Blog Date: Monday, November 27, 2006BWT ReMix Over 5 years ago now, I returned from a year of backpacking around the globe. Upon my return I set myself the task of documenting the trip in a website. It was both an attempt at creating a sort of journal, but also was my first foray into website design and programming.Initially the HTML and JavaScript the site used was created using just a text editor. Then I started using Dreamweaver for the final composition of the site. The end result was a bit of a mess of styles, but it hung together (so long as you only used Internet Explorer). The end result was the initial smifetrbifter.com. The site combined images, maps and text that detailed my journey. However it was never really finished. Although the structure was there I never finished the content. Many of the places I visited were only described through emails that I sent home at the time, and did not get a full rewrite from entries I made in my (paper based) travel journal. It is still unfinished in terms of content, but now I have abandoned the clunky old website and have brought it all into the new-form smifterbifter.com that was launched a couple of years ago. It can be found using the "bifter's world tour" which now will take you to the new site as opposed to the old one. One day I may get around to finishing the content and write up the journal entries. But that might be another 5 years away yet. TBH I can't believe it was over 5 years ago that I returned. Such a long time. Maybe it's time for another little break from the rat race.... |
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