etherfarm

Introducing etherfarm v3.?

Later

22:11 on Monday, July 14, 2003 • 18 responses

Earlier

I’m tempted to release it as etherfarm 3.1, because 3.0 seemingly broke as soon as it was uploaded. I won’t begin to describe the nightmare I experienced today, but let’s just say that I’m thoroughly exhausted. A normal person probably could have gotten this show running in less than 3-4 hours. Me? No less than 11. Me and Mr. Vicodin have to sit down and have ourselves a little talk.

But I digress. Welcome to etherfarm 3.whatever.

I’ll offer a brief rundown of some of the changes, with a much longer and more comprehensive list to be posted to make it new in the next few days (I’m still compiling the list!)

• Here’s the good news: the new site is up and you can enjoy the new layout.


• Here’s the bad news: I severely overestimated the amount of work I can get do while high on pain meds. Don’t worry, there’s more coming (in fact much of it is already done), but I want to test the waters before uploading the whole thing.


• Here’s some more good news: No more links to unfinished sections, the sitemap is accurate, and the architecture of the site allows me to change and add sections by editing only one or two files.


• Here’s some more bad news: There are only 16 or so images in the new photo galleries (renamed gestalt, in the oculus section).


• Yet more good news: Come summer’s end, each one of those 16 images (and the hundreds I’ll upload between now and then) will be available for purchase as an archival-quality print in sizes up to 19”x13”. You’ll be able to order prints right off each image’s webpage, and you’ll be able to pay with a credit card. Basically, this time aroumd I’m going for quality over quantity, which requires me to analyze and adjust each of the old images individually.
  
  I’m really proud of the code driving the new photo section. Since one of the new features is the ability to add text entries amidst the photo entries, I’ll be consolidating all photography, imagemaking/design, and [brand spankin’ new DSLR] camera posts to gestalt…starting now.


• A smidgeon of bad news: I’ve stopped checking this site on Opera and Omniweb.


• A smattering of good news: An overwhelming majority of the code validates as XHTML-strict in BBEdit, so once those browsers get their CSS and XHTML acts together, the site should work fine. Also, I hacked my machine to allow VirtualPC to test pages served off the Apache virtual hosts running on OS X. Geeks will appreciate the fact that on one machine, I code, serve, and test on both Mac and PC browsers. Non-geek, upon reading the last sentence, will probably never visit this site again. In any case, I’ve been able to test the new site on IE6 / Windows XP. It’s no secret that I’m a Mac fan, but sweet pappy mo’lassie…compare Let me know if anything looks fucky. Also, the old site is still up, kinda, just so that I can let people who link directly to certain pages know that the URLs have changed. Also, I have absolutely no idea how trackbacks work, but I’ve got them now, and if anyone wants to tell me if I’ve got them working, that would be just fine with me.