The most recent updates/ improvements

 My apologies for not getting to this sooner.
I finally got around to working with my photo library and cleaned up the image slider at the top of the main page.  There's a great web site that I use to optimize scripts, styles and images;  That web site is giftofspeed.com.  Via that web site you can run perf. tests, (performance tests), on any web site to check its stats and get an idea of what's going on under the hood.  This morning I compressed and sized multiple images and loaded them into the slider.  By compressing and sizing the images you remove allot of the "jank" that's in there by default.  What that means is that the images are the same size so the whole page doesn't convulse on image change/ transition.  By compressing the photos, you remove the excess bits that are there inherently from the original snapshot.  In the instance of just one photo it went from 1620kb to like 70.4kb;  that's a huge difference and a big performance boost.  However, keep in mind that you really don't want an image slider at the top of your page because it slows down the initial page load/ "paint".  The reason is that images typically load slower on phones and you're always trying to accommodate the lowest common denominator.  This is because if you can hit that target then the rest of it will be taken care of;  Kinda like the theory of "pay attention to the pennies and the nickles will take care of themselves".

  Now the 2 other things I'm working on is adding Youtube and mp4 video embed to the CKeditor.  While I'm doing that,  I'll be looking into building a custom block for the main page video screen so that some of the other YouTube API features can be added and better dial'd in.  Needless to say,  I have to build a custom block/ module to achieve this due to the Concrete5 infrastructure.  It's a very modular framework that's built on top of Laravel.  So of course there's some unique caveats and namespaces to learn and be aware of;  And this is the learning curve I said existed between Codeignitor and Laravel.  So, yes, it's a little slower of a development process but a whole lot easier for me than if I was just picking it up cold. 
  Not to worry though, it's moving along nicely and look for more improvements and updates over the next coupla weeks going into the New Year.

Thanks for checking in and have a Happy & Safe New Years eve.