Hello, it is very hard to be aware of new cpc stuff, implying to visit various websites. Noone had the idea to create a website to announce new releases and all things related to the cpc? It would be fantastic.
Here , in this forum :laugh:
New stuff announces are lost between many other topics... not a good solution for me.
Quote from: Bug Powell on 17:18, 09 June 21
Hello, it is very hard to be aware of new cpc stuff, implying to visit various websites. Noone had the idea to create a website to announce new releases and all things related to the cpc? It would be fantastic.
yes, it's a good idea.
But not only for the amstrad but for the whole world of retrocomputing :)
Quote from: Neurox66 on 18:31, 09 June 21But not only for the amstrad but for the whole world of retrocomputing
NO, please not. No mixing, there are enough retro computing pages out there. Not another one, that is doing nothing special and has few Amstrad content.
I agree with eto: a website fully dedicated to cpc would be more than welcome. I can't believe it still does not exist. Every platforms have a news website, all but cpc? It sounds crazy.
IMHO this is the closest you may find: http://genesis8bit.fr/
by @genesis8 (https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=215) here in the forum.
reidrac: thank you for the link. But....... are we in 2021? (the website seems so oooold)
Quote from: Bug Powell on 20:17, 09 June 21
reidrac: thank you for the link. But....... are we in 2021? (the website seems so oooold)
It is updated regularily and you'll find a post about anything that matters.
Let me get this straight: you are asking about a website that collects news about
the Amstrad CPC, and when you find one... do you complain that it looks old? :picard:
Quote from: Bug Powell on 20:17, 09 June 21
reidrac: thank you for the link. But....... are we in 2021? (the website seems so oooold)
Yes, we all use ooooold computers, so what ?
Look at https://commodore.news/news/index/1/en/desktop (https://commodore.news/news/index/1/en/desktop) ... that looks even older ! ;D
It doesn't look old, it has style, not the same.
I did set up exactly what I think you're looking for here:
http://julien-nevo.com/cpcscene/front/html
This was only a test, and I needed a graphist to improve it, but, well, the graphist let me down and I didn't continue the project. However, I could set it up again.
When the site opens, click on past year (2018 for example) to see the prods. I could continue/revamp the website once again later in the year, with enough feedback. But I'm not really a web-guy, using JS is really a struggle to me :).
That's it!
I can't believe that there is no graphist to help you on this forum. Graphists, are you there?
Too bad that you didn't continue this project, it would be great and I am pretty sure that many people would be glad to visit it (from amstrad world or not).
It is time to open your JS editor :o
Quote from: Bug Powell on 20:28, 09 June 21
It doesn't look old, it has style, not the same.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Quote from: Bug Powell on 20:39, 09 June 21I can't believe that there is no graphist to help you on this forum. Graphists, are you there?
Thanks! There's not much to do on the graphic side, a few icons and so on. I have other projects right now, so I won't update this, but I may when my current project ends.
To add to the discussion, there's a news section on the homepage at cpcwiki.eu . But few people bother to update it ;) Also, few people realise that they can edit it and add their productions when they come out...
Quote from: Gryzor on 08:22, 10 June 21
To add to the discussion, there's a news section on the homepage at cpcwiki.eu . But few people bother to update it ;) Also, few people realise that they can edit it and add their productions when they come out...
I am updating the WIKI whenever I realise that something is wrong/outdated (simple stuff usually) but it didn't even come to my mind, that I can update the homepage. I probably thought this is restricted.
Could be restricted but then it'd mean that things would need to be much more organised - have a dedicated team committed to updating etc etc. Thankfully spam is minimal, so we can afford to leave it open and welcoming :)
Thanks for your edits btw!