On the move - 08/11/07
I was meant to be writing this on my new company phone, but alas I lost the connection and then lost what I wrote, so I’m just going to write it normally now.
I have a new job :–D It’s with a company called Palringo. I’ve come onboard as “The New Web Guy”. Enjoying it so far, which is always good :–)
That’s all for now
Life Update - 05/10/07
So, again, it’s been a while, but I’m still alive. Since the late update Picfinity got updated to version 0.11. This just added in more support for the other browsers. I have started work on a jQuery theme, but I’m lacking in one of the most important skills, that of the designer. So at the moment it’s sat on my localhost and doesn’t look too much different from the old version, only in (nasty) greens and yellow-ie browns. It’s also not very jQuery-y in that the only effects I’m using are fades and scrolls and the ‘popup’ box Thickbox to show/resize the images. It would be nice to add sliders in to change the thumbnail size and do lots of fancy effects, but I need to brush up on how to do these, and how to use them so they don’t look nasty/tacky and just bad.
Also, I’ve now got a job, just working 15h part-time at Sainsburys. Doing the 5am-10am fresh food shifts :S Still, I’m sure I’ll be able to cope ;)
Other than that, I think life is ticking along as per usual. Driving is coming along nicely, although I’ve had to cancel my first lesson since it clashed with my Sainsburys training, but I’ll be able to catch up again. Money for now is still low, but when I start getting the overtime hopefully I’ll have a bit more money to start saving.
Until I next update, have fun.
Picfinity updates - 25/08/07
Well, I’ve done a few more releases, latest is now version 0.10 which allows comments to be added to the images. My site always runs the latest version so feel free to test it out.
Planning on doing a few more versions to fix a few cross-browser issues, and then going to start working on some more colourful themes and also have a look at using the jQuery framework.
Working Site - 15/08/07
Well, the site seems to be working now, although there does seem to be a problem accessing the site at times. Not sure why this is, but if it happens for much longer I think I’ll submit a ticket and see if there’s something up on the server.
The gallery is up and running now, and seems to be fine, and I’ve created a section for PearPC if anyone is looking to still download those files.
Talking of the gallery, I’ve just released version 0.03 on SourceForge.net. Nearly got IE6 and 7 working completely, just a few rendering bugs left and then I can start work on the more advanced, database theme :-)
As well as my CV I’m going to be putting up a portfolio soon of the work I’ve done and websites I’ve built. I’m also thinking of a re-design since black, gray and white can get a bit boring.
Any ideas for the gallery or free offers of a design you know my address ;-D
Progress - 12/08/07
Well, the site seems to be working. I’ve got TextPattern installed to manage the site for now, but hopefully I’ll be able to start work on my own CMS soon, although Picfinity is currently taking up most of my time.
I’m still waiting on ASO to finish setting up PHP{4,5} so that I can get my gallery online, currently it just errors :(
