Time for a deep graphic update! Use the opening of the CIV 4 section for it!

[jomateix]

How many YEARS looking the same, with the Civ2, Smac and other sections with the same appeal... What about a redesign? Just use CSS, a light website with easy menus... That's all! Integrate the sections better, just a small change... No flash... No java... Just the classic apolitonish code of web creation... But something NEW!

2005 is around the corner, probably you have enough time for it!

[MarkG]

first of all we need a content managment system to properly manage the (probably) hundreds of pages across the various section....

[Atahualpa]

If there will be a CMS I am highly in favor of lightweight output!
Oh btw, writing one for yourself would probably be the best solution, but it requires a lot of time. I finished one last summer that had rather basic requirements and it already took considerable time.
Of course you probably know better....

I also tried to find a free existing solution that I could adapt, but they all seemed to be very heavy or not have what I wanted. And adapting requires that you look into their code and understand it...

[MarkG]

already have a cms in full development at my company

[Dinner]

So steal it and start using it already.

[MarkG]

it doesnt have yet support for different layouts on different sections

[Atahualpa]

is there a demo somewhere?

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Atahualpa
I also tried to find a free existing solution that I could adapt, but they all seemed to be very heavy or not have what I wanted.

What do you expect? CMS comes with the kitchen sink.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by MarkG
it doesnt have yet support for different layouts on different sections

Different layout on different sections is against Web usability rules.

[MarkG]

Originally posted by Atahualpa
is there a demo somewhere?

there is but the admin interface is in greek (we have multilanguage support we just havent made the translations )

[Atahualpa]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


What do you expect? CMS comes with the kitchen sink.

A framework that I could use?

All these CMSes seem to be ready made portals.

[DrSpike]

Don't see what centimetres have to do with anything.

[Nikolai]

I'd love to see a revamped interface after so many years. Hope you get the time and resources to make something new and improved, while maintaining the easy impression.

[Solver]

It's actually great how the site is being managed without an effective CVS . Oh, and I do actually love the loading times of the site pages, it's fast even on 64 Kbit lines. I hope the Civ4 pages will also be light, although a graphical update might be nice - but now, when many sites are overloaded by Flash and graphics, I'd love to see Apolyton stay true to its traditions.

[Nikolai]

This site is everything else than fast... Even on my 2 Mb broadband line, loading the whole page takes ages! To open up the page is no problem, but to get every single post takes forever and ever. Often I get the first 10-15 posts and the one or two more comes up every second or so. Hopeless, but I have been used to it for a long time, long before I got broadband. But weird it is...