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Post by jonathan88 on Jul 17, 2008 16:56:39 GMT
Ok so O-Dusty is gone and HappyAlone.com is gone, we are just left with the happyalonedotcom forum.
I am very very interested in creating a new fansite with all the info on it that we need, basically, just like the KOL official site but with more detail, more up-to-date and with this forum on it!
Can anyone suggest my best course of action?
Should I just set up a blogger account and do it through that or will I have to start up a website that costs money to initiate etc? Or is there a better, free way of doing this?
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Post by jonathan88 on Jul 17, 2008 17:51:34 GMT
anyone...
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Post by carogn15 on Jul 17, 2008 17:53:53 GMT
I'd love to help, but i kinda suck doing internet pages  |
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Post by sarah/// on Jul 17, 2008 17:57:56 GMT
Has happyalone actually gone now?
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Post by jonathan88 on Jul 17, 2008 18:12:06 GMT
Keeps coming up as a health site and one of the mods said they weren't updating it or anything.
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Post by sarah/// on Jul 17, 2008 18:20:18 GMT
Oh nooo! As long as this stays i think i'll make it through. I'd love to be able to help you with a new site and what not, but it's not my strong point! I'm pretty sure someone will be up for it though.
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Post by jonathan88 on Jul 17, 2008 18:28:52 GMT
I'm going to try to set up a site within one of those free web hosting sites, I'll probably be best just to link to this forum instead of creating a brand new forum on the new site...
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Post by jonathan88 on Jul 18, 2008 0:20:36 GMT
I think I'm going to set-up the page on Blogger, it looks like the easiest host to use and I have a friend who is good at website design so we are going to develop a new fan site, think it's going to be called Slow-Night-So-Long.com so it might take a couple of weeks to get it up and running as we have a few ideas that aren't going to be easy to manifest and we need to gather a lot of content. If anyone has anything they can provide to help us we would really appreciate it! Cheers, Jonathan88 PS I'm particularly looking for SETLISTS, LIVE PICTURES, THE BEST YOUTUBE VIDEOS and QUOTES. I'm going to include a forum on the new site but I'm also going to provide a pretty obvious link to this board  |
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Post by anners on Jul 18, 2008 2:46:48 GMT
i can help you out! with videos and quotes and stuff, and i have heaps of photos
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Post by SozzellLovesKOL on Jul 18, 2008 7:28:48 GMT
Ok so O-Dusty is gone and HappyAlone.com is gone, we are just left with the happyalonedotcom forum. I am very very interested in creating a new fansite with all the info on it that we need, basically, just like the KOL official site but with more detail, more up-to-date and with this forum on it! Can anyone suggest my best course of action? Should I just set up a blogger account and do it through that or will I have to start up a website that costs money to initiate etc? Or is there a better, free way of doing this? There is a thread in the badn section where someone has started a new site already. She's one her own doing it so you should ask if she needs help. I'll try and find the link... happyalone.proboards47.com/index.cgi?board=band&action=display&thread=6563 |
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Post by anners on Jul 18, 2008 9:20:03 GMT
^^thats just a forum i think jonathan wants to set up an actual site like o-dusty with pics and links and videos and news and stuff
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Post by SozzellLovesKOL on Jul 18, 2008 9:31:19 GMT
Oooh, oops. Do it! That would be so cool...
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Post by skillen on Jul 18, 2008 10:08:49 GMT
I think I'm going to set-up the page on Blogger Noooo! Don't use Blogger. Its alright for basic stuff but Kings of Leon need a fully fledged bells and whistles site. They need something like the Radiohead fansite Ateaseweb.com. I would use Wordpress as it is a great platform to build a site on. I'm a pro web designer and am willing to give lots of help. I was looking for a site that could provide KOL news to my RSS feed among other things but just don't have the time to set one up on my own. I would lose the dashes from your url as well if you haven't registered it already. It makes it easier to type and to find. |
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Post by lovelyyyyhead on Jul 18, 2008 10:12:32 GMT
I agree with skillen, you should use Wordpress.
I know I'm new here but I would love to help with the content !
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Post by jonathan88 on Jul 18, 2008 10:26:12 GMT
Ok so is wordpress free? Yes, I see it is lol  |
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Post by jonathan88 on Jul 18, 2008 10:44:27 GMT
Ok first of all thanks everyone for getting in touch and taking an interest!
If we have a few people working on this in whatever way they can, we can make it a great fansite!
I'm still trying to come up with a name so if people could send me some suggestions that would be great!
I'd like it to be a song title or lyric from the first album, ideally! For example...Red Morning Light.com or Holy Roller Novocaine.com etc etc
Last night I came up with a couple of ideas for the content of the site and the look of it too...
My friend is going to make a flash menu where the KOL drumkit will be in the middle of the page and when you move over a piece of the kit it will be played, then when you click different pieces they take you to different areas of the site.
Such as:
Back Catalogue
Band Members
Videos
Gigs
Photo's
Forum
I'm not sure if that idea will work or even happen but thats the kinda thing we are going for, a flash menu. So would it be possible to do that on wordpress?
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Post by jonathan88 on Jul 18, 2008 10:59:28 GMT
I just realised that to use Wordpress you need a host...so it's gonna cost money and I'm not good for that at the moment!
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Post by skillen on Jul 18, 2008 11:13:19 GMT
I'm considering the possibilty of hosting it on one of my servers, it may cause to much server lag though if it becomes popular, so may need its own server. There are some great deals that pop up occasionally, last year I got a years worth of hosting for $10 in one offer! I would stay away from flash menu if I were you, they cause problems with search engines and are more trouble than they are worth with users. By all means make the site look funky though and use flash in the right places, a great example is www.thechemicalbrothers.com for great interactivity. But to answer your question yes the flash menu is possible on wordpress. |
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Post by jonathan88 on Jul 18, 2008 11:18:14 GMT
ok so avoid a flash menu, thats cool. Just have a basic menu with buttons then?
So can I build the site on word press and then get a host? Or will I need a host before anything can be done at all?
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Post by jonathan88 on Jul 18, 2008 11:19:29 GMT
PS as you can probably see my knowledge on web design is limited at best lol
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