Web Development

And it's in the form of a website:

Obama and Biden have hit the ground running. If you notice, the site is barely finished.

The guys at Webair have been working to get the sites upgraded, the databases optimized but, most importantly, to stop the attacks on my server. 

I get way too many random attacks from spammers, scrappers and other web vermin who deserve to die slow and painful deaths. Hope their testicles and/or ovaries shrivel to the sizes of raisins.

The good news is that we should have the upgrades done by the beginning of November.

I may have to switch hosting companies yet again. The company I am with right now have no one on staff that knows how to set or manage a Drupal-centric server.

I need an expert who can take my Drupal 4.7 sites, upgrade them to latest D5 and then set up a multi-site installation --meaning, porting all upgraded sites to a "one code base, multiple databases" setup. This means though that you have systems administrative experience and can effectively sort out what my server may need in or to optimize it's hardware as well as it's software (Apace 1.3, MySQL 4+, PHP 5)

Extra brownie points if you can  :

1. talk me into going straight into D6 (the issue for me is the lack of key modules) and
2. also throw in a CiviCRM installation into the mix.

And yes, I will pay. Just make an offer per/project and/or per/hour. Just email me at admin [at] culturekitchen [dot] com.

Allow me, if you will, a moment of geek rapture, and to present you with our shiny, newly revamped and sexed-up blog platform over at The Daily Gotham.

Go ahead, take a look. See how gorgeous it is; bask in its bloggy goodness.

What you'll see, all prettiness aside, is a kick-ass publishing platform that's marvelously easy to use, loads nicely, looks great and works like a charm. And while I claim partial credit for the look and feel of it, the heavy lifting - and it was heavy - was done by our very own Liza. Everyone, give her a round of applause, and stay tuned, because Culture Kitchen is next.

Me, I think it's going to kick ass. In fact, I'm sure of it.

Nezua has identified a problem with accessing [workspace|workspace]. There also seems to be a problem with the drop-down menus.

Just wanted you to know I'm looking into it. I've been doing development work, which is why I have not been blogging for a while. Coding consumes every waking moment whenever I plunge into it, but it's for a good reason.

If you want to know what's coming to our site, you may want to take a look at Hollywoodistas.com. With my new template and Michael's new design, we're looking to deal with usability issues with the new design. I'll have a longer post on the new design.

In the meantime, please use this post to let me know what other problems you've had with the site, any ideas on how to make it better and, last but not least, throw a praise or two my way. After all this development work, I always need a hug

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So what's new?

I switched the navigation and blogging tools menus to the top of the sidebar on the left. Since they are collapsible, you can just open and close them as you need.

Hate it? Love it? I want to know it all.

Before you go on hating though, I want you all to know that this was more than just an exercise in designing a Drupal site. I am trying to find add more space to make more visible the work and interaction of regular members. I want to find ways of making visible the way people interact in the site --so it's not just the front-pagers who get featured and highlighted.  

Here's what I feel about it at the moment: It's busy. I do like the new molotov-guy design. I do think that the actual logo (the word culturekitchen) could be much, much smaller.

What do you think?

1. Go to your home page
2. Click on edit
3. Scroll down to find the Theme Configuration.
4. Click on culturekitchen_red.2

This is the design I am working on at the moment. Please note that it is far from finished; but if you want to see what I am obsessed with at the moment, you can switch to this design and see it change right before your very eyes. If all the changes make you crazy, then switch back to the original (which is culturekitchen_red).

Use this post to log your questions or comments on the new design. All imput and opinions are most certainly welcomed.