Created a new banner gif, but the edges looked jagged. This tutorial about transparent gif creation (specifically the discussion of the matte option) solved the problem.
Added WordPress (this blog). Will need to study how to visually integrate WordPress with the rest of the site. Found this article on the subject.
Made progress in the wee hours converting the photo gallery to CSS. I had 2 installations of Gallery 2, and I was working on the wrong one. Had no luck creating a “local” version of of the template as described here. Also useful will be this page on customizing themes. The theme.tpl in the local directory simply would not take control of the parent file. So, I edited the parent file. The original file is in the local directory in the event that I ever need to restore the old theme. I also made some changes to theme.css in htdocs/Photography/themes/matrix/ which is the main style sheet controlling the appearance of most pages. I commented out the original code. The page does not render correctly from subdomain photography.glenpritchard.com. I will need to specify a static path to the style sheet files.
And then all of a sudden, without explanation or warning, the local copy of the Gallery theme.tpl kicked in and is running the show. Go figure. So, theme.tpl at ftp://glenpritchard.com/htdocs/Photography/themes/matrix/templates/local/ is the integration. The original file in the parent directory is the original full page version. I also changed the reference to all style sheets and graphics to static http addresses so that all elements work at http://photography.glenpritchard.com/main.php as well as http://www.glenpritchard.com/Photography/main.php. Largly finished tweeking the appearance of the gallery, although I still don’t like the blue background in the body area.
Converted Document Library and Paralegal pages to CSS. Added last modified date to footer. Added Facebook and LinkIn logos.
Added a new CGI hit counter to the footer. It’s the best text counter I have seen. It automatically configures itself to track each page. In addition to the total number of hits, it will tell you how many hits in a day, week, and year. And, it’s free! I found MultiCount, and a great tutorial on how to use it, here.
Used “background-attachment:fixed” to freeze star field back ground. Used “position:fixed” to keep nav menu in view at all times.
Added menu items. Converted “Who is Glen” page to CSS. Stayed up late last night trying to get the hit counter provided by Powweb to center in the footer. No luck. Will settle for static “serving the universe” footer until I can find and install a better CGL counter. Made adjustment to the style sheet to make text and hyperlinks more readable. Added ‘min height’ to the green box in which this text appears so the box will always be 500 pixels high even if empty. Rambled on enough to see how the text will flow around the YouTube video object to the right. Added a 10px margin to the <div> containing the video to prevent text from getting too close. Converted Hall of Accolades to CSS. Added the contact me page and e-mail form. Began converting Lawyers Favorite Websites page to CSS.
Glen’s World has a new look thanks to the wonders of Cascading Style Sheets! There is much to learn, so it’ll take a while to get organized. The “old” HTML Glen’s World is here.