Dev Journal
This is the basic blog format of things that I do during the course of designing this website.
All of these things get implemented on other sites that I work on as well.
It took a little over two days to get a base template to install correctly in Joomla 4, finally thanks to watching a video on youtube in German. It would not, under any circumstances recognize anything I did, even though it looked completely correct. I had the directory structure down, the code syntax duplicated, and the whole thing still wouldn't discover in Joomla until that final video, just this morning.
Now I can start constructing the newest version of the PxFramework I've been working on for a few years now to make a responsive, yet lightweight framework that's pretty universal with all the social media options built in with embedded og: data. I plan to add options for A/B testing, random components, and a date/time automatic modification to the site design, similar to Google on specific dates.
- Login to Joomla Administrator.
- Go to Content > Articles > Click Options.
- Click the Integration tab.
- URL Routing > Modern.
- Remove IDs from URLs > Yes.
- Click “Save & Close”
Now I've added multi column masonry support to the site for blog pages. Adding 5 column support at this time makes sense, but I may investigate the php methods on dynamically generating the column widths, which might include a venture back into SASS or something like it.
I've been wortking on the skeleton of the PX framework, and felt it was time to start styling things up a little.
The logo is actually an older one. I prefer the dark theme for my own personal things, as it helps me concentrate better. The colur scheme is meant to mirror elements from the Pixels Matter design for that site, and the layout is a pretty standard one, which you can also see in the World of Caudor's site too.
This is a typography test that I use on all my websites. I think that it's important to see how things are laid out, so it's pretty comperehensive.
Well, there we go, I've got live analytics and I've added adsense to the site. Maybe if I can ever generate enough traffic, I can make a little cash. No worries either way, I'm interested in baring my soul and sharing information as much as I can.
ok, so now I've got to test out the multi-column framework so it displays how it should.
...it obviously isn't right yet. ;)
1. An og:image issue resolved where it wouldn't push the right image to social media. (that only took 9 hours or so!!)
-- this involved massive research into arrays, URL cleaning, a few trips to the database and such. Joomla 4 has changed the way it processes intro images.