Welcome to the new iBrasten!
March 04, 2006 @ 09:43 AMTypo-powered
Welcome to the new iBrasten blog! Over the last couple years there have been several things I’ve really wanted to do with my blog. Unfortunately I’ve been unable to do most of them because I was running blog software that I didn’t really know how to work with. I understand PHP is supposed to be fairly simple, but I simply hadn’t taken the time to learn it fully. To this day I don’t understand how WordPress themes work.
So, I’ve switch to Typo, and built my first theme. I’m calling this theme “Portland.” The reason being that the photo at the top of the page was taken by my fiancee while in Portland. It’s a sign that stands on the east side (I think) of Pioneer Courthouse Square.
.Mac Photocasting
I’ve also built my first Typo plugin! It allows you to integrate your .Mac Photocasts into your website much like a Flickr badge. (You can see this is action on the sidebar). It also includes a controller and view for browsing a complete photocast, which you can see by clicking on one of the photocast links in the sidebar.
It’s a work in progress, but it’s simplified my life a bit.
And before I get the “why aren’t you using Flickr?” posts… because I have .Mac for many other reasons, and since photocasting’s available to me, and now it integrates with my blog well, I want to use it. So there. :)
Feel free to check it out and let me know what you think. :)