Help with the Q-gears website.

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Halkun, is this still open? I'd love to participate, but I have to say I'm a bit late :|
 
It seems that a final logo has been chosen. This weekend I'll put it onto my site entry.
 
Here comes nothing...
http://atzn.co.uk/Qgears/sample.php

It doesn't have any CMS or system running behind it yet; everything is composed of static data. I don't have enough webspace to upload a CMS program up to my webhost anymore :|

I'm also working on my own CMS which is quite lightweight and simple, but it is still experimental... maybe I'll try that, since I had the core development done.
 
ATZN I like your design, now all we need is for Halkun to choose the design, and Im sure everyone he want's involved in this can pitch in and add to the final chosen design
 
This is going to hard! I just finished with my final I'll pick over the weekend.
 
Crimson Editor 3.70? I'll have to check that out. I really like your design, sudokuman, but how's upkeep? Also, won't it be hard to replace that logo with the one that won halkun's contest?
 
I also use Crimson Editor, it's great.

As for updates, I've been working on a more generic installer framework I can use for other MySQL dependant scripts. It looks nice and works great, but it's not a real part of the site. After that's up, I'll have the FAQ load from MySQL and have that administration panel working.

However, I'm not exactly optimistic about my chances in this as a CSS design didn't seem to be what halkun was looking for. Actually, halkun never specified what he was looking for. He wanted a site and that's pretty much all the description he gave. Being a new member, its rather hard to guess what he'd favor. I was (am) focusing on making the site more of an web application than a website, to make it much more extendable as the project grows. That, paired with a handy section to add data to MySQL and update the page instantly would theroretically make for an easily maintained website. In a nutshell: I'm making a CMS, which is centered around one project. Bad idea?

Hmmm...so that's my little speech.

atzn, I love the colors used on your entry. Both the header and footer are excellent. While the navigation and home page are a little cluttered, the impression is a good one. Nice job.
 
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halkun it would be good to decide if the wiki should be included or not as part of the website.  I'm leery of advertising it myself.  Just enough know about it however it's kind of not hugely advertised right now due to developement going slow on the content 'infusion'.  I also think we should be careful how much Qhimm's hosting gets hit in terms of bandwidth.

Just some thoughts.

Cyb - You may now return to your content mangling gentleman.
 
Crimson Editor 3.70? I'll have to check that out. I really like your design, sudokuman, but how's upkeep? Also, won't it be hard to replace that logo with the one that won halkun's contest?
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Upkeep isn't that bad. The links are linked into a header file, so new links can be easily added. What I have to admit though, is that if I added more links it would "break" the horizontal bar design that I was aiming to keep for - but I can always revert to a 2 column page to make the links extendable (Vertical instead). I've also stored a template for the icon background so I can always add a new one whenever I feel like it, but I can always use a generic one that works on all links.
As for logo I was tempted to use Qhimm's winning entry but I thought I better included some of my original work rather than using his - again can be easily fixed using some photoshop.

I've got a CMS in the works that allows multiple category editing and entry (via SQL), comments, BB code support, image uploader, etc.. which is pretty much almost like CuteNews.. but it is still in Highly Experimental status, which is why I am reluctant to demonstrate on that yet. Besides, I need to get AES working before I do anything.....

NobodyImportant: Thanks, I have to say I like your design as well.
 
Ooh, nothing like an old-fashioned web coding contest to bring me out of the woodwork at the last minute.

Let's see how much I can do before I pass out. :)

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Here's what I've done so far, it'll be updated over the next 8 hours or so while I work on it.

http://qgears.bitrapist.net/
 
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Ok. I made my disision....

It was hard. But Covarr and  NobodyImportant made it.

I like  NobodyImportant's layout... Alot.

However, Covar won me over with the ability to direct how the page should flow and general problem solving.

So I elect you both, I would like NobodyImportant's layout, but you both can maintain it.

I need you two to get get sourceforge accounts and PM the user name to me. I'll add you to the admin list for webpages

You need to review the Terms of service for putting up a sourceforge webpage. One of them is a particular logo is required to be on the page for tracking purposes. If you see any other toys availiable, feel free to implemt them.

