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DarthVercetti  3984 posts
Registered: Oct '05
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Date Posted: 1/12 1:59pm Subject: SAFF Website
Okay, i was fairly sure there was a thread for this... but i couldnt find it worried

so i'm making a new one happy

Firsty, just wondering who's doing/ supposed to be doing this? How's it going?

and secondly, in my boredom last night i jumped into dreamweaver and had a crack at a site. It's pretty basic, but i took the first page from the old one and formed the site around that. I've filled out some of the details that were excluded from the old site, and updated others, but it was just me filling time in my boredom tongue

so anyway, here's my basic site. Have a look and, as always with my geocities sites, close the advertising bar wink tongue

 

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Adalia-Durron  40103 posts
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Date Posted: 1/12 4:44pm Subject: RE: SAFF Website
I think it looks great DV but I don't know who is handling the SAFF site or if it is being updated. I honestly do not know, I am thinking MS has an idea wink

 

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_Master-Skywalker_  9215 posts
Title: Former CR - South Australia
Registered: Apr '05
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Date Posted: 1/12 7:02pm Subject: RE: SAFF Website - Date Edited: 1/12 7:04pm (1 edits total) Edited By: _Master-Skywalker_
I like it, it looks good DV

as to what is happening with the site I don't know. DR & DR were going to upgrade it, now I don't know.

I like your site, the only change that needs to made is the Email Public Relations Officer Here link

our email is safanforce@gmail.com which was established a long time ago now so any CR can check the emails wink

 

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oz_skipp  3451 posts
Title: Second In Charge - SAFF
Registered: Apr '04
24077_Biggs Darklighter
Date Posted: 1/12 7:57pm Subject: RE: SAFF Website - Date Edited: 1/12 7:59pm (1 edits total) Edited By: oz_skipp
The details for logging in, ftping, editing etc were passed on months ago...

Good content DV happy The pros + cons associated with Dreamweaver are many, but it looks like you've come up with some pretty reasonable stuff. It would be *very easy* to put your content into the existing site and use the correct styles as per what's up there. If you like, I could pass on the details to you about logging in, updating, the CSS, what to do (and not to do) with Dreamweaver to ensure design consistency etc.

Let me know.

 

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_Master-Skywalker_  9215 posts
Title: Former CR - South Australia
Registered: Apr '05
22348_Luke Skywalker
Date Posted: 1/12 11:25pm Subject: RE: SAFF Website
I just had a better look at the site DV, it's really good, you've put a lot of work into it. You did also get my email address wrong though wink

it's masterskywalker72@yahoo.com.au

& SAFF's email is safanforce@gmail.com

besides that it looks really good. grin

 

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oz_skipp  3451 posts
Title: Second In Charge - SAFF
Registered: Apr '04
24077_Biggs Darklighter
Date Posted: 1/13 8:05am Subject: RE: SAFF Website - Date Edited: 1/13 8:32am (1 edits total) Edited By: oz_skipp
Had a better look at what you've done. Two things stand out:

1 - You have a good sense of structure with your writing and photos / page layout. Easy to follow, good links to the relevant threads. It's this stuff that I always ran out of time or was too tired / busy to be bothered keeping up with, even though it's not particularly time consuming. Good job. I'd recommend that you be the person to update the site's content....in fact, I am happy . I'm sure everyone will be happy with that.

2 - I've had a look at the source code for the stuff you've done. As I suspected, it's generating page by page CSS rather than relying on one stylesheet. Not a fatal flaw, but a potentially issue filled one if visual consistency is wanted. Luckily there's already styles developed on one stylesheet (where the look and feel of the site can be changed easily if you so desire). I'll pass the 'instructions' onto you via PM or email so you can get started. The one rule to remember that if you want big changes is to not alter the way stuff looks directly in DW as you would in a word processor (like Word) but to edit it in the stylesheet. It sounds convoluted but you can effect (for example) a site wide change that could be a half to one hour job into a minute or three.

 

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Obi-Wan_Toddi  16140 posts
Title: CR: SAFF
Registered: Feb '05
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Date Posted: 1/13 8:24am Subject: RE: SAFF Website
Nice work, DV. Good to see you've finally started creating and putting up websites ... wink

 

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DarthVercetti  3984 posts
Registered: Oct '05
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Date Posted: 1/13 8:44am Subject: RE: SAFF Website - Date Edited: 1/13 9:43am (1 edits total) Edited By: DarthVercetti
MS- i'll change the emails, that was from memory so yeah tongue .

