[iceman (Mike)]

Thanks to everyone for the great feedback, it's really nice to hear after you look at it on your own for months on end wondering if you're going down the right track.

Originally Posted by h0ughy

mate you have far too much time on your hands LOL. nice site

haha thanks Dave, unfortunately I didn't have enough time which is why it took so long to finish off

Originally Posted by gaa_ian

That is a very cool looking blog Mike !
Well done, I will put up some links to it.

Thanks Ian, much appreciated. Good luck with your Ask The Science Guru blog.

Originally Posted by jakob

Very nice, Mike.

Congratulation to another Masterpiece.

Jakob

ps No Pelicans in the banner?

haha thanks Jakob I certainly had a few photos with pelicans that I could choose from

Originally Posted by rogerg

Nice site Mike


I've been working on a new website since April too, difference is mine still has 40 odd hours of development left on it, probably because I'm slacker Trying to get 30mins done each day during lunch, but like you said can be very tough to find the time.

Roger.

Thanks Roger - your site has always been an inspiration to me to get a new personal site up and running.
I can't wait to see your new site - with 40-odd hours still remaining it must quite a masterpiece!

Originally Posted by Bassnut

Top work Mike, lots of interesting stuff to look thru. Obviously much effort put into this, and it shows.

Thanks Fred, much appreciated.

Originally Posted by Starkler

houghy

I just hope that IIS doesnt suffer as a result of splitting your time Mike.
Good luck with the site!

No, absolutely not Geoff. When deciding to do the new site, I looked at a number of options such as using another CMS (Content Management System), a custom-written site, or using something like WordPress. In the end, I chose WordPress mainly because once the site is up and running, very little time and effort is required to keep it running.
Setting up a WordPress site could literally be done in a few hours if you choose a pre-written theme - unfortunately due to wanting it "perfect" (or as close to as possible), I rewrote most of the theme, and the integration with Coppermine and setting up the gallery took a bit more time too.
But now it's all done and setup, adding articles or posts is a piece of cake and won't take time away from IceInSpace.

Originally Posted by Satchmo

Looks great Mike ... once you get over that typically cringe inducing feeling you get when you see anyone making a .com with their own name that is

lol thanks Mark. I know what you mean - I thought about having a site name, instead of my own name, but in the end I kept it simple.

Originally Posted by gman

Mike, where do you get the time?

With a daylight job, a house to look after, kids to drive around and observing of a night, you must be running on an eight day week.

Its looks great and has the feeling of letting newcomers like myself get a bit of a personal insight into Mike Salway.

Keep up the inspiring work.

Thanks Grant. Appreciate the feedback.
I would've liked to have had the site finished 4-5 months ago, but I kept tinkering with it to get it "just right". I didn't want to launch it and then have to fix stuff up afterwards. In the end, I got most of the stuff done I wanted to but with only being able to spend a small amount of time on it every few weeks, it dragged it out. There's still a few minor layout issues in IE which I'll need Terry's help to fix up

Thanks again to everyone for your kind words.