(I've been on vacation)
 
Aw man, I just spent the last six hours working on this. Oh well.

*continues to work on it*
 
Oh wow, I'm very happy with myself. This is a nice pick me up (horrible day). :)

Anyways, I'm going to continue working on the PHP backend (FAQ to mySQL, more pages, etc). Covarr, an instant messaging screename would be great. If not, we can keep in touch via the forums messenger.

I'm honored.
 
I'm on my PSP right now. I'll try to do some admin stuff from here. It's pretty  tricky with just a keypad.
 
You guys are added! Go ahead an read the sourceforge TOS and welcome abord ^_^

I'm sorry for those who came in late... I did promise a disision by this week. (I tend to stick by my guns) However other jobs may come up...

Thanks for all of your help!

I'm keeping this thread open for discussion on the new webpage.
 
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Alright, I figured out how to connect sourceforge and access the web directory. Cool. :)

Now, me and Covarr need to find a middle ground which we can use as a basis for the website. Halkun wanted to keep my layout, so I'm going to organize the files so we can understand them better. Tell me what you'd (Covarr) like to do so we don't end up working on two things at the same time. For now, I'm still working with the FAQ/administration. Anything other than that is all yours. If you need the PHP source, ask. :)

EDIT: As for now, I'm just going to setup a dummy homepage with the logo on it. :)

EDIT: I can't get to the SourceForge logo page. It says I don't have permission. Here's the link.
 
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Logo 1 (Dimensions: 88 by 31; Background color: white)

    HTML code follows: <img src="http://sflogo.sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=165417&type=1" width="88" height="31" border="0" alt="SourceForge.net Logo" />

    Logo 2 (Dimensions: 125 by 37; Background color: white)

    HTML code follows: <img src="http://sflogo.sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=165417&type=2" width="125" height="37" border="0" alt="SourceForge.net Logo" />

    Logo 3 (Dimensions: 125 by 37; Background color: black)

    HTML code follows: <img src="http://sflogo.sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=165417&type=3" width="125" height="37" border="0" alt="SourceForge.net Logo" />


    Logo 4 (Dimensions: 125 by 37; Background color: blue)

    HTML code follows: <img src="http://sflogo.sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=165417&type=4" width="125" height="37" border="0" alt="SourceForge.net Logo" />

    Logo 5 (Dimensions: 210 by 62; Background color: white)

    HTML code follows: <img src="http://sflogo.sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=165417&type=5" width="210" height="62" border="0" alt="SourceForge.net Logo" />

    Logo 6 (Dimensions: 210 by 62; Background color: black)

    HTML code follows: <img src="http://sflogo.sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=165417&type=6" width="210" height="62" border="0" alt="SourceForge.net Logo" />


    Logo 7 (Dimensions: 210 by 62; Background color: blue)

    HTML code follows: <img src="http://sflogo.sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=165417&type=7" width="210" height="62" border="0" alt="SourceForge.net Logo" />


These are the logos with our correct group ID on it.
 
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NobodyImportant, can you send me your source? I want to see if I can get your layout to work with cutenews, because it really does come in handy for managing content, even if not the news itself.
 
No problem, but I'd prefer not to use CuteNews. I'm been working on my own content management system for a while and it's looking rather nice. If you know PHP, SQL and Javascript, feel free to add to it. I also created a generic installer I can use on other projects. Anyways, feel free to try and see if it works, but, really, I'd rather not end up actually using it.

Be warned that the code is rather sloppy. The only file I cleaned up is ajax.js. The rest isn't so nice. Especially templates.php. Right now I'm just getting everything to work right (and by everything I mean whatever I'm currently working on), then it's, well, done. To be honest, it's rather close to being finished as the other pages don't need much input.

Also, halkun said he liked the way things flowed on your pages. Do you want to make a mockup of the other pages in HTML? As in, using the outputted HTML and changing it to make it look like another page. :)

Anyways, here's the source: http://www.rexyrex.hostmatrix.org/qgears.zip
 
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