So news of sorts.  This time of the website variety. 

I’ve finally done it….

I’ve set up the website for video content.

Oh all right so there is still quite a bit of work to do (read hours and hours of work) to get it set up properly.  Still it works!

First I had to get around the problem that I do not actually own a video camera.  So with a bit of work (quite a bit really since I did not know how to use the program in the first place) I managed to create my very first video using some of my photo’s, some music and a few words here and there.  Considering that this is the first time I have ever done anything like this I am quite happy with the results.

Next was doing all that back end stuff so I could play the video on my site.  At this point I must say thank you to 5pieces for the great tutorial.  Following his instructions I managed, with a little hair pulling I must admit though said hair pulling was all my fault, to get it up and running.  The video even plays!

So if you want to see my weekends efforts it is up on the home page.

Now as said I still have a lot of work to do to integrate it fully but the main work is done…. YAY!  

I’m sure you’re all staring at my site tapping your finger thoughtfully on your lip.  Knowing that something has changed since your last visit but unable to work out what it is.

Well I’ll let you in on the secret.

Walker’s Trails has new clothes!

I changed the template yesterday to give the site a whole new look.  Isn’t it pretty?

I still have a lot of work to do.  Oh most of the work as far as the template is done, lets face it the content is the same I just have a bit of tinkering.  Like the picture up the top will be changed eventually to one of my own.  Before anyone mentions it yes I know the map on the map page is too big.  I have to tinker with that too!  I also have to work on the links at the bottom of each page and well… I’m sure you’ve got the idea.

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Finally.  It’s done.  I worked out, with a little help once more from 5pieces, how to get the playlist function with the video to work!  After quite a bit of tinkering I got the player up on the home page with the video playing successfully.  Still no matter how much I tried I just could not get the player with the playlist to work on the actual video page.

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Well if you tried to get onto the site in the last couple of days what you probably saw was a string of meaningless symbols…. er… sorry… twas a little updating, um, problem.

It’s fixed now.  I hope.

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So heres the thing, I have a new toy so I thought I would share.  I brought a new laptop and this time round I have chosen to try out an Apple computer.  So I have a MacBook13” 1gb 2.16ghz processor.  I’m happy with it so far but still have to learn to drive it!

I’ve been a PC girl for the last 15+ years so tis a bit of a learning curve and I’m still at the ‘everything is backwards’ stage.  The biggest pain in the rear is having to go through and relabel all of my photos.  Tis a slow job. On the bonus side I did manage to find the disk containing the original images from my trip to Vietnam so I’ve reloaded the images on my website.  Still it is amazing the difference in the quality of the photo’s from my old camera to my new one!  I hadn’t really noticed till I went through the photo’s.

On the travel front while there is nothing new to tell regarding Thailand.  Cass can not book until about 6 weeks before the trip so tis a waiting game with a last minute dash to get all our bookings done.

Still I’ve been tossing the idea of Egypt around to some friends and it looks like that will be next years trip.  Lou, my travel buddy from Morocco, is interested in coming and Lil and Esther (who we met and teamed up with in Morocco for a few weeks) have also indicated that they are interested.  So that is starting to take shape.  In typical fashion for me I’ve already checked out airfares and general costs.  It all looks good at this stage and I’m starting to get excited about the idea of going there already!

Well that is all for now.  Hopefully I’ll have more to say regarding the up and coming trip to Thailand soon.