bigwater
06-06-2010, 04:56 AM
Time has come again to move forward with the direction of the board. I've upgraded the site to the latest vBulletin forum software and made some changes in the structure of the site to make it easier to navigate. I've also added a shout box on the main page that seems to be pretty popular already.
If you see any problems or issues that concern you, please address them in the Help Desk and they will be handled as soon as possible.
There are a couple of things that need the assistance of the community as a whole.
First, I'd like to thank Dell for his banner that we've been using for the last year. With the upgrade to the software it is time for a fresh face on the board though. The new software is much more flexible on how we integrate the banner, but it needs to have a single color solid background to incorporate smoothly. I'd like to see something with a neutral color background that will incorporate pleasantly with all of the various color schemes that are available now. Perhaps a light grey background... use your best judgement. I'm accepting submissions for a new banner. Post your ideas here and we'll get a poll started.
Next, I have several things that I'd like to add to the site. vBpicGallery has finally been upgraded to the latest software, and if you folks want it, I'd like to add a gallery to our site so that you can post your works in your own private art gallery outside of the forums. I'd also like to give you the ability to set up your own blogs, and I'd like to set up a portal as the main page where relevant articles from the forum can be posted as news and links to important areas of the site can be easily accessed.
These additions to the site take funding though. I've added a link for donations and a donation tracking bar to the main page (http://www.airbrushtech.info/AIRBRUSH/forum/index.php) so that people can donate to the site to add these functions. I realize that not everybody is willing or able to donate, and there is certainly no obligation to do so. But you can help out without actually donating if you'll click on the google ad links on the site. All of the links to the google ads should be related to the topic of the thread they appear in, and every time you click on a link it puts about 1/2 penny in the coffers to keep this site going. Once we wrangle up about $400 through donations or click throughs, we can add the gallery and blogs, and then from there we can add whatever you guys want as long as there is the money to do it.
I don't want to turn this site into an advertising freak show. I could probably hit sponsors up and put gaudy ads all over the place that would do nothing but distract and annoy you, and the site would be self funding with that... but I feel that you guys will support this site if you want it to be supported, and we'll go with member support for now.
Your thoughts and input will be greatly appreciated.
If you see any problems or issues that concern you, please address them in the Help Desk and they will be handled as soon as possible.
There are a couple of things that need the assistance of the community as a whole.
First, I'd like to thank Dell for his banner that we've been using for the last year. With the upgrade to the software it is time for a fresh face on the board though. The new software is much more flexible on how we integrate the banner, but it needs to have a single color solid background to incorporate smoothly. I'd like to see something with a neutral color background that will incorporate pleasantly with all of the various color schemes that are available now. Perhaps a light grey background... use your best judgement. I'm accepting submissions for a new banner. Post your ideas here and we'll get a poll started.
Next, I have several things that I'd like to add to the site. vBpicGallery has finally been upgraded to the latest software, and if you folks want it, I'd like to add a gallery to our site so that you can post your works in your own private art gallery outside of the forums. I'd also like to give you the ability to set up your own blogs, and I'd like to set up a portal as the main page where relevant articles from the forum can be posted as news and links to important areas of the site can be easily accessed.
These additions to the site take funding though. I've added a link for donations and a donation tracking bar to the main page (http://www.airbrushtech.info/AIRBRUSH/forum/index.php) so that people can donate to the site to add these functions. I realize that not everybody is willing or able to donate, and there is certainly no obligation to do so. But you can help out without actually donating if you'll click on the google ad links on the site. All of the links to the google ads should be related to the topic of the thread they appear in, and every time you click on a link it puts about 1/2 penny in the coffers to keep this site going. Once we wrangle up about $400 through donations or click throughs, we can add the gallery and blogs, and then from there we can add whatever you guys want as long as there is the money to do it.
I don't want to turn this site into an advertising freak show. I could probably hit sponsors up and put gaudy ads all over the place that would do nothing but distract and annoy you, and the site would be self funding with that... but I feel that you guys will support this site if you want it to be supported, and we'll go with member support for now.
Your thoughts and input will be greatly appreciated.