[ gpsdrive ] Project branding and website

[Chris H]

On Sunday 10 August 2008 09:00:11 Hamish wrote:
> were you looking at the www.gpsdrive.de site or another old mirror?
>
> > > I'm really good at designing with CSS and XHTML 1.0 Strict (all
> > > validated by W3C) and using mySQL, PHP, and CMS-systems.
>
> any chance of putting together a rough prototype on a local webserver then
> sending the list the URL to view?

That would be a good idea. On suggestion, would it be possible to have 
separate sections for different uses of gpsdrive? ie: marine usage, etc. etc.


> good looks and brains[/functionality] are not mutually exclusive, there is
> no reason the website can't have both... we don't have to sacrifice one for
> the other.

One caveat, I did this for one project and used Plone. Nice site and worked 
really well. However when I had no more time to contribute, there was no one 
with Plone experience to update the install. While its still up and running 
and works fine, the software now is grossly outdated. For project sites, 
based on my experience, db backended CMS's are generally not required unless 
there are a group of people who are familiar with the CMS/DB config. Much can 
be done with simple CSS, XHTML/html, talent both technical and "design", and 
documented code. 

Not to discourage rather encourage with a bit of personal experience. 

Best of luck. 
-- 
/ch