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This morning I worked on changed the top rated thumbnails size Added a bunch of test images so I could add next page Added a Previous and Next paging link Shadow boxed the upload form Had to fix my upload form because it was rejecting jpgs Started planning out the social media links Still to do finish navigation bar styling add social media images + links style social media pages to match branding transfer style and format of homepage to inner page Style admin page and include means to change entries name etc. Contact form on contact page View high resolution

This morning I worked on

  • changed the top rated thumbnails size
  • Added a bunch of test images so I could add next page
  • Added a Previous and Next paging link
  • Shadow boxed the upload form
  • Had to fix my upload form because it was rejecting jpgs
  • Started planning out the social media links

Still to do

  • finish navigation bar styling
  • add social media images + links
  • style social media pages to match branding
  • transfer style and format of homepage to inner page
  • Style admin page and include means to change entries name etc.
  • Contact form on contact page
This morning I worked on changing the css of the sidebar, and then Query the database for the five top rated images Used TimThumb php script that resizes existing images pretty easily and caches them End of school is coming up quick and I’d like to get it to the point of being presentable because I could definitely keep adding features. These are some of the things I’d like to get done before presentations: Get Navigation styling done ( button that pops up styled upload form in shadow box, some copy explaining the idea of the site, linked images to social media sites ) Next and previous buttons If I stay logged in I get super secret admin link to go approve entries Things I want to do eventually or if I have time Contact form that users can send an email to me Email users when their entry is accepted Favicon Automagically post to social media sites Resave some of the images for web Edit info page, edit specific entries page View high resolution

This morning I worked on changing the css of the sidebar, and then

  • Query the database for the five top rated images
  • Used TimThumb php script that resizes existing images pretty easily and caches them

End of school is coming up quick and I’d like to get it to the point of being presentable because I could definitely keep adding features. These are some of the things I’d like to get done before presentations:

  • Get Navigation styling done ( button that pops up styled upload form in shadow box, some copy explaining the idea of the site, linked images to social media sites )
  • Next and previous buttons
  • If I stay logged in I get super secret admin link to go approve entries

Things I want to do eventually or if I have time

  • Contact form that users can send an email to me
  • Email users when their entry is accepted
  • Favicon
  • Automagically post to social media sites
  • Resave some of the images for web
  • Edit info page, edit specific entries page
Added coloured border to the top of the sidebar Added and customized shadowbox to display full sized image Checked out DISQUS moderation, display options and styling Got voting with cookies working, so anyone can vote but only once Resource for voting View high resolution

  • Added coloured border to the top of the sidebar
  • Added and customized shadowbox to display full sized image
  • Checked out DISQUS moderation, display options and styling
  • Got voting with cookies working, so anyone can vote but only once

Resource for voting

For capstone today I worked on Associating the original file uploaded with the file name of the re-sized thumbnail Making the sidebar an include and styling it with css Had a friend (Megan Colgan) test some “oddly” shaped images Still on the long list of things to do Rating system with cookies (mmm…) Top 3-5 rated entries in displayed in sidebar Check if upload file is .jpg Create smaller thumbnails for maybe a different view Lightbox-esque images and upload form Ability to edit already approved posts On the list to polish Branding social media sites Friendly links Auto-magically post to social media sites from the admin panel View high resolution

For capstone today I worked on

  • Associating the original file uploaded with the file name of the re-sized thumbnail
  • Making the sidebar an include and styling it with css
  • Had a friend (Megan Colgan) test some “oddly” shaped images

Still on the long list of things to do

  • Rating system with cookies (mmm…)
  • Top 3-5 rated entries in displayed in sidebar
  • Check if upload file is .jpg
  • Create smaller thumbnails for maybe a different view
  • Lightbox-esque images and upload form
  • Ability to edit already approved posts

On the list to polish

  • Branding social media sites
  • Friendly links
  • Auto-magically post to social media sites from the admin panel
Spent the morning figuring out how to align my type inside each post and changing the style of font using different CSS elements like text-shadow, letter-spacing etc. I also pulled out the timestamp from my database and used php to change the format it displays in, and styled it with css. View high resolution

Spent the morning figuring out how to align my type inside each post and changing the style of font using different CSS elements like text-shadow, letter-spacing etc. I also pulled out the timestamp from my database and used php to change the format it displays in, and styled it with css.

Spent the morning changing the dimensions of the image crop, laying out the content and testing the layout and functionality in popular browsers. The deer pictures are just place holders, but you can see with the inline style I was able to get the link to go over top of the image and the entire image acts as if it’s a link. View high resolution

Spent the morning changing the dimensions of the image crop, laying out the content and testing the layout and functionality in popular browsers. The deer pictures are just place holders, but you can see with the inline style I was able to get the link to go over top of the image and the entire image acts as if it’s a link.

This morning I worked on laying out my website and querying the database to pull out submissions that have been approved. The page layout isn’t designed yet but so far I have the following working: Pulling approved submissions from the database and displaying them on a page with next links to load older submissions Pulling out the name stored in the database and making it link to pages based on submissions unique id Adding disqus powered comments, that are unique within each post and showing the amount of comments on the homepage with the post View high resolution

This morning I worked on laying out my website and querying the database to pull out submissions that have been approved. The page layout isn’t designed yet but so far I have the following working:

  • Pulling approved submissions from the database and displaying them on a page with next links to load older submissions
  • Pulling out the name stored in the database and making it link to pages based on submissions unique id
  • Adding disqus powered comments, that are unique within each post and showing the amount of comments on the homepage with the post

Capstone Coding

Spent this morning starting to code my design, I have the background repeating nicely as well as a repeating header that looks like a sidewalk crack with a textured logo overlaid. I left off getting elements in the body to properly align, using css and div tags. You can check out my splash page on Chalk4Change.com. I also setup google analytics, which was fairly straight forward. I still have most of the proof of concepts done, there are some added features I would like to look into as well but I’m trying to focus on getting a basic working version of the site complete before I add extra features.