Comments on: How to get the Right Website for Your Theater Company http://theaterforthefuture.com/how-to-get-the-right-website-for-your-theater-company/ The Art in the Business of Theater - Collaboration Tools and Technology and the Storefront Theater Movement Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:12:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jaylin Imram http://theaterforthefuture.com/how-to-get-the-right-website-for-your-theater-company/comment-page-1/#comment-1843 Jaylin Imram Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:18:41 +0000 http://nikku.net/blog/?p=666#comment-1843 Hi - very good web site you have created. I enjoyed reading this posting. I did want to issue a comment to tell you that the design of this site is very aesthetically delightful. I used to be a graphic designer, now I am a copy editor in chief for a merchandising firm. I have always enjoyed playing with information processing systems and am trying to learn computer code in my free time (which there is never enough of lol). Hi – very good web site you have created. I enjoyed reading this posting. I did want to issue a comment to tell you that the design of this site is very aesthetically delightful. I used to be a graphic designer, now I am a copy editor in chief for a merchandising firm. I have always enjoyed playing with information processing systems and am trying to learn computer code in my free time (which there is never enough of lol).

]]> By: New Media Blues | because the information age is weird » Blog Archive » Interview with Nick Keenan http://theaterforthefuture.com/how-to-get-the-right-website-for-your-theater-company/comment-page-1/#comment-1360 New Media Blues | because the information age is weird » Blog Archive » Interview with Nick Keenan Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:21:29 +0000 http://nikku.net/blog/?p=666#comment-1360 [...] theater artist who runs a blog called Theater for the Future.  He recently wrote an article called How to get the Right Website for Your Theater Company in which he shares some of what he has learned over the years in working with web designers and [...] [...] theater artist who runs a blog called Theater for the Future.  He recently wrote an article called How to get the Right Website for Your Theater Company in which he shares some of what he has learned over the years in working with web designers and [...]

]]> By: Interview with Nick Keenan « New Media Blues http://theaterforthefuture.com/how-to-get-the-right-website-for-your-theater-company/comment-page-1/#comment-1358 Interview with Nick Keenan « New Media Blues Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:01:03 +0000 http://nikku.net/blog/?p=666#comment-1358 [...] theater artist who runs a blog called Theater for the Future.  He recently wrote an article called How to get the Right Website for Your Theater Company in which he shares some of what he has learned over the years in working with web designers and [...] [...] theater artist who runs a blog called Theater for the Future.  He recently wrote an article called How to get the Right Website for Your Theater Company in which he shares some of what he has learned over the years in working with web designers and [...]

]]> By: DIY Web Hub Interview | Theater For The Future http://theaterforthefuture.com/how-to-get-the-right-website-for-your-theater-company/comment-page-1/#comment-1242 DIY Web Hub Interview | Theater For The Future Wed, 06 May 2009 18:06:40 +0000 http://nikku.net/blog/?p=666#comment-1242 [...] you loud and clear. I got a little more mileage than usual after my post How to Get the Right Website for your Theatre Company and as a result I’ve been talking with several theater folks who are interested in increasing [...] [...] you loud and clear. I got a little more mileage than usual after my post How to Get the Right Website for your Theatre Company and as a result I’ve been talking with several theater folks who are interested in increasing [...]

]]> By: diy web hub | practical help for do-it-yourself web work » Blog Archive » diy web hub interview with Nick Keenan http://theaterforthefuture.com/how-to-get-the-right-website-for-your-theater-company/comment-page-1/#comment-1241 diy web hub | practical help for do-it-yourself web work » Blog Archive » diy web hub interview with Nick Keenan Wed, 06 May 2009 12:10:12 +0000 http://nikku.net/blog/?p=666#comment-1241 [...] theater artist who runs a blog called Theater for the Future.  He recently wrote an article called How to get the Right Website for Your Theater Company in which he shares some of what he has learned over the years in working with web designers and [...] [...] theater artist who runs a blog called Theater for the Future.  He recently wrote an article called How to get the Right Website for Your Theater Company in which he shares some of what he has learned over the years in working with web designers and [...]

