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three — Sat, 18 Jan 2003 05:27:50 +0000

I generally like the logo. the sight has an identify-able image and works with the help you recieved. I would think a little about saturation. a symbol is most powerful when it stands alone...special. I think your logo is saturated by its overuse and might be more powerful if it happened once. just a thought.

sean

finally put up some mp3's

purenkind — Sat, 18 Jan 2003 00:03:59 +0000

well, hope everyone enjoyed the holidays...i've been away for a while so i haven't been visiting this forum at all. i was actually laying some flute tracks for freedom's new cd...anyway, just want to say thanks again for everyone that has helped me in the past, and to let you know that i put some mp3's up on the website. would love some feedback on the mp3's...if they load fast enough, if the sound quality is good enough...that sort of thing.

peace to all...

The Webmistress — Tue, 26 Nov 2002 18:23:54 +0000

Good luck!

purenkind — Tue, 26 Nov 2002 17:43:51 +0000

at the present moment, the package deal I have with my webhost doesn't support any asp, php or mysql so I'm going to change my webhost. I found one that supports them all and costs me way less! now all I have to do is learn how to make it all work...

The Webmistress — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 08:09:13 +0000

You could use one form for both sets of lists and have them choose as part of the form if they want regular mailings through the post or whether they want it by email. If you want the details to go into a database then you are going to have to use an asp or php script to do that. Does your host allow the use of asp, php , mysql?

how do I set up a mailing list?

purenkind — Sun, 24 Nov 2002 23:23:45 +0000

I've been asked to set up a mailing list so that the band can send email announcements to people about shows, cd releases and whatever. Also, they want a "snail mail" mailing list for people who don't have computers (are there still such people? just kiddin')

I'm thinking that for the email one the simplest way to do it would be have a mailto: link that goes to an email account created for creating a mailing list. I can add the addresses to that account and use it to send out multiple emails to people.

is there a better way to do it???

as for the other mailing list, I was thinking I should set up a form on the website where people can type in their name, address, etc. what I don't know how to do is access the information! I would like to have it all go into a database somehow so that I can print mailing labels. how do I do this???

I appreciate any help on the matter. thanks!

purenkind — Fri, 22 Nov 2002 17:31:17 +0000

clickfire - I'm planning on putting up the lyrics to the songs...I am waiting to get them! I am also waiting for a personal bio from each band member to put on their page that expresses their musical history as well as a bit about their take on life. They are just so busy right now that it's hard for them to take the time to give me the info! yeah, I think that I'll go the mp3 way. I just need to ask the band what songs they want to put up.

renegade - I'm a bit at a loss at how to handle the long pages. I made them long because at 1024 x 786 the background and the black side bars weren't reaching the bottom of the page. Is there a way that I can make the page reach the bottom at any screen size?
Also, how would I shrink the first page down? Do you mean resize the graphic to be smaller or is there another way?

Renegade — Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:06:32 +0000

i liek ur layout to be honest it was a "site" for sore eyes, cause when i browse the net i always see the same layout over and over again (nav on left and/or right and/or top) but ur's is different

althought i must ask, what is all the blank space at the bottom for? some surfers don't like to scroll that much and especially if they find that it's nothing :S if u shrunk that "main" image down u may be able to fit it all on "one" scrren

happy surfing

clickfire — Fri, 22 Nov 2002 07:55:23 +0000

Hi again,
I think the simplest route to take would be to just post some mp3 files and make links to them on a separate page. Visitors could choose to download or play through their mp3 players. It would be really cool to post the lyrics to the songs and maybe a word from the band on what inspired it. Good luck!

purenkind — Fri, 22 Nov 2002 06:17:01 +0000

thanks for pointing out the broken link...it's fixed now. As for the idea of layering a band photo behind the logo, I think it's a good idea to try. the band is lacking current photos due to a few changes in people in the band, so they don't have a group photo yet. As for putting some music on the site, I am ready to do it now! the only thing is that I've never done it before so I'm not sure what to do exactly. Mostly I'm not sure what the best approach would be, streaming audio or mp3's? I don't know what format to save the files in. I would very much appreciate any advice on the matter.