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Re: Spicing up the site!

Alex — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:05:33 GMT

Puncher:
Only one option has eternal street cred

That also includes a severe back problem later on in life...

Re: Spicing up the site!

Puncher — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:54:45 GMT

Only one option has eternal street cred

Re: Spicing up the site!

Alex — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:37:46 GMT

Hmmm, £5k. You know I can't decide between an out-of-tune sampler and a pair of BeoLab 9s

Re: Spicing up the site!

Puncher — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:02:05 GMT

I was your "friend" on your bands site if you recall

Isn't it lovely?? - but no not a MK6 - a totally new M4000 from Streetly Electronics, 3 tape frames = 24 internal voices - how cool is that?? Yours for only ~£5000. If anyone cares to buy one and then sell it to me cheap once they're sick of it I would love to hear from them.

Re: Spicing up the site!

Alex — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:39:35 GMT

You say about YouTube being for young people, my dad is hooked, and he's 60!

Loving the mellotron too btw Puncher! A mk6 I believe?

Re: Spicing up the site!

Puncher — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:52:32 GMT

Dafinity:

I would like to see more pictures\ thumbnails\ flash......anything to break up all the text.
I think this would help 'lead' people to click and explore as images often excite more and are more noticeable than lists!
An example may be 'youtube'....I know that this is obviously a site with huge amounts of content, but the fact is you can quite often see a thumbnail...and just think..hmm, whats that...and click on it. Before you know it, you've spent an hour watching inane clips and realised that 3pm deadline report is still not done....
Thanks
Russ

Youtube??? Isn't that where them young folk go??? Not sure I'm up for Flash content etc - I'm pretty much a text guy myself !

Re: Spicing up the site!

Dafinity — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:13:08 GMT

I would like to see more pictures\ thumbnails\ flash......anything to break up all the text.

I think this would help 'lead' people to click and explore as images often excite more and are more noticeable than lists!

An example may be 'youtube'....I know that this is obviously a site with huge amounts of content, but the fact is you can quite often see a thumbnail...and just think..hmm, whats that...and click on it. Before you know it, you've spent an hour watching inane clips and realised that 3pm deadline report is still not done....

Thanks

Russ

Re: Spicing up the site!

The Plumber — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:53:19 GMT

Just realized ive made 100 posts and FINALY managed to GIVE advice.

TEL to open a link in a seperate window, when a member posts a link there is a drop down box that gives the poster the option to open link in seperate window. I think possibly most people who post links forget to use this option.

Re: Spicing up the site!

The Plumber — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:45:22 GMT

Yes it is possible, like this

Re: Spicing up the site!

TEL — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:36:09 GMT

I notice whenever folk add an item for another website, it opens 'over' Beoworld and I need to use the 'back' key to get back to Beoworld.

Is it possible other websites open in a new window ? as I still 'close' the other website expecting to go back to Beowrld but find I have to log-in again.

Re: Spicing up the site!

The Plumber — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:23:42 GMT

Spicing up the site?

Id like to see more of PrizeDrawBot, making more posts and poking fun at the members. Hes a funny guy (robot).

Cant wait for Tuesday. Is PrizedrawBot realy gonna do the draw or is he just havin a laugh.

Re: Spicing up the site!

Jandyt — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:58:16 GMT

What a nice post Lee
I can assure you that we're al right behind you mate.

BTW how many Beocom 6000s are included in the first prize on Tuesday?

Andy T.

Re: Spicing up the site!

9 LEE — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:09:57 GMT

Well... the thread has veered off topic, and then become relevant !!

Okay.. here goes...

The financial situation of the site is this. We are losing about £1,000 a month. However, LifeStyle AV is propping this up with loans and paying little extras for 'advertising' whenever we need to make up numbers. LifeStyle AV also sells BeoWorld some of the prizes at a loss, but hey - that's less tax to pay. Hopefully the tax inspector won't see a pattern emerging!

Once we have all of the functionality issues completely nailed, and things are running like a swiss watch - i will then hit the advertising button and really concentrate on more members and advertisers. This will boost revenue to the point where we can be self sufficient, and that's all i ever ask. Like the rest of the moderating team, i give my time for free because i love the site to bits!

As for merging LifeStyle AV and BeoWorld.. well, they are both totally seperate Limited Companies, and they shall stay that way. At the beginning i was accused of buying BeoWorld to make pots of money and promote LifeStyle AV at every opportunity. I think my actions have spoken more than words on this, and not once have i thrust LifeStyle AV in anyones face - and as for making pots of money.. well, i think i may be more likely to walk on water. That aside, if BeoWorld ever did make pots of money - it would be spent on the site and its members anyway.

So, as to the purpose of the the 'spice up' thread. It was purely to find out if anyone thought we could improve! I promise i will get boring with this, but i will not sit back and let BeoWorld stagnate. I want the site to go forward constantly, and to be fun and informative at the same time. We have some fantastic members on here who add humour and laughs to the mix - but i simply wondered if we could do anything else!

I can categorically say i'm not concerned about BeoWorld, and i'm really happy with the way it's going. We are growing steadily, like an Oak Tree - and are putting down very strong roots. As i get older, i realise this is the way to stick around for a long time and get bigger and bigger! BeoWorld is doing just fine, honestly. It will only get better.

All i ask is that we all just enjoy BeoWorld, and get involved in the Forums. Don't be scared - post something simple as your first post. Just agree with someone, or do a laughing smiley! - we all start somewhere. I think my own first post was a comment that was so rubbish it was ignored - but it gave me the confidence to tell someone how to wrestle that back off a Beo4 to change the batteries or something.. and here i am now - the nutter that owns the site! (is there a madman smiley yet?!)

Lee

Re: Spicing up the site!

Puncher — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:54:30 GMT

jandyt:
Puncher:

Peter:
Which sections would you lose?

The Mac section please!
I see you've got into Wednesday mode nice and early Puncher!
Andy T.

Re: Spicing up the site!

Jandyt — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:53:00 GMT

Puncher:

Peter:
Which sections would you lose?

The Mac section please!

I see you've got into Wednesday mode nice and early Puncher!

Andy T.