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What's new?
Some of the latest modifications and additions are listed below.
Here is what I have been working on, for the past 365 days:
- August 24, 2010 - The new site is on-line! Complete with SQL Server databases instead of Access (!), which will make several functions much faster. All pages now sport a "Best sellers" section on the right side with best-selling coins in the last 3 months, or a "Recommended for you" section for old customers or users that have placed some items in their shopping cart.
- August 18, 2010 - I am very happy today. During the last few months I have
been investigating numerous methods for making my sites faster. Today, for the first time ever, Google reported that
Fleur-de-coin.com's webpoages load in 1.3 seconds, in average. This is an amazing record, as this site is
currently faster than 84% of all the sites on the Web!
- August 15, 2010 - Oups! It has been quite some time since my last update, but in the mean time I have been working under the hood, by upgrading the databases and - of course - making the necessary code modifications. The end result should be a faster site, but the main reason for the upgrade is that it will make it possible for the Coin Vault application to function properly.
- May 20, 2010 - I updated the Coin Vault application, allowing collectors to submit photos of the coins.
- May 20, 2010 - I just finished working on the new uploading functionality. It is now much easier for a collector to upload a list with the double coins he offer and his collection, using the Control Panel.
- May 12, 2010 - I am currently working on the Coin Vault application, making sure that users can update the specifications of the coins included
- May 5, 2010 - I have been updating the Swap Area and the Coin Vault during the last few days and a huge number of updates and bugs still remain. For the following weeks I will be working on these two areas, adding new features and fixed issues as they arise.
- April 21, 2010 - The new site is on-line and I have started fixing some problems at the Coin Collectors Database and the Users' Control Panel.
- April 6, 2010 - The Coin Forum has just been updated to the latest software version and it was also upsized to SQL Server 2005 from a humble Access database.
- March 30, 2010 - Today I finished the Order history page and soon I will be adding a new feature. Customers will be able to compare the price at which they bought the coins and the current market price.
- March 21, 2010 - I discovered yet another stupid Internet Explorer bug, related to Javascript. I can't believe how stupid this browser is and I am really amazed by the fact that the bug continues from version 6 all the way to verision 8! I found and used a workaround but the discovery of the bug was - once again - purely accidental.
- March 11, 2010 - I started working on the User Control Panel, redesigning and re-arranging things.
- March 1, 2010 - I included some optimizations in the javascript and css files today, reducing the overall page weight by as much as 22% (160 kb instead of 252 kb). This should speed up the website considerably.
- February 23, 2010 - Although updating the Coin Vault applications is not finished yet, I have undertaken another major task. Redesigning the whole site is not something I do very often, but was about time I started it. The main focus of the new design is the clean interface and the correct use of whitespace in order to improve the overall look and feel, but also to help with navigation and usability.
- February 18, 2010 - The Coin Swap Area now supports multiple evaluations for coin exchanges and users can add a comment along with their rating.
- February 8, 2010 - The entire Coin Collectors Database has been redesigned for easier and faster navigation using AJAX.
- February 3, 2010 - The profile page of the Coin Collectors Database has been redesigned, adding new functionality and improving the overall design.
- February 2, 2010 - I have started working on the Swap Area and the Coin Vault application. I am working quite fast and I will soon introduce the first, beta version.
- January 21, 2010 - I made quite a few corrections to the Coin Collectors Database
- January 13, 2010 - I updated a few pictures and descriptions of coins, as I am trying to build a high-quality resource for euro coins. I also fixed a few error that made several webpages inaccessible and I made the columns in the Links Section sortable.
- January 12, 2010 - I added quite a few more euro coin mintages.
- January 11, 2010 - Although I have not being posting anything in this page, I am always updating the site. For the past few days, I am trying to optimize the site for mobile devices and the results so far have been quite rewarding.
- November 11, 2009 - I made several modifications to euro coin pages and added 2 more Greek coins and Blisters.
- November 9, 2009 - The Vatican euro coins are now included in the site. This required quite a lot of work, because they contain 3 different designs.
- October 16, 2009 - I corrected the euro coin mintages page and added quite a few more mintages.
- October 8, 2009 - I updated the visitor statistics.
- September 29, 2009 - I updated the webpage about the Sanmarinese euro coins and as a result, a number of other pages were updated as well (eg. the webpage with the rare euro coins and the euro mintages.
- September 28, 2009 - I added a new button at the top of every page, that allows the visitors of this site to quickly share a story on the site with friends in a variety of social networking sites (eg Facebook, digg, stumble upon etc).
