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I've heard it a hundred times at least, "I hate the new Facebook. It's like Myspace all over again." I have no idea why that comparison has ever been made considering they are absolutely nothing alike. Here is a short list of obvious differences that I hope will help others appreciate the differences between the two.

No custom HTML

You still can't use custom HTML and CSS. 'Nuff said!

"Facebook Timeline" is a Timeline

A "timeline" by definition is a list of events in chronological order. Facebook Timeline is just that. The most recent events at the top of the profile in descending order dating all the way to your birth (weird). It honestly is not so different from the wall, it is simply a different layout. One advantage the timeline has over the old "wall" is that you can now feature posts which display a post at full width and larger font size. Read more »

We're kicking off the new year with a bang. We've revised Hopie's website design concept per her comments.

I do love bright colors, but in a Grace Jones, Kanye West, MIA way. Bursts of neon colors, grounded by whites and blacks, jagged or rough looking, artsy. Too many bright colors or some color combinations might come out more Nick Minaj or FAO Schwartz. I like bright colors, but not too bubble gummy/toy store-like.

Inspiration from her color scheme hails from music videos similar to Rihanna's "Rude Boy" and "Only Girl (In The World)", along with Miami Horror's "I Look To You". Read more »

If you follow me on Twitter, you've no doubt heard my rants about GoDaddy's service. Let's face it, the only thing they're good at is marketing.

However, this post is not about GoDaddy's service, it's about a much needed workaround for their MYSQL Database limitation. They limit the file size of your database to be imported to 1,024 MiB. If I had a database that small, I would type it in manually. If you're working on transferring your existing CMS (e.g., Drupal, Wordpress, or Joomla) Godaddy recommends to upload the database via FTP and restore it as a backup. Although it has worked for me in the past, it failed yesterday. I received a "pending restore" message for hours and when I woke up this morning to check the status, it reported that the database was restored. I checked the tables in MyAdmin only to find the database completely empty.

The solution is BigDump: Staggered MySQL Dump Importer. I've used this in the past and it has never failed. Read more »

Although we haven't posted an update, we've still been working with Hopie on the new design for her website! Here is a new sneak preview of the design. The revisions are based on Hopie's comments, posted below.

• I like the layout a lot.
• Love the big billboard "buy this ablum" window.
• Love the events box placement, love the sidebar placement, love the layout of the footer.
• Maybe the logo at the top to either the left of right of the top bar?
• Can we still incorporate the old diamond logo somewhere in the design? It was personally made for me by a famous graffiti artist, so am still in love with it.
• Not very excited about how the photos are positioned or cropped. Just seems like a weird way to place those photos. I feel like i lost the feel of the photos.
• Maybe a speech bubble?
• Am not too excited about the mosaic of pastel purple tiles. I don't really like pastel colors. I like black and white mixed with electric colors. Also love textures, like grains and fibers, etc.

Stay tuned for an updated color palette based on suggestions by Hopie.

Check out our client's latest video featuring Del The Funky Homosapien in Space Case. Love the beat.

Way back in 2008, Klucid designed and developed Hopie Spitshard's original website (built on Drupal 5). Three albums and nearly four years later, Hopie has grown immensely as an artist, thus requiring a website overhaul. Not only are we redesigning the front end to match her new image and musical style, we are also upgrading her Drupal installation so that it is up to par for the new year.

Check out the initial concept for the new design above. Stay tuned as we share the design process with our readers and publish each step of designing a website from scratch - no templates! Follow along as we interpret comments and suggestions from Hopie into the new design.