Peek View: A Lil' Testing

Still I'm not to sure whether to use this layout for a change or not.


More to be done on the header it won't look that plain.

More progress wil be announce soon.


Signing 0ff,
Alvin Chan

My Blog: Amateur Design

As the title said, my blog have to be redesigned. After viewing G-inXane for many times, new ideas comes in but the thing is, how do you code it? I had a history of learning HTML codes since 2004/2005. I learned it myself and with MS FrontPage, I did quite a few own webpages and uploaded it to Geocities. I bet those pages are long gone since Geocities does delete inactive account and now Geocities free user account is close.

HTML isn't sufficient to create a good looking side. HTML is like learning basic modern maths, DHTML is like high school modern maths and come CSS is most suitable to be described as additional maths. I was playing around with CSS codes awhile ago until i managed the third column for G-inXane. After helping my dear old school friend to create her personal web page for her assignment purpose, using CSS coding for the page layout gave me more confident in learning more about CSS coding.

Above page was built using Kompozer (Freeware)

Of course my friend's web page wasn't build by my own coding since CSS codes are readily coded and displayed as templates for beginners to use. As long as you are able to understand the codes, it'll be easy for you to spot errors when you are editing them.

But before proceeding into the next stage. I have to know what topic is interesting for readers and being inspired of it. Basically, of course blogs are mainly to write about your life style, news, scientific topics etc. etc. but it'll be worthless if you write something which Gizmodo had already written right? Well, that'll be decided by the future me.



Without change, there will be no improvement.

Signing off,
Alvin Chan.

Whole Day Work: New skin for G-inXane

Finally, a new look of G-inXane had appeared. Well, it wasn't really easy after all going through all the changes to be made. This appearance change had started since last night. Especially the header image had took me longer time to design till was satisfied with it.

Other problems faced was today's coding which failed to work well with I.E. browser. At least they are already fixed. So, at the moment, this will be the latest upgraded G-inXane v1.23 for the while. Still under Beta Testing which means there are much more to test out with blogspot coding cmpatibility and such more.

Viola! behold G-inXane v1.23

What else more to add will be add in near future. One for the big success for this upgrade will be the mouse over function that works with both Mozila and I.E.

That's all for now.


Signing off,
Alvn Chan.

Special Test for IE: The mouseover function

ONLY WORKS WITH IE BROWSER





Testing accomplished @ 5:20pm

Reconstruction: 3rd Column Added

It's been awhile that I attempt to produce different ideas for this blog.

With many hours experimenting with the HTML codes, I finally managed to add a 3rd column.

There are much more to learn and more to be improve still...

BTW, the previous 2 features which were the search engine and the navigation bar had been took down.

I don't think it'll be a necessary for the search engine though.

As for the navigation bar, I might put it up back if there are any new ideas which suits it.

Beta Test: g-inXane [v2]

Signing out,
Alvin Chan

New Add-on

New add-on at the side bar had been installed.
The chatbox application is widely known to be used by blogger and so far it seems to be reliable.

Well, lemme name it the 'MESXENGER'!



Nothing much left to add at the moment.

Exam is near by and my time on the net is getting tight...

So, upgrades will be on holiday for the while :P



Sign by,
Alvin Chan

Introducing Search inXane

Just after a few hours, here comes another new feature on this page. A search engine had been implemented onto this page. It can be found just above the navigation bar. I'm sure you had noticed it.



Any search done on this search engine will direct you to a result page as shown below.



I'm not sure whether it is a good idea to provide such service or not. Since it is still under Beta Test, I'm trying out new stuffs. For private reason, since I made my blog as my homepage, it will be easier for me to type in my search just right above my blog.

So far for the conclusion of Beta Testing history:

• Manually changing theme of blog by altering CSS code - [Success]
• Mouse hover functionality test for future buttons - [Success]
• Implementing CSS Dock below the blog - [Failure]
• Adding Navigation Bar (Basic) - [Success]
• Adding search engine and result page - [Success]

Out of five attempts, 4 success and 1 failure. The CSS dock idea wasa actually to put as the navigation bar. But since there much more to research, the idea of the dock will be put aside and replace it with normal hyperlink text.

That is all for today's testing for the blog.


Sign by,
Alvin Chan

Introducing Navigation bar

Since commonly blogers like to cramp up all their stuffs into one page, it tends to make the page messy no mater how much time u spend your effort to rearrange them.

This is my new style on my new blog. Though some might have been using this style. But, what's bad learning from others.

Here's the 'Navigation Links' which I'm talking about.

It is located just right above the header blog on the upper left corner.

The RSS FEED link will direct you to another page of this blog which consist of my friends' blog RSS items. From there, you are able to browse through and be updated with the latest post from my friends.

When you are on the RSS FEED page, the link highlighted on the above image will be disabled and the HOME link will be enabled which will direct you back to the main page.

More navigation link will be out soon.


Sign by,
Alvin Chan

Mouse Hover Test 1

The Returner and The Begining

Here be the return of the second stage from the previous Blogspot of Gin Sanity.

Let me introduce to the new blog of Gin inXane. There are much more to be done.

In the process, the official opening of this blog is yet to be announce until further notice.

More content will be out soon.

Stay tune.