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Not many updates to post at current but there were a few fixes done as well as further removal of the Template Parser. The Account section of the site is almost full functional with all pages working and just a few glitches to fix. Due to that section being added various parts of the User Control Panel (UCP) will need to be removed. The parts removed will still work and update the same information until their removal.

I’ve also added the Edit Comment (profile) functionality (suprised I missed it) and it works like a charm.

Various sections of the site have had a facelift which is only completely working in FireFox as I haven’t really tested it in Internet Explorer or other browsers. You’ll be able to tell if the page your viewing has had the facelift by the large bright blue “Project-SN” heading which appears.

Anyone who is interested in testing under circumstances is allowed to. Just email or ask me (somehow) and i’ll provide you with details on how you can help test it and find bugs associated within the site.

Lastly, some screenshots to have a look at (click on them for a better quality image). Details on version and total code lines are at the bottom of the post.

Project SN - Homepage

Project SN - Login Page

Current Lines of Code: 14,048
Current Version: 3.0.4a (Alpha)

The Project-SN Bug Tracker is now up and running and should help alot with finding and fixing issues which appear in the alpha versions of the site. It is open to anyone who would like to post about the bugs and issues they come across. At the moment I have disabled registration so if you would like an account post here or use the contact form on the blog (with your username and email address) and i’ll create an account for you.

The Bug Tracker can be found here:

http://www.chopstickles.com/bugs

That is all for this post! An update will be in the next post.

Quick post…

After further reading on the SitePoint forums it seems that using php itself as a template engine would be significantly better than using one of those template parses such as smarty. They also seem to bloated for what I want to be done. I’ve done some testing with some pages just using php code in the template instead of parser tags and the pages seem to load slightly faster as well as using less resources.

This can only mean good things and if only I would of just stuck with this at the start I wouldn’t need to make so many changes. (more than I realised)

… more fun!

It’s been more than 2 months since my last update so here goes. Didn’t really get around to doing much work for the first 1 1/2 months whilst the later got significant amounts done.

Currently i’m deciding whether or not to ditch the template system and just use php instead for this as it should make the application run significantly faster as well as reducing resource usage. This should easily be implemented as the only thing that needs editing are the template files (quite alot though).

The Gallery application/plugin has been added and is being tested at current. Within the next few days I will be uploading a basic test version of it for users who would like to try it out. Most of the applications and plugins will be disabled as some are still very buggy and may have security holes in them. Various parts of the User Control Panel also do not function correctly so they will have a highlighted warning stating it at the top of the page.

Nothing really major to write at the moment but there should be something within the next few days.

Current Lines of Code: 11,000 (approx.)
Current Version: 3.0.3a (Alpha)