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« on: June 06, 2012, 05:28:05 PM » |
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Hi all. I'd like to make a web site of my game studio which contains some sub boards pages as:
1. Games (may includes every game from my studio as a gallery, and link to 3rd party sites for purchase);
2. Blog;
3. Forums;
4. Contact;
5. About;
I know a little PHP and JS, but barely have experience. How would you guys do this if you were making your sites? What technique tools should I choose, can I just use a modified WordPress to accomplish this task? Any ideas are appreciated.
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zacaj
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« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2012, 05:30:42 PM » |
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'boards'?
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paladin_t
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« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2012, 05:33:05 PM » |
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Forget about it if it confused you. I'm not a native English speaker. What would you use to describe sub parts of a site? 'boards'?
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zacaj
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« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2012, 05:37:30 PM » |
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Pages most likely. 'boards' usually ref to forums. Wordpress let's you have a Blog as long as a list of 'pages' that you can put custom content on. Forums are usually handled by a separate system you just link to (such as phpbb). Wordpress should work well for you in the beginning, at least.
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« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2012, 05:42:16 PM » |
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Updated, thanks! I'll try it out. Pages most likely. 'boards' usually ref to forums. Wordpress let's you have a Blog as long as a list of 'pages' that you can put custom content on. Forums are usually handled by a separate system you just link to (such as phpbb). Wordpress should work well for you in the beginning, at least.
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« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2012, 05:43:51 PM » |
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Wordpress sites are a dime a dozen and most don't look that good. Design a nice template in Photoshop and then cut it up into pieces. Since you know some code it shouldn't take very long to turn it into a actual template. If you're feeling lazy you can upload the entire site as a image and use image mapping for the buttons but this method is not very professional... A lot of people use wordpress which isn't a bad thing but I'd want to stand out from the crowd with something more original.
I think its a pain to hack up another persons work but that's just my opinion.
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« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2012, 05:53:38 PM » |
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Deep customized templates sounds cool. But I'd like to start this work from a simple way at the beginning. My friend will care more about the visual things. Wordpress sites are a dime a dozen and most don't look that good.
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« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2012, 06:06:39 PM » |
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this site
webs.com
you should totes use it
its so easy every 13 year old uses it
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NostalgicAlgorithms
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« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2012, 06:07:46 PM » |
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Jigsy.com
I have used this company before. You can have a site up in minutes and customize it.
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Richard Kain
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« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2012, 06:10:00 PM » |
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If you were already familiar with web technologies, than you wouldn't be asking this question.
Given that, I would strongly recommend using Wordpress. It is basic, but it is easy, and there is plenty of room for graphical customization. Wordpress will allow you to get a site up and running quickly, and will make it much easier to update. It is not the best solution, but it is extremely cost efficient and requires considerably less technical expertise.
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« Reply #10 on: June 06, 2012, 10:00:38 PM » |
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Wordpress sites are a dime a dozen and most don't look that good. Design a nice template in Photoshop and then cut it up into pieces. Since you know some code it shouldn't take very long to turn it into a actual template. If you're feeling lazy you can upload the entire site as a image and use image mapping for the buttons but this method is not very professional... A lot of people use wordpress which isn't a bad thing but I'd want to stand out from the crowd with something more original.
I think its a pain to hack up another persons work but that's just my opinion.
Hacking up your own site from scratch is a bad idea. Systems like Wordpress and Joomla take care of much more than layout. If you have lots of content that will be updated over time (blog, news, information), you really want to use a proper Content Management Framework. Wordpress and Joomla being two good options, because they take care of everything for you. And are completely free software so you can change everything in them, both functionality and looks. |
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« Reply #11 on: June 07, 2012, 08:47:02 AM » |
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Yeah, one more vote for Joomla or WordPress. And phpBB for the forums.
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Richard Kain
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« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2012, 06:44:20 PM » |
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Design a nice template in Photoshop and then cut it up into pieces. Gag, no. Cutting up PSDs into capable web-pages takes a lot of HTML and CSS know-how. It's more than just using the slice tool. (for the love of all that is holy, don't just use the slice tool to export to HTML) You have to ask yourself, is the design of the site really what's important, or is it the content featured on it? If the design and structure of your site are what you really want to showcase, then by all means, construct it yourself. If the content is really what you want to show off, than go ahead and use a service like Wordpress. Being able to get your content up on your site quickly and efficiently is more important than the window dressing. |
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« Reply #13 on: June 07, 2012, 08:37:47 PM » |
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A good mock up should only take a few hours. Just go with the simple wordpress for sake of simplicity I suppose. Yeah don't just slice it up and make an html mess that's not what I was exactly suggesting. But honestly you can do whatever works.
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« Reply #14 on: June 08, 2012, 03:59:24 AM » |
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Unless you are creating some really graphics-heavy site with a lot of textures and stuff, it shouldn't take you more than a few hours/days.
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