Skipp- i could easily make up the CSS and chuck the link in, but i figured for the moment as it was just a basic version that i was just chucking together, it wasnt necessary. I will make some changes tonight (this morning really) and let ya know. Any tips/hints you could give would be appreciated.

Thanks for the feedback guys happy

EDIT-

I've updated the site with the proper email addresses and put up the CSS. I'm still fiddling with it so i'll let you know when i update something happy

 

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_Master-Skywalker_  9215 posts
Title: Former CR - South Australia
Registered: Apr '05
22348_Luke Skywalker
Date Posted: 1/13 12:35pm Subject: RE: SAFF Website - Date Edited: 1/13 12:37pm (1 edits total) Edited By: _Master-Skywalker_
thanks for that DV, I like the work that you've done. Thankyou.

If it's going to be the "official" site though it will need to be transfered over to the site name on our banner:
safanforce.info address.

 

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oz_skipp  3451 posts
Title: Second In Charge - SAFF
Registered: Apr '04
24077_Biggs Darklighter
Date Posted: 1/13 5:42pm Subject: RE: SAFF Website - Date Edited: 1/13 7:05pm (2 edits total) Edited By: oz_skipp
DarthVercetti posted:
Skipp- i could easily make up the CSS and chuck the link in, but i figured for the moment as it was just a basic version that i was just chucking together, it wasnt necessary. I will make some changes tonight (this morning really) and let ya know. Any tips/hints you could give would be appreciated.

No worries. I see that you've separated the CSS + HTML now happy But YOU don't need to update CSS or design. It is done, and done properly/well might I add wink . The *content* that you've done (and hopefully are updating) is what needs to go onto the official site. Don't stress about making your 'site' work perfectly per se, what's important is getting your content onto the one that's there.

Which, given you've got a pretty good clue about what's going on, should be easy. A short and simple matter of putting the content you've created (and will create happy ) into the existing HTML (or I can do it, but you seem more than capable). Will pass on details to you asap.

Ahh, I see I've hopefully answered your PM question here now. wink

Edit: for a test, I've moved your content to the real pages for the Upcoming Events. DW still chucked in some styles and formatting that needed to be rejigged, but it only took about 5 minutes. So I guess we have two options - you write the stuff, get it to me and I put it in or I pass on the instructions for how to update it. The second one is more efficient, but try to keep consistency with the code/design.

Edit 2: Intro and Past Events pages updated. DV - that took me 45 minutes...I'm more than happy for you to do it wink

 

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_Master-Skywalker_  9215 posts
Title: Former CR - South Australia
Registered: Apr '05
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Date Posted: 1/14 5:28pm Subject: RE: SAFF Website
either one is good as long as it gets updated regularly/semi regularly wink

 

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Darth_Rhadei  697 posts
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Date Posted: 1/14 9:25pm Subject: RE: SAFF Website
_Master-Skywalker_ posted:

as to what is happening with the site I don't know. DR & DR were going to upgrade it, now I don't know.

Well, even though this is a few months back - I was waiting to be contact by Darth Revan to see about his involvement in the project.

The method I had intended on doing was a transfer over to php server side includes, which would be just simply editing the content via html files placed into the main page by an include tag. However as to the design of the site, I was under the impression that the design wasn't wanted to be changed, so I was clueless as to what to do.

Anyway, if someone else wants to take over the project, ie Jemzly/DV, then please go right ahead. Frankly, I've lost the ambition in waiting, as with just about everything lately. If anyone would still like to try the method above, i can supply a link to a tutorial to do it yourselves.

However in my opinion lately, the method above is a crude form of a CMS installed system (Content Management System) which would require far less effort to do.

If you would like an example of the CMS, try the one I have installed on my Clan Website, http://www.ivclan.com
The CMS has an administration panel that allows news content to be added, edited, arranged, as well as blocks placed in particular areas of the site.

One issue with this is that being we are using forums provided by IGN.com and the forum software may not be able to be integrated into the CMS.

 

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DarthVercetti  3984 posts
Registered: Oct '05
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Date Posted: 1/15 7:31am Subject: RE: SAFF Website
Okay.

I'd be happy to take over with the site. But as far as i was concerned it was simply a content upgrade, nothing more nothing less. I made my site as a basis to show the content i believed should be in the site. If i were to take over i would be simply taking what is there and making it current.

AS i said, i'm happy to update the site, but i'll need the details to do it.

 

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