Porting Playerfind.co.uk Into Umbraco

Saturday, November 14, 2009

I created www.playerfind.co.uk quite some time ago and even got a little feature in the .NET magazine with it – Main problem I had was that I rushed it initially because of my work commitments so I really didn’t build it correctly and with all the features I wanted, about 6 months ago I got about 75% through re-coding the DAL to use SubSonic and then realised how much work was involved to get it to where I really wanted it to be. [more]

So I stopped again and it’s just been sat there not doing much! 

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A few weeks ago I toyed with the idea of dusting off the project and re-building/designing it, and thought it was about time I pushed my Umbraco skills and use the site as a great example of what can be done using the CMS.   Not to mention by using Umbraco I would get a fantastic Administration area which I could get people to help me moderate the site.

Along with this I thought it would make a good blog series for me to write about how I am going to approach the rebuild using Umbraco – So its time to get my lad Des to do some concepts on how the new pages will look as it really needs some design input. Then I am going to set of the structure and look at member types and what Document Types will be needed.

I’ll post up all the details in my next blog, along with any visuals I get and what the next stage will be.

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4 comments for “Porting Playerfind.co.uk Into Umbraco”

  1. Gravatar of MatthewMatthew
    Posted Wednesday, February 03, 2010 at 4:02:22 AM

    How did you get on with this? I really like your PlayerFind site as it is. Interested to see how you approached it with Umbraco :)

  2. Gravatar of LeeLee
    Posted Wednesday, February 03, 2010 at 6:11:21 AM

    I have a local copy running which I have been playing with, although to be honest I've been a bit busy with work.

    You might want to look at this site I have just finished in Umbraco, its using quite a few features PlayerFind needs to use

    http://www.trifinder.co.uk

    Aren't you from Wellington? I'm in Wellington first week of March visiting my Grandad :)

  3. Gravatar of MatthewMatthew
    Posted Thursday, February 04, 2010 at 9:00:51 PM

    Yep I'm in Wellington. Apparently its summer but has been cold as. Might be good to pack a jersey or two :) I'd love to build a playerfind site for NZ don't think there is anything similar. Lots of find a club sites but not find a player.

  4. Gravatar of LeeLee
    Posted Friday, February 05, 2010 at 7:10:28 AM

    Mail me at lee(at)armcom(dot)co(dot)uk and we can chat a bit more, the code I have might work in new zealand too (Geocoding that is)

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