This is for real, this time I mean it
Monday February 9th 2009
by Paul Armstrong
Sometimes its best to put your feet in the fire (so to speak) and get something up, rather than get it perfect (because when left to my own inclinations I will never be satisfied and never feel finished with something). SO here it is, at long last - the new Armstrong Family Circus blog. Back on the road.
There are several features I still need to add and want to add to the site, the basic framework is there and functional. I'm pretty proud of how the site has turned out. Its simple, basic and (fairly) uncluttered. Its "scalable" (something not done as often on more modern websites), meaning the site scales to you browser -- like oldschool web, but not. I probably went overboard on the "book" idea (using "Volumes" as years, and "Chapters" as months, and entries as individual pages; but I feel like it works overall).
You can find all the archives of all the past blogs in the Table of Contents area at the top right of the site (in what I think is a pretty nice jQuery scrolling feature (no page refreshes or loads, just some nice animation). I need to add a "search" area up there, as well as other means to sort; such as by tags or categories.
I still have to "style" old entries, as well as add tags to the old entries. To be added features will include: related entires and better organized more entries, RSS button, photography accompanying posts, and better commenting system.
For now just enjoy. I'm going to bed and getting up early to have a baby!


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I am so happy this is back! I checked periodically. I enjoy your writing and photos. Congrats on the baby! My prayers for you and yours,
Rhiannon
by Rhiannon
∞ Friday, February 13th, 2009