Latest batch of changes were pushed yesterday. Unfortunately I either have really bad luck or there is something going on with the copy of visual studio I have at work because the last two times I've tried to deploy from there it has failed, forcing me to keep VeloBase down until I get home for a second deploy. My apologies to anyone who was trying to access the site yesterday and couldn't.
A few notable tweaks in this update.
It wasn't actually yesterday's publish, but there is a new home page now. The old one really wasn't all that useful nor functional. The jumbo sized image buttons that sent you off to other parts of the site which were just as easily if not easier accessed by the left side navigation menu has been replaced by a general overview of the site's information including most recently updated items.
I've changed the Add Comment control some. I've had to remove the fancy Rich Text editor from the modial pop-up due to problems I found with some browsers not liking the combination of the popup and the text box control. If you want to add hyperlinks, color, etc to a comment, you can "Go Advanced" to access these options.
A few tweaks and improvements to the color schemes and some of the image sets. I'm planning on adding one or two more color schemes in the coming months. Probably one with some Red hues in it, perhaps inspired by my Serotta; and the other to be determined.
The biggest improvements however have been killing a number of bugs that were causing errors that I wasn't getting notified about by my old error reporting system. I've improved the system to make sure it's notifying me about more of the errors that are occurring to visitors and members alike.
As always, I'm open to suggestions and comments that will improve VeloBase.com. I've put the Bicycle Frame database on old temporarily till I get the existing code to a point I'm happy with it. Its certainly getting close, so hopefully I will be able to get back to work on that code soon and get it open to the members early this year.
I look forward to a new year of seeing the site develop and grow. We now approaching the 800 member mark and will probably soon after that be pushing 1000. Once the 1000 member point gets reached, I will likely purge the system of accounts that have not been accessed or used since the sign up date and have not contributed anything to the site. Even if only half of the 800-1000 members add 1 piece of new information to the site every month, it would increase the growth of the site dramatically. We have a decent number of regular contributors now, but with everyone's knowledge and help it can be even better.
