RickoMann.me.uk - my ePortfolio
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:53 pm
I recently redesigned my online portfolio with a clean installation of CMSMS. I've lost count of how many sites I've used CMSMS for, but this is one I'm particularly satisfied with (so far) - I just have a few finishing touches to make.
The site in question is http://www.rickomann.me.uk/, and for the sake of comparison, the old one can be seen at http://old.rickomann.co.cc/
CMSMS v1.6.6
CMSMailer v1.73.14
FileManager v1.0.1
MenuManager v1.6.2
ModuleManager v1.3.1
News v2.10.3
nuSOAP v1.0.1
Printing v1.0.4
Search v1.6.1
ThemeManager v1.1.1
TinyMCE v2.5.5
FormBuilder v0.6b2
Captcha v0.4
Also using jQuery with jQuery Tools and the jScrollPane plugin.
In terms of tips, tricks, fixes, how I did xyz, etc, there's not much to be said as all of the content is completely static at the moment, so most of it is stored in Pages and Global Content Blocks, though I may be adding a blog/news section at some point and perhaps the planned CMSMS "multi-site" functionality I read about will help a lot there.
One thing I did do is apply a custom theme to the reCaptcha plugin on the Contact page. It was a bit tricky and it seems the amount of control you have over its output is somewhat limited unless you start playing with JavaScript, so unfortunately that page is the only one that isn't 100% valid XHTML Strict, but I can live with that. If anyone wants to know how I did it, I'll reply and explain what I did, though for the most part I found the relevant info after a bit of Googling.
Anyway, critique of any kind is very much welcome as the site isn't in a 100% finished state. I'm toying with the idea of adding a CV section of some sort to the Portfolio page, though I don't want to go overboard with it.
The site in question is http://www.rickomann.me.uk/, and for the sake of comparison, the old one can be seen at http://old.rickomann.co.cc/
CMSMS v1.6.6
CMSMailer v1.73.14
FileManager v1.0.1
MenuManager v1.6.2
ModuleManager v1.3.1
News v2.10.3
nuSOAP v1.0.1
Printing v1.0.4
Search v1.6.1
ThemeManager v1.1.1
TinyMCE v2.5.5
FormBuilder v0.6b2
Captcha v0.4
Also using jQuery with jQuery Tools and the jScrollPane plugin.
In terms of tips, tricks, fixes, how I did xyz, etc, there's not much to be said as all of the content is completely static at the moment, so most of it is stored in Pages and Global Content Blocks, though I may be adding a blog/news section at some point and perhaps the planned CMSMS "multi-site" functionality I read about will help a lot there.
One thing I did do is apply a custom theme to the reCaptcha plugin on the Contact page. It was a bit tricky and it seems the amount of control you have over its output is somewhat limited unless you start playing with JavaScript, so unfortunately that page is the only one that isn't 100% valid XHTML Strict, but I can live with that. If anyone wants to know how I did it, I'll reply and explain what I did, though for the most part I found the relevant info after a bit of Googling.
Anyway, critique of any kind is very much welcome as the site isn't in a 100% finished state. I'm toying with the idea of adding a CV section of some sort to the Portfolio page, though I don't want to go overboard with it.