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This Drupal-based website is where I rant about my interests (see the topics menu on the right) and essentially anything else that was worth my time to read or laugh about. It's also a work in progress for me as I use it to continually sharpen my Drupal web development skills and explore the power Web 2.0. In case you're curious, here's a list of things I've been working on for this website.

WARNING: It's technical and geek-oriented...

D? Feature/Task
S
Start Finish Notes/To-Do
x Install Facebook Status block
09.05.08
09.07.08
- Installed Facebook Status mod
- Defined $status in line 104 fbstatus.module
- Added $status and [feed] link in line 108 fbstatus.module
- CSS and favicon background
x Install FancyBox (runs on jQuery)
09.07.08
09.07.08
- Replaced Lightbox2 mod
- Add support for flickr stream
- 10/4: Reverted back to Lightbox2 due to Fancybox IE bugs
x Add datestamp and tags to blog teasers
09.16.08
09.16.08
- Created node-blog.tpl.php
- Added taxonomy-teaser CSS class
***
Develop videos subsite w/ video node CCK fields and Views interface

09.04.08
ongoing

09.04.2008:
- Created custom video node content fields w/ CCK mod
- Installed Date CCK mod to track video release dates & sort order
- Installed/configured Reptags mod for genre links
- Remove "read more" link
- Created poster gallery w/ Views grid option + Imagecache mod

09.07.2008 - 10.06.2008:
- Add movie poster enlarge hover button via Imagecache mod & CSS
- Idea from Apple trailers movie posters

10.03.2008:
- Redesigned content fields with specific Text + Content Taxonomy mod fields
- Node URL support w/ Link mod + freelinking mod (replaced Reptags)

10.06.2008: Fix Imagecache alt/title bug (#)

12.08.2008:
- Create new content type/fields for game trailers
- Enabled AJAX-powered Views navigation
- Fix Flashvideo mod video display error

x Video-specific search options
x sorting or views options

x Redesign custom pager arrows
09.19.08
09.19.08
jCarousel ie7 theme nav arrows
x Fix TinyMCE rich-text toggle
09.20.08
09.20.08
ToggleTinyMCE.patch
***
Design new theme (Marinelli variant)
09.21.08
ongoing

09.21-29.2008:
- Cleaned/modified CSS
- Rethemed backgrounds (body bg by Charlie Nguyen)
- Rethemed tabs
- Redesigned icons/buttons
- Rethemed admin setting pages
- Rethemed node edit pages
- Rethemed About Me block
- Themed secondary link menu

10.12.2008:
- Rethemed Print mod links
- Rewrote mod CSS for blockquotes

10.15.2008: Themed blockquotes
- Installed Blockquote mod
- Themed node attachment

10.23.2008: Theme comments
- Installed Flatcomments mod
- Rewrote theme CSS

01.12-13.2009: Themed search input form
- Recoded CSS to enhance usability and optimize performance (larger forms, removed background images)

01.23-24.2009:
- Rethemed comment boxes and Print mod links
- Configured Gravatar mod and profile pics
- Reoriented right column blocks
- Created and themed Recent Comments block w/ Views

*** AJAX/jQuery-based site conversion and theming
09.21.08
ongoing

09.21.2009 - 12.25.2008:
- Configured and implemented quikmaps
- Configured FancyBox support for Flickr photo sets block
- Configured Cycle for profile picture
- Installed Collapsible Text mod
- Frontpage web footprint tabs w/ Quick Tabs mod
- AJAX-powered Video page navigation

10.14.2008: Installed Facebox

01.12.2009 - 01.14.2009: Implement AJAX modular popups for contact and email forms
- Updated Lightbox2 mod (built in feature)
- Themed CSS w/ help from Firefox Firebug add-on

01.24.2009: Enabled AJAX-powered frontpage w/ Views

x Create Activity Stream redesign w/ jCarousel
09.22.08
09.23.08
Created Lifestream widget w/ Activity Stream mod & jCarousel
x Create Flickr-based photo gallery
09.24.08
09.24.08
- Tried dfGallery -> scrapped b/c buggy w/ Flickr
- Installed/configured Cooliris Embeddable 3D Wall
- Debug IE7 FancyBox + SWF compatability
x Retheme blocks w/ Block Class mod
09.26.08
09.26.08
- Modified/simplified theme containers CSS
- Modified block.tpl.php
x Fix Reptags mod SiteWide tags
09.28.08
09.28.08
Updated mod to latest dev
x Create jQuery frontpage tab block
10.04.08
12.25.08

10.04.2008:
- Used Quick Tabs mod; themed w/ CSS
- Added top content region to site theme
- Created new Views block for "recent videos" tab
- Created "Recent Photos" tab w/ Flickr mod

