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lesterchan.net Version 3.0
Posted By Lester Chan at 10:58 in Site
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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

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 =)


32 Comments32 Comments
Lester Chan's Avatar
Lester ChanLester Chan
Comment #1
  • 11:07
  • Thursday, 5th June 2008

Testing #1!

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uncle sha
Comment #2
  • 11:14
  • Thursday, 5th June 2008

Looks great in my FF2

No coding errors here, design looks aligned

Nice one

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Shust One
Comment #3
  • 11:15
  • Thursday, 5th June 2008

Looks great GaMerZ!

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Kevin
Comment #4
  • 11:32
  • Thursday, 5th June 2008

Wonderful Lester! Just a bug report on the comment text fields, it seems to be squashed, like there’s no space for Website: so it goes under haphazardly. See http://skitch.com/kevin/c9y6/lesterchan.net-version-3.0-blog-lesterchan.net

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mingfu
Comment #5
  • 12:21
  • Thursday, 5th June 2008

_/|_
>”,<
stylo-milo ar your blog site’s new look!!

Nice layout!
New codes~!
Will continue checking in at your site too.

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geargina
Comment #6
  • 12:53
  • Thursday, 5th June 2008

love you new skin dude!! =)
take care!

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Lester ChanLester Chan
Comment #7
  • 14:16
  • Thursday, 5th June 2008

@uncle sha, @Shust One, @minfu, @geargina: Thanks for the compliments =D
@Kevin: What browser are you using? I tried using FF3 and IE7 looks fine for me.

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WiRuS
Comment #8
  • 14:53
  • Thursday, 5th June 2008

wow.. nice new layout..

where’s the “IHATESPAM” thingy? haha.. not afraid of spams anymore?

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Lester ChanLester Chan
Comment #9
  • 15:21
  • Thursday, 5th June 2008

@WiRus Nope, no more worries on spam as WordPress 2.5 I can use Akismet

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@ltantic
Comment #10
  • 19:41
  • Thursday, 5th June 2008

Haha…quite surprise yr new website is uploaded so fast! Lol….Effective man!

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Denis
Comment #11
  • 20:55
  • Thursday, 5th June 2008

很帅,字太小了,我眼睛都看不清,汗!

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ON
Comment #12
  • 21:04
  • Thursday, 5th June 2008

的确,字体有些小,累

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Zz85
Comment #13
  • 23:13
  • Thursday, 5th June 2008

Hi Lester, I used docking boxes 2 years ago but now discarded it. Btw, under Safari, when I try to drag the boxes around, the whole page goes blank. Maybe its DBX problems.

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Lester ChanLester Chan
Comment #14
  • 03:39
  • Friday, 6th June 2008

@ltantic: I have trial run the upgrading process for at least 5 times lol
@Denis, @ON: Yea, the common problem is the wording is a little small, but if I make it bigger, it will spoil the layout. The font size is the same as previous layout
@Zz85: You have any other alternatives? I have been waiting for dbx 3.0 for a year and it is still not out. It is still in alpha. The jQuery WP one is using is super buggy. I have not tested the site on Mac as I can’t get hold of one within my friends/family

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sleepy
Comment #15
  • 04:29
  • Friday, 6th June 2008

eh… u need a nicer header. tat’s my long-dued job…

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Lester ChanLester Chan
Comment #16
  • 04:47
  • Friday, 6th June 2008

@sleepy: I kinda like this identify { L C }. Perhaps you can improve on it =D

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Azeral
Comment #17
  • 11:47
  • Friday, 6th June 2008

Hey Lester! Wow, your new layout looks fantastic, and I see some new features too :) Congrats on the release of your new layout.

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Lester ChanLester Chan
Comment #18
  • 13:52
  • Friday, 6th June 2008

@Azeral: Thanks WQ!

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Shaun
Comment #19
  • 12:47
  • Saturday, 7th June 2008

yea no more Ihatespam textbox.

Your trademark for your site will always be the nice clean layout with very few images ah…

Is there a complication for having /blogs/ to /blogs/ ?

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Lester ChanLester Chan
Comment #20
  • 20:49
  • Saturday, 7th June 2008

@Shaun: Yea, I like clean, small and sleek. Minimalistic. For v3, WP now lives in my root directory, before there it is living in /blogs/ directory. I just add a /blog/ in front of my permalink settings in WP-Admin -> Settings -> Permalink

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Shaun
Comment #21
  • 13:08
  • Sunday, 8th June 2008

ooo i see, okie, cus I thought is something to do with seo for /blogs/ than /blog/

For spam, yea you will love askimnet for no-spam! I use that together with spam karma 2 and it rocks!

nice to see the widgets API in your main site design as well, though I think the menu settings icons should be little bigger so you can use the whole width. Or maybe it might look bigger at 1024×768?

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Lester ChanLester Chan
Comment #22
  • 14:04
  • Sunday, 8th June 2008

It look a little big on 1024. It looks just nice for widescreen. The menu is not in widgets, all of the are added manually. I think manually is easier and requires lesser work than widgets to get what I want.

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Many
Comment #23
  • 19:27
  • Monday, 9th June 2008

Wow, moving from 1.5.1 to 2.5.1 … next changes expected on WordPress 3.5.1 release I guess (^_^)

Anyway this V3 is nicely done ! Grats ;)

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Lester ChanLester Chan
Comment #24
  • 22:40
  • Monday, 9th June 2008

@Many: I learnt my lesson. The reason why I am on WP1.5 because I modified core files in WP and thus making upgrading impossible. Now with the extensive coverage of filters and actions to hook onto, I do not need to modify the core files any more =D

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Leo
Comment #25
  • 15:59
  • Tuesday, 10th June 2008

这一版的导航较以前清晰了许多。以前来的时候经常迷路:)

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Lester ChanLester Chan
Comment #26
  • 18:52
  • Tuesday, 10th June 2008

@Leo: Yea, I also think that the navigation is cleaner and with the addition of Quick Links, people can find my plugins page easier.

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J Mehmett
Comment #27
  • 21:33
  • Tuesday, 10th June 2008

Lester,

Your site looks better know, it’s me like Windows Vista generation.

Why not gravatars? I’m huge fan for gravatars, and it looks as you decided to undermine them…

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Lester ChanLester Chan
Comment #28
  • 22:04
  • Tuesday, 10th June 2008

oh yea! Gravatars. let see where I can fit them

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Lester ChanLester Chan
Comment #29
  • 00:09
  • Wednesday, 11th June 2008

@J Mehmett: Added gravatar!

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Many
Comment #30
  • 05:04
  • Thursday, 12th June 2008

Yes ! It looks even more great with gravatar :D

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Lester ChanLester Chan
Comment #31
  • 16:16
  • Thursday, 12th June 2008

Thanks Many =D

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Lester ChanLester Chan
Comment #32
  • 16:33
  • Monday, 16th June 2008

Testing comment system after fixing IE7 BUG!

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