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Ok, so my ThreePointOh site upgrade has been put on hold for now. A lot of the database work I am doing on it as well as the scripting I have for it is on my desktop so I won't be able to work on it until after I move most likely. In the meantime, I decided to do an intermediate site upgrade on the home page. I haven't really changed the blogging software or anything except for the main page. Some of the major upgrades include a stripped down navigation bar so you don't get lost on the site. I've implemented a lot of the ideas I said I would for ThreePointOh such as removing the forums, chat, webcam link, downloads, and just a bunch of other things that just convoluted the site. In addition to the stripped down menu, the site load time has dropped a lot just from the new interface. I've removed the frameset, and although I couldn't completely get rid of frames because of the different coding styles in the blog, gallery, and storyboard (a PHP include would screw up the links), one iframe isn't going to slow things down too much. I've also used CSS on Northwindy 2.5. This has really allowed me to do more with positioning that I wasn't doing before. There is some limited PHP use on the page. Right now the PHP is streamlining the navbar for better efficiency, and reducing code repetition in case the server location or domain location is ever changed.

Overall I don't see it as enough of a change to warrant calling it 3.0 because the actual ThreePointOh upgrade will have all the software written by me and no iframes. I think this is a major step towards 3.0, but we still have a ways to go. The CSS for 2.5 needs to be streamlined but if you want an idea what 3.0 is going to look at, just imagine 2.5 with a few cosmetic changes and some streamlined features.