Hi,
I am about to move country, locate to a new job and with my girlfriend. I've decided to setup a blog for my friends and family alike to see what I'm up to etc.
I would like some elegant content / framework for the site. I've given some ideas:
1. There should be a photo gallery
2. There should be a comment section
3. Some way of intergrating to facebook so I could share my pictures / albums from there. or visa versa.
4. Setup email work on the server. As mentioned I have Amazon EC2, I have AuthSMTP registered and paid for and I have the [login to view URL] domain
5. A nice easy to use interface
6. A way of friends registering if they wanted too.
7. A contact section
8. Some webmail setup. E.g. Squirrelmail will do.
Types of interests to help with the design.
1. I'm into Travel
2. I'm into International History, so when I go on holiday I like to visit and see what happened in the past
3. I like cars
4. I like technology, particularly IT.
I quite like the gawker and lifehacker styles if that helps you....
I'd like some basic documentation on what you've done too.
I'm open to ideas and suggestions.