Design History - Updates from Homepage lauch until 30-Jun-01 |
- 26-May-2001
- Input field for pin no. in header now also available for NS user
- Code customised to support both browser.
- The Go-Button is now a href and a function will be called onclick.
- Problem description... see 11-Jan-01.
- 10-May-2001
- Counter provider www.hitmaster.de temporarily dead.
- Changed to other provider who has less designs and not much stats.
- 29-Apr-2001
- PIN List function expanded with preview function.
- When clicking on PIN List the main window will be separated into three sub-frames. The one at the top shows the header information; the left one has a fixed width and reserves space to view a preview of the pin which has been selected by onMouseOver and the right one in varialbe width list the pin descriptions.
- The Go-button allows to preview the selected pin when moving the mouse over the button. When clicking that button the window with the pin details opens.
- 16-Mar-2001
- Download Category deleted.
- Hot Wanted Category implemented
- This category shows pins which I already have but who are needed a second time for friends who also collect IBM pins. Such pins can be swapped for others which helps me expanding my collection.
- 13-Mar-2001
- CeBIT Category activated.
- All pins which have been distributed on the CeBIT fair are listed in this category - sorted descending by year.
- 12-Feb-2001
- JavaScript function which shows detailed pin page updated with preload command for detailed photo.
- When viewing the detailed page the photo will be loaded in the background (size=1). This saves the JPG in the cache and allows quick loading of photo.
- 08-Feb-2001
- JavaScript function separated into external file.
- Function show_det saved as external JS file which defines the page layout for the detailed pin page.
- Write once - use multiple.
- This part of the file can now be removed from each pin description file; only the link to the external routine is necessary.
- Font changed from Times New Roman to Arial - for better readability.
- Font size reduced from 12 to 11; Comment field may now contain up to 5 lines.
- 30-Jan-2001
- JavaScript function separated into external file.
- Function input_ok saved as external JS file which can be imbed into all other routines.
- Write once - use multiple.
- Used i.e. by all Category views.
- 22-Jan-2001
- New counter provider.
- old: www.webcounter.goweb.de
- new: www.hitmaster.de
- Same layout as before.
- Reason for change: Not available anymore :-((
- 19-Jan-2001
- PIN Pics, PIN Swap, PIN Miss now asks user how many pins shall be loaded.
- Input validation programmed.
- Allowed answers are 1 to max.
- Newest pins loads first.
- External stylesheet defines layout and can be used for other functions as well.
- New slogan added to footing lines... www.mypins.de - the online reference.
- 11-Jan-2001
- Input field programmed and set into header frame (not for Netscape browser).
- Netscape users cannot use this function; they will see a smilie instead. The input tag with type=image is not supported by NS and would hangup the browser.
- Default value in the field is always the pin number of my newest pin.
- Valid pin number can be entered.
- After clicking the Go-button the pin detailed window opens.
- Input validation routine checks for 3-digit-input only.
- Newest pin number removed from left navigation frame.
- 10-Jan-2001
- Pulldown list in top frame has been shortened to allow faster loading.
- The same functionality is now available behind the button PIN List.
- 8-Jan-2001
- Text links changed to buttons links in left frame.
- This allows graphic change for onMouseOver.
- Now with fixed dimensions for links.
- 30-Dec-2000
- Newsticker imported into top frame 1. Right-aligned; three lines.
- 22-Dec-2000
- Day and Date added in the lower left corner of the navigation frame.
- Font for text links in navigation frame changed from serif to sans serif; it's better to read.
- November, 30th 2000
- Category Olympia & Sports
- Category Olympia & Sports splitted into one Olympia category and one Sports category.
- New buttons had to be created.
- Olympia category for 1984-Los Angeloscreated.
- Sports category for US Open created.
- New Pin History removed from Navigator pane.
- November, 4th 2000
- Because the pin pictures shall be loaded very fast the quality of the scans is a little poor. To see the pins in more detail photos will be made available.
- Clicking on a pin picture opens the pin detailed information page.
- A red message is blinking three times which shall inform that the picture in this window can also be clicked to see a photo of the pin.
- Photos have been scanned with 100dpi in 200% size, stored as a JPEG file with 350 pixels in width and depth.
- October, 9th 2000
- Homepage stored on new server from new provider.
- New multicolored entry portal created (best viewed with MSIE).
- Site without text and bitmaps to allow a very fast load.
