New website design #891
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/me think that 100mbit is not enough, you can be ddos'ed with each release, for forum maybe it's alright, but there's an issue with user/pass that should be managed carefully, maybe it's a real problem of migrating to any other host, sf most probably authorizes with own mechanisms, don't know if it is made for forum and lsp. |
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Looks very nice! I like how all the plugins are showcased there. Maybe One thing: we're officially no longer "Linux MultiMedia Studio", we're |
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Super! I see that (on my screen) the pictures are dragged out... Too bad I don't got any bigger size of the images :( I think the images should be clickable to see the whole of it, the view of the middle of the picture was a bit unfortunate. For you who haven't seen my latest masterpiece "LMMS comes with a wide range of plugins" http://linuxmultimediastudio.blogspot.no/2014/06/lmms-facebook-page-resources.html |
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It's not actually mine server, the admin generously gave me free nearly unlimited account. He's FLOSS enthusiat (and a hacker, too) so he probably has already set up some stuff for DDoS. Anyway, he's aware of that I'm gonna host the website, and even created a second db account on MySQL specially for LMMS website. |
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If we we're going to switch it, the domain LMMSOfficial.com is available. http://www.godaddy.com/domains/searchresults.aspx?ci=83269 :D
We should probably decide on something then. We wouldn't want someone to ask us and not be able to answer correctly. I think its been rumored in the comments on the FB page that is Libre MultiMedia Studio? We would have to start an issue for this. |
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I'm gonna start one. In my opinion, LMMS needs complete rebranding |
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@QrchackOfficial If we do that, we'll have to rebuild our name. LMMS isn't the most popular DAW but we do have an audience. It is possible if done right. Something more catchy would sound nice. |
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Then i\ll propose OMG - OpenMusicGroove |
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I return with my name of "OpenTracks Studio" (are we really going to change the name? xD) |
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Maybe we should start a forum post and discuss it from there, looks like people are getting a little carried away from the topic on this one. |
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On 06/26/2014 07:28 PM, DeRobyJ wrote:
No we're not, because after months of discussions, we still couldn't |
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@diizy Maybe we should gather up some of our best names or abbreviations of Linux MultiMedia Studio and put a poll on our facebook page for the fans to decide? |
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On 06/26/2014 08:27 PM, Digitizer wrote:
This was also suggested before. The responses included: what if those Then some also opined that we shouldn't make it into a popularity |
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That's true, we have to wait until we find a very impressive name, otherwise most of us won't be happy. One day we'll find the best name ever. |
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You know guys, I'd suggest trying something abstract as a name - notice Ableton, Bitwig, Ardour... |
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Plus, for the domain I think using the word "official" isn't really needed. And .org fits better, I think. |
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We could however add the old full LMMS' name to the page's tags, so people
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You should update your original post with an updated screenshot. The one you originally supplied it outdated and quite blurry. As far as the design, the top banner is too tall on my screen and likely others'. I agree with @diizy, showcasing the plugins is cool and conceptually the design is clean and simple. Now for the negatives.... As far as the technology, I vote no to Wordpress. Jonathan and I already did a mockup with Silverstripe and it sort of ended there. In addition, I've proposed the same thing with Drupal (which I find much better for coders like us to work with than Wordpress) but regardless the design can be tweaked and fall into place but I believe first we need to rewind and establish a sustainable hosting and domain provider with a team of people to help update it. What I'd rather not see is yet another mockup of the front page because I feel it brings us no closer to the long term goals. Some long term goals I've observed:
Some personal "wish list" items:
Some team members that have shown worthy of maintaining the new site:
That's my thought process. Something that puts us in a position to have a new site with enough maintainers to have frequent updates and truly leverage a CMS for access control, content and plenty of people to pay the hosting bill et. al when needed. I also believe we should have a forwarding email address with a few of the above "webmasters" on copy for all site maintenance items (CMS updates, bill due, etc). So yes, cool design, but I'm not sure it gets us any closer to a new site. I hope that's not too negative feedback. I'm a fan of moving this new site forward, I just want to see it done as a team. :) |
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@tresf I would like to help out with the site too, I recently started updating the wiki and I can make the windows installers. |
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@Umcaruje, absolutely. Since I'm not spearheading this site redesign my comments are only suggestions. I would like the one who spearheads it to take them into consideration as I feel a team effort will get much more accomplished. First steps are to choose hosting and a domain name. Did anyone contact tuxfamily.org? -Tres |
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Hmm.... http://lmms.tuxfamily.org/ |
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I created the account on there for us
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Great... want to talk about it? |
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Can we chat about it tomorrow as I have an early shift. What are your
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I would prefer to talk about it right here in #891 as it directly pertains to a new site, right? Edit: For some reason GitHub changed 891 to 829 so the email will link to the wrong bug report, sorry! |
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Ok this works as well. On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 10:13 PM, Tres Finocchiaro <notifications@github.com
Jonathan Aquilina |
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Here is a mockup design based off of a Creative Commons template called "Plushiness": With exception of the logo, the artwork, shapes and gliphs in this theme is pure css and html and use FontAwesome for rendering it to the browser. Original: |
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What cms is that for if any
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None. At the moment it is just a plain HTML page. |
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once the website goes live though tres i dont think we need to make things On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Tres Finocchiaro notifications@github.com
Jonathan Aquilina |
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git clone != GitHub API PS please be constructive. PS again, I need help. :) |
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@tres the other evening you mentioned hiding the top menu what exactly do On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 8:23 AM, Tres Finocchiaro notifications@github.com
Jonathan Aquilina |
Is that what tuxfamily wrote to you? If we're really forced to use cgi, that's a show stopper on tuxfamily. |
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yes let me forward the email to you. I had asked them if its possible to Yes, but you will be stick to pure CGI, so it will probably suffer from Sylvain On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Lukas W notifications@github.com wrote:
Jonathan Aquilina |
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It seems looking at the index.php file that the linking to the bootstrap On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Jonathan Aquilina eagles051387@gmail.com
Jonathan Aquilina |
It is not. Please don't break things. |
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I have not touched anything. and if I do I will make a backup of the On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Lukas W notifications@github.com wrote:
Jonathan Aquilina |
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Navigation re-sizing fixed (for the most part) just needed the JavaScript dependencies for auto-hide and auto-show on miniature screens. Got the forums to feed into the Community page today. Screenshot attached.
