Stafford Forum was created in 2006 as a bit of a laugh amongst friends. We honestly never expected it to become as successful as is has done, and for that we only have you to thank.
Due to our continued success, and the constant influx of new users, the time has come to drag ourselves into the 21st century and move away from the "Web 1.0 look" that some of you occasionally joke about.
I've toyed with the idea of just buying a new forum platform and migrating to that, but I've recently started thinking about taking the opportunity to really push the boat out and make this place cutting edge. Facebook integration, a choice of radio stations to listen to, personal profiles, Twitter integration, RSS - all of those shenanigans!
Trouble is, I'm a luddite. I can hack my way through a bit of PHP, MySQL, HTML, etc. but when it comes to design, and what is "de facto" or "now" in terms of platforms (Wordpress, vBulletin, etc.), I haven't got a clue.
Can anyone help? MyCult, gdavies, db, tek-monkey, wmrcomputers, Andreas Rex, EUDesignStudio, Wormella, et al, I'm looking at you.
Ideally, I'm after someone who does this sort of thing for a living/hobby, and so knows all about it and can really make it shine. However, even if you don't have the technical know-how, if anyone has any ideas for what they would like to see from Stafford Forum 2.0, please post them in this thread!
Thanks!
Due to our continued success, and the constant influx of new users, the time has come to drag ourselves into the 21st century and move away from the "Web 1.0 look" that some of you occasionally joke about.
I've toyed with the idea of just buying a new forum platform and migrating to that, but I've recently started thinking about taking the opportunity to really push the boat out and make this place cutting edge. Facebook integration, a choice of radio stations to listen to, personal profiles, Twitter integration, RSS - all of those shenanigans!
Trouble is, I'm a luddite. I can hack my way through a bit of PHP, MySQL, HTML, etc. but when it comes to design, and what is "de facto" or "now" in terms of platforms (Wordpress, vBulletin, etc.), I haven't got a clue.
Can anyone help? MyCult, gdavies, db, tek-monkey, wmrcomputers, Andreas Rex, EUDesignStudio, Wormella, et al, I'm looking at you.
Ideally, I'm after someone who does this sort of thing for a living/hobby, and so knows all about it and can really make it shine. However, even if you don't have the technical know-how, if anyone has any ideas for what they would like to see from Stafford Forum 2.0, please post them in this thread!
Thanks!