Mortfiles Evolved

It’s on now!

// July 1st, 2009 // Comments // Development

The new server has finally arrived and I am finally able to get busy with this project, that is really starting to burn a hole in my head…

In the next few days not much will happen than setting the new server up and configure things the way it’s supposed to be. This is all handled by the great team of ConfigServer that I always use for new server setups, which leave me some time to focus on my upcoming 48 hour PHP exam this weekend and for my other 48 hour Javascript exam in a few weeks. In between I’ll also continue working on my webdesign projects.

I have had some time to scetch this project up and while I have some very cool things planned for this design I think the most interesting aspect will be to build a subcontentbox that will automaticly use subpages to the current page and put them into tabs using the jQuery UI widget. I’ll get plenty of use for my PHP skills trying to get that to work for sure. The second task that feels a bit daunting is to code the dropdown menu for the clientarea and make sure it work with WHMCS…

Starting this project…now.

// June 28th, 2009 // Comments // Development

Today I ordered a new server and a new domain name that will be setup during the day. This is the starting point for this project which I hope will be ready in a few months.

The first step was to get a new server and a new domain name so I can start working on the design without messing with the websites of Mortfiles.se and Mortfiles.com. Once the server is setup it will need a finetuning with suphp, mod_security, suhosin plus litespeed and a security sweep before I move on to setting up the actual website. I will start with a wordpress installation and go from there until I have everything ready for setting up the WHMCS section and build the headermenu.

At that point I will move the WHMCS license from Mortfiles.se and add the clients from Mortfiles.com and then add both domains to the new account so that all domains point towards the same account. The whole process will then be complete…I hope

Mortfiles:revised

// June 22nd, 2009 // Comments // Development

Its been a while now since my last re-design of Mortfiles and to tell the truth its getting a bit bloated and unfocused, which is not exactly promoting sales and its holding me back from getting creative.

In order to fix this I am starting a project where I will rebuild Mortfiles to be a more focused project that IS focused on business and not as a playground for my mad ideas. This project will also merge Mortfiles.com and Mortfiles.se into one dual language website using Wordpress as backend. The new design will be more focused on sale and it will take advantage of JQuery to make things easier and better looking.

I am also going to work with WHMCS to build a better orderform to make things a whole lot nicer, which is something that I have put off for a while now as my heart has not really been in it. The WHMCS package is still the best for the job, but I will now merge the two installations into one, which means dual languages and dual currency setup.

I am going to change the project manager for Mortfiles Evolved and will go for Active Collab instead as I find it more intuitive and nicer in design to work with. I will rework it a bit to make it even more awesome, both through design and hopefully by extending it with some modules down the road.

Right now I am in the scribbling phase where I poke design thoughts and try to figure out what should go where and why, but hopefully it will come together soon enough.