gee wizzz
Ok heres the thing >I want to get my track days ramped up a lil bit.
The idea is to have a web site with all advertising stuff on it and dates on it
opening up to the confirmed attending list.
Im totally out of my depth about if I can even do this as well as the costs.
I've had advice from a very senior KBer but about half of what he said went over my head.
Advice please folks.
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Forum whore
I don't care if it's basic or flash I'll support it! (Sorry that's about all the skills I can offer...)
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McNoob
so you want a calendar type thing with some ads around the place?
gee wizzz
The idea is---front page is a generic cover off of the track day and how its run.Then open up a page to the rules, available dates etc
If I sound vague its cos Im out of my depth
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McNoob
ok .. since you have no idea ....
something like this?
http://www.calendarix.com/advanced/calendar.php
or this
http://reamdaysoft.com/magic-news-lite/demo.html
Frosty, for a domain name (for example, frostystrackday.co.nz) it is going to cost you approximately $30 a year. Hosting for your web site is going to cost you approximately $100 - $150 a year.
Someone on Kiwi Biker should be able to make you a basic web site free of charge.
From what I can gather, frosty wants a simple website that needs to be updated/maintained on a semi-regular basis.
It will need a main page like a flyer, a collaboration of images from past track days and a bit of bling. Off this page, there will be one which will out line the rules and regulations for the track day. Additional to this will be a simple calendar of up-comming track days and a simple booking form that will send an e-mail to frosty with their details and instruct the person to deposit the money into his account with a specific reference, or wait for response from frosty. In total that is going to be 3 - 4 pages. It might be good to have a small gallery of photos from previous track days and an FAQ page - bringing it to a total of 6 -7 pages.
I might be wrong, but I think thats what you want in plain english isn't it Frosty?
When talking to computer folk remember they are egotistical and think "big, best and elaborative" or over complicate things.
McNoob
damn you got me pegged alreadyOriginally Posted by swanny
I was thinking
http://frostys.crotch.rocket.and.the...like.him.co.nz
.com are way cheaper, but less available
hosting can be arranged (or found) so cost isn't an issue.
infact I'm sure there are domain names available here that you borrow from
frosty.domain.com
I myself have 5 or 6 domains, and bet there a few more here that own domain names
*geek*
The Dream.
Hey, that link dont work
U mean kinda like that motoTT one kiwifuit's got dont ya?
gee wizzz
Yep swanny has it.
And again yep strat has it too.
I definitely need the KISS principle applied
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McNoob
a quick look at motott.co.nz
That was made with microsoft publisher .. if that's what yer after .. then get publisher (or what ever app you think works best .. frontpage, dreamweaver, iWeb .. whatever)
make a website then save it somewhere .. your job is done .. the rest comes down to a domain name.
if you want your own http://interspeed.co.nz/domain-names.php?domain and start searching.
Forum whore
A couple of suggestions (without getting too thinkyy) How about either a link to the track/s or a layout of each perhaps? They'll be held at different tracks?
Are links hard to do or maintain? Coz Paypal is bloody good for payments and you don't have to have to do the whole bank acc. details being given out (could lead to bad things)
FrostysRacing.com
frostydays.com
...are available
They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the evening,
we will remember them
McNoob
fuck me .. you went from tracks to paypal to the bank without even stopping for a breath
now that's nerdy
Best Frenemy you could have!
no offence to kiwifruit... but ouch, motoTT is painful to browse... it didn't either set itself to the browser, or run in 800x600
It all comes down to what you want from the website. A simple static site is easy peasy stuff, and hell, like swanny, some are made in notepad...
Its only when you have to add identities, secure database, shopping cart, that it starts getting difficult. Stuff like frontpage etc makes it reaaaaal easy to do, with WYSIWYG design (what you see is what you get)
gee wizzz
well over my head--a link to maps of tracks would be good.
To see a life newly created.To watch it grow and prosper. Isn't that the greatest gift a human being can be given?
Forum whore
Oh it's ok I actually read the bit after the WIGGYSWIGGY bit!! KISS is good - straightforward no pissing around. I was trying to get some info from Yamaha the other day and had to go through 4 pages before I found a link to some crappy fill-out-the-form-feedback thing that didn't give me what I wanted. All I wanted was a "contact us" button that opens an email.
They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the evening,
we will remember them
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