Author Topic: Showcase / Site Ideas. (Read 12883 times)

relsoft · « **on:** June 23, 2006 »

Hey guys, since I believe this is already a successful site? Why not make a proper main site instead of just a forum? A proper gallerry(where we showcase everything that looks good here and a clickable image that hotlinks to it's thread) and a realeased prods by members here. Even a tutorial section would be nice. :*)

Phoenix · « **Reply #1 on:** June 23, 2006 »

That would be good, and I could help coding it, assuming we used PHP.

Shockwave · « **Reply #2 on:** June 23, 2006 »

You'd be interested in some kind of php site with a showcase then? That is do-able.
Or in fact reading Rels' post, maybe even a nice front end with the best downloads could be sufficient?

On another token, I would possibly be prepared to increase the size limit on files that can be uploaded to the server, though if it gets to the point where all the bandwidth is going then I may start begging for donations

Having a nice front page would be a nice touch. Good idea. I'll look into it, in the meantime if anyone has any ideas about this, please post them here.

Clyde · « **Reply #3 on:** June 23, 2006 »

Proper site, is a bit harsh, but we all know where you're comming from dude. And it's great to get these suggestions, can I ask though for them to be posted in the General section, so we can have this as purely for announcements of the site. Cheers.

A Showcase was something that I really wanted to introduce when I had control of Cool Creations. I had talks with my brother, to see if it was possible and what was needed. If it's something along the lines of Blitz Coder, I believe they used pearl to create the showcase. But Im no expert, it probably can be easily done the same in php.

And I've been thinking about this; if it was something to go along with, I do like the idea alot. All we'd really need to do is create a new sub category that was a link to the site that housed the showcase bits and bobs.

Only a mere idea / thought. How pratical it would be, I dont know as like I say I'm no expert, I just enjoy the hobby of coding gfx demos.

Shockwave · « **Reply #4 on:** June 23, 2006 »

I'm not sure on the practicality of doing it either Clyde but I'd really like to try. A forum that has hosting ability is a real pull for new members, this forum works fine for that, and it is also something that I'd have really liked when I first got into PC coding.

If the worst comes to the worst I can always create another SMF site on the same webspace with a bigger upload capability and I know that will work definately.
I'm just not sure how much disk space / bandwidth will be taken if I do that.
Maybe it would be better to just be able to upload a pic of the prod and have the file on the submitters webspace.

Clyde · « **Reply #5 on:** June 23, 2006 »

How's about creating rules / guidelines for posting Completed work. So it fits the style of a Showcase. Perhaps something like a template post, that people can copy and paste and adjust to suit their prod. Or if someone is up for the challenge it could be talked about further. As it's a pretty neat idea.

Blitz Amateur · « **Reply #6 on:** June 23, 2006 »

It sounds pretty good to me. And, if you want a hand coding a frontpage, I've actually coded PHP for money before, so I'm pretty decent at it.

Shockwave · « **Reply #7 on:** June 23, 2006 »

Starting to sound really good now.
Would it be possible to do something to have;

Screen shot (but restrict the file type to Jpeg / png and 40kb). (uploaded to the DBF site).
Comments.
Rating.
Link to product.

What I really want to avoid is people having showcases with no files attached, I really hate that over at CW.

Clyde · « **Reply #8 on:** June 23, 2006 »

That is frustrating at CW, as they've intermerged Worklogs and Showcases. Hence why lots of entries get misplaced and ignored.

This talk and ideas, has really brightend my day. Cheers, and it would be so cool for this to happen.

Shockwave · « **Reply #9 on:** June 23, 2006 »

I think it will become a reality in the coming weeks

I have a lot of faith in that.

.:] Druid [:. · « **Reply #10 on:** June 23, 2006 »

If I can help with any of the scripts i wrote for intro-inferno, just ask me, i'll be pleased to help you.

Shockwave · « **Reply #11 on:** June 23, 2006 »

Druid, you're very kind, we may just take you up on that. The intro inferno site is really, really nicely done, great logos too. I'm looking forward to uploading the next DBF prod over there actually

What we are looking for (I think) is something that would group the demos by the language they are written in and with space for comments.

It's not really going to be so much for the ratings, although I'd like there to be a rating on the showcase, it's not mega important as there is Pouet and Intro inferno for that, but I'd reckon that the comments and feedback would have a different sort of flavour, I think people would post the prods there for more of a coders point of view on them in the feedback.

Damn, I know what I mean but it's kind of hard to get it accross, some of the members here that used to go to an old (and now sadly dead) site called Blitzcoder will know the kind of vibe that I mean.

Clyde · « **Reply #12 on:** June 23, 2006 »

I think you mean, people who code in basic languages rather then the big boys C \ ASM etc, would appreciate the work and effort more so, and would judge rate it more fairly. As Pouet can be a tad cruel at times.

And I'm looking forward to uploading some of the Gravity stuff at inferno, as it really rocks. Welldone Druid dude.

Shockwave · « **Reply #13 on:** June 23, 2006 »

Well, not exactly Clyde, but you're on the right sort of track. I think that maybe that would have been truer to say in the past but the site has become much more diverse with C++ and ASM stuff here too. And really there's not a lot of difference between them all, an effect is an effect no matter what it's made with.
What I meant was that on Pouet you get very honest and sometimes brutal criticism, it is usually along the lines of;

Rocks.
Sucks.

Etc.. If you think back to the days of BC, the comments tended to relate more to how the product was put together. The judgement of the product isn't as important as getting quality feedback. I'd hope that the showcase would be used in that way.

.:] Druid [:. · « **Reply #14 on:** June 23, 2006 »

What would definitly rock would be some tuts....real tuts, not simple commented source codes. Even if a forum can host tons of informations, a "real" web site would definitly be more efficient.

Clyde · « **Reply #15 on:** June 23, 2006 »

That would be a fab idea too, as one thing there isnt alot of FreeBASIC specific tuts around.

Shockwave · « **Reply #16 on:** June 23, 2006 »

Tutorials would be great too.
The BC site had a load of tutorials, they were really useful. The way they did it was that the author could use their own html and a link would be generated in the forum if there were any questions / feedback from the tut (I might be slightly wrong about how the link was generated but I know it happened somehow).

Clyde · « **Reply #17 on:** June 23, 2006 »

Memories hey!

All this sounds so cool. And Im sure it will be a real crowd pleaser too.

Phoenix · « **Reply #18 on:** June 24, 2006 »

This would be a great addition to the community, and I'd love to help coding this.

Shockwave · « **Reply #19 on:** June 24, 2006 »

It's going to happen Phoenix

Please post your ideas here and we'll see what we can use.
Blitz Amateur is doing some code on some sample templates at the moment, he'd be the one to contact via PM if you have any suggestions. Me I know jack shit about PHP coding, I'm relying on you guys