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Macrumors Platform?

Rob587

Rob587

macrumors 6502a
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Jul 4, 2004
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Anyone know what platform was used to design macrumors.com with the integrated vbulletin? Looks so clean and nice!

thanks
 
edesignuk said:
Define "how", how is anything coded? Someone sits down and writes it.
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Right after I posted that, I realized that it was going to sound a little goofy.

What I meant was: would anyone happen to know anything about the sites coding? Like who coded it (was it Arn?), were any templates used, is it similar or was it modeled after any other existing format or site already out at the time? The feel is very similar to vBulletin advanced, but im not sure if that was out when Macrumors was redesigned. Also is it mainly html, css, etc.?

Thanks.
 
Rob587 said:
Right after I posted that, I realized that it was going to sound a little goofy.

What I meant was: would anyone happen to know anything about the sites coding? Like who coded it (was it Arn?), were any templates used, is it similar or was it modeled after any other existing format or site already out at the time? The feel is very similar to vBulletin advanced, but im not sure if that was out when Macrumors was redesigned. Also is it mainly html, css, etc.?

Thanks.
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I think arn created it himself in the prehistoric era known as the 20th century. I don't know if he started from existing code or built it all from scratch.
 
Doctor Q said:
I think arn created it himself in the prehistoric era known as the 20th century. I don't know if he started from existing code or built it all from scratch.
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I wouldn't know how much code remains, but the site still looks visually slashcode based. http://normalkid.com/2007/11/ suggests that there's a front end that's hand coded by arn, but I wouldn't suggest I'm qualified to conclude a front end coded by one person in a weekend would be robust enough for today's traffic needs, and I wouldn't know if there's some back end that's still slash based or not.
 
dang, I feel like that would take forever. I wonder if he created some kind of back end to easily update things with. Like would he really open the server and edit files to update every time? I wonder if he would have used vbulletin advanced if it was out back then.
 
Is there any cms that would integrate easily and as well as Macrumors with its forum?


I mean would it be possible to achieve something similar with let's say Joomla or other cms and vbulletin or other forum platform?

Thanks

Drew
 
jav6454 said:
What we need is a new MR front page design. It calls for desperate action.
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Well vBulletin is almost out; it's got more curves and fluidity; maybe MR can fix the front page to similar (instead of the same same boxy old one).
 
Since Macrumors is "hand made" is there any theme for Joomla that resemble and function similar to macrumors?
 
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