This page was originally a Flash page written in ActionScript 2 and then AS 3. The ActionScript code loaded a text file containing recent site updates onto this page.
The code also allowed the user to format the font and font size of the output, and could even save these settings by use of Local Shared Objects (aka: "Flash cookies").
Since Flash is no longer supported, this page has been re-written. All update text here is in ordinary HTML code.
Sep 23/2021 - W3C validation icon added to all pages that validate.
A few pages did not validate. Examples include the homepage (nonstandard attributes in the weather widgets), the YouTube page (nonstandard attributes in the YouTube XHTML code), and the HTML pages containing PowerPoint presentations generated by PowerPoint 2007.
Sep 14/2021 - Non-responsive HTML pages with embedded PowerPoint presentations were generated with PowerPoint 2007. These pages are accessible from the HTML Sitemap.
Sep 7/2021 - The custom 404 Missing page was completely rewritten with XHTML and updated with responsive CSS. Copyright code was added to the page as well.
Sep 1/2021 - Rotated background images with reduced opacity added to the desktop version of the Date & Time page (as they were to the original Flash page).
Aug 31/2021 - The Contact page was completely rewritten with XHTML & PHP, and updated with responsive CSS. A Contact Validation page written in PHP was adapted from another site for use here.
Aug 25/2021 - The Date & Time page was updated with responsive CSS. (DST could be added to JavaScript code sometime.)
A formatting issue was discovered when height of the content div was less than the LHS menu div. This was not addressed, since this situation has so far not been encountered on the site.
Aug 22/2021 - The What's New? page was updated with responsive CSS.
Aug 21/2021 - Content added to the What's New? page.
Aug 20/2021 - Desktop styles set up almost from scratch for the HTML version of the old What's New? Flash page.
Aug 10/2021 - The TV Reviews page was updated with responsive CSS.
Aug 2/2021 - The Movie Reviews page was updated with responsive CSS.
Jul 29/2021 - The Book Reviews page was updated with responsive CSS.
Jul 20/2021 - The Reviews page was updated with responsive CSS. Menu added for mobile.
Jul 7/2021 - The Places List page was updated with responsive CSS.
Jun 28/2021 - The TV List page was updated with responsive CSS.
Jun 21/2021 - The Movie List page was updated with responsive CSS.
Jun 14/2021 - The Book List page was updated with responsive CSS.
Jun 7/2021 - The Lists page was updated with responsive CSS. Menu added for mobile.
May 31/2021 - The Christmas Favorites page was updated with responsive CSS.
May 24/2021 - The Favorite Video Games page was updated with responsive CSS.
May 17/2021 - The Favorite Games page was updated with responsive CSS. Broken drop shadows on this page were fixed.
May 10/2021 - The Favorite Graphic Novels & Comic Books page was updated with responsive CSS.
May 3/2021 - The Favorite Music page was updated with responsive CSS.
Apr 26/2021 - The Favorite TV Programs page was updated with responsive CSS.
Apr 19/2021 - The Favorite Movies page was updated with responsive CSS.
Apr 12/2021 - The Favorite Books page was updated with responsive CSS. A little tricky making the images responsive.
Apr 6/2021 - The Favorites page was updated with responsive CSS. A little tricky making the images responsive. Menu added for mobile.
~ Apr 1/2021 - Old PowerPoint presentations added to sitemaps.
Mar 31/2021 - Google Fonts static flame effect served to mobile for the Fonts for Ancient Greek page instead of the animated effect because the former doesn't freeze mobile screens.
Mar 30/2021 - Additional discussion added to Fonts for Ancient Greek page. JavaScript menu added allowing user to dynamically change font via a dropdown menu. Language attributes added to source code.
Page was updated with responsive CSS. Google Fonts flame animation effect not served to mobile because it freezes mobile screens. Menu added for mobile.
Mar 25/2021 - The Walnut Shell Filter Explanation page was updated with responsive CSS. A little tricky making the images responsive. Menu added for mobile.
Mar 15/2021 - Farscape Favorites page was updated with responsive CSS. A little tricky making the YouTube videos responsive. Menu added for mobile.
Mar 9/2021 - 3D Wobble GIFs page updated with responsive CSS. Menu added for mobile.
(The wobble effect occurs faster now that my computer has a new video card.)
Mar 1/2021 - SEO Checklist page updated with responsive CSS. Menu added for mobile.
Feb 29/2021 - Formatting issues for mobile fixed on the Site History page. Menu added for mobile. Responsive CSS added to this page.
Feb 15/2021 - The Websites Hacked by PaperHelp.org page was updated with responsive CSS. Menu added for mobile.
Feb 9/2021 - JavaScript code added to the HTML Sitemap setting the height of the footer to equal that of the header. Menu added for mobile. Responsive CSS added to the HTML Sitemap.
Feb 5/2021 - Non-functioning weather widgets on the former landing page were replaced with ones that worked. Text from the former introduction page was added to the former landing page, which will be used as the index page from now on. Responsive CSS was added to this index page.
Feb 1/2021 The original version of this website mostly consisted of web pages animated with Flash and ActionScript.
However, since Adobe's Flash Player was discontinued on December 31, 2020, this site's SWF files are no longer viewable. (And indeed, have not been viewable on most browsers for a few years now.)
Therefore, the majority of these Flash pages will be deleted. A few will be converted to static HTML plus JavaScript.
Additionally on this date, this site changed web hosts (from GoDaddy to InMotion Hosting), and was converted to the HTTPS protocol. So, images & links on all the pages will need to be changed from HTTP.
Finally, the site's design will be converted from fixed pixel width to responsive. This will also take some time.
Going forward, CHOU-SEH-FU.COM will be used to practice WordPress and a little JavaScript.