Maybe we should finalize what we want to do before we decide on how to do it.
That's a problem I always fight. Someone says "can we do x?" I say "Yes" (I can use this *buzzword* and all this cool back end magic....) I think we need to figure out what we want. how we want it to look and then we start to think of how we do it and then we write code. It's much easier/less of a pain to change it on paper than rewrite code (I know coding CF is easy and quick but still...) I think we all agree on being standards base. We want code snipets and an easy way to post them. i know this is just a few... On 12/9/05, Patrick Steil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thats a good point for discussion... when / how do you best integrate off > the shelf vs. build your own... > > These days I am much more for integrating 3rd party stuff as much as > possible and build custom where needed.... UNLESS there is some big feature > that the off the shelf stuff doesn't give you that you need.... > > I don't want to discuss too much here, cause I want to let others chime in > and give their two cents.... > > Also, I think if you look at what needs to be on the home page - upcoming > events, news about new things on the site, etc... these are all dated items > that a blog would serve perfectly.... > > Maybe we need to discuss what specifically we want on our homepage... > > Patrick > > > > > > On 12/9/05, Matt Woodward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 12/8/05, Patrick Steil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yah, I was hoping Jake would allow us to use his SW... would be a good > way > > > to help a fellow member promote his stuff... > > > > I'm all for this, but as I pondered it for a while here are my > > concerns. General comment: I think BlogFusion's great--I use it for > > my blog--so nothing I'm saying here is in any way intended to slight > > BlogFusion. Keep up the great work Jake! > > > > That being said, while things like the home page are "blog-like" it's > > not really a blog, so I don't want to shoehorn things if it's not a > > good fit. Particularly with the home page I think if we just call it > > a blog and use BlogFusion, that stands things on their head a bit. > > > > Also, one of the other things I wanted to see happen with this project > > is that the end result would be freely available to other CFUGs (or > > any other organization who wanted to use it for that matter). So I'm > > afraid if we go the BlogFusion + our own custom development route > > we're going to wind up with something that's a bit hard to manage and > > distribute. Any pre-existing package is going to have its own way of > > doing things, its own database, etc. so management and maintenance > > would be an issue in my mind as well. > > > > That's not to say we shouldn't consider using BlogFusion for a blog > > section of the site; I think this could be a very cool addition to the > > overall landscape of what's available to our members. My concern > > stems from thinking of the CFUG application as an application in and > > of itself and the integration and management issues that may arise > > from combining this application with something that exists > > independently. > > > > Matt > > -- > > Matt Woodward > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.mattwoodward.com > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Reply To: [email protected] > > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.net/ > > To Subscribe: Send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "subscribe > devteam" in the body - no quotes. > > To Unsubscribe: Reply to the list with unsubscribe in the subject line. > > Sponsors: www.HostMySite.com & www.cvsdude.org > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Patrick Steil > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reply To: [email protected] List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.net/ To Subscribe: Send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "subscribe devteam" in the body - no quotes. To Unsubscribe: Reply to the list with unsubscribe in the subject line. Sponsors: www.HostMySite.com & www.cvsdude.org
