2009-10-05, 07:35 AM
The theme at (https://www.swordofmoonlight.com/wp-index.php/) is beginning to look more like the website is supposed to.
It still has a ways to go (obviously) ...and I just remembered the reason I'd set this up (sooner than later) was to do a test upgrade of WordPress.
I think the scope of this website at least for now is much simpler than the installation I've adapted this from, so I will probably remove/hide a bunch of features before we're done.
Some decisions need to be made however...
For one the major decision is whether the main site will be principally a blog (very popular these days) or a mere portal showcasing the games like your average corporate website that fits on one squat page with a bunch of logos and a huge smiling family or random assortment of people with a slender menu across the top if you actually want to know something about the business there.
What I've done so far is I've sort of cheated and put the everything to the left of the right/Welcome column in the first blog post for the website. You could theoretically just sticky it there and use the first post as a headlines rundown. Then either have a real in-depth blog below it (kinda hard to find) or no blog or blog on another page (kinda weird that)
I could copy the blog here (https://www.swordofmoonlight.com/forum/indexold.php) into individual blog entries. Speaking of which anyone who wants to blog/make pages should make an account with the WordPress system via the "User Access" menu's registration link.
The serious thing to consider with a blog setup, is who is going to be writing a blog. A site with a blog kinda needs a new entry now and then or it can look dead. Ideally you'd like everyone blogging a bit about this and that. But in practice with a setup like this the brunt of the blogging tends to fall on one persons shoulders (hopefully someone who enjoys the duty/not me)
The website is thinner. I just feel strongly a website should not be over 800 pixels wide with room for a scrollbar. You might say, but but displays are larger than ever and we have widescreen standard now. Well there are also more people than ever visiting real websites on very small portable screens. Speaking of which, people will be able to read the website (and can already visit the forums) via WAP devices. Basically your small cellphones which like to have special miniature versions of websites tailored to their needs.
PS: I had an idea to take that outline font and see if I can't get the server to generate label images for us on the fly, so we could apply them much more liberally. Anyway, it will take time, but things will just keep getting better and better, just wait and see. It's good to have a bunch of guys committed to a cause. Makes all the work all the more rewarding.
It still has a ways to go (obviously) ...and I just remembered the reason I'd set this up (sooner than later) was to do a test upgrade of WordPress.
I think the scope of this website at least for now is much simpler than the installation I've adapted this from, so I will probably remove/hide a bunch of features before we're done.
Some decisions need to be made however...
For one the major decision is whether the main site will be principally a blog (very popular these days) or a mere portal showcasing the games like your average corporate website that fits on one squat page with a bunch of logos and a huge smiling family or random assortment of people with a slender menu across the top if you actually want to know something about the business there.
What I've done so far is I've sort of cheated and put the everything to the left of the right/Welcome column in the first blog post for the website. You could theoretically just sticky it there and use the first post as a headlines rundown. Then either have a real in-depth blog below it (kinda hard to find) or no blog or blog on another page (kinda weird that)
I could copy the blog here (https://www.swordofmoonlight.com/forum/indexold.php) into individual blog entries. Speaking of which anyone who wants to blog/make pages should make an account with the WordPress system via the "User Access" menu's registration link.
The serious thing to consider with a blog setup, is who is going to be writing a blog. A site with a blog kinda needs a new entry now and then or it can look dead. Ideally you'd like everyone blogging a bit about this and that. But in practice with a setup like this the brunt of the blogging tends to fall on one persons shoulders (hopefully someone who enjoys the duty/not me)
The website is thinner. I just feel strongly a website should not be over 800 pixels wide with room for a scrollbar. You might say, but but displays are larger than ever and we have widescreen standard now. Well there are also more people than ever visiting real websites on very small portable screens. Speaking of which, people will be able to read the website (and can already visit the forums) via WAP devices. Basically your small cellphones which like to have special miniature versions of websites tailored to their needs.
PS: I had an idea to take that outline font and see if I can't get the server to generate label images for us on the fly, so we could apply them much more liberally. Anyway, it will take time, but things will just keep getting better and better, just wait and see. It's good to have a bunch of guys committed to a cause. Makes all the work all the more rewarding.