Moved the site server engine to nginx. Significantly improves page delivery. Replaced all jQuery code on the Home page with vanilla JavaScript. This removed the jQuery library, adding yet another performance enhancement (both load and execution)…
Today marked the completion of many of the missing pieces. Entering incorrect Zip Code / City information is now handled properly, as are ambiguous locations (you'll get a list to pick from). National Weather Service warnings, watches, and advisories will now display on the home page here. The Forecast Details now also contains Past Weather. You can create a PDF for your location with the forecast on it. The weather pages are cached for better server performance and the shading and colors have been adjusted…
The Themes have had their first update in quite a while. The forum had a color change, the gallery has been themed to match, and the rest of the site has had small updates to tie them together. The new image item on the home page now rotates among 10 images. If you are logged on, it includes pictures that are only viewable to registered users. :)
Weather is Ajaxified- adding an update indicator, auto-refresh, and other good stuff on the backend. I am using the script.aculo.us Ajax engine. Home page has improved CSS code for the columns. Minor updates to Gallery and Webmail have been completed. The Family page now has improved reliability when accessing the Gallery. If you log off the Gallery, visiting the family page will automatically log you back in.
The home page contents have been juggled around a bit. The weather code has had some slight changes as well. You may have noticed the Google ads are gone from the front page (if you didn't :D then you were blocking ads). I'm working on a new news aggregator, but it's slow coming. Other changes recently include minor updates to the Gallery and Webmail.
Again, the home page has been updated. Google Ads are new as is a random image from the Image Gallery. The Visitor Counters have been removed from the footers, they really didn't add any value to the site. Next up, the links pages...
The home page has been completely redesigned. The search engine is back to Google. Site news from the Forum has also been added. What do you think of the changes?