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Website's code is now located at https://github.com/Lukas-W/lmms.tuxfamily.org. Everyone may feel free to fork and work on it :) |
Thanks @LukasW this is a big help. @Umcaruje, if you can still help, we now are ready to start building content. Let me know if you need help setting this all up. Some of the code is still tuxfamily specific but we're fixing these issues as they crop up. For the most part it should all run on localhost I'm just having some problems getting the GitHub feed (using cURL) to work on a local web server I'm using. :) @HDDigitizerMusic, I'm still hoping to hear back from you via email in regards to your visions/opinions on design and content. @QrchackOfficial, since you are the original author of this thread, I'd be happy to hear your thoughts on everything. |
Yes. Our plans are to migrate it to new hosting once a permanent location has been chosen. TuxFamily is still up in the air so the site's permanent location has yet to be decided. It will remain on SF until it has a new home. You'll get admin once that's decided and done. -Tres |
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This is an idea that I want to work on. But we have lots of youtube
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@eagles051387 Actually, If I had Admin rights, I could install this extension: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EmbedVideo . It would allow to embed Youtube videos inside wiki. |
We should create a youtube channel for LMMS. I know how to create a channel with multiple admins. |
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@Umcaruje Agreed, they should be on the wiki. I'll say this again... We need help building page content. We have index and community started. Can someone start in on another one (i.e. screenshots?) . I'm using http://getbootstrap.com/examples/theme/ for help with the the css classes. @HDDigitizerMusic, please do and add lmms.service@gmail.com to the list of adminstrators as well as any of our Facebook admins or other members that are interested in contributing. -Tres |
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@HDDigitizerMusic I would love to help out with the youtube channel. I had this idea of turning LMMS quick tips from the facebook page to short videos. My mail is uros.maravic@gmail.com @tresf Do you have access to the G+ community? (or know someone who does). The picture in it is outdated and it should be replaced. Sorry for the off-topic. |
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I tried adding you as a Manager to the page Interestingly enough Macrowave is the owner of this page and he no longer -Tres |
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Well looks like I will send a message to Macrowave on facebook so I can get that admin account. |
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Once we get that account, If you can invite me, from there I can create our On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Umcaruje notifications@github.com wrote:
Digitizer out. |
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http://lmms.tuxfamily.org/index.php We're still working hard on the website. We need help building out the content from anyone who knows php. You can fork the site here: https://github.com/Lukas-W/lmms.tuxfamily.org
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New navigation for the community page under way... http://localhost/community.php#github
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So the Google+ feed is a bust (due to shared IP address limits) but I was able to skin the forums using a Bootstrap2 theme and some quick customization to match the rest of the site.
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Speaking of google plus, has any one contacted Macrowave to find the user On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 11:55 AM, Tres Finocchiaro notifications@github.com
Digitizer out. |
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I am currently the new owner. After two weeks grace, I will transfer it to the service acct and share. If you need mod privileges, please email me. |
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@tresf wrote:
Very cool! Looks awesome 👍 |
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Closing this issue since the new site is live. Once we have the remaining components transferred (LSP, Forums, Wiki) we can set up some redirects on the old page. |
So, people on #lmms told me to create an issue for that. I've just started doing a brand new website for LMMS. I'm running it on my private 24/7 server, it can serve as official website (+forum!) later, too. How about making it official later so we can abandon SourceForge definitely?
Here's the old website:
And the new one:
Feel free to look around at http://qrchack.insomnia247.nl/lmms/ just be aware I'm still changing stuff there, so it can be buggy while I edit.
PS: I am aware of those two logos at once look ugly, the one on menu bar is gonna be hidden while the top logo is visible. It's a draft.
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