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Destry · 2009-06-10 13:51:19

That’s the spirit! Thanks, Stuart.

uli · 2009-07-01 13:21:49

I’m not aware how much progress there has been re text content, I stopped reading here last autumn for private reasons. So my list might be pretty redundant.
Nevertheless I took the opportunity to have the advertising messages of some of the most popular CMSs combined on one page for a short listing of TXPs advantages. As long as txp.com isn’t relaunched maybe these can be of use somewhere.

A CMS that lets you blog easily
Validating accessible code output
Well structured customizable UI
UI in installation-independent languages (or was that a new wet_plugin?)
Flexible xhtml-like tag system, thus familiar code
Easy to apply: simply replace static content by TXP tags
Allows tag nesting and using all sorts of variables out of the box
Almost limitless customizability of its code output
Moreover: extendible with a very flexible plugin system
Even PHP application is possible (though not required)
Comes with the most popular AJAX library: jQuery
Really lightweight, fast, stable and reliable code
Atom syndication built-in
Very easy to install
One installation usable for several sites
Free as well for personal as for commercial uses
(And not to forget:) The friendliest, most helpful community around

maniqui · 2009-07-01 14:46:38

Hi uli!
Don’t forget we are becoming immune to advertising ;)
As you, I think I don’t know which is going to be the text content on the new TXP.com, but being that content is the king, I hope that “content has made the design” (and not the other way), or at least, that new/different content could be easily switched on new TXP.com. I’ll bet it will be fairly easy and possible: TXP.com will be running on Textpattern (right?! ;) )

Anyway, back to content. Sometime ago, I did a revision of current TXP homepage content (nothing fancy, and being that english isn’t my native language, results may be substandard).

Related to some entries on your list, (I think) TXP.com shoud avoid some common tagline blues

Example:

Really lightweight, fast, stable and reliable code
Well structured customizable UI
Very easy to install
(And not to forget:) The friendliest, most helpful community around

Most CMSs out there advertise their-self using that kind of copy, so we may not be saying anything (Nielsen suggests: “rewrite the text to say exactly the opposite. Would any company ever say that? If not, you’re not saying much with your copy, either.”).

Destry · 2009-08-28 22:32:37

Alors ? Txp nouvelle mais pas la devanture de nouveaux ?

jstubbs · 2009-09-02 11:47:35

Is this a dead project?

colak · 2009-09-02 11:58:50

Wasn’t it matthew (squaredeye) who was going to take on this update? He promoted his site heavily e few months ago but on closer look, it looks like he is not using txp any more. As such – and given the delays – I think that he would not be an appropriate person to do this upgrade.

jstubbs · 2009-09-02 12:03:27

Guess that’s up to wet to answer. The delay is incredible. Plenty of talented people willing and able to create a new site for TXP.

jstubbs · 2009-09-02 12:11:16

he he, the new logo appears on the v2 site

Destry · 2009-09-02 12:32:52

I’m guessing Stuart is still doing the front-end work, as there’s been no indication otherwise, and will be using Matthew’s design. I think I mentioned before, I saw the design, and it’s pretty damn nice. It would be worthwhile to use it.

But I have to agree, this has been one quiet, sluggish delivery and all the hype/excitement behind it went dead long ago. It’s kind of a shame, because site relaunches are a big deal in most circles. Doesn’t seem to be in this community.

masa · 2009-09-02 12:37:18

Wasn’t the logo a separate issue?

Regarding that v2 site, I would really advise against the use of Arial for any design work; it’s a cheap rip-off of Helvetica

I’m not a type snob, but this really matters, since Textpattern is frequently touted as a designer’s CMS.

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maniqui · 2009-09-02 14:02:21

jstubbs wrote:

he he, the new logo appears on the v2 site

And there are easter eggs!
Like one or two months ago, I pointed the browser to the /images folder and began to try: 1.jpg, 1.gif, 2.jpg, 2.gif, … there are up to almost 50 images already in place.

hcgtv · 2009-09-02 14:12:52

masa wrote:

Wasn’t the logo a separate issue?

I remember the logo thread, nice ideas all around.

Is this the new official logo then?

thebombsite · 2009-09-02 14:17:35

Yep, Stuart is still doing the front-end work. There are still some minor details to be thrashed out and I have to wait before I can move forward with my side of it. Never-the-less it really is “almost” there, like about 99.5%, so hopefully it won’t be too long now.

Yes the logo was a separate issue and was dealt with.

Helvetica is not a standard font. I don’t have it and most people visiting the site won’t have it either nor would they be willing to shell out rather a lot of money for it. For those of you that have it, great, it’s a really good font, but short of using some form of image replacement technique which in my view would be OTT and probably slow the site down for those with lower bandwidths, not to mention the fact that you would need a copy of the font, at whatever it’s cost, on-site for the IR script to pull from, most people will get it in Arial. Helvetica is contained in the font-family listing for those areas that use Arial but you should remember that the site has been designed with the general public in mind, not the privileged few. :)

As for Matthew’s involvement, he is a designer and deploys sites using Textpattern. I know that for a fact because I’ve worked on them. His own site has evolved into something which is pretty much hand-rolled but that should not preclude his involvement. He is still a user.

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Bloke · 2009-09-02 14:18:37

I’m not close enough to this to be of much use (I don’t even have a login!) but as far as I heard, Matthew, Stuart and wet were all but done with it. It’s waiting for something — final testing, copy tweaking, dunno, your guess is as good as mine — but I don’t think a launch is too far away¹.

¹ I reserve the right to be utterly wrong :-)

EDIT: Stuart beat me to it :o)

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masa · 2009-09-02 16:16:46

thebombsite wrote:

Helvetica is not a standard font. I don’t have it and most people visiting the site won’t have it either nor would they be willing to shell out rather a lot of money for it.

Just to clarify, I was only referring to pixel-based typographical elements of the new look/identity, not live text on viewers’ computers.

Neither did I mean to suggest using Helvetica instead, personally I find it a boring font ;-)

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