i've added an image gallery to the site, and rearranged the top-level headings a bit. i'm using Yet Another PHP Image Gallery. i didn't need or want a lot of features, and this one looked pretty light. it installed and configured easily. it's a little buggy–i've made one or two minor tweaks–but being simple, the code is easy to follow. the template system is a breeze, too, although not everything is as customizable in the templates as it should be IMHO. i had to make some changes in the core code files to tweak the appearance.

i even used the localization system to change the wordings to the way i wanted them. the pseudo-locale i created is called "bh" for "bunnyhero" i made all those strings lowercase, and i changed the word "gallery" to "album," so as not to get confused with the old "gallery" page (which is now renamed "fun stuff", although the page is still called gallery.php…). hmmm i might rename the page and redirect from the old page name…

to be honest, i'm not sure how long i will stick with this software. it's a little fragile in some cases; for example, it doesn't handle magic_quotes_gpc correctly (having quote marks in a gallery description wreaks havoc, depending on your setting of magic_quotes_gpc). and there were recently a whole bunch of security issues with it, which took a while to get fixed.

on the other hand, maybe i will hack on it and maybe even contribute patches or code to the project. hmmm hmmm…

this is a test post to see if the RSS feed will be picked up on the livejournal syndication account "bunnytech."

*waves*

shiny new blog!

ages ago, i had a flash blog (thanks pnts!). i took it down because i couldn't handle all the comment spam at the time. now i've brought it back, although it will be covering not just flash, but PHP, DHTML and anything else i'll be working on.

the existing articles are still here, linked to on the sidebar to your right. i may move those links to a more prominent location, but for now they'll fit there.

i'm using WordPress 1.5.1, which is very nice. i used to use its predecessor, b2, back in the day. the news page is run on WP 1.0.1– this blog is my first experience with 1.5 and the new theme system. i like it! the theme you are looking at is a heavily modified version of the default "kubrick" theme. i may well upgrade the news page to WP 1.5 at some point.

i'll also be seeing how well the default WP settings handle comment/trackback spam and the like.

and let's hope i actually update this blog more often than my last one