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Re: Site changes on LDraw: Opinions sought
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Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:55:38 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Tim Courtney wrote:
> In lugnet.announce, Timothy Gould wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > If you've visited http://www.ldraw.org/ lately you will probably have noticed a
> > new set of big links up the top (I call them quick links). We've been trying to
> > make the site easier to navigate in order to help new and old users alike.
> >
> > In order to make the links most effective we'd like to get an idea of what
> > people use the most. As such we have created a poll open to members and
> > non-members alike to find out what people use.
> >
> > http://www.ldraw.org/index.php?module=LdrawMOTM&func=ballot&ballotid=39
> >
> > Please note this poll allows multiple selections so please make use of them.
> >
> > It's an easy poll and won't take much of your time and hopefully it will allow
> > subsequent visits to the site to be quicker and easier so please do take the
> > time to vote.
> >
> > Thank you for your time,
> >
> > Tim Gould (on behalf of the LDraw.org webasters)
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> Tim,
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> What do you guys think about a total redesign of LDraw.org? The PostNuke
> interface does make it easy for many people to edit the site--a key reason we
> did the CMS in the first place. But, it does appear clunky throughout and could
> really use a facelift and some nice custom graphic design to bring it up to
> date.
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> I wonder if anyone in the community would be willing to either 1) build new,
> sharp-looking skins and graphics for the current CMS or 2) update the CMS
> entirely (CMS'es have progressed far beyond PostNuke in efficiency and
> aesthetics since a few years ago--see http://www.expressionengine.com or
> http://www.joomla.org).
>
> Obviously that's up to you guys (and the volunteer availability), but I'd love
> to see the site get a facelift.
Due to the amount of time I've put into developing custom module for PostNuke
I'm obviously in favor of option 1. I've become pretty proficient at web design
and the use of the PostNuke theme engine so a potential contributer would just
need to come up with the look and graphics and I could do the coding.
-Orion
P.S. It's good to hear from you Tim.
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| (...) Tim, What do you guys think about a total redesign of LDraw.org? The PostNuke interface does make it easy for many people to edit the site--a key reason we did the CMS in the first place. But, it does appear clunky throughout and could really (...) (17 years ago, 16-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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