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This Drupal-based website is where I rant about my interests (see the topics menu on the right) and essentially anything else that was worth my time to read or laugh about. It's also a work-in-progress for me as I use it to continually sharpen my Drupal web development skills and explore the power Web 2.0. In case you're curious, here's a list of things I've been working on for this website. WARNING: It's technical and geek-oriented...
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| x | Install Facebook Status block |
09.05.08
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09.07.08
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- Installed Facebook Status mod - Defined $status in line 104 fbstatus.module - Added $status and [feed] link in line 108 fbstatus.module - CSS and favicon background |
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| x | Install FancyBox (runs on jQuery) |
09.07.08
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09.07.08
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- Replaced Lightbox2 - Add support for flickr stream - 10/4: Reverted back to Lightbox2 due to Fancybox IE bugs |
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| x | Add movie poster enlarge hover button |
09.07.08
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10.06.08
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- Idea from Apple trailers movie posters - Coded CSS and Imagecache mod; added hover feature |
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| x | Add datestamp and tags to blog teasers |
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09.16.08
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09.16.08
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- Created node-blog.tpl.php - Added taxonomy-teaser CSS class |
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Design video node CCK fields and Views interface
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09.04.08
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- 09.04: Created custom video node content fields w/ CCK mod - 09.04: Installed Date CCK mod to track video release dates & sort order - 09.04: Installed/configured Reptags mod for genre links - 09.04: Remove "read more" link - 09.04: Created poster gallery w/ Views grid option + Imagecache mod - 10.03: Redesigned content fields with specific Text + Content Taxonomy mod fields - 10.03: Node URL support w/ Link mod + freelinking mod (replaced Reptags) - Create new content type/fields for game trailers - Enabled AJAX-powered Views navigation x Redesign main page w/ Panels mod x Video-specific search options x sorting or views options |
| x | Redesign custom pager arrows |
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09.19.08
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09.19.08
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jCarousel ie7 theme nav arrows |
| Create web-based file uploader |
09.20.08
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- Scrapped WebFM mod b/c DB calls too slowly x Compile, configure, and install Java-based drag-and-drop uploader |
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| x | Fix TinyMCE rich-text toggle |
09.20.08
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09.20.08
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ToggleTinyMCE.patch | |
| x? | Design new theme ("Icy [D] v1.x" Marinelli variant) |
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09.21.08
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- 09.21-29:Cleaned/modified CSS - 09.21-29: Rethemed backgrounds (body bg by Charlie Nguyen) - 09.21-29: Rethemed tabs - 09.21-29: Redesigned icons/buttons - 09.21-29: Rethemed admin setting pages - 09.21-29: Rethemed node edit pages - 09.21-29: Rethemed About Me block - 10.12: Rethemed Print mod links - 10.12: Themed node attachments x Retheme search form |
| x | AJAX/jQuery-based site conversion and theming |
09.21.08
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12.25.08
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quikmaps - ConfiguredFancyBox support for Flickr photo sets block - Configured Cycle for profile picture - Installed Collapsible Text mod - Frontpage web footprint tabs w/ QuickTabs mod - AJAX-powered Video page navigation |
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| x | Create Activity Stream redesign w/ jCarousel |
09.22.08
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09.23.08
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Created Lifestream widget w/ Activity Stream mod & jCarousel | |
| x | Create Flickr-based photo gallery |
09.24.08
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09.24.08
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- Tried dfGallery -> scrapped b/c buggy w/ Flickr - Installed/configured Cooliris Embeddable 3D Wall - Debug IE7 FancyBox + SWF compatability |
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| x | Retheme blocks w/ Block Class mod |
09.26.08
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09.26.08
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- Modified/simplified theme containers CSS - Modified block.tpl.php |
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| x | Fix Reptags mod SiteWide tags |
09.28.08
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09.28.08
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Updated mod to latest dev | |
| x | Create jQuery web footprints frontpage tab block |
10.04.08
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12.25.08
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- 10.04: Used Quick Tabs mod; themed w/ CSS - 10.04: Added top content region to site theme - 10.04: Created new Views block for "recent videos" tab - 12.??: Moved Activity Stream block to tab |
