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« Thread Started on Feb 20, 2008, 5:54am » | |
MOPARMaGNum78,
I see an excellent starting response so far here, nice to see the new members adding on each day, I was thinking we should create a wallpaper screen saver download as a free offer to say thank you to all the new members when they sign up ?
We could make One Image with the site address on it or even a series of images that could scroll across the screen, of course that would have to be a GIF format file, or a wmp file or some format like that & I don't know if you can host something like that here, but we could offer it & host it on my site & in our store as a free download 
Speaking of the site address, what is the actual full http addy ?...does it include the proboards 45 in it or does just deceptivechops.com work as well
One other thing I think you should consider is the color layout as the red (tho I am also a fan of Red on Black) is a bit hard to read thats why I use it in larger case bold font sizes, especially when it goes dark red after you read a thread or like in the various title sections for cars, nature & anime, (it took me a while to see the difference in categories). I use yellow a lot too as it is very easy to read on black. For sure keep the dark background as it makes the images stand out, but test out some other font colors to find one that shows up in all the modes better of course I could just be going blind too !...lol. 
I think we should also add you to our Artist Group on stingraysstudios.com now too as your chops are really good & should sell on the site, I will set up a gallery in our store & do a featured art section on the site for your works, & send you our artist contract for royalty payments as we make sales of your work too.
I am thinking of setting up a thread under the studio section here for each artists work too, so people can comment on specific artists works and also a monthly racing newsletter with links to the various race series & photos ?
Also I will post some pixs on other sites I go to with a link to this site, some of those sites will also do a link exchange with you too, so I will let you know which ones I can get for you soon.
Keep up the good work !!...oh btw, I had a problem sending you this message as a PM...as it reduced all your caps in your username to lowercase and then said there is no member with your user account...so sorry I had to post this all in suggestions thread to reach you here !! 
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« Reply #1 on Feb 20, 2008, 11:53am » | |
- i wouldn't no where to start to make a screen saver... and how to upload it....
- iv thought about it and have decided to promote you to administrator.... you are practically the sites cofounder
- as for the proboards, it will have to stay... think of it as a sponsor there a service that gives free forums and makes it pretty easy
"www.deceptivechops.proboards45.com"
- i will start experimenting with the colors as soon as possibly
- i would be really interested in joining ur site... where do i start
- i think that a thread per artist is a perfect idea
thanks man, and you posted it in the right place...
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« Reply #2 on Feb 20, 2008, 3:56pm » | |
WOW !!!...2 days on the job & I get a promotion ~~!!! whoohooo !!...LOL  
I think we should give some thought to search engines as well because they generate quite a bit of traffic, I know that google is Very Big on my studio site as the image search feature there generates a majority of visitors, all you need to do is submit the full address to each search engine along with some keyword phrases that describe the content of the site, I can help you build that up too.
As for a screensaver why not just start with a free wallpaper that has the site addy on it featuring a few of the various pictures or just one real cool one and people can download it directly themselves if they want it...just post it up as a free wallpaper, ...maybe even make a section for free downloads & we can add new stuff there as we go along ??
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« Reply #3 on Feb 20, 2008, 5:28pm » | |
OK ...I set up a mini-studio showcase & links to racing pages too & as we go forward I will keep it updated & add new stuff for everyone !
As for the Artist Group, just send an email to Stingraysstudios@aol.com attention New Artist and I will reply directly to you from there with all the details of how to become part of the group, it dose not cost you But, you must be able to provide & produce a constant body of work to qualify. This opportunity is open to ALL auto artists who we encourage to send us samples of their work to review. Of course we will keep an eye on the posts here too for those outstanding posts by the new members !!!
Man ...I got to tell you that you did a great job setting up this site, it has to be one of the coolest sites out there with the mix of cars, nature & anime threads, that was a stroke of genius !! THX again for hosting the Studio forum here too, I really dig that, finally a site I CAN'T get banned from...lmao 
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« Reply #4 on Feb 24, 2008, 9:10pm » | |
thanks man,
your welcome....
i removed the contest thread and made one for every category
so we can host contest with less confusion
as members come i will assign moderators to help us host these
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« Reply #5 on Feb 25, 2008, 1:45am » | |
^ Cool. Yeah, the contests are much better this way, should provide some very interesting results !!!
Nice to see the membership growing each day too !
Maybe next month or so, I would also like to start to host a series of "Speed Chop Contests", where you have a few hours or at most a day to do a chop, then they get voted on to determine the winner. I could provide some incentives for the winners too, in the form of free merchandise from the Studio and or Sports Shop TV...You know, like free t shirts, caps, sports collectibles & things of that sort. Could be Fun !!!
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