Well, when looking for a JavaScript library to add some utility to the web site, I stumbled upon Ext JS – not only does Ext JS provide many cross browser abstractions for various DOM functions it also has this really awesome UI library. So I have decided to develop the database maintenance part of the web site completely in Ext JS. Give the Ext JS UI Component Demos a look if your the developer type.

Here’s one example of what is possible with Ext JS.

I’d like to say hi to an old friend of mine, Steve Behling…. Steve, if you read this leave a comment!

Thanks,

– Greg

Added some additional content to the web site tonight. I added a project details page that give a little more information on what the project is about and its benefits.

Trivial as it may seam I found a favicon.ico that looks like a UPC Bar Code for the web site! Yeah me!

I used to think that the name of a comic book was its Title… Like the Fantatic Four, that was the name and the collection of the all the issues was know as the Title.

But since I’ve started using various online comic book databases I’ve started to look at the name of a comic book a little differently. Many online databases refer to a comic book name as a Series and usually also include the year that the book started to be published. For example, the first Fantastic Four series is generally referred to as Fantastic Four (1961).

So what do you call it, a Title or a Series? Leave feed back in a comment.

I just got done adding a new page to the site that will let you submit your email address so that you can get notified when the beta is up.

From the home page, just click the Beta Notification menu item on the left.

Once the beta is posted, I’ll send out an email to all those to asked to be notified.

Don’t worry we will only use your email address to contact you when the beta goes live, no other email messages will be sent. Also we won’t share or sell your email address with any other third parties.

I don’t know if anyone tried either the contact us or the development email yesterday but there was a small snafu with the email system. Any email were rejected. If you sent anything please resend, sorry for the inconvenience.

Welcome to comicbookUPCdb.com’s blog. I’ll be posting here periodically with news and info on development along with question asking for input and opinions on how the site should work.

As I said on the home page if there is anyone interested in helping please email me.