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| x | Fix Imagecache alt/title bug | # | 10.06.08 | 10.06.08 | |
| x | Retheme printer/email links | # | 10.12.08 | 10.12.08 | |
| x | Install Fileframework and themed attachments "block" | # | 10.12.08 | 10.12.08 | - Setup Fileframework, Bitcache, and RDF mods; themed attachments CSS - Uninstalled Transliteration to allow spaces in file names |
| x | Add blog archives views | # | 10.12.08 | 10.12.08 | Added Page front page Block views |
| x? | Front-end performance optimization | # | 10.13.08 | - Used FF Firebug + YSlow for Firebug to debug - Decreased HTTP Requests with JS and CSS aggregation (enabled CSS optimization; JS optimization disabled until TinyMCE JS bug resolved) - Aggregate JS w/ Javascript Aggregator mod - GZIP components: Enabled normal page caching and compression - Put JS at bottom of page.tpl.php - Reduced DNS lookups and URL redirects - Disabled ETags - Added PHP buffer flushing - Site now loads < 6 sec instead of 10+! x Continue reducing HTTP Requests, DNS lookups and URL redirects x Optimize ShareThis mod performance (CSS positioning & DNS lookups) x Fix TinyMCE JS optimization bugs |
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| x | Install Facebox | # | 10.14.08 | 10.14.08 | |
| x | Retheme blockquotes | # | 10.15.08 | 10.15.08 | -Installed Blockquote mod -Rewrote mod CSS for blockquotes |
| x | Add links CCK fields for blog content nodes | 10.17.08 | 10.17.08 | - Elsewhere on the Web Link field - Related posts Node Reference field |
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| x | Setup web upload utility | # | 10.17.08 | 10.17.08 | Installed WebFM mod |
| Create Publications page |
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iPaper mod for live doc display | |
| Image galleries/nodes |
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Flickr implementation? | |
| x | Setup RSS feeds |
10.17.08
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10.17.08
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- Designed feeds w/ Views mod - Created feeds w/ Feedburner mod |
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| x | Install site counter | # | 10.19.08 | 10.19.08 | - Installed Counter mod - Customized CSS for footer block |
| x | Add YouTube to Activity Stream mod | 10.19.08 | 10.19.08 | Added custom feed: http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/users/USERNAME/favorites | |
| x | Add and theme secondary links menu | ||||
| x | Theme online video pages and related links blocks | # | 10.21.08 | 10.22.08 | - Custom styled online videos page w/ Contemplate mod template & CSS - CSS styled online video nodes - Created related links block w/ Link mod - Created related videos block w/ CCK Node Reference mod |
| x | Theme comments | 10.23.08 | 10.23.08 | - CSS styled - Installed Flatcomments mod |
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| x | Add custom ad block | 10.29.08 | 10.29.08 | Powered by jquery Cycle plugin | |
| x | Add embedded video thumbnail support in Recent Videos block |
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11.24.08
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12.25.08
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- Tweaked Views settings and CSS - Need to fix CCK empty field issue to allow proper display of video node titles |
| x | Create Video node teaser custom template | 11.26.08 | 11.26.08 | Used Contemplate mod & CSS | |
| Create Digg/Google News styled auto-updating social news site | 11.23.08 | Currently 50% done; Developing w/ the following mods...
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| x | Add blog topics menu | 12.03.08 | 12.03.08 | Improved usability by moving Lifestream block to tab; made CSS tweaks. | |
| x | Theme Video: Game nodes | # | 12.05.08 | 12.05.08 | Lots of CSS coding; uploaded a few trailers. |
| x | Configure Adsense search | # | 12.12.08 | 12.12.08 | - Replaced default search engine w/ Adsense search via Adsense mod - Other Adsense ad tweaks anad CSS styling |
| x | Fix FlashVideo-File Framework incompatibility issue | # | 12.08.08 | 12.17.08 | - Upgraded to latest FlashVideo mod (batch video import feature now works almost flawlessly) - Re-created older FlashVideo nodes and video file structure |
| x | Create frontpage RSS subscribe block | 12.23.08 | 12.24.08 | - Updated Feedburner mod to enable email subscription feature - Customized feedburner.pages.inc and themed block CSS |
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| x | Enable node pingback/trackback | 12.24.08 | 12.24.08 | Installed/configured Pingback mod | |
| x | Create sitemap for search engine optimization | # | 12.25.08 | 12.25.08 | - Installed XML Sitemap mod - Config XML Sitemap w/ Google, Yahoo!, Ask.com, Windows Live |
| x | Implement popout Tipjoy/ad widget | # | 12.25.08 | 12.26.08 | - Coded XHTML, JS, jQuery, CSS - Photoshopped widget images - Configured Tipjoy account custom widget |
| Resolve freetagging/primary taxonomy term issue for video nodes | # | 12.25.08 | http://drupal.org/node/332423 | ||
| Implement AJAX modular popups for contact and email forms | # | 12.25.08 | - Use Popups API mod - Customize and theme code and CSS |
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| Develop site streaming music player w/ coverflow | 12.25.08 | - Develop imeem.com or Pandora widget? - Flash coverflow UI |
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| Create piano/guitar sheet music database page/subsite | Upload my sheet music library. | ||||
| Develop videos subsite | x Fix Flashvideo mod video display error - Convert and upload my movies, videos, and TV shows library. |
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