For those of you who didn’t know I’ve been sick since November 2nd. The good news is that I’m finally feeling better, about 80% of normal and should be back to normal by the end of the week. Being as sick as I was meant that my various projects were pushed back yet again and this includes my most pressing project, On Orbit.
I’m happy to report that On Orbit is back on track and today I’ve decided to include a little teaser of the home page. This is not the final version and only shows part of the home page but it will give you a little glimpse as to what the new site will look like.
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I won’t provide a date just yet as to when we’ll launch but it will be before the end of the month.
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We have a winner! Adam Cooke of Plano, Texas created a great logo for On Orbit which is launching next month. Both Keith and I felt that Adam’s design embodies what On Orbit is. We had over 140 logo submissions. And besides Adam’s there were some other ones that really caught our attention.
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After a couple of frustrating days of programming I’m finally making some headway with the integration of the various platforms that make up On Orbit. Our own content management system will shortly be able to post stories to our new social news service Mercury. What’s cool about Mercury is that anyone who has an account can upload a story. As well anyone can upload to our new video service. The news and video will be brought to you courtesy our staff and you the public.
I don’t know how realistic it is that we’ll launch on September 4th. I think we could do it, but it really will be “Alpha”. As I have to travel on the 5th to Montreal for a meeting with the Canadian Space Agency for a couple of days I’m nervous about the timing. I’m inclined to wait until the 12th when I get back from my trip. That way I can focus on the meetings and not deal with the inevitable “Alpha” bugs.
More to come…
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On Orbit video section coming along nicely and will be ready for the launch. Started integration on home page of social news service called ‘Mercury’. There’s still some integration issues with Intercat to overcome. Style sheet for the site is also taking shape. It’s very different than what we have with SpaceRef now and has a bit of an Apple look to it. The site is designed so that we can have optional layouts in the future that can be changed at a moments notice. Of course they have to be programmed ahead of time.
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