12.25.2008:
- Moved Activity Stream block to "Lifestream" tab
- Created music block w/ imeem flash embeds

x Install Fileframework and themed attachments "block" # 10.12.08 10.12.08 - Setup Fileframework, Bitcache, and RDF mods; themed attachments CSS
- Uninstalled Transliteration to allow spaces in file names
x Add blog archives views # 10.12.08 10.12.08 Added Page front page Block views
*** Site performance optimization # 10.13.08 ongoing - Used FF Firebug + YSlow for Firebug to debug
- Decreased HTTP Requests with JS and CSS aggregation (enabled CSS optimization; JS optimization disabled until TinyMCE JS bug resolved)
- Aggregate JS w/ Javascript Aggregator mod
- GZIP components: Enabled normal page caching and compression
- Put JS at bottom of page.tpl.php
- Reduced DNS lookups and URL redirects
- Disabled ETags
- Added PHP buffer flushing
- Site now loads < 6 sec instead of 10+!
- Fixed TinyMCE JS optimization bugs (used WYSIWYG mod instead)
- Optimize ShareThis mod performance (CSS positioning & DNS lookups; fixed in v1.4+)
x Continue reducing HTTP Requests, DNS lookups, URL redirects, and CSS background images
x Add links CCK fields for blog content nodes
10.17.08 10.17.08 - Elsewhere on the Web Link field
- Related posts Node Reference field
x Setup web-based upload utility # 10.17.08 10.17.08 Installed WebFM mod
x Install site counter # 10.19.08 10.19.08 - Installed Counter mod
- Customized CSS for footer block
x Add YouTube to Activity Stream mod
10.19.08 10.19.08 Added custom feed: http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/users/USERNAME/favorites
x Theme online video pages and related links blocks # 10.21.08 10.22.08 - Custom styled online videos page w/ Contemplate mod template & CSS
- CSS styled online video nodes
- Created related links block w/ Link mod
- Created related videos block w/ CCK Node Reference mod
*** Site monetization and traffic optimization
10.29.08 ongoing

10.17.2008: Setup RSS feeds
- Designed feeds w/ Views mod
- Created feeds w/ Feedburner mod

10.18.2008: Implemented Google AdSense Ads w/ Adsense mod

10.29.2008: Added dynamic custom ad block
- Powered by jquery Cycle plugin

12.12.2008: Added Google Adsense search
- Replaced default search engine w/ Adsense mod
- Other Adsense ad tweaks anad CSS styling

12.23-24.2008: Created frontpage RSS subscribe block
- Updated Feedburner mod to enable email subscription feature
- Customized feedburner.pages.inc and themed block CSS

12.24.2008: Added node pingback/trackback
- Installed/configured Pingback mod

12.25.2008: Create XML sitemap for search engine optimization (increases traffic)
- Installed XML Sitemap mod
- Config XML Sitemap w/ Google, Yahoo!, Ask.com, Windows Live

(p) 12.25.008 - ?: Implement Tipyjoy popout ad widget
- Coded XHTML, JS, jQuery, CSS
- Photoshopped widget images
- Configured Tipjoy account custom widget
x Postponed due to CSS browser compatibility issues

01.12-14.2009: Create topic-specific RSS feeds to accomodate user preferences
- Use Views mod to create taxonomy term argument specific feeds and feed paths for money and Drupal topics- Burned new feeds in Google Feedburner
- Added new RSS links in "Feed Updates" block

x Add embedded video thumbnail support in Recent Videos block
11.24.08
12.25.08
- Tweaked Views settings and CSS
- Need to fix CCK empty field issue to allow proper display of video node titles
x Create Video node teaser custom template
11.26.08 11.26.08 Used Contemplate mod & CSS
p Create Digg/Google News styled auto-updating social news site
11.23.08 pending Currently 50% done; Developing w/ the following mods:
- The Engine: Drigg, FeedAPI, FeedAPI Mapper, Websnapr (modifed for image thumbs)
- Content Display: Panels, CSS, jQuery stuff
x Add blog topics menu
12.03.08 12.03.08 Improved usability by moving Lifestream block to tab; made CSS tweaks.
x Theme Video: Game nodes # 12.05.08 12.05.08 Lots of CSS coding; uploaded a few trailers.
x Fix FlashVideo-File Framework incompatibility issue # 12.08.08 12.17.08 - Upgraded to latest FlashVideo mod (batch video import feature now works almost flawlessly)
- Re-created older FlashVideo nodes and video file structure
***
Develop music subsite # 01.06.09 ongoing - Customized imeem playlist embeds
- Themed w/ Quick Tabs
- Mini SearchMe Widget as coverflow
x Theme printer-friendly pages   01.25.09 01.25.09 - Recoded print.css in Print mod
- Ensure DiggThis widgets and node blocks are hidden
- Restyled blockquotes
p
Resolve freetagging/primary taxonomy term issue for video nodes # 12.25.08 pending http://drupal.org/node/332423
p Create personal publications page


Upload and use Scribd embeds

Create piano/guitar sheet music database page/subsite


Upload my sheet music library.