February 18, 2009

Yet Another Website Done!

Just a day after finishing the HCCG website, I started and finished the website for the Harvard College Global Heatlh and AIDS Coalition (http://hcs.harvard.edu/hac/).

For this website, the users wanted to be able to 1) easily edit the static pages and 2) have a blog. My solution was to use Wordpress to maintain the entire website. Thus instead of integrating Wordpress into a website like I’ve done for my own website and for katherinejhan.com, I’ve done the reverse.

Used the pixeled theme from Wordpress, modified of course to make it suitable for a static content view. Best part is that non-code content changes are easy (and mostly done already!)

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February 8, 2009

Trying to Add Sidebar Stuff

I deleted the Wordpress sidebar, but I decided that I did want some stuff there.

A few days ago, I wrote my own mini links dropdown (click Links to see them).

Then I got the code for a weather box from weather.com.

Now I’m trying to scrape the dining menu from HUDS. This is harder than I expected. Damn HUDS, why can’t they set up an RSS feed? So Web 1.0.

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February 7, 2009

Website Update

Filed under: Blog Stuff, Coding, TechnologyTags: , , , , , , , , , , — darrenhe @ 7:30 PM

Didn’t do much today besides the standard bicycle ride, but last night:

  • Converted the static pages to PHP so I could have an easily modifiable header and footer.
  • Made a mobile version of my website, self-hosted except for the Wordpress blog.
  • Changed the fonts on my blog a bit to make it more readable.

I suppose it wasn’t too hard, but all that time put in and the website…looks the same! Backend changes are mainly for personal satisfaction (and a little bit of optimization).

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July 6, 2008

Starting My Blog

Filed under: Blog StuffTags: , — darrenhe @ 11:28 AM

I own the domain name darrenhe.com, and I was planning to put a WordPress blog on it. Microsoft Office Live Small Business gives you free hosting, but you have to use their web interface, and thus it looks unfeasible to install WordPress on the site.

At some point, I’ll set up my desktop to be on 24/7 and host my own site, but until then, free hosting at wordpress.com it is!

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