NWB - Community Blog

16 Sep 2009

Masterplan - Update

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Posted By : mr.nwb | Comments : 19

Leaked...

What does this all mean?

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# Posted by DAKOTA - 16/09/2009, 21:53 (GMT)

Want it now paul !!!

# Posted by ST Photography - VIVA LA COMMU... - 16/09/2009, 22:12 (GMT)

Will it have play pen??

# Posted by NIGHT TRAIN - 16/09/2009, 22:14 (GMT)

Excellent! (Although could do with more pics of either me or Ian Aspinall to attract the ladies :o)

# Posted by Keef - 16/09/2009, 22:16 (GMT)

Classy !!

# Posted by Willow (of somebig™Fish) (Reti... - 17/09/2009, 00:24 (GMT)

LOL @ Alec!
what Dakota says ..... we want it NOW!!!!
Willow

# Posted by james luke - 17/09/2009, 01:31 (GMT)

oh yes it will be ours .....oh yes
very cool mr nwb

# Posted by 45's - 17/09/2009, 02:37 (GMT)

Looking good Paul, can I send you a nice smiling pic of the 45's for the home page shortly so it could be used now then transfrered ?
Please P M me,
Rick

# Posted by Ian from Bolton - 17/09/2009, 08:54 (GMT)

Hi Paul,

How long will it be before the new NWB is up and running?
Can you include hosting of a 'Play Pen' area, separate to the main blog?
It may be worth checking if people prefer the forum format to the blog format.

Cheers,
Ian

# Posted by mr.nwb - 17/09/2009, 12:14 (GMT)

They'll possibly be a forum.

Had a look at the new http://instantasp.co.uk/ forum software, that integrates with the some authentication system as NWB. So in essence, when you log into NWB, you'll auto log into the forum.. So no need to sign up again, or different passwords.

It's not cheap.. so Im hoping to use some of the donation money on it.

# Posted by ~ THE SUG4R BULLETS ~ - 17/09/2009, 12:17 (GMT)

Hi Paul, few ideas:

1) The main image at the top would be good if it was scrolling sideways with different pictures of bands so that more bands could get seen on the home page

2)A band/venue review section (maybe this wouldnt go on homepage but at least somewhere on the site so that we know which venues are cancelling / bands not turning up etc.

3) A 'whats on this week' section - a random selection from the gig list for upcoming gigs

# Posted by mr.nwb - 17/09/2009, 14:33 (GMT)

Yeah, a scrolling homepage banner for sure. like on the sandbox site http://sandbox.northwestbands.co.uk/

Oops, did I post that link? lol

# Posted by Steve Slinger - 17/09/2009, 15:01 (GMT)

Thats fantastic.

# Posted by ~ THE SUG4R BULLETS ~ - 17/09/2009, 15:06 (GMT)

looks great - i'll send you a pic over - got a great one that'd look brill there - PM me your email

# Posted by mr.nwb - 17/09/2009, 15:36 (GMT)

you dont the NWB email addy? tut tut

info @ northwestbands.co.uk

# Posted by Ian from Bolton - 17/09/2009, 18:12 (GMT)

Paul - Check out www.phpbb.com and the support / tech forum there.

I understand about the desirability of a single sign-on - it may be that the free download will still do all that you want and the support forum on there is pretty good.

Cheers,
Ian

# Posted by Markk (Vankwish) - 17/09/2009, 21:36 (GMT)

a forum would be the big take off for this site, but it does take some management and then some webspace - all costs money - maybe a membership fee to go towards the hosting would help.

# Posted by Ian from Bolton - 18/09/2009, 08:35 (GMT)

The temp forum I have set up hasn't cost anything at all.
It is in webspace provided by my ISP. It can be done cheaply.

It just depends whether Paul wants to go to the expense to make a single sign-on work or whether it's good enough with people registering and setting their PC to remember their password.

# Posted by mr.nwb - 18/09/2009, 09:08 (GMT)

On a small scale yes it is free. However, NWB is quite large, and I have to think about bandwidth usage, backup procedures, and administration.

You wouldnt want me lose all your PMs and gigguide info would you? :-)

# Posted by Loverockets - 18/09/2009, 14:45 (GMT)

Very snazzy ;)

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