Puzzle documentation project

[iohonnes]

I've decided to document all of my scrolled sawed puzzles on a website. There's still lots work to do (hence the "works in process"), but I thought some of the puzzle makers around here might find it interesting.

Here's the URL http://www.puzzlesdelmeeple.com.

First on the list of things to do - have my wife proof read the text. Again.
Second - document some of the puzzle cutting techniques I've used.

John

[Ramjet]

John . Your an inspiration . Nice work .
Roger

[turningnut]

John,

Very nice work, neat idea, I wish I could do web pages...Did you do your own pages or have it done?

Mike

[Arcy]

What a great idea! You have some nice puzzles there. I like the different styles and the descriptions of the whys and hows you did each one.

It was fun (and inspiring ) watching the puzzles grow from #1 through #23.

--Rob

[sawdustus]

John, Meeples or not you create very nice puzzles. Keep on bragging.

sawdustus

[iohonnes]

Thanks for all the compliments. I believe my site just shows what a number of us on the boards always say - just jump right in and starting cutting. The first efforts are always questionable, but with practice some nice work will start to appear. For puzzle 1 to 23 (and counting) it's been a short 6 months since I got a scroll saw.

Originally Posted by turningnut

Very nice work, neat idea, I wish I could do web pages...Did you do your own pages or have it done?
Mike

Despite the fact I work with computers for a living and my wife is a writer, she is the web guru around the house. I used Apple's iWeb program for creating this site; it's a program that comes with Macs. It's relatively easy to use, but inflexible enough that it drives my wife crazy. She would have hand coded up a site, just to retain control.

John

[Puzzled]

John,
I started cutting puzzles a couple of years ago. Took some time off to get sick, and have resumed cutting; part-time. I just started exploring Apple's iweb as an option to show off my puzzles and to help me keep a journal of everything. HOw have you/your wife found this experience (other than inflexible), which may help limit the trouble I can get into.
STEVE

[utbva]

Hi John

I do like your way of documenting the puzzles you have made. I need to try something like this too. I do like your puzzles and your experimenting with different styles of cutting. I am trying to find the style I like as well. I am in the process of making a couple of "Cars" puzzles for my grandchild as well since right now he is really into "Cars" and knows all of the names of every car in the collection.

[Carter Johnson]

Nice site, John. I store my puzzles on Picture Trail albums but they don't have the versatility of a personal web site. Maybe someday.

Thanks for the kind reference.

Carter

[iohonnes]

Originally Posted by Puzzled

John,
I just started exploring Apple's iweb as an option to show off my puzzles and to help me keep a journal of everything. HOw have you/your wife found this experience (other than inflexible), which may help limit the trouble I can get into.
STEVE

iWeb is pretty powerful for the non-coder. A couple of oddities I've found:
1) I've found that images extend beyond their size. By that I mean that a m x n pixel image may have larger footprint in a browser; the image is m x n, but a transparent border extends from it. If that border covers links, the links are inaccessible. That means I have to test every page I create pretty extensively and re-edit (move the images around) as necessary.

2) How links are colored and change color on a mouse roll over seems a little random. The settings I choose from iWeb don't always show up in the finished product.

3) Built in file organization - it seems fine for a couple of pages, but as the web site grows I see it being a problem. I've already run into some tricky situations - especially with a page per puzzle.

Thanks for all the compliments!

John