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Tuesday · 5 Sep 06 · 01:37 AM IST | Posted by Karthik | Category: General

After many, many days of hard work, I present to you Karthik82.com Reloaded!

After four years of being online, a redesign was definitely due for this site, and that's exactly what I did over the last one month or so.  Only, I didn't expect that it would take this long — because of the new features I've implemented and because of the improvements I've made all over the place, this was almost like building everything from scratch again!  My PHP, MySQL and design skills certainly got a major workout in the process of the redesign — but I can safely say that I learnt a lot during the past one month or so.  It's been a labour of love.  At the end of it all, I am extremely happy with the way things turned out, and am very proud to present to you this updated website of mine!

But wait, you say — where are the drawings and where is the movies list?  Unfortunately, I haven't got those pages ready yet.  They should be done soon.  I went ahead and launched the site anyway, because, why deny access to the completed sections of the site for the sake of a couple of unfinished sections?  As time progresses, the menu on the left will certainly grow and new content should show up very soon.

Anyway, enough with the talk — please have a look around, and give me your feedback.  You can write comments on practically everything that is available on this site, so I would encourage you to use this feature to let me know what you think.

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#1
5 Sep 06 · 08:44 PM
Comment by user Varun
YAY!!

Now change your pic :)
#2
Ganeshan
5 Sep 06 · 10:03 PM
Congrats Karthik!
Most of the pages seem slightly sluggish though.. maybe its due to the distance involved :)

Looking forward to new content!
[PS: Busy fiddling with the calculator :) ]
#3
5 Sep 06 · 11:08 PM
Comment by user Toby
Nice redesign. Cool funtions and a fresh look. I like it. Although I haven't browsed through many of the pages yet... But once I do, I'll make sure to report on any weird stuff I find. Apart from the content itself of course. ;-)
#4
5 Sep 06 · 11:18 PM
Comment by user Toby
Whaaah, help me! There's a strange face in my comment post! Oh, I see that's me actually... Did you get that from my portfolio site? Gah, I gotta send you a better one. :-) Anyway, great idea, i really like it!

And oh, just like Ganeshan, I am totally drawing blank with those high-skill math questions. ;-) Is that really necessary? I haven't had a single spam post up to now on my site. :-)
#5
6 Sep 06 · 03:30 AM
Comment by user Pablo
awesome to see the site back. and its colorfull! i like that :-)
#6
7 Sep 06 · 01:26 AM
Comment by user Karthik
The CAPTCHA's now improved!! You're right, it was getting to be a pain even for me... :)

Now you'll get only single digit numbers, and no zeroes to complicate things either!
#7
7 Sep 06 · 02:49 PM
Comment by user Toby
Just thinking about this: When you're a registered user posting with your ID, you're obvisouly no spammer. So why do we have to solve the CAPTCHA anyway? How about adding a line that skips the CAPTCHA if a user ID and password has been entered?
#8
8 Sep 06 · 04:43 AM
Good work Karthik!

Pleasant to the eyes and more to explore for in the site.
#9
Himanshu
9 Sep 06 · 10:53 AM
Hi Karthik!!
Congrats from me too! Your labour of love is indeed something to be very proud of...and one can tell a lot of thought and care has gone in to the creation. Look forward to dropping by more often.
As for things I look forward too...you know me...the movie-related content. Reviews and drawings in particular. And since your brother has suggested that you change your pic anyway, why not also pencil out your vision of yourself and post it! (Or maybe something like the AVP poster, except your profile replaces the A or P) Plus, should be a good ego-trip. :-)
More later.
Take care.
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