]]> By: Randal Burgess http://theaterforthefuture.com/how-to-get-the-right-website-for-your-theater-company/comment-page-1/#comment-1224 Randal Burgess Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:36:47 +0000 http://nikku.net/blog/?p=666#comment-1224 Personally, I side with using Drupal, but it's my job to learn and apply new technologies. The learning curve is steep with Drupal, so it's not accessible to everyone. Designers tend to hate it if they have to both design and code, and it will overwhelm a non-technical user who tries to use it on their own. Still, the benefits of Drupal are huge once you get the hang of it. I hear that Joomla (free) is the easiest of the true CMSs out there followed by Expression Engine (fee), but there are a ton more out there worth a look. Personally, I side with using Drupal, but it’s my job to learn and apply new technologies.

The learning curve is steep with Drupal, so it’s not accessible to everyone. Designers tend to hate it if they have to both design and code, and it will overwhelm a non-technical user who tries to use it on their own. Still, the benefits of Drupal are huge once you get the hang of it.

I hear that Joomla (free) is the easiest of the true CMSs out there followed by Expression Engine (fee), but there are a ton more out there worth a look.

]]> By: Chris http://theaterforthefuture.com/how-to-get-the-right-website-for-your-theater-company/comment-page-1/#comment-1223 Chris Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:52:29 +0000 http://nikku.net/blog/?p=666#comment-1223 You think I was joking about the foly artist?! :) As for Windows, I have no inherent philosophical opposition, but practical considerations disallow it. (I've spent some real time considering it, so I don't say that flippantly. I'll spare you the nitty and the gritty, but the basic reason is that cross-platform software's a bitch, and cross-platform media software is doubly so.) You think I was joking about the foly artist?! :)

As for Windows, I have no inherent philosophical opposition, but practical considerations disallow it. (I’ve spent some real time considering it, so I don’t say that flippantly. I’ll spare you the nitty and the gritty, but the basic reason is that cross-platform software’s a bitch, and cross-platform media software is doubly so.)

]]> By: Tony http://theaterforthefuture.com/how-to-get-the-right-website-for-your-theater-company/comment-page-1/#comment-1222 Tony Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:59:49 +0000 http://nikku.net/blog/?p=666#comment-1222 Chris, touche. Forgot about the whole you created it thing. :) Completely unrelated topic, any chance of a future windows version for us poor folk that can't afford a mac? (worth a shot) Chris, touche.

Forgot about the whole you created it thing. :)

Completely unrelated topic, any chance of a future windows version for us poor folk that can’t afford a mac? (worth a shot)

]]> By: Chris http://theaterforthefuture.com/how-to-get-the-right-website-for-your-theater-company/comment-page-1/#comment-1221 Chris Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:32:51 +0000 http://nikku.net/blog/?p=666#comment-1221 > I guess to use a different analogy, is it worth learning qlabs and sfx Personally? I don't think it's worth it. Gimme a live foley artist any day. > I guess to use a different analogy, is it worth learning qlabs and sfx

Personally? I don’t think it’s worth it. Gimme a live foley artist any day.

]]> By: Tony http://theaterforthefuture.com/how-to-get-the-right-website-for-your-theater-company/comment-page-1/#comment-1220 Tony Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:17:13 +0000 http://nikku.net/blog/?p=666#comment-1220 ahh, must have misread it. I guess to use a different analogy, is it worth learning qlabs and sfx, or whichever lighting control console you can afford (so want a congo jr.) so the stage manager has only to push a button? That's kinda how I think of CMS's. Much more work upfront, makes life so much simpler in the long run. ahh, must have misread it.

I guess to use a different analogy, is it worth learning qlabs and sfx, or whichever lighting control console you can afford (so want a congo jr.) so the stage manager has only to push a button?

That’s kinda how I think of CMS’s. Much more work upfront, makes life so much simpler in the long run.

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