Bill Heron: Writer, Editor, Proofreader

Tag: Joomla

  • RPG Retrospective 2014

    Another “Year in Gaming” post! This time it’s the RPG Retrospective 2014! Almost as traditional as turkey, but possibly not as dry. This is my annual look at my gaming experiences over the year. As always, these views are my own and may be the result of my own warped perceptions. This year was very…

  • Upgrading Joomla from 1.5 to 2.5

    Joomla 2.5 has been out for a while and I’ve been waiting for it to stabilise. I’ve been putting it off for some time, but with Joomla 1.5 support being withdrawn and many of the extensions becoming obsolete, it looks like it’s going to be time to upgrade the ORC website. I’m planning to use…

  • RSS feeds and blog publishing for RPG bloggers

    RSS feeds like the one on the site here are probably one of the more useful tools for websites – they provide streams of articles and information, and are usually automatically updated when you publish an article. WordPress provides one straight out of the box and also filters it down by category if needed. For…

  • September break!

    I’ve been a busy guy over the last fortnight, both at work and at home. Work has been mad, but I’ve found some time to complete the following at long last. Secret Fire Games – website I’ve built a new website for Secret Fire Games, using WordPress and also phpBB3 for the forum. I created…

  • Building a Community Website

    A recent query got me thinking. Over the years I’ve done quite a bit on the website here and on the ORC community website recently, and it has given me a bit of an insight into website creation and the technologies involved. Most universities allow their societies some web space that they can use to…

  • ORC: Through the Looking Glass

    It’s been a fairly achieving week for so far – Cthulhutech ran really well at ORC, and the whammy at the end surprised my players! The Cthulhutech game is set in Edinburgh, and it worked very well – although a few players were a bit put out when they found out that I nobbled the…