I refrain from putting my address and active phone number there, for obvious reasons. Instead, I use my Skype number, hence the strange country code. I may probably make a separate Contact page with active direct email submission just like in version 2.0. However, the hCard still serve its purpose to embed my contact info in all the pages within version 3.0.

Flixster’s user-interface can be confusing I think, and its modification flexibility is taken too far, with its sites now resembling the over-glittering MySpace sites. The book review social media site, GoodReads, got it correctly by following Facebook’s lead in design, functionality, and interactivity. As such, there is more likelihood for my book reviews to be posted on the two sites rather than my movie reviews.

I have no plan to retire Flixster just yet. But, I won’t be too terribly active myself. I have put my Flixster link on the Social Media widget.

Hence, the idea for putting on of what would become a side billboard. I put f0101’s prepackaged Ads widget on the side bar. Currently, it just show you WooTheme’s advert, but I’ll use some other services in addition to it. While the WooTheme ads is static, I think WooTheme has been satisfactory until this time, so I don’t mind placing static advert there. If you think you can use WooTheme’s service, please get it through the links here on version 3.0. You’ll get great templates and I’ll share your happiness as well.. hee.. hee..

Furthermore, as version 3.0 continues to develop and resemble my Blogspot, there will be more overlapping categories such as Personal, Pop Culture, and Techie — all of which I have posted writings for them until today.

On version 2.0, the concept for Social Media links was to put them all in one separate page. While it’s still possible to do it on version 3.0, I think a widget in footer (or sidebar) area can come handy. For one thing, it’ll show up in every pages on the web site, hence driving up traffic and improving retention (so the theory goes). Plus, the customized button design is so neat.

Sure thing there will be several links down there, but I’ll start with my Flickr. Flickr is a photo-sharing site similar to Google’s own Picasa. I have joined Flickr since 2004, but until now have only uploaded 3 photos. I have lots of photos, mind you, as my former colleagues can attest. It’s just that photo capturing and photo uploading are two different interests I guess, requiring similar level of enthusiasm to make Flickr works. Well, let’s hope it’ll change, or will it?

The Subscription widget enables reader to subscribe to either version 3.0’s Posts or Comments or both. I have enabled FeedBurner feeds for version 3.0 since this site is now CMS-based, just like I did with nearly all of my Blogs. Since FeedBurner has been acquired by Google, it would encourage you to subscribe through Google Reader, but actually you can subscribe through most news and RSS aggregators. I think exporting through FeedBurner can provide me with a uniform technology, wider base, better functionality and better stats. What’s not to like?

I might put headline animator later just like on version 2.0. Granted, there’re still plenty of empty spaces available, but I don’t want to rush filling them out in a day only to disassembling them for the next month. It’ll be there if it’s fit.

The logo that I used is part of graphic-objects I downloaded online when I was looking for a logo for my private venture. It was a paid download and I received 16 objects. I used one for my company’s logo, so I thought why not use one of the other 15 for my personal site logo since I paid for them already? Beside, by using a similar style logo as my company, it should provide identity connection between both sites.

As for the font, I couldn’t resist finding a new font for the site, there are so many of them online. I used Ray Larabie’s fonts for version 2.0, and even downloaded several for version 3.0. I finally settled for a font named Olive Oil. I am not sure whether I’ve downloaded it from somewhere, but I found it while trying out the fonts on Microsoft Word.

Lastly, f0101 enables me to put a favicon directly from its user interface. I use the logo I put on the site and upload it on a favicon generator I used for version 2.0. And voila, it made not just one but TWO favicons for me (the other one being animated).

Combine all those things together, and I got myself an official version 3.0 “public face”.

As of now, I have added another page, Archives. I figure, might as well add one now before the website grow too big. Archives is where older posts are kept, and they listed based on its post time and categories. The theme allows for up to 30 latest posts with category and monthly archives available as well. To add better functionality to the primary navigation and Archives page, I’ve also added a Search widget. The Search widget is available pre-packaged with f0101 theme, and activation was a breeze. I put it right on top of the sidebar because it should be the first and easiest tool for a visitor to find his/her way around, after the primary navigation.

That’s part of the reason I continue writing these updates as I modify version 3.0 BETA, so at least there will be contents generated by my activities, if else. Also, by requiring myself to write for each changes, hopefully it will dissuade me from being trigger-happy with themes.

For version 3.0 BETA, I intend to use f0101 theme, made by the creative people of Woo Themes. I happen to think they provide the most bang for the buck for what I need: aesthetics, price, and friendly user-interface.