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New website / blog for my high school reunion

August 12th, 2008 by erb

So after two days of work this weekend during idle time in front of the tv, I have an officially live Beta version of the new web site I put together for my high school reunion coming up next year.

http://rths1989.com/blogs/

Comments? Suggestions? Criticisms? I’ll take any and everything!

Things I have planned:

Install RoundCube into http://rths1989.com/email as a webmail reader
A couple “HOWTO” pages (or FAQ links?), complete with some mini screen shots, explaining briefly how to use a blogging (WordPress) system, how to use the webmail system, and (:gulp:) how to use the wiki … although I doubt that the wiki will really get used, at all! :-) (it was only a 5 min install of MediaWiki)
Maybe a “HOWTO” page for JAlbum? Although JAlbum web site has pretty good HOWTOs of its own.
MySQL database for everyone, complete with php pages for reading and updating — keeping it simple. Only registered blog users will have access, for privacy concerns. (I figured I’d piggyback on WordPress, to keep the username/password/account confusion to a minimum, particularly for users! But I’ll use a separate MySQL DB to avoid accidental blog corruption)
More pictures? Albums?
Continue investigating the WP Super-Cache plugin to see if it’s working well

WordPress MU was a semi interesting experience. Much easier than I was fearing. WordPress is really growing up into a full fledged accomplished polished app!