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Jun 13, 2007 1:17:44 GMT -5
Post by Pockets on Jun 13, 2007 1:17:44 GMT -5
Wanted to say hi to everyone what with my not being around and all.
So hi ^_^
Nice to see Jen and Aegis keeping up the place. Will talk more later, busy at work.
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Jun 13, 2007 6:10:39 GMT -5
Post by Pockets on Jun 13, 2007 6:10:39 GMT -5
Okay...been talking with Aegis some, and I was thinking of us jumping to a new forum...a better looking one and all that stuff. (Yeah aegis I knew you was gonna be the one to tell em...but...eh I'm bored.)
Pretty much what I want to know is what sort of things would you like on this forum...um features? and such. I know a calendar is one thing, but anything else? Also, does anyone have anything they'd like to contribute to the new forum, such as any graphics they might want to design or what have you.
Also I wanted to get opinions on an idea I had. One thing I would like to do is get rid of any ads, but in their stead put our own ads up from adsense, as well as possibly a search bar, and use any money from that as a way to help fund meets, or bulk the money up and use it to help you guys out with hotel or registration fees for like next years anthrocon or something. I figure if we're gonna be on a place with ads, they might as well go to benefit the group, rather than the people providing the forum. But if you think the ads will be more bothersome, than anything else, I won't do it. Just thought the idea of having some extra money for the cons and what not would be nice for you all...a bit of member appreciation and all that good stuff.
Also I'll probably be making Jen and Aegis admin or mods or whatever high up rank deally they have there, if there's any problems with that...tough....though if you have any suggestions for some one else, I'd like to hear them, though we wouldn't probably need anymore than the three of us for now.
Let's see what else....oh yeah, perhaps sometime in the future after the new forum is built and everything is settled, I was thinking of having a website for the group as well. Figure what the hell, this place is starting to get a decent amount of members, so yeah any suggestions, or offerings of help on that would be appreciated and rewarded as well.
Hmmm....can't right think of any other business I wanted to bring up...too tired to bother with it for the moment...so I'm off to bed.
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Jun 13, 2007 17:50:35 GMT -5
Post by reaux on Jun 13, 2007 17:50:35 GMT -5
i think the ads sound like a decent idea. the ones here don't bug me much at all, and if we can gets ads that'll be beneficial, then i say go for it. and wow, i'll be a big boss person! lol
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Jun 15, 2007 2:03:10 GMT -5
Post by Pockets on Jun 15, 2007 2:03:10 GMT -5
Ya I figure if a fur on here every so often clicks on a link, or decides to use the search bar, instead of going to google, it'll all help out.
That and I'm tossing a little bit of each check aside, nothing big $10-$20 a paycheck off into my safebox. I figure if the ads flop out, then at least there will be something to maybe raffle off to a few lucky dips on here.
Though I did decide to put these things on the website, instead of the forum. I figure google prefers things to be censored and unadult like, and I don't want to have to tell people not to swear or post any art that may be too much. But the site will be pretty PG so what can they do?
I'll also be looking into commissioning some one to do a bit of art for the website. Got my own artsy projects as is, besides, would be nice to get a pretty pro type person to add to the site some. If anyone has any suggestions for what sort of drawings would be nice, lemme know.
Um...for right now...that's about all I wanted to bring up...Aegis is looking for a good place to move to and once we find that, then I'll scrape together some money and get started on piecing everything together.
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Jun 15, 2007 5:39:17 GMT -5
Post by reaux on Jun 15, 2007 5:39:17 GMT -5
orionda is a pretty awesome artist, and he's one of the members here. slaphappy is pretty good, too, and she's a member as well! she drew my avatar, haha. it would be cool to get a logo or whatever done by actual delaware furs.
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Jun 16, 2007 19:15:03 GMT -5
Post by orionda on Jun 16, 2007 19:15:03 GMT -5
Hi pockets! I like that name..my first bird was named pockets...before i became deathly afraid of most things avian.... eee.....the eyes freak me out o___o;....................
Welcome!...back?...I think..anyway yah. A newer, better, forum sounds like a nifty idea..
"we can rebuild him...better......stronger.." and all that jazz..I'm for it.
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Jun 17, 2007 15:37:54 GMT -5
Post by Pockets on Jun 17, 2007 15:37:54 GMT -5
Okay well if slaphappy and orionda want to do it then great. I've been thinking over what I want for the site, so I can do a few scribbles of things and send it to you guys and you can do whatever pretty much. The site will have more than enough pages so both artists, and myself if I feel up to it, and anyone else really, can contribute a little something.
I was talking to my friend, Spark, last night and he mentioned a free web host that doesn't put all that ad garbage on there, and a place that gives free domain names, and all they want is for their banner to be placed somewhere on the page...so I might go with them, see how they go.
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Jun 17, 2007 19:43:24 GMT -5
Post by slaphappy on Jun 17, 2007 19:43:24 GMT -5
I don't mind doing art. I just need a new scanner. I can draw with my tablet and all, but my traditional looks WAY better (I think it's the natural wrist movement.) Oh, and the best forum that I can think of is vBulletin. You can see that style of forum on the Happy Tree Friends website. They're perfect in my eyes. And along the lines of a website, I don't mind tossing up some space on my site. I've got a crapload of bandwidth that's not being used right now. You can see it at www.cosmic-flight.com. Anyway, there's more than enough space and I don't mind sharing it.
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Jun 19, 2007 23:04:29 GMT -5
Post by Pockets on Jun 19, 2007 23:04:29 GMT -5
Alright then I'll be in touch, will send some junk to you soon
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Jun 23, 2007 21:26:39 GMT -5
Post by flyingfox17 on Jun 23, 2007 21:26:39 GMT -5
*wakes up from lethargy*
I've been told invisionfree's another option, though I'm not sure the level of control we'd have over it. Or quality. ....Moving on.
I don't think we can use ads for the sake of profit, though, since generally one makes money through traffic. And we don't have nearly any amount to give (Unless we click ads ten times apiece each time we visit, and there's probably some rule against that). I'd settle for breaking even (i.e. free). A website, however, sounds good, since we can place actual scripting and images, and customization, and maybe even include some foxes. Provided we know someone to program them in.
All in all, though, we have two issues - one, if we can move our old board history (i.e. anything important posted) from one place to another, and two, if we lose anyone in the transition. Though at this point, there's not much of interest here, save for the bios and maybe the art, nothing we can't restart on a new board, and anyone who lost interest, probably isn't coming back without a push anyway - and we can leave notes on pages or such that we moved. Just in case.
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