Hello

I've been collecting stamps since I was a kid, and doing web programming since 1996. A few years back I decided to combine the two, and have been playing around with this site since 2010.

This is the fifth iteration. All five versions used a MySQL back end, and most used the PHP programming language. The first iteration depended on arguments embedded in the web address. The second was built behind a WordPress front end. Since WordPress did not have much of an API, the operation of the site depended on quite a few hacks to the theme I was using. As WordPress went through a number of revisions, several of the functions in my theme became deprecated. Naturally, one day the site just stopped working.

The third and fourth iterations used the Slim PHP framework for the API, and I will keep a better eye on that framework, so as changes occur, I won't be faced with the same embarrassing predicament. While working on the third iteration, I started transitioning to a fourth iteration, which added an angularjs single page application for the front end. For number 5, I've given up fighting with AngularJS and went back to PHP, a language which has made huge improvements over the past several years.