OP-EZY 7.0

It's finally here, to celebrate 6 years since our website launched, OP-EZY's new website, powered by MagicPage has been launched. There are still a few bugs that need ironing out, but the majority of the site either works, or has had a suitable workaround applied.

6.0 will be added to the time machine shortly!

Cheers for the support, and keep watching for future developments.

OP-EZY 7 - Quick Update

Development is still going with OP-EZY 7, the new site will be rolled out as soon as I feel MagicPage is ready enough to host a public website. It doesn't mean that MagicPage itself will be ready for public consumption though.

Once MagicPage is at the stage I want it, the plan is to release it under the GNU Public Licence (GPL), step back a little, and let the world's more experienced hackers, take it into more practical directions. Watch this space!

Anyone interested in seeing the current development of OP-EZY 7 can have have a look in our development area, Sandbox 4. (at the time of writing)

OP-EZY 7 - In development

OP-EZY 6.0 has had a good run, it has been live since early 2009. It was the first incarnation of the OP-EZY site that had a fully table-less layout designed from scratch.

So far, all sites had to be edited manually, either by editing the page files, or editing a database.

Back in the days of OP-EZY 3.0, I had the idea of building an admin area where pages could be easily updated, but didn't know how to make something like that. By OP-EZY 4.0 I had the backend in place, but never took the time to build an interface for the admin area.

Recently, I just finished a project for college where I had to create such a system. This system is called "MagicPage". As we speak, I am currently using MagicPage as the backbone to the new site design. Here is a sneak preview of the new site:

This preview shows how the site renders at night time, the site will adapt for the times of the day, and reflect the weather at OP-EZY HQ. It will also allow you to set the weather to your current location if you so wish.

We hope to roll this site out in a few weeks, where we can finally put MagicPage through it's paces.

Cheers.