Walt Disney World for New Year's 2011-12

Just back from celebrating the New Year at Walt Disney World.  Lots of photos and, of course, the countdown fireworks from New Year's Eve.

Another Las Vegas Xmas

Just back from another Vegas Xmas trip.  More Photos and Videos from December 21 to 25, 2011 coming soon, with most taken with the iPhone 4S (including some cool shots with the Slow Shutter App).

20+ Fall 2011 Chicago Photos Added

They're now in the mix of photos for the "50 Random" photos on DALINKA.com as well as the random slideshow on the  Hometown Chicago page.

Site Update Status

With the completion of today's update to the Disneyland Pages, every page on the site except for the pages linked from the Walt Disney World Pages now has the new format.

I've also written a bit of code to try to stop the time & date greeting from going off the page when we get into day/month combos as long as Wednesday, September 21, 2011.

Status of Website's New Format

A major landmark early today, September 10, 2011: Every page available from the menus here on the Update Blog, the Travel Blog and the pull-down menus at ASDHollywood.com and DALINKA.com now is available in the new format (with a link to its prior version in case something is not working).

The "50 Random" photos feature on the first page of DALINKA.com now selects from more than 1200 of the photos posted to the site! Nearly every photo in the slideshow now has a fairly descriptive title and the exact date it was taken.

The Hometown Chicago page now randomizes the order of the slideshow and provides five immediate jump points by description of photo and its date.

More to come...

Now See More than 500 Chicago Photos

As the site redesign progresses along, I've added hundreds of Chicago photos to the newly re-designed Home Town Chicago page. One of the features of the new design is that the slide show now displays the photos in a random order and that five random photos have direct links with descriptions to the left of the slide show. Enjoy.

Welcome Page for Dalinka.com Has a New Transitional Format

As the site upgrades continue, I've given the Welcome Page for Dalinka.com a new Transitional Format that borrows elements from the new style via iWeb but, for the moment, continues most of the layout of the prior page. Let me know what you think about how I should continue the redesign in the comments.

The Update Blog Now Matches ASD's Travel PhotoBlog's Format

The Site Updates Blog now has the same format as ASD's Travel PhotoBlog. Both blogs now welcome comments and feedback (though you may still find some posts that have not yet been updated to permit commenting.)

ASD's Travel PhotoBlog Has A New Format Too!

ASD's Travel PhotoBlog has a new format and allows commenting and sharing. Give it a try.

Articles by ASD about Disney Parks and Other Stuff now part of ASDHollywood.com

With today's launch of the new page format for ASDHollywood.com, I've also started publishing Articles & Essays about Disney Parks, Other Places Around The World, and Anything Else That Comes To Mind. I haven't decided on a publishing schedule yet, but the more demand I see either through emails and increased traffic, the more often I will publish.

There are already two original Articles posted: the first, A Brief History of Epcot, has been on the site since 2002 but it was pretty-well buried; the second, What Are You Doing at Walt Disney World on New Year's Eve? is newly published but was written back in January. A third Article, What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?, was also written back in January and it will be added soon. Probably by the time you've read this!

Enjoy and I look forward to hearing from you.