The Richardson Family

This site was originally developed many years ago by using Frontpage and cobbling together HTML code copied from various Internet sites. It was not pretty, and barely functional. With this latest iteration, we have tried to improve everything about the site, and improve our technical skills at the same time. Listed below are some of the technical features that have been implemented:

1. The site uses a mix of HTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery, XML, XSLT, PHP and MySQL tools
2. CSS has been used extensively, but not to the level of HTML5 requirements
3. Javasript was used for the lightbox effect on the Vacations and UpClose pages
4. iFrames were used on the Home page and the Odds-N-Ends page to change presentation
5. The table of Countries traveled to was created in XML and the colors were determined with XSLT
6. A single MySQL table is used for the OurBeers data, and PHP is used for all database connectivity
7. YouTube video embedding is done on the ClemsonLinks page, and Twitter is embedded on the FamilyBlogs page
8. The FamilyPhotos page has an embedded slideshow from Photobucket
9. The revolving globe on the FamilyBlogs page is a hot-link animated GIF
10. Pure CSS was used on the FamilyRecipies page as the content slider to move thru the recipies
11. Javascript and CSS were used on display this content by swapping DIVs with mouse movement
12. AJAX techniques are used for password validation on the NewBeerForm page
13. Responsive design capability on Our Story has been verified with an Android Galaxy II
14. An MP3 has been embedded with a Quicktime codec player on the Our Story page
15. etc