Tranzfuse » wordpress http://www.tranzfuse.com From Me To You Fri, 07 Jan 2011 03:38:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Lab Project #2 http://www.tranzfuse.com/technology/lab-project-2/ http://www.tranzfuse.com/technology/lab-project-2/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:52:05 +0000 tranzfuse http://www.tranzfuse.com/?p=166 Oh yeah, this web site is an ongoing project, so I wanted to document it here. I am slowly constructing a WordPress child theme (called “red headed step child”) based on Justin Tadlock’s excellent WordPress Hybrid theme framework. I am enjoying learning the infinite possiblities of the WordPress platform, CSS, and deepening my understanding of PHP. I imagine I’ll update this post more as I continue to dig in and evolve the site over time.

My to-do list:

  • Improve category landing page layout
  • Actually create a wholistic design for my site/child theme
  • Improve post excerpt formatting
  • Expand navigation to include Scripts/Tools tab (I think)
  • Incorporate sidebars/widgets
  • Include a bit more photography
  • Improve WPTouch design for mobile device experience
  • Add Lightbox jQuery plugin functionality for photos
  • Design a Tranzfuse logo/favicon
]]> http://www.tranzfuse.com/technology/lab-project-2/feed/ 0 Lab Project #1 http://www.tranzfuse.com/lab/lab-project-1/ http://www.tranzfuse.com/lab/lab-project-1/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:32:25 +0000 tranzfuse http://www.tranzfuse.com/?p=160 I’m currently working on a scrapbook, which is doing the following things:

  • Fetching my 25 most recent Twitter tweets via the Twitter API
  • Fetching my 25 most recent Flickr photos via the Flickr API
  • Fetching tracks marked as field recordings from my SoundCloud account via the SoundCloud API
  • Using a few CSS3 tricks for box shadows, transform, and rotation
  • Using the Google web fonts API to style the Twitter text
  • Using jQuery UI to add dragging capabilities
  • Using the jQuery lightBox plugin to display an enlarged version of photos

My to-do list to improve it:

  • Cache API data to improve performance and reduce API calls to Flickr, SoundCloud, and Twitter web services DONE!
  • Create version of brown scrap paper image with box shadow effect to apply when being dragged
  • Contain dragging to viewport only, this seems to occur because of the rotation applied DONE!
  • Add icons to show interactions that are possible (drag this, open this, etc)
  • Consider Soundcloud API integration for field recordings DONE!
  • Convert to WordPress plugin with options panel for customization, maybe a full blown WordPress theme down the road (if it makes sense to do so)
  • Expand to include timeline feature that shows items from different web services grouped by date
  • Do a bit of cross-browser testing
  • Convert to HTML5 doctype, potentially introduce audio tag and JavaScript audio player features for SoundCloud files
  • Improve PHP, move to OOP design
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