Now that we are moved over to this new board software and I've been able to add in personal profiles (see below), I'm beginning work now on the next phase of the website. This is to create a main information site, which people will eventually find at the www.cavaliertalk.com url, and the board will be a subsection (the url for the board is actually http://board.cavaliertalk.com, but the main url redirects to the board at the moment).
On the main site, all the material that is currently in the Library section will be moved and more easily accessible and better organised, rather than just a long list of threads.
I also intend to really expand the information that is there and am hoping folks also will let me use some of the great pics we have had on the website to add illustrations to the site -- some of those in the CavalierTalk calendar, for example, and those that come up in the themes competitions.
I'd also love to get some images of some of our breeders' show cavaliers so that people can enjoy seeing what really beautiful breed examples look like.
I also am going to set up a CavalierTalk store -- not carrying items necessarily but doing some links to recommended books, suggested videos etc. The main site will also carry some ads. These will help to defray some of my operating costs and any extra will go towards rescue.
I would still like to get some CavalierTalk items (I never did hear back from the UK woman who does embroidery machine work) but there are various options for things. I know this won't interest some, but will interest others as I do get asked from time to time.
I do not intend to put lots of ads, if any, onto the board here. One option I might consider is that unregistered guests would see some Google ads within a standalone post when viewing a thread -- but registered members would never see these. A lot of boards use these and they seem to work well because members never have to view any ads at all. If the income stream is tiny and the main site -- as expected -- gets most traffic, I wouldn't even bother with this. Right now, my feeling is that I am far more likely to keep all ads on the main site, though I might try a trial of the ads that members do NOT see.
I'll be interested in opinions about the profile pages as well -- whether people like them and use them. If you haven't done anything with yours or didn't realise you have one, all members have two profiles -- a short one that comes up on the Members List and which you edit thru the User CP (control panel) up on the left of the menu bar, but a longer more detailed one that is in the Member Pages link on the right of the menu bar at he top of the site (there's also a link to your page to the right of your name on every post you make on the board). You can put pics here, info about yourself, change the colours and layout, set up a dogblog -- anything you'd like.
On the main site, all the material that is currently in the Library section will be moved and more easily accessible and better organised, rather than just a long list of threads.
I also intend to really expand the information that is there and am hoping folks also will let me use some of the great pics we have had on the website to add illustrations to the site -- some of those in the CavalierTalk calendar, for example, and those that come up in the themes competitions.
I'd also love to get some images of some of our breeders' show cavaliers so that people can enjoy seeing what really beautiful breed examples look like.
I also am going to set up a CavalierTalk store -- not carrying items necessarily but doing some links to recommended books, suggested videos etc. The main site will also carry some ads. These will help to defray some of my operating costs and any extra will go towards rescue.
I would still like to get some CavalierTalk items (I never did hear back from the UK woman who does embroidery machine work) but there are various options for things. I know this won't interest some, but will interest others as I do get asked from time to time.I do not intend to put lots of ads, if any, onto the board here. One option I might consider is that unregistered guests would see some Google ads within a standalone post when viewing a thread -- but registered members would never see these. A lot of boards use these and they seem to work well because members never have to view any ads at all. If the income stream is tiny and the main site -- as expected -- gets most traffic, I wouldn't even bother with this. Right now, my feeling is that I am far more likely to keep all ads on the main site, though I might try a trial of the ads that members do NOT see.
I'll be interested in opinions about the profile pages as well -- whether people like them and use them. If you haven't done anything with yours or didn't realise you have one, all members have two profiles -- a short one that comes up on the Members List and which you edit thru the User CP (control panel) up on the left of the menu bar, but a longer more detailed one that is in the Member Pages link on the right of the menu bar at he top of the site (there's also a link to your page to the right of your name on every post you make on the board). You can put pics here, info about yourself, change the colours and layout, set up a dogblog -- anything you'd like.
