Since the Edge Element’s beta release, I’ve been steadily plugging away at all the issues that turned up in testing. I tested it before uploading, but there was heaps I just couldn’t even try to test in the localhost environment. (Random plug – I was using XAMPP for local development.) So anyway, the site seems to be working pretty well now – users can easily subscribe (that’s free, by the way), send me a message or leave some (nice please) words in the guest book.

From now on I’ll be trying to add a couple of images to the gallery every week. I’ll also rotate images through the free gallery so people who don’t want to subscribe still get a decent range of options. Most of my images are going to remain in the subscribers-only gallery, though.

Now the fate of my site is officially in the hands of you, the users. Will it fade into obscurity and eventually be removed or will it become a success? Only time will tell.

The Edge Element Beta is now online! Except for a couple of issues in the backend that won’t affect anyone but me…

Well, they’re probably going to be mildly irritating to everyone since it means I’d have to go directly to the database  to add new download links and it’s already late and I’ve got goats to milk. Tomorrow I’ll try to fix the problem and get the site going properly. In the meantime, why not join up and have a look around?

The Edge Element

Okay, this is finally it. In a couple of minutes the Edge Element alpha version will go offline for… well, permanently, actually. For the next few hours you’ll get one of a variety of ‘site offline’ messages. Don’t panic, though – I’m just deleting the old site and adding the new one, so the beta version will be available soon!

I’ll post messages here as well as on Twitter and Facebook when I’m done.

After… however long it is – somewhere close to an academic year… of hard work, the beta release of The Edge Element is finally almost ready! If all goes to plan I’ll be uploading it tomorrow and then putting the site straight into use. Or the more likely scenario – once the site goes live I’ll spend the next week or so on tweaks and bug fixes. Either way I’m looking forward to it.

The Edge Element beta release poster

All TDA readers are invited to become members of The Edge Element! It’s free and you’ll get access to heaps of cool pictures!

There’s going to be other stuff as well in the future – web themes, WordPress themes and more!