may not. If so, you may want to know the actual rules to curling. Or to look at naked curlers.
