Version 2 of Melodiefabriek.nl almost ready

Version 2 of Melodiefabriek.nl is almost ready. But still some things need work:

• Consistency in text needs to be checked
• Some gui things (CSS) not perfect yet
• Support for old browsers?
• Updating music-page
• Some more things I haven’t yet thought about…

The tools

For the second version of my Melodiefabriek.nl website I decided to move to Linux using PHP, MySQL and WordPress for creating a more transparent and easy to maintain website. All these tools are Open Source and easy to install and use. The GUI can be easily changed, because the graphics are separated from the content. So it’s simple to change the look and feel without the need to re-save all your previous posts.

Michael Heilemann

The creator of the default WordPress theme, Michael Heilemann of Binary Bonsai, has some good tips and general ideas about weblogging. I think his design is very well done, consistent and easy to read.

The current GUI of Melodiefabriek.nl (version 2) includes many styles from Michael’s Kubrick Theme, the standard theme of WordPress.

Browser differences, clean up CSS

We all know that Microsoft’s IE doesn’t support CSS according to the standards of W3c. That means that there are small differences between the look of Melodiefabriek v2 using Firefox 1 versus IE 6. I also noticed that there’s a small issue with the footer under Opera 7., but I am planning to find out what’s causing it.

In general I think that the stylesheet can become even more compact than it is now. At same time it should support all css-compliant browsers. But in general I am already very happy with the current look-and-feel and feature-set.

Nothing’s perfect

Yes, nothing really is perfect. Sure, but thanks to the new flexible system Melodiefabriek.nl is running on, it will be easier to optimize it. So if you have any suggestions, please add your comment or send us a message.

Thanks for checking out the site! I hope you enjoy it!