So Fresh and So Clean

Welp, last week my site broke... so instead of fixing it, I decided to write a complete new design, ha. Actually, when I say "design" I really don't mean "design" at all. As you can see it's not much different than before. Lots of grays, same header, etc. However, I reprogrammed the entire site. That's right - I rewrote every bit of code, haha. I also changed the DB around a bit.

That may seem a bit dumb, but over the last 6 years, I've just been adding on and enhancing certain parts of the site. After a while the code started to get pretty sloppy. Plus, I've learned how to rule at programming since then so I decided to rewrite - completely. I'm super glad I did too because everything is much much lighter and the DB stuff is all sooo much faster.

Anyway, you don't care about all that.... Here's what's noticeably different.

-I removed the "header pics" for all my friends on the homepage.
-The site header is actually the same, heh.
-And yeah, I use tables on this site, WHUT.
-I use a lot of css too...
-The latest pictures are now displayed as images on the home page.
-I even added random pics below that. I think those are fun.
-The site allows comments/tags on so much more content.
-I added a "travel" section to my bio with a link to a google map api.
-I added paging to more things, like photo albums, etc.
-The new paging is so much nicer and faster.
-Prev/Next buttons are way faster for albums/tags with tons of photos.
-All my homies are back on the homepage again, haha

So yeah, welcome to version 5 of derek.broox.com. That's about 1 design a year... not too bad I guess. I'm just so freakin happy that my backend is more solid. Now I gotta write an admin. crap.

Oh yeah, Vegas was nice... pics and story soon.

Look around, every piece of the site is at least a little different than it used to be. Some are drastically different. Since everything is new, let me know if you find any bugs... I'm sure there are a couple.
man. i just had to write that article with an insert statement cause i have no admin, haha.

derek posted

dammit, i did not win the race...and i've heard that your backend is solid

nick posted

oh yeah, and the site looks good...you are teh lamez0r for using tables still though

nick posted

Dope business. Looks fast and danger.
totally fast and danger with my super solid backend.

derek posted

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