Tired and hungry
:: Saturday, February 26th, 2005 @ 5:49:01 am
:: Tags: Computers
New server at home is running. You know you’ve got a lotta frickin’ storage when one of your programs switches to scientific notation to specify free space. I’m copying 600GB over gigabit. It’s going to take a long time.
Wetpixel redesign is basically done. DNS switch has been flipped.
Here were the steps involved for the Wetpixel redesign:
It’s taken hours and hours of hard work, and I couldn’t have done it without James Wiseman, Markus Nolf, and Alex King.
- Redesign mockup using Adobe Photoshop (Eric)
- Code the HTML and CSS from mockup (Eric)
- Purchase and install Expression Engine and Invision Board (with peripheral modules) on staging server (Eric)
- Set up dedicated server (Austin Web Development)
- Continue to get Wetpixel content posted (James)
- Keep POTW running (Markus)
- On staging server, code up unified login code in PHP and MySQL (Alex, Eric)
- Code up user profile sync code in PHP and MySQL (Alex and Eric)
- Code up content migration and cleanup code in PHP and MySQL (Alex, Eric)
- Code up old URL redirect code in PHP (Alex)
- Redesign templates to support all migrated metadata (Eric)
- Configure new adserver engine to support all old ads (Eric)
- Test migration, debugging, and code fix (Eric, Alex)
- File and database move to production server (Eric)
- Test migration (Eric)
- Production migration (Eric)
- “Massaging” of data to make things *actually* work (Eric)
- Lots of additional configuration (Eric)
- Server location switch in code + DNS server switch at Network Solutions (Eric)
I skipped playing in Vienna’s show to sit here at the computer. :(
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You’ll notice that most of the entries say “eric” Good job Eric!
“You know you’ve got a lotta frickin’ storage when one of your programs switches to scientific notation to specify free space.” That cracked me up for some reason. That’s a good thing, I think.
Grats on the wetpixel redesign!
Here’s my ‘usability/aesthetic’ feedback for ya - if it’s not welcome, please ignore it rather than get annoyed by it :)
- The main content area seems a little too “smooshed” (technical term there), particularly on the left side, and would benefit from more padding for readability imo
Other than that, I like the new design much more. It’s easier to navigate and seems like you’ve done a good job of “trimming the fat” so to speak - good job!