So I've completed everything I had set out to do for this website in the blog section, it only took a few weeks. Writing a website in PHP was SO much easier than writing it from the socket layer up in C++, and maybe even more fun (ha maybe).

Now I have a pretty good understanding of MySQL databases and PHP, and my CSS design skills have also gotten better too (I personally get crunk on the Dallas skyline in the new layout). I can also stop working on it as frequently, becase now my site is fully functional, including the new archive view (on the sidebar and the blog archive page) and the integrated Google site search.

And with a full-featured WYSIWYG editor for me (thanks to TinyMCE) and a nice drafts/publishing system, updates will be so much easier than they used to. Hopefully I will keep updating this thing!!

I still want to add more content, such as a flash-driven music section and stuff like projects/school/work/resume stuff, but for now, I feel accomplished.

For a more detailed list of crap I've done (and crap I want to do later), check out the Feature List page, it's always up to date.

Seems like Facebook might be able to automatically import my blog via an RSS feed. Let's see if it works...

This is mainly for myself, so I can set some real goals for getting this site working, and watch my progress as I get more things finished. Here is a list of what I've done, and what I have left to do

Features Completed

Everything I've done so far:

• Blog
  • PHP front end
  • Admin back end for posts and comments
  • Comments
  • Automated email notifications when somebody leaves a comment
  • Sidebar listing
• Contact information
• "Green Leaf" CSS design and layout

Features To Implement

What I still want to do:

• Blog
  • Multiple pages (only shows first 5 currently)
  • Archive browsing/listing
  • More WYSIWYG post editor (instead of plain HTML)
  • Tag system (search, browse, etc
• Music section
  • PHP front end
  • Admin back end
  • Flash player for MP3s
  • Sidebar listing
• RSS feed generation
• Cleaner CSS and better semantic HTML layout
• Remember site visitor's info for comments
• User login for viewing private/friends posts
• Add more content
  • About section
  • Biography section
  • School section, with project/source code info and schedule

What Now??

It looks like I have a lot left... because I do. I'm sure it will take a while because of 1) school and 2) more fun things than writing web apps, but since I'm writing the back end as I go, at least content will keep coming in as the site starts to support it.

We'll see how this goes!!

Comments are now working, and I've written the back-end pages to manage them. Woohoo!

Just testing out the mobile posting feature....