Official OpenTTD.com webpage wanted

wiggo · Post by **wiggo** » 21 Mar 2004 20:29

Hi!

If you are willing to make one then post a reply here

MadEgg · Post by **MadEgg** » 21 Mar 2004 22:20

I could do that

Saskia · Post by **Saskia** » 21 Mar 2004 22:30

Maybe I could help

Maybe use an .org domain, like other open source projects. And don't forget the little poor www.

MadEgg · Post by **MadEgg** » 21 Mar 2004 22:31

My suggestion would be to for a change, NOT use the good old TTD tiles-background as it's getting quite annoying imo

wiggo · Post by **wiggo** » 22 Mar 2004 03:26

MadEgg: sweet, got any previous work u have done that I can see?

Saskia: both openttd.com and openttd.org work and are linked to the same webpage so you can use the one you prefer

MadEgg · Post by **MadEgg** » 22 Mar 2004 17:26

I did make a few websites but I didn't do the artwork for most of them, it got supplied to me.
I can do a li'l graphics too though but my expertise is on HTML, PHP, MySQL, that kinda stuff.

Anyway, sites I've done(most of 'm in Dutch, so you prolly won't be able to read 'm

)

http://www.countryside.nl/ (design wasn't done by me at all, actually I quite dislike the layout but the site was created before I got involved and redid the whole thing, but the owners liked the layout and wanted it to keep that way)
http://www.terpelan.nl (My design, graphics got sent to me)
http://www.pointpro.nl/clit/ (Mostly my design and my graphics, home-made forum software in there

)
http://145.99.221.202/~eggie/ (My design and graphics, still in development though).

If you would want to look at it, I could make a website and some graphics and stuff and then ppl can see if they like it?

GoneWacko · Post by **GoneWacko** » 22 Mar 2004 17:38

Everybody doing stuff .. :/ I think it would be nice to have like... 0.2 out before you do anything drastic like this? What if Sawyer finds out and disagrees with the project? It would be a waste of cash and labour of you ask me.

MadEgg · Post by **MadEgg** » 22 Mar 2004 17:43

Sawyer can't do much about it since he doesn't own the rights to the code.

Anyway, that's a risk we have to take. The faster development goes, the more different the code will be from the original work.
And building a website isn't that much of a job anyway, a lot more time has been spent on the project already so I don't see why not.

BobXP · Post by **BobXP** » 22 Mar 2004 17:49

Besides, who cares if Sawyer does find out? I reckon he must have noticed that in these last six years (!) there's been E&RE going on with TTD, and since he's not doing anything about it, what's the problem?

GoneWacko · Post by **GoneWacko** » 22 Mar 2004 17:53

The project just feels so unorganised to me.
One guy is making installers without conferencing with the programmers what it should contain, another one supplies a 'louncher', as he calls it himself, and in my eyes, he only supplies it just so 'he is part of the project'...

Now you're saying 'I can build a website', but I think it would be so crappy to have to tell someone 'Hey I made new source, edit your website'. Instead, there should be a website owned and administrated by the developers.
(and yes, I know it's opensource)

MadEgg · Post by **MadEgg** » 22 Mar 2004 18:03

And who says that wouldn't be possible?

And besides, I didn't propose the website, a website was requested.
Anyway, the website could also be used to keep track of all separate projects around OpenTTD, like the installer and the launcher and language-packs and whatever might pop up and thus making it more organised.

wiggo · Post by **wiggo** » 22 Mar 2004 18:04

Gonewacko:
That's why we need a webpage, with info about the project and other important stuff so the whole thing becomes more organized.

And yes, the webpage is owned and administrated by the developers, we just need someone that can make a decent design and some useful scripts.

GoneWacko · Post by **GoneWacko** » 22 Mar 2004 19:07

MadEgg wrote:And who says that wouldn't be possible?

Who says I'm saying it is impossible?
It just doesn't seem logical to me.

MadEgg · Post by **MadEgg** » 22 Mar 2004 19:15

GoneWacko wrote:
MadEgg wrote:And who says that wouldn't be possible?
Who says I'm saying it is impossible?
It just doesn't seem logical to me.

Welcome to the world of content-management and dynamic webpages

GoneWacko · Post by **GoneWacko** » 22 Mar 2004 19:17

A. I hate content management scripts. They tend to look awful
B. I know all about dynamic websites, I am currently placing the final touches on the Zetorpedia part of the Zetorpedia...

MadEgg · Post by **MadEgg** » 22 Mar 2004 19:20

Well then, when you said

Now you're saying 'I can build a website', but I think it would be so crappy to have to tell someone 'Hey I made new source, edit your website'. Instead, there should be a website owned and administrated by the developers.

it didn't make much sense did it

Of course the admins would be able to upload and add to the site themselves without anyone interfering.

Jpl · Post by **Jpl** » 22 Mar 2004 19:22

I have some knowledge on CSS, PHP and MYSQL, i can do something small..

GoneWacko · Post by **GoneWacko** » 22 Mar 2004 19:23

I was trying to give arguments why I think the project is unorganised.
Before anyone starts working on a openttd.org or .com or whatever website, the people wanting to be a part of it at this time should basically have a meeting on IRC or something (Too bad chirho has taken L to #openttd) and discuss it all again.

Things are so chaotic at this time.

MadEgg · Post by **MadEgg** » 22 Mar 2004 19:27

GoneWacko wrote:I was trying to give arguments why I think the project is unorganised.
Before anyone starts working on a openttd.org or .com or whatever website, the people wanting to be a part of it at this time should basically have a meeting on IRC or something (Too bad chirho has taken L to #openttd) and discuss it all again.

Things are so chaotic at this time.

Nothing wrong with that. But that doesn't mean we should do it

Lilman424 · Post by **Lilman424** » 22 Mar 2004 20:10

GoneWacko wrote:I was trying to give arguments why I think the project is unorganised.
Before anyone starts working on a openttd.org or .com or whatever website, the people wanting to be a part of it at this time should basically have a meeting on IRC or something (Too bad chirho has taken L to #openttd) and discuss it all again.

Things are so chaotic at this time.

Actually, that's me with L on #openttd, so...

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