Mystic 1800

October 02, 2009

Mystic v4

After almost eleven months, here's the 4th version of this blog/portfolio. I started to planing this version, very soon after I created previous. But - I started to working on it, a month ago. I started with the design and HTML+CSS code. The dynamic part of the page, it's another story. For this version, I'm using my own CMS (Content Management System), which I was creating for quite some time. The system it's still in _beta_, so you can expect some errors, but I think nothing (too) big. :)

But why??

Well, why my own system? -- To be honest - it was just learning project actually, and fun thing to do. In this past year, when I was creating it, I wrote approximately 17.000 lines of code for it, and did at least two complete designs for administration. :) I did my own template engine (which it's still a bit buggy). However, the whole _software designing, planing experience_ was great I think. :)

So, the system it's available for free - well, it's open-sourced actually. Anyone can take it and use it as he/she wants.

Design

In previous version, I had dark background and light text - and that was not the best for the eyes (especially because I have quite a lot of text in some posts), so in this version, I decided, to do light background. I wanted to have kind of natural style - which would be wide and quite open, big letters - well, just as readable as possible.
Technically, I considered only _modern_ browsers (so I didn't thought about IE6,IE7).

I'm not satisfied with current design at all. I'm thinking about redesign, but - as I'm having some other work right now, that won't happened soon.

Content

Content will stay the same, as it was. I'm still writing just for my personal joy. I did, however, translated my blog, to (my poor) English; I had quite a lot of reasons to do so, but mostly I did it, to practice English (writing) and to open my blog to wider audience.

Hi there!

I'm glad you came by. This is personal blog & gallery of a regular* boy, from small country Slovenia.

* Well, maybe not really regular.

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This page wouldn't look or behave as it does, if there wouldn't be a lot of really great and free resources.

Coquette sidebar icons, IconEden twitter bird icon, FugueIcons little icons all around the page. Pictures (background wood) and some other elements on the page: cgTextures, jazza, sundstrom and Quaqe9. JavaScrip Library: jQuery and plug-ins: loopedSlider, jQuery lightBox plugin. More...

Terms of use

Well - there's no (c) on this page, you can take everything you want, use it however you want. That apply for all my writing and for most of my paintings. I go ever step fuhrer - you can take whole design, code (css, html) - if you ask me I'll send you even source code (PHP) of whole page. :)
However, that doesn't apply to photos which are part of posts (since I have no right to give them to you, as I'm not the author), and that doesn't apply to pictures in my portfolio WHICH are marked with (c) Mystic 1800 (look in bottom right part of the picture), -- I had to (c) those paintings, as I was using _stock_ photos while creating them.
It is desired however, that if you take anything off my page, you let me know. :)

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