For the First Time EVAR
…I am posting an entry about the new design(!) of Lyone—well, that and the amount of features with the re-design.
First off: it's not a complete re-design, only a rework of of the user system, mainly directed at making users' experience better than mine. Which should tell you how very unselfish I am1.
Users can now: register (to make a long story short, CAPTCHA works like a charm) and login from the main page. From there they can edit their profile and post comments á la WordPress, except there's, well, more SPAM protection. This means that you don't have to fill out any more forms (except comments) or click “Log Comment” every time you want to post a comment.
Users with a member status can upload as many userpics as they want á la LiveJournal, except there's no limit, and your userpics won't disappear at random intervals or be renamed for no apparent reason.
As for the layout itself: it took three days (yes, three days) to not only make up the idea for the layout and code it, but to code the code behind it. Such as the RSS feed for Flickr and LastFM, and to make sure users could do the things I stated above. There may or may not be a very rant-y post coming up about the struggle I had with WordPress, RSS/XML and OOP, and why I'd have to have a struggle with WordPress in the first place…!
- OK, not completely selfless—I had fun doing it, and or I don't think I'd have done it.
Posted: September 5, 2009
Listed Under: Coding, Online, Site Changes
Tags: coding, errors/bugfixes, wordpress, wordpress woes
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Christina »
September 5, 2009 · Permalink
Yay, new layout! Yay new features! Yay Tess for being a brilliant biatch.
Kya »
September 9, 2009 · Permalink
Love it! :D
Raine »
September 10, 2009 · Permalink
Oooh I love it! It's so tech-y and RSS feed-y, and correct and functioning, you know? XD It would take me years to understand even an ounce of this. You know you love it! :D