No news is good news. That’s probably why I don’t post much. A even more accurate reason I don’t post much is that I’m too lazy. Of course the real reason I don’t post much is because it’s not easy enough and I’m too busy. Well, I do have some news that’s been piling up.
I am rewriting the entire site. I will be doing away with the frames. Even though I really like them because they are the ultimate expression of order, they became extinct quite a few years ago. Due to several reasons, frames cause trouble with various things for example search engines. As a result, they have been antiquated and there are several alternatives. The problem is that the alternatives keep have become superceded by things that then became superceded. Frames, tables, css, php, asp… ARRRGGGH! There doesn’t seem to be any perfect website technology to use, I guess the web is the epitomy of continued learning.
Anyway, I am getting rid of frames and redoing the whole site with CSS. I have already redone it so that it emulates frames and so looks just like it does now, but better. I’ve sprinkled it with generous helpings of JavaScript to really make it sizzle. I’ve got cookies, expaning menus, and mroe. I have also kept it STRICT standards valid. I will try to keep it cross-platform and cross-browser compatible, especially now that I’m running several different browsers (IE, FireFox, Opera, Maxthon). However, I will not be doing too much in the way of supporting limited technology like text browsers; that would require TOO MUCH time on my part which is already at a premium. I will also not be able to do too much in the way of supporting users with JS or CSS disabled, although I am doing my best.
The biggest problem I’ve had with non-frames pages is that you have to include the same damn stuff on each and every friggin’ page, like a navbar, copyright, etc. and that’s just annoying. I’ve looked at a few HTML pre-processors but have not found anything easy/useful. Therefore, the new site will not likely go live until I have finished restructuring ParseTXT so that I can use it to pre-process the files.
In the meantime, the experimental site that I have been testing with is available at http://www.synetech.000k2.com/x1/