[Dargon-writers-list] Website Redesign Live!

[Victor Cardoso]

Whoops. Fixed now, thanks!

Well, if you're mid-production, I'd say just finish up the old way.  
That way when we start the last issue of 2008, we can start from the  
beginning. I have scripts right now that take 2 seconds to run and fix  
up an old issue, so it's not hard for me.

I'm going to write up a brief explanation of what I'm doing. The  
biggest changes are:

- use of includes for story headers and footers
- use of XHTML mark-up instead of HTML, which has a few of its own rules

The upshot of all this is that when we make changes to the site  
design, it'll filter through all issues (current and previous) without  
us having to run scripts. At least, that's the plan. :)

I, also, think we should go back to the previous issues and convert  
them. It'll make everything much more uniform and professional  
looking. The one hitch in helping you convert is that I use a Mac and  
I'm pretty sure you use a PC. The scripts I have are Applescripts,  
which only work on the mac. Sorry -- I'm just not that adept at PERL  
or anything else. It's actually incredibly quick for me to convert the  
old issues, although I have to make tweaks as I go further and further  
back.

I've actually got everything converted back to volume 15 already, I  
just want to talk to you and Orn about possibly changing the directory  
structure of the current site. While having everything in the document  
root is incredibly handy, it also makes it a little messy. I'd like to  
move issues and stories into an issues/volumes folder structure, but  
that has implications with the MySQL/Access database pointers.

More to come!

-v

On Aug 10, 2008, at 7:20 PM, William Donahue wrote:

> Looks like you used an old version of the publication schedule (pre
> 21-2). Likewise, the back issue page. Do you want to fix it, or  
> shall I?
> I don't mind, but I figure I ought to check with you before mucking
> around in the new pages.
>
> Incidentally, since I am mid-production on the next issue, what  
> exactly
> is it that you are doing to the current issues to get them converted?
> And do you think we should go back to the previous issues and convert
> them? I think we should, and I'm willing to help out with the  
> conversion.
>
> L
>
>
>
> Victor Cardoso wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> Just wanted to let you know that the first redesign of the DargonZine
>> website is now live and available for viewing. If you find any issues
>> with it (broken links, a page appearing to go to the wrong location,
>> etc) please reply to this thread over in the forums:
>>
>> Website Redesign Issues
>> <http://www.dargonzine.org/dpww/forum/index.php?topic=84.0>
>>
>> Please note that our back issues still use the old design, so it's
>> normal to see the old look and feel. In the upcoming months, I'll be
>> converting those over to the new design.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> -v
>>
>> -- 
>> *Victor Cardoso
>> *Ann Arbor, MI
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