Website considerations for www.Ca3D-Engine.de
Posted: 2004-12-26, 12:10
Hello all!
As slowly but surely the next official Ca3DE release comes into sight, I've also started some (re-)considerations about the Ca3DE website.
My latest idea was to turn it into a site like http://www.phpbb2.de , which itself is based on phpBB2 ("Plus" version).
This step would integrate content management with the existing forums well, and make handling the current (static!) website much easier (making it much more dynamic).
In advance, I've also looked into themes for phpBB2 Plus. All available themes are demonstrated for testing purposes at http://plusstyles.phpbb2.de/
So far, I'm considering one of the "FI Black 3D Blue" or "FI Blue 3D" themes for installation (possibly with alterations). My favourite is currently "FI Blue 3D", even though one has to get used to it, AND I think that the large blue background pattern should be darkened for our purposes.
Despite many positive aspects about this step, which I really do favour over any other solution and content management systems I've seen so far (like Mambo, e107, ...), there is also a slight problem: I cannot really try it out before putting it on-line. Moreover, once this forum is converted to the new "Plus" version, it cannot easily be turned back without recovering from previous backups.
Therefore, my current intention is to first backup this forum completely, including of course the database. Then I'll switch to the new website (phpBB2 "Plus"). The changes will take immediate effect, even though I might not have finished administrating it. Should anything fail, I had to restore the previous backup. That in turn means that ALL forum postings would be lost since I made the backup.
To summarize: I'll soon make a separate announcement (probably shortly before or after New Year) here in this forum. Then I'll do the backup and upgrade cycle. Then everything will run in test mode for a few days. You may use the website as normal, including the forum, but in the case of severe problems (and only then), I'd be forced to restore the backup, rendering all posts that were submitted during the test period lost. The start and end of the test period will be separately and clearly announced.
Finally, I'd be happy about any comments and opinions in this regard!! It's very important to me that YOU'll like the new website once done, not me.
Oh, and before anyone asks when the next release is planned: CaWE made really good progress recently, and I'm now planning the next release for end of January / begin of February, CaWE included.
As slowly but surely the next official Ca3DE release comes into sight, I've also started some (re-)considerations about the Ca3DE website.
My latest idea was to turn it into a site like http://www.phpbb2.de , which itself is based on phpBB2 ("Plus" version).
This step would integrate content management with the existing forums well, and make handling the current (static!) website much easier (making it much more dynamic).
In advance, I've also looked into themes for phpBB2 Plus. All available themes are demonstrated for testing purposes at http://plusstyles.phpbb2.de/
So far, I'm considering one of the "FI Black 3D Blue" or "FI Blue 3D" themes for installation (possibly with alterations). My favourite is currently "FI Blue 3D", even though one has to get used to it, AND I think that the large blue background pattern should be darkened for our purposes.
Despite many positive aspects about this step, which I really do favour over any other solution and content management systems I've seen so far (like Mambo, e107, ...), there is also a slight problem: I cannot really try it out before putting it on-line. Moreover, once this forum is converted to the new "Plus" version, it cannot easily be turned back without recovering from previous backups.
Therefore, my current intention is to first backup this forum completely, including of course the database. Then I'll switch to the new website (phpBB2 "Plus"). The changes will take immediate effect, even though I might not have finished administrating it. Should anything fail, I had to restore the previous backup. That in turn means that ALL forum postings would be lost since I made the backup.
To summarize: I'll soon make a separate announcement (probably shortly before or after New Year) here in this forum. Then I'll do the backup and upgrade cycle. Then everything will run in test mode for a few days. You may use the website as normal, including the forum, but in the case of severe problems (and only then), I'd be forced to restore the backup, rendering all posts that were submitted during the test period lost. The start and end of the test period will be separately and clearly announced.
Finally, I'd be happy about any comments and opinions in this regard!! It's very important to me that YOU'll like the new website once done, not me.
Oh, and before anyone asks when the next release is planned: CaWE made really good progress recently, and I'm now planning the next release for end of January / begin of February, CaWE included.