Demogame Website

[Ginger_Ale]

Old Thread

Current Website, in need of update for DG6.

Old Site

Right now Chieftess, I think, is the only one working on it. So get cracking updating it. Otherwise, if you want any help, ask for it - we have a website, so let's use it.


This was made in effort to get CT's and everyone's attention that we DO have a website.

 

[Ginger_Ale]

I guess we'll be without a website this term at least, if not longer..

 

[Strider]

I guess we'll be without a website this term at least, if not longer..

It would be alot more useful, if we could allow our leaders to post information on it. Of course, not everyone can know HTML, so if we could just talk CT into coming up with someway to allow them to post information with only basic knowaledge of HTML, it would be much more useful . (and almost self-updating)

 

[truckingpete]

HTML is pretty easy once you get the hang of it..theres million of sites were you can learn it...

- TP

 

[Chieftess]

It would be alot more useful, if we could allow our leaders to post information on it. Of course, not everyone can know HTML, so if we could just talk CT into coming up with someway to allow them to post information with only basic knowaledge of HTML, it would be much more useful . (and almost self-updating)

It's a CMS system, and it comes with a very basic HTML editor (which I don't really like actually). If you can use tags like this, then you pretty much know HTML. It uses <> brackets instead of [] brackets.

Some basics:

<center>

This is centered.​

</center>

(note: The above is depreciated, and a div align="right/left/center/justify> tag is used instead, but the old way was shown just for example.)

<b>bold</b> <i>Italics</i> <u>Underline</u>

You could also use <font size> and/or <font color> tags if you want (<font> is also depreciated), but might be simplier than trying to remember CSS styles.

<br> <-- a return space. Very important unless you want your paragraphs on one line.

<p> <-- A new paragraph. Same as 2 <br> tags essentially.

<a href="http://....">link</a> <-- Hyperlink.

 

[Strider]

It's a CMS system, and it comes with a very basic HTML editor (which I don't really like actually). If you can use tags like this, then you pretty much know HTML. It uses <> brackets instead of [] brackets.

I know html .

Also, is that a "I can do it!"?

 

[Ginger_Ale]

...my point to this thread is the site to be updated.

<font size="#">Font Size Tag</font> is also used if you want to make varying sizes (or you could use <h1>Header1 - biggest</h1> to <h6>Header6 - smallest</h6>). Not the greatest and up to date way, but it's easy.

edit: Crosspost with Strider.

 

[Donovan Zoi]

Perhaps it would be more user-friendly if we used something other than Latin to welcome folks to the page?

Fionn's site was more than acceptable, and still suffered from lack of use. Though everyone will profess to have better intentions, I am betting on a similar fate this time out. Don't see why the heck we need to swap out the old site though.......

 

[Ginger_Ale]

The Lorem Ipsum is a site than generates random latin just as a placeholder for text - http://www.lipsum.com/.

From the old thread, of why we are going to a Content Management System:

#1 - One big problem right off the bat was that it was slow. Granted, more people have broadband now, but, that's still gonna choke up server bandwidth even more so.

#2 - Another feature was the use of frames, which can be annoying if you're viewing a page that's "trapped" inside the existing frame.

#3 - The third problem was that it would take forever to update constantly, and if we wanted others to help update, we would have to either:
a - Give them server permissions (bad idea).
b - Have them submit the content to me to Fionn, and have one of us put the content up, fiddling with directories and such.

#4 - Save for frames (which is generally seen as bad design practice these days for a host of reasons - accessability and legal), should we have decided to say, put a new menu option up, on a conventional website, every single page would have to be re-edited. Frames were a good idea for their time, almost a primative form of CMS.

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CMSes are quicker to edit, you can have multiple user permissions (ie; admin, content updaters, commenters).

But I agree, the website needs to be used or else it'll just collect dust.

 

[YNCS]

 

[Chieftess]

Perhaps it would be more user-friendly if we used something other than Latin to welcome folks to the page?

It's temporary text. I'm still learning the inner workings of this brand of CMS, and I'm adding pages to it. I'm just trying to figure out a way for specific people to add content instead of using the admin control panel. Until then, I'm using the control panel...

 

[blackheart]

Again, I'm raising my hand! I probably won't be able to work on it for about 2 weeks, but I'll be using Dreamwaver and Fireworks. SO hand it over

 

[truckingpete]

I make my websites by just old plain Notepad..all hand done....

- TP

 

[Ginger_Ale]

blackheart: You don't really need Dreamweaver - you edit it ONLINE. You can type the code up and all in Dreamweaver, but you edit it via the site.

I posted a recent turnchat description with links to save and screenshot. Hope it helps, comments welcome.

To do list:

• Keep adding content, and keep it up to date.
• Finish the menu for various parts of the site.
• Find a way for ministers to be able to update it.

(in order of priority, imo).