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Gav Taylor
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The SMDC Website is to undergo a complete redesign.
If there is anything you would like to see added or included within the new site please post your suggestions here.
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Mike Smailes
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What if we compile an explanation of navigation methods and show samples of on our web site.
I have a few booklets that Steve W and Wigton have produced sometime ago which could form the basis of the "Navigation Column", with luck it could be a local definitive list which may draw in browsers and possibly new members. What do you think?
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Gav Taylor
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Great stuff Mike! 
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club sec
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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I suppose we could ideally have a person maintinin 1 or 2 sections of the website each, I could take general and karting, Dave marshalling and calendar and Gav rallying and circuit?
I don't know, really but what about making the wesite look like the forum? |
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joe_the_waiter
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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| "make the website like the forum"? nooooooo, that would be like making the kitchen look like Asda |
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Gav Taylor
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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I would suggest we keep a modern and fresh look in any case
just like the clubs members 
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stevewag
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:03 am Post subject: |
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need proper members only section on the forum or do you only list members....etc.... We could have some meetings on MSN.. ? if need be too.
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Gav Taylor
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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Should be able to provide a "members only" section or do like other motorclubs do and have a secret hyperlink on the site, a virtual land of narnia if you will.
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joe_the_waiter
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 9:56 am Post subject: |
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how's the site coming along Gavin? are you starting from scratch or have you got something to work from?
also.... can you do cgi scripts? I might need one for chr website (which is coming on nicely) |
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Gav Taylor
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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| joe_the_waiter wrote: | how's the site coming along Gavin? are you starting from scratch or have you got something to work from?
also.... can you do cgi scripts? I might need one for chr website (which is coming on nicely) |
Getting some ideas together dave mate.
starting from scratch to be fair, maybe pilfer a template to get me going like
. have (lightly) dabbled in cgi's but would be confident enough to offer my services in such an area.
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joe_the_waiter
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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don't forget to include a link to the croft historic rally website... www.crofthistoricrally.co.uk
Currently only a holding page, but the website proper should be live in a few weeks. |
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Gav Taylor
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certainly will Dave
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Gav Taylor
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| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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dave do you know of any free hosting sites that would be able to cope with teh new SDMC site?
will need a truckload of storage for all the pictures of members etc and a decent bit of bandwidth.
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joe_the_waiter
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| sorry, I don't. I don't think you will find anywhere for free, and besides, it wouldn't be advisable to get free hosting. Free hosting usually comes with adverts, pop ups and can be unreliable. CHR website is hosted by Lycos, costs £28 for a year. check out Lycos.co.uk and click on web hosting for their rates and specs. Also try 123reg.com, I have used them too and are reliable. Its important that the clubs website hosting is reliable. Using free hosting as a library for pictures can be dodgy, most hosts watch for that and may wipe off your files. so prob not worth trying that one either |
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Gav Taylor
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will source a decent host then and send in my expenses to the SMDC finance dept when it goes live.
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Gav Taylor
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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I'll be starting work on the new website this weekend team. got all the ideas now its time for the hard work 
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club sec
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Gav, will the new site keep the galleries etc? |
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Gav Taylor
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, I intend to migrate all the pics and stuff from the old website onto the new one all being well.
The only issue will be the hosting as all of those pics will add up to a fair few megs to be fair.
Of course we can use sites like photobucket but as Dave says I dont know how reliable this will be and the last thing we want is a load of those little white boxes with red crosses in.
But lets cross that bridge when we come to it the main thing is get a site built, tweak it to iron out any teeething probs, bench test it then source a decent host.
Like in the previious post I'm intending to start work properly this weekend on it, having found a suitable template for which to base it on.
Photoshop will be a steep learning curve, but the end result should be quite impresive when its done.(**puts neck on line**)
I hope.
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joe_the_waiter
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I think most hosting options have a genourous storage and bandwidth. often only a couple of quid per month more can greatly increase storage and bandwidth (tho I don't think the latter will be critical for us)
Don't envy your job of moving all the photo files Gavin. will be like relocating a sweet shop, sweet by sweet! |
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club sec
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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Mmm, sweets...........
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