New Site Update

This will become a more regular thing until the site is stablised and working a LOT more smoothly.

The index page has been changed to lead you to the translations of the site. This is quite useful if you prefer reading in another language and it takes less time and hassle to load than to use something like, for example, Google Translate, which does boost site performance and moral of the person reading the site.

The downside to this is that I can't read or write in any language other than English (note that this is the TRUE version of English, not what the yanks (Americans) call English,) which is a bummer because the only other language that I am POORLY able to speak in is Japanese which unfortunately I can't read or write it. The translations will be made by the Google Translator engine. If you have any problems with what it spits out and is up on my site, please send me an email (please send it in English if you can) with the expression/s (words, phrases, etc.) and their correct way of putting it. If I can't understand what you mean, I may send you what the message is in English (or you can read the English side of the site).

There has been a start on the Japanese language side of the site. Although it STILL needs the images copied to it's section of the database, it is up but it's only the home page of that side of the new site.

The main splash image in the header has translated these "A Vagabond's Domain" and "Flowing to a better Tomorrow..." Hopefully Google has translated these properly.

Anyway, I'm at my lesson in my traineeship and I need to start paying attention so I'm not as confused at what is being thrown around.... verbally of course.....

Until the next update....

I'm on my way...

The new site is taking a while to stablise and will be up as soon as I can. I've already gotten some nice reviews off a couple of my mates who have been checking out the progress of it every now and then. The problem that I'm having at the moment is that I need to change the links because I moved the files in the database around and screwde my self up and the translated versions need to be made.

Also, I need to make all the pages with my warez on it from this site (even some of the deleted ones) on that site.

Because I can't use ftp to upload the files (my network admin says it's too insecure and risky to use... which is fine... you can all thank my stepdad for this...). Also, to note that next wednesday I'm moving house and I'll have hardly any chance to work on the site because I do it all online and where I'm moving to I can't use the net at my will like I can here.

The link will be posted once I get these major tasks done... I promise.

Peace,

In the middle of moving... it's goodbye Blogger

Yes, it's finally time. A Vagabond's Domain is living up to it's name and is now in tha middle of moving to the servers of freeweb7.com.

I've already set up a few pages which still need a lot of work and have set up a forum with the MyBB team.

It's taking ages to set up becase I can't use FTP because it's unsafe, so I gotta upload files up to sets of 3.

Also, I have complete control of the content in both the site and the forum board.

The link will be posted at a later date when it's more stable and closer to being worthy of attention...

Peace and cheers...

New Designs, Finally Done Some Worth Showing...

All this post is here to say is to ask which do you prefer?

To vote, just post a comment on the page by clicking on the post button near the bottom of this post.

The 2nd design isn't complete but it's close.

Personally, I like the second design.

Also, I haven't posted in ages because of the HSC, job hunting and I've had other commitments.



This is the original design I came up with:

Original Design

Here's one I finished yesterday morning:

New Age Design

Moving soon???

Yes, believe it or not, I'm planning to move A Vagabond's Domain to somewhere where I can customise everything I want, including giving each 'post' its own page...

I've already almost finished the first alpha design of the site using the main page/index page as the base template of such... The look will be different and this site (on Blogger) will be active until I state otherwise (which will unlikely happen).

This will, funnily enough, stay true to the name of the site and myself. The word 'Vagabond' means wanderer, one who lays his head calls home, etc. A good example would be the people who live in the Australian bush(which is Outback there), never really staying in one place for too long before they move to seek a better place to continue their journey. I too, am an Australian and this was the first thing that popped into my head for examples. Anyway...

So keep an eye/ear out for more news on updating and moving A Vagabond's Domain to a better place.

Just because I'm bored...???? © 1989

Posting these days are slow, I think it's because I'm not studyin 4 tha HSC which starts on the 18th. Either way, I'm bored everyday now and I can't find anything to put up, or can't be bothered to, if you want anything put up, just fire off an email and I'll see what i can do.

Windows Live Messenger v8.5 (beta)

An internal build of Windows Live Messenger 8.5 was leaked by Messenger Addictos, a site dedicated to Windows Live Messenger and related products.

The leaked build is only available in Spanish at the moment, but if you managed to download it somewhere, you can copy the old language file (\"msglang.dll\") of Windows Live Messenger 8.1.0178 over the new one (\"msglang.8.5.1235.0517.dll\"). Note that the installation directory has also been changed to \"C:\\Program Files\\Windows Live\\Messenger\\\" making the transition from MSN Messenger to Windows Live Messenger complete.



The new build includes a completely new installer system (though it appears it might need some tweaking). Messenger itself also got a complete overhaul, featuring a new UI that combines the best of Windows Live and Vista. The new build also includes several minor new features, some of which are still unknown. Unfortunately support for Plug-Ins (or \"Add-Ins\") has been dropped.