About

Welcome to my website!
My name is Daniel Messham.

This site is still a work in progress.

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Whats new?

Updated Css, and Css Rewrite started

New

What & Why?

I actually uploaded css improvements in april, but forgot to say anything (I know, it took a while)

I've been making steady progress on a total rewrite using SCSS, which means that i can now split things up into seperate files, and use some fancy stuff to make my life easier.

This rewrite has honestly been long over due

The curent CSS is almost 800 lines and its disorganized and hard to understand.

What is currently done for the new CSS

  • NEW (kinda): Sticky headers! See the title of the current section at all times.

    This was actually one of the last things i added to the current css before i started the rewrite, its still a little janky, but I'm focused on the rewrite

  • Basic Desktop/tablet layout is in par with the current css (mostly)
  • Alot of it is placeholder stuff just copied from a previous rewrite and split apart into seperate files to get the basics

What needs to be done before it goes live

  • Test on mobile
  • Make the sticky headers adapt to font size and multi line titles, the distance from the top of the screen might as well be hardcoded
  • Get some better filler content to test how different types of pages will look.

Whats next?

  • Add back some of the nicer gradients for the bg and link hover effects.
  • Switch to a 3 column layout, with the 2 outer columns being skinnier (and will turn into panels that slide over the main content on mobile), the left is navigation, and at least for now the right will still be an image gallery
  • Restructure the page layout & remove uneccessary pages to make it easier to maintain

Forum & blog

Thu Mar 13th, 2025

Forum

I set up a forum, public signups should work, IDK what im going to do with it, i was just testing with setting up software on my server

Blog

I have made a wordpress blog to make it easier to talk about what im doing without having to write html by hand.

Whats next?

  • More css reworking, my current code is kind of a mess.
  • Eventually replace this section with a list of recent posts to my blog
  • Restructure the page layout & remove uneccessary pages to make it easier to maintain

Analytics & More CSS updates

Tue Feb 4th, 2025

Analytics

I have added google tag manager stuff to most pages on the site for a school assignment (Marketing 203).

As much as I hate tracking this will be useful so I can know what kind of devices & resolutions i should focus on supporting when i rewrite the site in a later class.

Please consider disabling ad/tracker blockers.

CSS:

Finally fixed some of the issues with the mobile version, it should be easier to use.

I also made it so the text is no longer black on dark green on older browsers that dont support css variables (Like internet explorer)

note 2025/02/18: Made some more improvements to the css and js for hiding the navbar, the button to show & hide the menus is always on for the time being while i test on more devices

Content:

Uploaded a bunch of my stuff from MULT114

Added a image for 2024 to the homepage gallery

My Photographs

Please do not use or repost without permission!