IDAT101 – New Look

Over the last few days I have been working on the appearance and functionality of my website. I don’t consider this to be what I want it to look like but more as an intermediate step towards getting there.

  • Replaced H1 with digital signature using CSS, text is hidden yet keeps its SEO value.
  • Made clicking on logo link back to main page.
  • Replaced entire header with a single image.
  • Switched entire site to .php
  • Added automatic year updating functionality to copyright statement.
  • Cropped and merged a number of pages.
  • Cleaned up image locations on server.
  • Updated all links.
  • Moved navigation menu position.
  • New favicon.
  • Altered .htaccess to direct 404 errors to 404.php.
  • Removed all iframes.
  • Removed all facebook API integration.
  • Replaced invalid embedded flash code with valid code.

Known issues:

  • Navigation menu stretches vertically in IE6 & IE7.
  • Navigation menu could look better.
  • Blog page loads awkwardly in IE6-8, maybe waiting for feedburner javascript to fininsh.
  • Imported blog content needs styling.
  • Gallery and connectivity link buttons uses some inline CSS.
  • Somewhat hacky use of CSS.

To do:

  • Fix known issues.
  • Add content to portfolio and about page.
  • Reintergrate twitter API.
  • Make site more dynamic.

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