Improving The CV Website! - Page 4 - OzChess

**santa** · 01-03-2010, 04:25 AM

Originally Posted by Just2Good

What is wordpress, and what does it do?

this is the website WordPress › Blog Tool and Publishing Platform

and I don't think it's the best solurion. But I might be wrong.

drupal is at drupal.org | Community plumbing.

There are also django (think of the jazz musician), egroupware, phpgroupware and others. oh, phpbb and vbulletin. vbulletin runs this site and chesschat, but I don't know what else it does. It costs, but the cost is modest.

There are also web hosting sites that will set up a virtual machine with various of these preinstalled. Those (mostly) cost a monthly charge, but it's not expensive.

Mostly, these places run Linux, Apache, mysql (or better, postgresql) and php.

I said elsewhere I've played with drupal, but I don't recall mentioning it's at isay.js.id.au It has the default theme, and not a lot of the numerous addons.

I've stopped visitor registrations, I was getting a few but nobody with anything to say.

**ChessGuru** · 01-04-2010, 03:38 PM

Originally Posted by santa

this is the website WordPress › Blog Tool and Publishing Platform

and I don't think it's the best solurion. But I might be wrong.

drupal is at drupal.org | Community plumbing.

There are also django (think of the jazz musician), egroupware, phpgroupware and others. oh, phpbb and vbulletin. vbulletin runs this site and chesschat, but I don't know what else it does. It costs, but the cost is modest.

There are also web hosting sites that will set up a virtual machine with various of these preinstalled. Those (mostly) cost a monthly charge, but it's not expensive.

Mostly, these places run Linux, Apache, mysql (or better, postgresql) and php.

I said elsewhere I've played with drupal, but I don't recall mentioning it's at isay.js.id.au It has the default theme, and not a lot of the numerous addons.

I've stopped visitor registrations, I was getting a few but nobody with anything to say.

Hi Santa - you always have been tech-savvy!

The reason I suggested WordPress as the best option (and then created ChessClub.com.au using it) is that it is very easy for non-tech people to work with. We used to use Drupal for our business site and changed to WordPress....but admittedly I'm a lot more familiar now with WP - so more likely to recommend it!

Think of setting up a website that your grandmother needs to operate...that's really what we're talking about.

Also your other posts (directed at Michael Baron) about subdomains are EASY to do with WP..... I'm working at the moment on it and soon will release mentone.chesslcub.com.au (technical problems).

After that any club in Australia can have clubname.chessclub.com.au -- all free. Free hosting of emails should be easy too...

Good to see you back in chess.

**santa** · 03-17-2010, 08:45 PM

Originally Posted by ChessGuru

Think of setting up a website that your grandmother needs to operate...that's really what we're talking about.

Also your other posts (directed at Michael Baron) about subdomains are EASY to do with WP..... I'm working at the moment on it and soon will release mentone.chesslcub.com.au (technical problems).

After that any club in Australia can have clubname.chessclub.com.au -- all free. Free hosting of emails should be easy too...

Good to see you back in chess.

IMV the webmaster's job to provide and manage the facility.

Club reps and so on enter their own data, the webmaster doesn't get involved in that except when something goes wrong.

The webmaster would need technical skills to customise the site, manage access (who can see the CV internal documents?, who can create /edit documents, who can comment on them and so on). in addition, the webmaster should manage the organisations email facilities.

Users go to the site to read, to write their tournament reports, to add to their blogs, to create their tournament ads and send email to appropriate players.

there's a problem with your site, David. You said ""any club in Australia," but your site says "Victorian" and that some profits go CV.

I'm not interested in supporting CV, I'm more interested in CAWA, others in NSWCA etc.

01-03-2010, 04:25 AM	#46 (permalink)
santa Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Meadow Springs wa Posts: 64 FICS Handle: johncs	Originally Posted by Just2Good What is wordpress, and what does it do? this is the website WordPress › Blog Tool and Publishing Platform and I don't think it's the best solurion. But I might be wrong. drupal is at drupal.org \| Community plumbing. There are also django (think of the jazz musician), egroupware, phpgroupware and others. oh, phpbb and vbulletin. vbulletin runs this site and chesschat, but I don't know what else it does. It costs, but the cost is modest. There are also web hosting sites that will set up a virtual machine with various of these preinstalled. Those (mostly) cost a monthly charge, but it's not expensive. Mostly, these places run Linux, Apache, mysql (or better, postgresql) and php. I said elsewhere I've played with drupal, but I don't recall mentioning it's at isay.js.id.au It has the default theme, and not a lot of the numerous addons. I've stopped visitor registrations, I was getting a few but nobody with anything to say.

01-04-2010, 03:38 PM	#47 (permalink)
ChessGuru Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 232	Originally Posted by santa this is the website WordPress › Blog Tool and Publishing Platform and I don't think it's the best solurion. But I might be wrong. drupal is at drupal.org \| Community plumbing. There are also django (think of the jazz musician), egroupware, phpgroupware and others. oh, phpbb and vbulletin. vbulletin runs this site and chesschat, but I don't know what else it does. It costs, but the cost is modest. There are also web hosting sites that will set up a virtual machine with various of these preinstalled. Those (mostly) cost a monthly charge, but it's not expensive. Mostly, these places run Linux, Apache, mysql (or better, postgresql) and php. I said elsewhere I've played with drupal, but I don't recall mentioning it's at isay.js.id.au It has the default theme, and not a lot of the numerous addons. I've stopped visitor registrations, I was getting a few but nobody with anything to say. Hi Santa - you always have been tech-savvy! The reason I suggested WordPress as the best option (and then created ChessClub.com.au using it) is that it is very easy for non-tech people to work with. We used to use Drupal for our business site and changed to WordPress....but admittedly I'm a lot more familiar now with WP - so more likely to recommend it! Think of setting up a website that your grandmother needs to operate...that's really what we're talking about. Also your other posts (directed at Michael Baron) about subdomains are EASY to do with WP..... I'm working at the moment on it and soon will release mentone.chesslcub.com.au (technical problems). After that any club in Australia can have clubname.chessclub.com.au -- all free. Free hosting of emails should be easy too... Good to see you back in chess.

03-17-2010, 08:45 PM	#48 (permalink)
santa Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Meadow Springs wa Posts: 64 FICS Handle: johncs	Originally Posted by ChessGuru Think of setting up a website that your grandmother needs to operate...that's really what we're talking about. Also your other posts (directed at Michael Baron) about subdomains are EASY to do with WP..... I'm working at the moment on it and soon will release mentone.chesslcub.com.au (technical problems). After that any club in Australia can have clubname.chessclub.com.au -- all free. Free hosting of emails should be easy too... Good to see you back in chess. IMV the webmaster's job to provide and manage the facility. Club reps and so on enter their own data, the webmaster doesn't get involved in that except when something goes wrong. The webmaster would need technical skills to customise the site, manage access (who can see the CV internal documents?, who can create /edit documents, who can comment on them and so on). in addition, the webmaster should manage the organisations email facilities. Users go to the site to read, to write their tournament reports, to add to their blogs, to create their tournament ads and send email to appropriate players. there's a problem with your site, David. You said ""any club in Australia," but your site says "Victorian" and that some profits go CV. I'm not interested in supporting CV, I'm more interested in CAWA, others in NSWCA etc.

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