NPVR Homepage

[steeb]

McBainUK and myself may be currently testing a wordpress based homepage for NPVR. If anyone else is interested send a PM to have a look.

[Edit] Obviously would need a thumbs up from the boss, GB, Sub otherwise a no-go! [EndEdit]

Steeb

[McBainUK]

Sub, what are your thoughts on new homepage / website for nPVR? Steeb and I have been investigating using Wordpress to tie the homepage, forums and wiki together. After only a few hours play I can see that it's more than capable of offering a great web presence for the nPVR project (something along the lines of: http://xbmc.org/).

It offers integrated donations page, screenshots page and links to the wiki and forums. There's also a nice way of having project announcements and 'latest forum posts' feed. The best thing is that it requires no html knowledge. It's even easier then editing the wiki.

I can PM you a link to the test site if you wish (it's hosted on steebs PC at the moment so not suitable for a public post).

[sub]

It looks quite nice.

A while back Hairy had sent me a shell of a new web site I could use, but I've been having problems trying to update it the way I wanted. It might be easier to go with this. Can you PM me a link so I can see it in action?

[steeb]

PM sent.

Steeb

[elite]

Hi Guys

Sorry to jump in on this late, but I'd take a look at joomla as well for the framework as it might be more suitable as wordpress has a slant towards blogging.

More than happy to donate some time/php/html skills into the mix along with helping out with the debugging

[steeb]

Hi Guys

Sorry to jump in on this late, but I'd take a look at joomla as well for the framework as it might be more suitable as wordpress has a slant towards blogging.

More than happy to donate some time/php/html skills into the mix along with helping out with the debugging

Hi elite,

when I suggested Wordpress it was for a variety of reasons, the most important being limited user input/knowledge of html etc. I think we have chosen the right one here but I may be wrong. Joomla is for the more advanced. Wordpress to me has moved beyond just blogging? Really is a true CMS? I'll PM you the site if you would like to have look?

Ultimately this is Sub's call and am sure you could sway a vote towards Joomla

Having said that if I could sway your vote back to Wordpress

Steeb

[sub]

gbpvr.com did have Joomla based web page for a year or so. I never commited enough to learning it inside out, but I used it enough to know I didnt want to use it ever again

[steeb]

gbpvr.com did have Joomla based web page for a year or so. I never commited enough to learning it inside out, but I used it enough to know I didnt want to use it ever again

I had a suspicion that Sub would not have liked Joomla!

More than happy to donate some time/php/html skills into the mix along with helping out with the debugging

I also have a suspicion that Sub, McBainUK, myself (and elves) would love to have your skills in this mix Please PM me elite if you would like to have a play with this.

Steeb

[elite]

gbpvr.com did have Joomla based web page for a year or so. I never commited enough to learning it inside out, but I used it enough to know I didnt want to use it ever again

Yeah it does have a bit of learning curve from a design/backend point of view - I'm surprised you had such a negative experience with it as I've always had good feedback from clients and rarely can recommend anything else these days as it's so flexible - but at the end of the day your call of course!

I also have a suspicion that Sub, McBainUK, myself (and elves) would love to have your skills in this mix Please PM me elite if you would like to have a play with this.

pm sent

[pcostanza]

My company site was created with Joomla with the help of someone much more knowledgeable than me. He set it up so I can make regular changes without muffing it up. And the price was great! When I need major changes, he can do it for me quickly and for next to nothing in costs. Compared to what I was paying years ago and how little I had control over it, it's worked out well.
I have friends who swear by both Joomla and WordPress sites. I just don't have the inclination to learn much about them.
FWIW, I like what Mcbain and Steeb have done.