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A question...

Mon, 14 May 2007, 08:01 am
Na88 posts in thread
I'm quite bored at the moment and need a new project. I was wondering whether anyone out there has any ideas for something *big* for the industry. I was thinking: An independent reviewing/awards system - akin to the Green Room awards, or something. Or An online video competition - like stuff you see on Youtube, but more for the local talent in Australia. Anyone got any comments, ideas, thoughts... I'm willing to put in the admin time, but would love to collaborate with anyone out there who is willing.

A bit of an update on the

Sat, 26 May 2007, 03:50 pm
A bit of an update on the site. Unfortunately today I've hit a major stumbling block in that the program that costs $80 US also requires another program... and that costs $200 US. I'm trying to find a way around this (without doing anything illegal of course), but unfortunately that was the best program so far. You can find the demo here (http://www.reviewsforjoomla.com/Demo/) if you are curious. In the meantime I've had a look at two other programs. One of which is infuriatingly difficult to set up, and I haven't gotten it working yet; the other is simple to set up, but it is way too simple for our purposes. It's good if you want to have five or ten reviews, but not for hosting several hundred. (I'm tempted to try using a completely different core package, like what Theatre Aus. uses, but it means having to learn an entirely new 'language' of editing, programming, etc. It's not that hard, but it means a lot more time is eaten up trying to learn everything all over again. I'll wait and see if I can fix this first; if I can't, I'll do a different core package.) You can have a look at the site as I work on it: http://www.thepromptcopy.com/awards The top left hand link ('Reviews') is the reviewing program that I can't get to work. Further down, in the main menu is 'Write review' and 'Reviews' both of which link to the simpler reviewing program. You'll notice that the template is very basic at the moment; I'll fix it all up when and if I can get the actual functionality working. (So ignore the 'lorem ipsum' stuff :) ) Later on I'll add more templates; some of which you can see by using the template chooser at bottom left of the page. I'll keep you updated, but it's probably going to be at the end of next week when I have something workable. Sticky Apple Legs www.freewebs.com/stickyapplelegs Puppets in Melbourne www.thepromptcopy.com/pip

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