- Four buttons hidden on site.
- Button 1: IBM Pins - like before.
- Button 2: Sony Pins - alternate collecting category with pictures only.
- Button 3: nonIBM Pins - some other pins categorized.
- Button 4: IBM Pins - random function shows one out of my collection.
- Textstring follows mouse pointer.
- Logobuttons in left navigator of ibm- and nonIBM-pins allow to call mypins-homepage again.
- IBM Pin page now has the country-category France.
- August, 1st 2000
- Category PIN Swap updated.
- Each pin picture now represents a link. By clicking on this link a pin details page will be displayed in an extra browser window.
- July, 21st 2000
- Category PIN Miss updated.
- Each pin picture now represents a link. By clicking on this link a pin details page will be displayed in an extra browser window.
- July, 3rd 2000
- New main category PIN Cats included.
- All pins have been categorized into main- and partly subcategories.
- Heading will be replaced with main categories.
- Each pin picture now represents a link. By clicking on this link a pin details page will be displayed in an extra browser window.
- Only a few categories have been finalized - others will follow.
- Incomplete pages will be shown with a construction notice.
- July, 2nd 2000
- Size of all pin pictures optimized.
- All pin pictures have been optimized.
- File sizes are now about 50% smaller.
- Loading runs faster.
- June, 14th 2000
- Size of buttons optimized.
- All buttons in the left navigator pane and in the footing frame have been optimized. File sizes are now about 50% smaller.
- May, 31st 2000
- No reset in pulldown list for pin details.
- After selecting a pin from the pull-down list at the top the list will not be resetted anymore. The advantage is that you can continue viewing the next pins from the current one.
- May, 27th 2000
- Sub-HomePage for Non-IBM Pins created.
- New Button Non-IBM Pins created in navigator pane.
- When clicking this button a new browser window opens and shows my Non-IBM Pins
- Non-IBM Pins have been categorized into the most favorate collectable categories.
- Own 'hit counter', own 'Send email icon'.
- This Sub-Homepage is stored under another AOL-name.
- May, 17th 2000
- Pin number of newest pin is shown next to New Pin History section.
- Pin picture can be seen in an extra window by clicking on this pin number.
- Design Tip:
- A line break in a line with a small font is less high
than a line break in a line with a larger font.
(font size=1)(br)(/font).
- May, 16th 2000
- New counter defined because old provider has withdrawn his free counterservice.
- Value set to old value.
- Now available in blue - this fits better in my color scheme.
- May, 16th 2000
- Sort direction changed from ascending to descending in all lists to show newer pins first.
- Done in the following lists: pulldown-, text-, pic-, swap-, miss list.
- March, 10th 2000
- Pin picture will be shown in lower right corner of main panel.
- Only visible on screen sizes >= 1024.
- Smaller screens will get a horizontal scrollbar - cannot be suppressed.
- Random function used to always show another picture.
- Function implemented to make main panel more attractive.
- Dummy file pin000.gif created because random function may calculate the value zero.
- February, from 29th 2000
- Homepage has been announced in serveral steps via email.
- Collegues in department.
- Collegues in Berlin.
- Collegues in Germany.
- Friends.
- Project collegues.
- Other pin collectors.
- February, 28th 2000
- Counter has been resetted.
- Metadescription and keywords updated.
- Added homepage to search engines.
- Homepage has been successfully tested under...
- Win '9x - Netscape Navigator 4.5 / 4.7
- Win '9x - Internet Explorer 4.x
- Win '9x - AOL Browser
- OS/2 Warp 4 - Netscape Navigator 4.6
- AIX 4.2.1 - Netscape Navigator 4.08.
Does not look pretty - but works. Some color mismatches and pull-down-list partly invisible.
- Linux - not tested yet.
- There are some minor browser dependent differences but this doesn't matter.
- No critical bugs found.
- Remark: Subpages should not be called directly. Navigation shall always be done via main panel.
- February, 21st 2000
- Homepage now available unannounced under http://www.mypins.de
- Category for missing pins added.
- Several minor updates.
- Scanning and editing PINs continues...
- February, 10th 2000
- Puuh, rough design completed.
- Frames ok, navigation ok, buttons ok, design ok.
- Counter and guestbook working.
- Contents needs to be completed. Scanning and editing PINs.
- February, 3rd 2000
- First time online with early beta version of homepage.
- Only available on AOL homepage.
- Not announced.