Issues will be expected, but it’s exciting nonetheless to finally come to the end of a prolonged development step. Unless there are significant problems, the outside world will be made aware next weekend.
Good Times!
We’re almost at the end of eradicating 167 XHTML validation issues on the base template. One of the developers was stuck in the HTML 4.0 world and didn’t remember to apply the current Black Magic. There are two remaining issues identified that should wipe out the remaining errors. When they’re done, we’ll be able to arrange for installation on the production server.
Motorcyclists love to share infobits, pictures, and experiences. Whether it’s blogs, social networking sites, or picture albums; bikers tend to have just as much fun as anyone else.
What we don’t play well with are singular sources of information. So if MotorcycleURLs displayed a group of links from Google News or technorati, there is a solid chance that most of the links listed would:
When the Motorcycles International Portal goes live, the MotorcycleURLs domains will be pointed to the WebLinks Directory within the portal. If a user wanted to browse or contribute links involving Ducati for example, they will be able to browse and share what excites them.
The layout work was delayed a week, but it is working on the test server. I’ve got the development team working on roughly 23 bugs that won’t be resolved for a few more days. If things go well, it will be installed on the live server at the latter part of this coming week. From there some additional development work will be done.
Microsoft cleared the site from it’s anti-phishing database, which won’t be reflected publicly for another couple days. It seems that anything complex that hasn’t been active throws a yellow-alert on Internet Explorer 7.
Thumbshots isn’t updating as well as I would like, but the weblink thumbnail images they do present are wonderful. The only exception is TriumphRat.Net (my former site), which shows a blank thumbnail.
The HTML Coding work has been completed. The development team is now moving to the CMS Template Coding Phase.
The effort is taking longer than anticipating (even with this new team), but I can’t complain that much – It’s progress. Besides, it allowed me to finish my initial eBay link pages and do some other minor tweaks to the site.
The site won’t be announced until this part is completed.
We’ve got the forum layout completed. For all of the information that will be displayed, it will be wonderfully easy to navigate.
The site is still in development until all of the code is active. We may be looking at a Go-Live later this month!
Motorcycles International is back on track. The original design team was made up of some talented individuals, but one “bad apple” ended the relationship. Some would say that I should be accustomed to such individuals. Regardless, the new design team is doing extremely well.
The R3Owners.Net site is still the top in it’s class, but nonetheless it did move up in it’s rankings a bit. The tests helped!
Stumbled onto something I liked, and made a few modifications.
Do I really own a Busa ?
The Motorcycles International Portal is starting the visual/theme development phase. It’s difficult to say how long this will take, but structural forum development will continue. I’ll likely add the Photo Album and Classified Features this weekend, but it will take a bit of time to integrate them properly.
When it’s one or two sites, you plan your day as a normal person.
When it’s several upgrades, none of which are “simple”, it’s an entire day out to deal with the many changes.
In any case, the results look good. R3Owners.Net is running very well. MotorcycleURLs shows absolutely no difference. Motorcycles International hasn’t yet achieved any level of custom/unique status that would create problems.
The weather has been too cool to ride. Shame, but it did keep me inside.