Major redesign features list

total redesign preview

I told you all that I would get a list of some of the new features on the new website out to you all today. Here it is,


  • Front end updates

  • Totally fresh new aluminum design
  • Sidebar contains Paypal, Google, Talkshoe, iTunes podcast subscriber, FeedBurner subscriber.
  • Sidebar is available on all pages aside from Photos and Forum
  • About Me page has custom sidebar
  • Photos page no longer goes to .Mac gallery. All photos are now residing on the sherver and utilize Gallery. You can get Gallery for your own site at http://gallery.menalto.com
  • DisabledPlanet.Net forum is easily accessible through this website and continues to preserve the aluminum look and feel.
  • New site has no javascript navigation bars which makes it much more GoogleBot friendly
  • Images have ALT tags allowing screen readers and GoogleBot to recognize them as content
  • Google Analytics tracking for stats (launched today at 12:30 PM CST) This will take place of the visitor counters. I will blog about statistics monthly on the 29th



  • Back end updates
  • Fast FTP uploading framework
  • Upload only changed pages (like iWeb)
  • Full WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) interface (like iWeb)
  • PHP back end on a lot of things (Affects client users by reducing the work their computer does)
  • Less space on my hard drive required for the RapidWeaver program 151.83 MB for iWeb Vs. 50.00 MB for RapidWeaver
  • More customizability and instantly changable site theme's
  • Google Analytics tracking for stats (launched today at 12:30 PM CST)
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