Comments on: New website http://cycling.finial.com/blog/2005/11/08/new-website/ Cycling, articles, sites, and thoughts Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:43:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: todd http://cycling.finial.com/blog/2005/11/08/new-website/#comment-616 todd Wed, 09 Nov 2005 21:34:09 +0000 http://cycling.finial.com/blog/?p=189#comment-616 No, not that big at all. And I'm hoping it won't be very collaborative (other than Coppermine and phpBB). I was just looking for the quickest and easiest way to do it. No, not that big at all. And I’m hoping it won’t be very collaborative (other than Coppermine and phpBB). I was just looking for the quickest and easiest way to do it.

]]> By: John http://cycling.finial.com/blog/2005/11/08/new-website/#comment-615 John Wed, 09 Nov 2005 19:09:34 +0000 http://cycling.finial.com/blog/?p=189#comment-615 Is it really going to be <i>that</i> big and collaborative to work? Sounds like teh overkill. Is it really going to be that big and collaborative to work? Sounds like teh overkill.

]]> By: todd http://cycling.finial.com/blog/2005/11/08/new-website/#comment-614 todd Wed, 09 Nov 2005 18:45:30 +0000 http://cycling.finial.com/blog/?p=189#comment-614 I've also thought about using a CMS for this. I haven't found one I like though except, of course, for the one I wrote. But that requires ColdFusion and that means it would have to be here on my home machine, and I don't want to do that. MediaWiki makes a nice CMS, but it's really overkill, I think. You're locked into their look and feel, too, unless you want to put more time and effort into it than I have available. I don't have problems creating it, I just have trouble figuring out how to index into it. You know, getting it into a menu. I’ve also thought about using a CMS for this. I haven’t found one I like though except, of course, for the one I wrote. But that requires ColdFusion and that means it would have to be here on my home machine, and I don’t want to do that. MediaWiki makes a nice CMS, but it’s really overkill, I think. You’re locked into their look and feel, too, unless you want to put more time and effort into it than I have available.

I don’t have problems creating it, I just have trouble figuring out how to index into it. You know, getting it into a menu.

]]> By: John http://cycling.finial.com/blog/2005/11/08/new-website/#comment-613 John Wed, 09 Nov 2005 18:23:03 +0000 http://cycling.finial.com/blog/?p=189#comment-613 Oh, right... this site has a "theme". ;) Forgot about that, which--in my defense--is pretty easy to do, as it's not like you have it under a "cycling" subdomain or anything. I did something rather similar for the working waterfront site. You'll be able to just forget having a specific "Information" section, as that's pretty much what the whole thing is going to be anyways. In addition to a Lodging section, you could have a pre-race checklist of what to bring, google map to: link to the starting line for people to enter a from:... I thought that Ramones film was very good. The Joey parts made me sad... (although not as sad as the friggin' "Dee Dee King" video). Yeow. Oh, right… this site has a “theme”. ;) Forgot about that, which–in my defense–is pretty easy to do, as it’s not like you have it under a “cycling” subdomain or anything.

I did something rather similar for the working waterfront site. You’ll be able to just forget having a specific “Information” section, as that’s pretty much what the whole thing is going to be anyways. In addition to a Lodging section, you could have a pre-race checklist of what to bring, google map to: link to the starting line for people to enter a from:…

I thought that Ramones film was very good. The Joey parts made me sad… (although not as sad as the friggin’ “Dee Dee King” video). Yeow.

]]> By: todd http://cycling.finial.com/blog/2005/11/08/new-website/#comment-612 todd Wed, 09 Nov 2005 17:09:41 +0000 http://cycling.finial.com/blog/?p=189#comment-612 I hope you do pick nits. It's going to have quite a bit of traffic, so it has to be right. One of the things I'm struggleing with is how to arrange the "information" pages. There needs to be things like "hotels near the starting line for the night before" and just, you know, *stuff*. I have an OT topic that I haven't used. Maybe I'll expand the site beyond just cycling. Then again, I could watch something while on the trainer and it would all relate again! I didn't realize WP had an emoticon substitution thingy. Maybe I'll start with the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368711/" rel="nofollow">Ramones: End of the Century</a> I watched last weekend. I hope you do pick nits. It’s going to have quite a bit of traffic, so it has to be right. One of the things I’m struggleing with is how to arrange the “information” pages. There needs to be things like “hotels near the starting line for the night before” and just, you know, *stuff*.

I have an OT topic that I haven’t used. Maybe I’ll expand the site beyond just cycling. Then again, I could watch something while on the trainer and it would all relate again!

I didn’t realize WP had an emoticon substitution thingy. Maybe I’ll start with the Ramones: End of the Century I watched last weekend.

]]> By: John http://cycling.finial.com/blog/2005/11/08/new-website/#comment-611 John Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:55:04 +0000 http://cycling.finial.com/blog/?p=189#comment-611 I'll see your woot and raise you a w00t! Very nice. I'm sure I'll have all sorts of nit-picky things to say about it as it develops. ;) ha ha Speaking of... You know what's missing from this site that you used to do when you were with the cowpeople? Your movie/Netflix reviews. C'mon, I smell a ninth category here! I’ll see your woot and raise you a w00t!

Very nice. I’m sure I’ll have all sorts of nit-picky things to say about it as it develops. ;) ha ha

Speaking of… You know what’s missing from this site that you used to do when you were with the cowpeople? Your movie/Netflix reviews. C’mon, I smell a ninth category here!

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