2011/12/16 Calvin Morrison <mutantturkey@...>: > > > On 16 December 2011 11:27, E. Liddell <ejlddll@...> wrote: >> >> On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:20:11 -0500 >> Calvin Morrison <mutantturkey@...> wrote: >> >> > On 15 December 2011 19:45, L0ner sh4dou <sh4dou@...> wrote: >> > >> > > 2011/12/16 Calvin Morrison <mutantturkey@...>: >> >> > > > Indeed it looks great and works well, though I think it is very >> > > complicated >> > > > (it is hosted in their git repository so you can see) >> > > > >> > > > I'd like to see some things. >> > > > >> > > > A "planet" - basically it's a feed for all of our different blogs >> > > > into >> > > one >> > > > page. >> > > > >> > > > A "apps" section, I think Darrell spoke about this before. >> > > > >> > > > In fact, Darrell had a lot of good stuff and ideas for simplifying >> > > > the >> > > > navigation of the website, they're somewhere in the mail logs >> > > > recently. >> > > > >> > > > I think we are avoiding using any sort of databsases however and we >> > > > want >> > > to >> > > > make sure tihs all will render well on any web browser. >> > > > >> > > > Calvin Morrison >> > > >> > > Well I can do some css magic. It will look good and render on modern >> > > browsers (forget about konqueror tho). >> > > >> > We cannot have our homepage incorrectly load on our own web browser. >> >> There is really no reason we should "forget about Konqueror"--it's >> sufficiently >> modern that it should support CSS1 and at least most of CSS2, and a fair >> selection of Javascript constructs. It's possible to create a decent site >> within those constraints, keeping in mind that it doesn't have to look >> *identical* on both Konqueror and more recent browsers, just "good". >> Graceful degredation in webpages is not rocket science. >> >> However, one thing that we do need to keep in mind is that people who >> haven't yet installed any other graphical environment may wish to download >> Trinity packages--in other words, it would be wise to create something >> that is usable in text-based browsers like Lynx (it doesn't have to be >> elegant, but it should be possible to get from the root page to the >> package >> downloads that way). >> >> > > Not using databases is a big problem, since it practically constrains >> > > you to use static pages. >> > > >> > Basically - why is is this so bad? >> >> Depends on what we're trying to achieve. Dynamic pages ease certain >> types of collaboration and user-added content, but static pages are not >> intrinsically evil and put less of a load on the server. > > > Both can be good, If anything I'd do a bit of both. > > Simple php/html + a commenting system. > > here is a good example of very basic and yet has dynamic elements: > http://incise.org/htpicker.html It uses disqus for the comments, for which I have mixed feelings. I'd rather not relay on external services for parts of the website.