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Yup! I've felt so motivated lately, that I was able to finish this part at last!
But I think it is now that the challenging part comes. I have to start working on the part of
how the links will be displayed. The idea is to make it very easy to incorporate into any design. That is, by using code snippets to put your links into any page with a .php extension. It sounds easy, but I want to do this well. I really want to make this script good. I've come to realize that this is not always as easy as one imagines. I thought this would be the easiest part to do, but it's the opposite.
I really don't know whether to show you
screenies of the admin panel, or wait until I've advanced some more and designed a new look for it. Because, right now, it looks very plain. And really, that is fine, because nobody else but the owner of the website is going to see it, but I don't want to seem like a crappy designer either. (I am not so good at web design, but I gotta still try... right?) So I am going to try making something very, very lightweight, but stylish. And I am going to add icons to the interface in order to make the whole thing easier to read and navigate. Because, right now, it's... too... plain.
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I am missing the few comments I used to get. Now it's like I get none.
Are any of you still around?
Oh yeah, and I am aware of how pathetic I must seem by asking such a question.
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The site's re-design (or revamp) is going to be slow, as you may have noticed. But I have a good reason, you see! I felt motivated and started doing some more work on the
Starlight Bookmarks script, and it's coming out decently. I finished the category management part already, and am doing the link management part now.
The plan is to finish that part, and then revise the code and add some things, fix others, etc. before moving on to work on the last part, which would be to write the functions and other code that will handle the output (that is, displaying links, category lists, etc.). After that is done, I'm going to try making a sort of installer for the script, write a users guide, and visit a community where I can get some feedback on the script, tips on tidying it up a bit, and maybe some help to make it better. After that, then I MIGHT try to share it. That's the point, isn't it? To share my script. But only when I'm sure that it's usable and understandable enough for others to use and play with.
I have faith in that, at the end of this odyssey, I'll have come to understand PHP and MySQL better, for my own good and that of others who might want to try my scripts. And if God and fate permit, I'll continue working on this script and any others I decide to write, as well as keep learning and improving my skills.
And you better have faith in me, too! :P
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I've started revamping the domain today. LOL, yes. Wish me luck!
Also, guess what the new theme for the domain will be? :P
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Well, I've been just... a bit lost. I was meant to do many things this month, but nothing's happened. I did work a bit on my 'Starlight Bookmarks' script's admin panel. I got a few things to work, finally. Still a way to go, though. However, I know that if I REALLY tried, I could finish this in a week, or even less. This script is simple. I am just lazy...
Same goes with my game projects. There's this interactive story with a 'mysterious' touch that I was going to start, but other than writing the story and working a bit on the characters, I've done nothing else. Same goes with the other, bigger project, which I currently call 'Fatalis'. But I haven't written anything about these two in this blog, have I? So you shouldn't care. It's better this way. I'll write something when there's actually something to see.
As for
RMRKU, we had finally started something, but then I kind of disappeared this month... I'm having trouble with finding a server. I don't currently have money to pay for one. Maybe in a few months, when I clear my laptop's debt... But that's a maybe. I'll keep searching. We plan on using the
VBGore engine, which is pretty good, for what I've seen.
This website and the rest of my 'personal network' need an update! And urgently. I need to, not only create a new design, but change many of the pages and add the missing content. I want to finish that theme switcher for the blog, too, so you can choose how my blog should look while you browse it. And by the way, the blog's script (FanUpdate) is outdated. I need to update to the latest version as soon as possible, because the spambots are annoying me already.
I am thinking about removing the guestbook, too. Nobody (other than the spambots?) has visited it, so... no point in having it, right?
I want to look at that
Phaos RPG Script in the future, or start my own mini browser RPG one day. That would be awesome, and even before I started learning PHP, I was already dreaming with doing it.
Also, if I had time, I'd have my own mini message board. Something like a more private community where to hang out. But since I know that nobody's going to be interested, and that I'll eventually be too lazy or lacking of time to update it, I better leave it as it currently is: a mere idea.
Oh yeah! And I've been playing with my Nintendo DS like crazy lately! Especially Animal Crossing DS, Rune Factory and Brain Age 2. If you got any of the first two and would like to make trades (or visit my AC town!), let me know! I'd love to do that.
Oh, and I think I'm going back to learning VB6 (Visual Basic 6) and FreeBASIC! FreeBASIC is great, and I'm loving it so far. I've followed many tutorials and learned things such as how to make a graphic move in the screen, and how to take key input, among other things. As for VB6, I'm still at the very beginning with it, though I'm very familiar with the IDE already.
Oh! And I can't forget to mention that I MIGHT be studying Web Technologies starting this next month, after all! That will be so wonderful... Wish me luck!
And I think this is all for now. Sorry for disappearing so often, but sometimes I am really not in the mood for anything. Please understand: this is how I am, at this time of my life.