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Offline Kurtt

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« on: December 19, 2010, 01:52:55 PM »
One for Jon really. Have you had a look at this at all?

Any good for our needs, in particular thinking about recruitment one day etc?

http://handsofjustice.wowstead.com/

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Re: Wowstead
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2010, 01:57:48 PM »
One for Jon really. Have you had a look at this at all?

Any good for our needs, in particular thinking about recruitment one day etc?

http://handsofjustice.wowstead.com/

I registered Kurtt and it generated the above.

Wowstead is nice and all, but I can do - with certain apps I would need to install on the handsofjustice.co.uk site - just the same stuff using tools that are out there.  Also wowstead isnt as secure as this place ;)

And Id sooner keep all our folks in 1 place than spread around. Plus the wowstead pay model is nice (the free stuff sucks including the .wowstead address which looks sooooooooo shoddy), but see above, i can do all that myself just installing stuff on this server and for no extra cash. And its the xmas hols so I may have time to fidget.
« Last Edit: December 19, 2010, 02:00:30 PM by Mangala »
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Re: Wowstead (or how im updating/altering stuff)
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2010, 09:03:14 PM »
Hey look.

We can theme our forum too:

http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/index.php?lemma=78

Installed this forum theme.  Ive not set it as default, as we have multiple themes for people to choose from themselves.  To use it, go into your profiles and go to Look and layout preferences in the side bar.  Change your theme to wow-dk119v1 or something and once done theres a dropdown in the same place to choose race/colour headers :)
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Re: Wowstead
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2010, 09:10:22 PM »
On topic if I was to do anything to wow up parts of the site over and above the new forum themes for those that choose it, I'd look at this (which is something id actually pay the one off fee for):

http://demo.wowinstaller.com/template_selections/wow_cataclysm/

Its possible to do without making the current front end (not forum) obsolete for the none wowers amonsgt us. (ie install in a directory like handsofjustice.co.uk/wow or something).

Its nicer than wowsteadDOT too :)

Or this:

http://www.eqdkp-plus.com/news.php

Again, its something I install on this server which i already pay for as part of my hosting with EVOhosting.  No need to give curse my money.


PS dont get me wrong, I appreciate the thought and gesture on finding this, but Ive been mucking with websites for 5 years now and am just used to having things under my thumb rather than relying on a 3rd part excepting my hosts.
« Last Edit: December 19, 2010, 09:27:28 PM by Mangala »
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