Introducing My New Blog Homepage
When I first launched this site in January, the one thing I still felt significantly lacking was the design of the blog page. The blog template used here doesn't provide any form of sidebar navigation, meaning there was no good way to quickly navigate posts, it wasn't very intuitive to differentiate one post from another, and it was almost impossible to notice that there was even more than one page of posts at any given time. And if one thing was for certain, I didn't spend three days uploading my entire history-in-pictures as a film photographer in the form of two years worth of back-dated blog posts for nothing. (What? I gotta post em somewhere.) So eventually something had to give.
Fortunately I was able to find a way to build a new (read: actual) blog homepage within the current template, as changing templates just for better blog features would've proved to be too counterproductive (read: pain in the ass) and hosting a blog elsewhere would essentially defeat the purpose of this site. Luckily, spending four years working for a webhost was good for something, in that it's allotted me the technical wherewithal to make the most of customization in template-based site design, while having forgotten virtually everything else. Go figure. So today I'm proud to launch my new and improved Blog Homepage!
Now With Actual Working Search-Bar & Navigation Options!
Give it a try!
The new homepage includes a marquee of recent posts, a wall of featured content from over the years, and several choices for navigating through all of the posts. Use the monthly archives, post calendar, tag/category cloud, or fully functional search bar to find what you're looking for.
I hope this makes it easier to get some use out of this blog, as I intend to keep filling it with interesting content about my various photographic exploits, progress made as a writer/director in the LA film industry, gear reviews, event updates, and much more. Plus, I promised myself I'd write everyday, and blogging is a lot easier than screenwriting. Enjoy!