Website Blog
Stuff To Do
Tuesday, 08 May 2007

Stuff To Do Just a simple task list of items completed and yet to be completed...and status report.

*****STATUS*****
SPEED:
You should notice a huge (20-fold) increase in page loading time  - the site has been moved to a better datacenter - finally. It took over a month to get the hosting company to admit there were speed issues, but in the end - persistence, with a lot of begging won out. Now we can add in some more pictures, multimedia, and features such as a bulletin board and shopping.

TEMPLATE:  The site has a lighter and brighter new look.

NEW FEATURES AND CONTENT:

  • Cookie's Blog
  • Guestbook
  • Section and category for events
  • Commenting for all news categories and Cookie's Blog
  • Ability to easily add streaming audio and video
  • A section for news for other classes
  • Categories for weblinks - Staff and Faculty, Fort Hunt Graduates From Other Classes
  • Content; About Us, Fort Hunt High School, many weblinks
  • Search engine friendlylinks

MAINTENANCE:

  • Daily backup of database and files
  • Daily updates of Missing Classmates List, Reunion Attendees list
  • News updates as needed, FAQs updates as needed

STATISTICS:

Traffic is still high, averaging 80-300 unique visitors daily - using Google Analytics.  

 

 

 

 
Building Tools
Tuesday, 08 May 2007

Site Building ToolsPLATFORM
Joomla 1.0.12 Content Management System
PHP Version:  4.4.4
MySQL Database(s)  4.0.27

 
In the beginning....
Tuesday, 08 May 2007
Starting your Joomla SiteGreetings! If you want to follow the development of our new site, this page is the place to start. We had intended to wait until we were finished with the site before inviting everyone in to look around, but the need for an immediate Online Registration option overrode all sanity!

While I am in charge of development, we get to do things my way <grin>. I build from the bottom up which reduces development time by at least 50%. We should have a fully functioning database-driven content management system with about 40 hours of work. Then we'll work on the content and design. Ready?