BruceArmstrong.net

I have added many DSL Speed Tests and Tweaks links along with Internet/Networking security links.

The hit counter seems to be working correctly now. (The reason it wasn’t working is that I was manually copying files to my web server directory. When I started using FrontPage’s “Publish Web” function, it started working like a beauty.) I also created a custom counter graphic to make the counter match the style of the rest of the site. See the bottom of this page. I cleaned up the links page a bit and sorted my favorite links into categories since Aaron finally bought a DVD player. I added the old “Falls Creek” photos to the Miscellaneous section of the Photos page. I created a DVD Page that is now accessible from the links page.

Got some excellent feedback from “Other Andrew” (Mr. Tauhert) today. I have thrown away all my HTML and totally redesigned the site from scratch. Hope you like the new look! I also made the look into a FrontPage “theme”, so whenever I create new pages, they all automatically look like this one.

I also spent some time today working on the links section and customizing the “Contact Us” form. I changed the menu/contents bar on the left again, mainly so I could add a “links” button.

Astute readers will also notice that this “Site News” section didn’t exist before and the dates and news are probably made up.

I’ve started working on the Photos page, so you can see a few photos there now, with tons more to come later. I’ve got a lot of scanning to do. I also added a hit counter to this page, but it seems to get reset every time I make an update. I’ll look into that soon.

The BruceArmstrong.net logo above started out to be a throw-away space filler, but with a little tweaking, I got it to really match the feel of the site and I think I’ll keep it. I also changed the color of the spinning "ba" logo. Some people might be annoyed by spinning and flashing graphics, so I’ll try to keep stuff tasteful.

Right now the Games link is about the only one with any content. And when you get to that page you’ll see that the custom game content (tracks, levels, paint jobs) that is meant to be there isn’t there yet.

I’ve worked out what I basically want things to look like. I’m pretty satisfied with the navigation bar on the left, but I want to change it to be expandable/collapsible. For instance, you click on "family" and the under that appear buttons for Bruce, Michelle, Andrew and Holly. I expect it will be pretty hard to have this and the "glow when the mouse passes over" effect simultaneously. We’ll see…