Nerd talk
Sometimes Aaron just has an urge to write about programming, so we're going to use this category for all of that.
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One of the main requirements I had when designing a photo album was ease of posting images. So many of the "real" photo albums I've experienced use fancy ActiveX controls to shotgun images onto the server. While this is great when implemented correctly, I have the advantage of direct access to my server, so I decided to work on another approach.
High level design overview
My photo album monitors the file system under specified directories on the server, in turn generating thumbnail and display size images to use on the site. Each album is associated with a directory, which makes it very...
So it's been about a year since this website has been up and running, and I must say that I'm very excited to be "online" again. A lot has happened in the past year, including our one year anniversary, running a marathon, and purchasing a new home!
You'll notice that there are now two main sections on the website: photos and a blog. Hopefully this blog will stay current with a post/news update on how Jen and I are doing. We'll see how that goes!
We hope you enjoy the website as much as we do!
- Aaron & Jen