PORT8080.NET

Due to an unfortunate sequence of events, I'll be migrating the database of port8080.net back to MySQL. I much prefer Postgres, however I'm unable to install MediaWiki against Postgres on BlueHost. MediaWiki needs the tsearch2 plugin, which isn't included in Postgres until 8.3. BlueHost is currently running 8.1. Also, at work I use MySQL on a daily basis, so my experience is much greater with MySQL currently. I plan to move back to Postgres when I host my site on my own servers, but until then MySQL has me in their grasp. And please don't get me started on GPL vs BSD...

This is the first real update to the site in a couple of months. The last was removing index.html so the framework could take over. Today's update bring project pages to the website. I built the class today that displays projects with an index, table of contents (list of steps), and a page for each step. Hopefully it's fast enough, being it's coming from a database. Now I just have to populate the database with the projects. Also, the framework class needs a little refining (mainly error handling), but it works and is online. Until next time...

I moved the front page from the old static one to this nice dynamic one. I'm going to work on the site a bit today, as it needs it and I won't have to think to much after yesterday's adventure into drunkeness. The next updates that I'm planning on will include:

• Finish Machine Pages
• Add Project Pages
• Add an artwork page
• Add a file gallery

May not be in that order.
We'll see how much I get done tonight. Cheers!

Here's the first step toward the new site. I've converted this homepage from a static HTML to the Code Igniter framework. It's a lightweight php framework that's supposed to mimic most of the functionality of Ruby on Rails, but with much less overhead and much more configurability (if that's even a word). This is my major push to teach my self "proper" object oriented web programming with the Model-View-Controller architecture.

Moved the hosting to www.Bluehost.com. SDF was great, but no php or perl for the account level being used. Also, this website hit the 20MB limit very quickly. For 8$ a month, bluehost gave unlimited storage and transfer, plus lots of other addons. Please check them out if you're interest in hosting a website. Also, in the near future, this website will be moving to dynamic content (hail PHP). A static content mirror will remain on the Super Dimension Fortress just in case. Can't be too careful...