Finally redesigned! The previous version was built 3 years ago. Time flies, and technology advances so quickly~~~
I hesitated for a long time before starting this redesign. To keep up with the times, I had wanted to make it mobile and tablet-friendly for a while…
However, the site originally used a very outdated method to handle featured images for each article, and I always thought switching methods would be too much work.
This time, I finally made up my mind and directly used WordPress’s Featured Image feature.
Both calling and setting it up are much more convenient than before… Actually, the implementation was quite fast; it only took about a day and a half to finish~~~
The main updates are as follows:
Server:
The server was originally located in the US, which probably made access quite painful for friends in China~~~~
Especially with recent network conditions here, access has become slower and slower—I couldn’t even stand it myself…
So I switched to an Alibaba Cloud server located in Hangzhou. The speed should be significantly faster than before~~
I also gave up on the Google Font API and AddThis, which are almost unusable in China, replacing them with the domestic Jiathis~~~
I’ve also done a lot of localization work to minimize external requests as much as possible..
Responsive Design:
For large screens wider than 1600px, three columns of articles will be displayed per row.
For laptop screens, the overall layout remains largely unchanged from the old site, still showing two columns of articles.
For tablets, two columns of articles will be displayed, without the Sidebar.
For mobile phones, one column of articles will be displayed, without the Sidebar or the bottom link area.
If you’re interested, try resizing your browser window width~~~ You can see the different effects~~
Full-screen Background Image:
Keeping up with the trends, I’ll update it occasionally when I have time~~ Maybe change to a new image or something~~~~
Brand New Design
Although the interaction hasn’t changed much to ensure ease of use, the design has undergone significant changes.
New fonts are used, along with more rounded corners. The color scheme is fresher and the style is flatter~~~
And then there’sBrowser Support:
After testing, Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and IE10+ all access this site without any issues~~
As for IE9, it’s basically fine too, except the background image might be a bit unstable during scrolling…
As for IE8 and below, they are completely unsupported; the homepage layout will essentially break…
It’s not that there’s no way to fix it, but I chose not to. Since IE is the public enemy of the industry, helping eliminate it bit by bit is a good thing~~~
So if you visit this site using IE8 or lower, you will see the following message~~~~
I have to mentionAlibaba Cloud:
Given the massive server demands of services like Alibaba and Taobao, since they figured out the solution, they might as well sell it…
Alibaba Cloud services are actually better suited for large-scale websites, especially those with huge traffic. This really highlights the advantages of cloud servers.
In addition to basic cloud servers, they offer load balancing, relational databases, open structured data, open cache services,
open storage services charged only by traffic, CDN, and distributed open data processing.
These services basically solve all underlying infrastructure problems for giant websites…
As for my small blog, I just chose the most basic cloud server~~
The advantage is that the resources allocated to you are dedicated. After system installation, you have full root access.
Of course, this also means you need to install and configure the server environment yourself, which might be a bit troublesome for beginners~~~
Fortunately, they provide one-click installation packages, making the migration process relatively simple. Just package it up there and use wget to pull it over here~
Small site owners can also choose HiChina’s Light Cloud service. Since acquiring HiChina, they’ve been using Alibaba Cloud servers.
However, Light Cloud permissions aren’t as advanced as Alibaba Cloud’s; using it feels more like shared hosting..
What deserves praise is the high efficiency of Alibaba Cloud’s ICP filing process. The instructions on the website are very detailed. From submission to approval, it only took 3 days.
Despite going through multiple reviews, photo verification, and couriering materials, since it was just transferring an existing filing, the administration bureau review took only half an hour..
One issue, however, is that you cannot resize the data disk on an Alibaba Cloud server. To increase capacity, you must attach a new data disk,
and the old one cannot be detached. Therefore, carefully consider your required data disk capacity when purchasing~~~ Better to buy larger; it’s cheap anyway.
Speaking of this website, it’s been nearly 10 years since it was established in March 2005~~~~
Over these years, I’ve written almost 600 blog posts~~~ The quality has gradually improved too, haha.
From ASP to PHP, from LBS to WordPress, from shared hosting to VPS to cloud hosting, from domestic to overseas and back to domestic~~~
What’s evident is that my photography skills have improved significantly, hahaha
In 2015, once the original ASP shared hosting expires, the old version of the site likely won’t be kept anymore. There isn’t much worth viewing in the old content anyway.
Thanks everyone for continuing to support this little site~~~~~ Feel free to drop by often~~~~
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