Maybe you can tell the difference, maybe you can't, but this weblog is now running my own home brewed weblog system!
I've been coding like a fiend (in between plumbing that is) and here's what I've created:
- PHP and MySQL based weblog
- Pages are created dynamically with each viewing, which allows for some more fun features, like:
- Visible comments: shows comments on the page below the relevant entry (cookie driven setting)
- Chronical view: when turned on it "remembers" the last day you viewed and the next time you come to visit it starts there rather than on current date (cookie driven) (p.s. any ideas on a better name?)
- Previous and Next links
- More features coming...
I used Blogger when I started the log last year and then switched to Radio when it came out. The thing is that I never really liked the architecture of radio, as an app running on a PC. I have my own server, can write my own code, why not make the whole thing web based. Many folks are switching to MovableType, a server side web logging tool, but I really didn't want to learn a whole new system only to find out that it didn't do what I wanted. I've been writing PHP/MySQL services recently and that started me to thinking of writing my own weblog server. Nothing fancy, just the features I want plus a few new gadgets for fun.
I *think* that I've designed it so that all of the old links, offsite image links, and other stuff still works. If not, please send me an email.
Things to do: tweak the site search feature and put back in place, decide if I want a calendar (do you?), make RSS.XML files, and ping weblogs.com when updating. I was also thinking of changing the page layout to be less table driven. One major change at a time.
As always I'd love to hear how it works for you.
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Very cool. Everything looks almost the same, to me. But Can I still display more than one days worth of entries on a page?
Now you should see the last three, at least for the homepage. If you have chronicling turned on and visit the homepage it will only show you one day at a time until you are "caught up" to the present, then it's back to three.
By the way to see comments on the page and to try out chronicling click the links at the top of the right navigation bar. I promise it won't blow up...
Jerry -- I'm always in favor of a redesign, especially one that invloves PHP and MySQL. The only thing I think you need is a way to contact you - an email address, a form, anything!
I noticed something looked different, just slightly though. A little cleaner, a little faster. Then I read this post and got very happy--Jerry programming for public consumption is a good thing to be sure. When's the source code gonna be available. Need a product manager for JerBlog?
No calendar needed as far as I'm concerned...
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