From time to time I’m going to post something geeky. I can’t help it, it’s in my nature.

I’ve spent the last couple of days taking suggestions from lots of different directions, including myself, and applying them to the site. These include:

• Completely revised design and colouring scheme aimed at better usability, expansion and easier reading.
• A new gallery system - after much trial and error I’ve ended up using the absolutely fantastic zenphoto.
• ZenShow wordpress plugin - This is a great little plugin that integrates zenphoto with wordpress. It required some tweaking but its now working flawlessly.
• Java uploader for multiple photos - to enable us to upload as many photos as possible, I’ve built a small script which utilises Jupload to resize photos locally and then upload them to the gallery. I’m using an old version of Jupload which I’d used on a previous project as it has a much smaller footprint.
• Favicon - Just to add that extra bit of finishing to the site.
• GeoPress - This is one of the first things that I added and it provides great location support for posts, allowing us to type the city we’re in and it automatically inserts a map. Currently, it is set to use Yahoo maps which are great. I do actually prefer Google, however, their road maps have very little coverage in asia and especially China (surprise surprise). I’m still looking for a way to disable the wheel mouse zoom on these maps as it keeps catching me out!
• New countdown - I removed the tacky javascript countdown, and replaced it with the much more manageable countdown-timer plugin by Andrew Ferguson.

I’m sure there are more things that I have changed/added but they’ve most probably got swept in with the new design.

Geek moment over!

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