I have brought forward the launch of lesterchan.net a few days in advanced as I may not be free on the 9th June 2008 which is the original intended date of launch.

After more than 4 years of using the same layout, the old layout (version 2.0) has been finally replaced with this newer (version 3.0) layout. I think some of you may find this layout a little dull as compared to the previous layout because of the colors used. I am trying to come out with a variety of color schemes if possible because of the colors are controlled by CSS, the only limitation is choose the color. Do note that I am not a designer but a programmer. Most programmers are poor designers and most designers are poor programmers.

Changelog

• Upgraded site from WordPress 1.5.1 to WordPress 2.5.1
• Upgraded plugins from WordPress 1.5.1 to WordPress 2.5.1 compatibility
• Renamed /blogs/ to /blog/
• Merge Calendar and Archive Page
• Brand new AJAX driven Archive Page
• Brand new Donation Page
• Brand new AJAX driven Contact Me Page
• Re-coded Search engine
• Re-coded Gallery feature
• Re-coded Alex King’s Since Last Visit plugin
• Added Plugins Used Page
• Split Programming Page into 3 sub-pages, PHP, Java and Visual Basic
• Posting Comments is now in AJAX
• Movable menu boxes by brother cake’s Docking Boxes
• Menu is able to switch from left to right and vice versa and your preference will be remembered
• Javascript are all compressed/packed by Dean Edward’s Packer
• jQuery used extensively
• ThickBox used for Portfolio Images
• Using FamFamFam icons

Todo

• Add Playlist Page
• Add sitemap.xml
• Update favico.ico

Feel free to browse through the whole site if you have not been doing so for a very long time as most of the pages has been updated.

All the old URLs should be redirected properly to the new URLs, I have spent quite a lot of effort to ensure that.

You can report bugs in the comments =)