Reply To: The Random Post Thread (Game Potential)
- As far as the forums, wiki, etc., looks like they’re all kinda just in different folders. Yes, they’re all under one host, who provides space that JoCo can use for anything he wants (as long as it’s supported by the hosting service — e.g. if the host didn’t have WordPress support, not only would it be a terrible host but also he couldn’t use WordPress).
As far as I know, much of what JoCo had to do was simply to install the software in his webspace — WordPress for the blog, Lussumo Vanilla for the forums, and MediaWiki for the wiki. (Not sure who designed all of the music page and such, but I know Kerrin was involved with that. Kerrin?)
One of the things that JoCo has said (a little bit in here, a little post-interview) is that he wishes they were a little more integrated; for example, in a better integrated system, you’d just have to use one login for forum posting, wiki editing, and blog commenting.
- At which point, I’d recommend (although yet again this is recommending without prior experience) WordPress for blog software for your own website. I haven’t followed these instructions before, but they’re supposed to be straightforward. If you like, you could try starting a free blog hosted by WordPress.com (that’s something I have done), to see if it agrees with you, then transfer it to your own website later.
Hope that helps! Please, anyone, jump in and correct anything I’ve misstated. (Also, if it’s an important omission, feel free to add it, although keep in mind I’m trying to be clear rather than precise.)