Mar 30

The main parts of the site design are now in place. There are a few more details here and there, but it should look a little better now. If you are experiencing any difficulties viewing the site, click on my name above and drop me a note.

Oh, and new PEZ —

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Mar 27

Validate my site

Posted by Matty

So, I started off with 121 validation errors. Luckily, most were fixed with only a couple of changes. I just thought that I would share. Creating valid code is important.

Mar 27

I was able to spend a couple of hours working on the website this weekend. It’s starting to look like a real site again. My favorite part? Oh, probably the sweet color fade on the links….

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Mar 23

Day ? – Site Design

Posted by Matty

It’s late, so I’m not really sure which day to count this as, but we are out of the design stage, and I’ve started developing the front page. It’s still pretty rough, but it’s starting to take shape.

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Mar 21

Day 3.5 – Site redesign

Posted by Matty

How much fun we have working on the site…

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Mar 21

First stages

Posted by Nanc

This is about the first stages of SockapalOOOza. Not to be confused with this site’s stages of redesign and build. But there are some similarities between the two.

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Mar 20

Zen and the art of…

Posted by Nanc

The following may or may not be an inspirational story to you. This is my story from this past weekend. All events are factual, or at least true from my point of view and exaggeration was kept to a minimum. No hand knits were harmed in these events, or in the retelling of this story.

This weekend I took the basic motorcycle course (and passed – wo0t!). This is something that I’ve wanted to do for a long time and had put off for no good reasons. I finally said “Enough” and went for it. No regrets.

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Mar 20

Day 2 – Site redesign

Posted by Matty

What will the new design look like?

Today is all about trying to figure out what the new website design will look like, and how people will interact with it. Taking a couple of extra hours to plan this stuff in the beginning saves me an awful lot of time later.

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Mar 18

Day 1 – Site redesign

Posted by Matty

So here we go — I ' ve stripped all of the styles and graphics from the site, and we ' re gonna start redesigning the website. I ' ve scoped it out, and instead of just posting up a new design, I’m gonna do it over several days, and post daily progress.

If you haven ' t ever really considered how to create a site design from the ground up, hop on in,–it might be interesting. Today — The plan

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Mar 17

More baby love

Posted by Nanc

I’ve decided to “come clean” with you – the internets. I feel that it is time for me to shed this coat of deceit and bask in the glory of honesty, at least for one moment in time. I don’t know if you will praise me for my bravery or despise me for my weakness. But this step is for me, not you. (So get over yourselves.)

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