Yet another redesign for rpheath.com

And here’s the real reason why I have a site (read: so I can rebuild it over and over). I’ve stripped it down to the bare essentials, and found better ways to implement what was left.

This is my first 3-column layout, although it doesn’t really feel like a 3-column layout to me. And maybe that’s a good thing. Point being, I wanted something different from previous versions, and quit making it more than it had to be. I’ve yet to supply a list of full entries up front. But it was long overdue. I’m actually satisfied with the code this time, and I refused to cut corners. Now, I feel as though it’s worth the effort to make changes and enhance what’s here.

thanks to chris scharf

For a few things, actually.

1. Idea for a no admin interface (although I’m not using the authentication key, I did manage to get rid of the entire admin section).
2. Idea to list posts not based on a limit, but on a period of time. However, if I go on another posting drought, rather than letting the site go blank, I’m using the month number as the limit of recent entries (so April would be four entries, May would be five entries, and so on).
3. And finally, the eztime plugin. I’ve been dragging my feet on using this, and although I’m not overwhelmed with time formats here, I can see its power. Playing a bit in the console has shown me how intuitive it is—great choice of keywords.

keep an eye out

I’m not claiming that there are no bugs, so if you notice one, please let me know. Like I said before, I’ve tested it in [mac] Firefox, Flock, Safari, [windows] Firefox, Flock, IE7, IE6 (I hate the has layout problem). I’ve also mapped the old RSS feeds to the new methods, so you shouldn’t have to update your feeds—let me know if it’s not working. And that’s about it. I might post a follow-up on more details, but we’ll see how it goes.