RichAndStephSipe.com Version 2.0!
Well, its been a long time coming but I have finally redesigned our website. I had never completely finished the first design and I was over the purple 
so I figured now was a great time for a new look. I created this new site on WordPress which is a Content Management Tool and Blogging Open Source solution. WordPress is database driven and allows me to manage the content on this website through an administrator interface.
I am still working on getting all the old content moved over but I have managed to rewrite The Rich & Steph Picture Gallery to work with WordPress and substantially jazzed it up. Now when you click on an image a nifty animation appears. You can use the Next and Previous links on the pages to move between the different pictures (they are in the upper right or left, just move your mouse and they will appear if you don’t see them).
I also have actually posted current news to the Sipe Family News section! I will try to keep this more up to date than before (almost two years behind!) and WordPress makes it easier for me to add new information. Even better, it allows you to comment on any of our posts. We would love to hear from all our family and friends about any of our news or other items.
The website now contains all of my geek Technology Posts in one place with subsections. My technology posts are reviews or solutions to problems or information on a large range of topics I run across in my daily work as a software engineer and my technology fumbling in my spare time.
As always, our Eagle Crest Vacation Rental is still going on strong. We would love to have you stay at our chalet at the Eagle Crest Resort, just contact us and we will get you set up. Also, I am still working hard on my Log Furniture Business, Modern Rustics Log Furniture. I have delivered log beds to as far away as Tennessee and as close as Tacoma this past year. All of my log furniture customers have been extremely happy with their furniture.
2 Responses to “RichAndStephSipe.com Version 2.0!”
May 31st, 2007 at 10:24 am
Shaun,
I rolled the entire gallery myself. I have an administration panel that allows me and my family to upload/manage photos to the gallery along with descriptions etc. From my gallery I created a custom template that works with wordpress. I then coded in PHP the necessary random and sequential pulls from the image database.
Because I coded it all myself, I was able to configure the image displays as I wanted. I am sure you could edit the plugin you are using to change how it displays images. Anyways, tables are kind of taboo now so it would be good to get rid of them!
Also, Thanks for the nice words.
May 30th, 2007 at 7:22 am
Hi Richard –
I really like the way you’ve integrated (what I think is) Gallery2 into your Wordpress site. I’m trying to do the same thing but am having a lot of problems. For instance, how did you customize the way that the random images appear on your main page? When I try the same thing (using WPG2 plugin) I get the images, but each image is in a table within a div. Multiple images then form a long column. Yours seem to be in a list..how did you make this happen?
I’m a big fan of the site (thanks for the post on static homepages in WP2.1).