Development Test Site – Page 26 – Not a Real Site Just Some Test Post

Replied to Ben Roberts (ben.thatmustbe.me)

Telling Ben Roberts I like that he said Hey for testing purposes.

Bookmarked Girl Fakes Trip to Southeast Asia (gapyear.com)

So, for five weeks, this girl pretended to be on vacation. I want to do this. Where can I not go on vacation?

Replied to Leo Laporte talks about Known (leoville.withknown.com)

Good to see someone who inspires many people exploring the Indieweb movement. And I get to test my code too. Thanks for the idea, Ben. Oh, and Leo..I owe you some Hydrox cookies once they make a comeback.

Bookmarked Campaign finance debate a partisan flashpoint as it moves to Senate floor (washingtonpost.com)

An amendment may not be the right move. But money is not speech…it is influence. No one should have too much.

Bookmarked New Florida University Unveils Bookless Library (lj.libraryjournal.com)

I have to wonder if bookless is the future of libraries. I tend to worry, especially as a librarian who has never held the post.

Announced My Website Version 3.0

Back in April, I announced Version 2.0 of this website, since I relaunched it. Now I announce Version 3.0. I wrote the code again, which continues to be a learning experience.

But in order to finish it, I needed to bring it live, so I could test out the various options I’m experimenting with. There is a lot similar to the previous edition. For now, the links to various syndication and communications methods, as well as a search box, are shared on the menu bar with the various ways to filter content.

In addition to Articles, longer form text like this, you can see the types of notes I’ve been filing. There is still more to do to clean that up. A lot of it is based on a custom plugin for WordPress I wrote to add Likes, Replies, and other common conventions, as well as the necessary markup for them. My development of this site and its plugins is why I now have the Github link to that work.

The site is continuing to iterate, and I’m continuing to learn. In the meantime, comments are appreciated. I have more to do. Writing pieces like this is aspirational.

Such as bring back the syndication links on individual posts, which involves rewriting that, which is another plugin
I have two other options coded for a banner image to test
The Bio on the Sidebar is still part of a bunch of behind the scenes development I want to do