CelticDistrict.com LIVES! (in beta, at any rate...)

[acroyear]

Finally some time to think, to settle, to look at the house and go "It'll keep a week, 'cause I'll be home next weekend, too" and yippee! I've managed to start my rebuilding of CelticDistrict.com.

It may seem (and probably will stay) a shadow of its former glory, merely 'cause now I'm aware of the lack of time in keeping track of so many things.  I've deferred the calendar to dragansmaragach 's yahoo group (though I may have a "recommended" list of my own), and haven't yet restored most of the dance, history, or "other" listings yet.

Still, with the upgrade in MySQL, it made it a lot easier to import the Musicians listing into the new system, which was a major time-saver.  And as such, it's progress more than has been done on any site of mine in over two years.  As the data starts to stabilize, I can look to a little restructuring and see what kinds of fancy Ajax features might be ideal for the content.  I also know I want to rewrite the Updates/RSS feed section as well.

Last of all, I'm looking at that right sidebar section to perhaps introduce some google-ads.  No reason I can't make a buck or two on this, though I'll still keep it subtle in terms of colors and size.

Comments are welcome.  It uses the same PHP based CMS I wrote for the Fantasy Ball (and is also in use in my company's web site) - dynamically stored and then a static copy is generated for upload, with all ".php?page=" links translated as appropriate.

Comments

[xpioti.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I've been going to CelticDistrict.com periodically, looking for the resource links, and was bummed that it wasn't really displaying anything. So... Thanks! :D

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

any particular resource type you're looking for that's not there yet? I have the originals and could easily make a page for it.

I think the society page is next to go online.

[xpioti.livejournal.com]

I was particularly interesting in a sessions list, like the jam at Royal Mile. I have a list somewhere, but it's probably been destroyed by whatever purse or wallet is hiding it. (Must. De. Clutter. Office. Preferably before I gnaw my arm off in frustration.)