New website/forum - Perthpoke

[brickfoot]

Me and my friend have a lego website that we just created and would like it if you take a look around it.

Visit the site Here

Edited July 9, 2010 by WhiteFang
Amend the topic title to reflect better clarity

[Forresto]

Interesting, so what is it's main focus going to be?

[brickfoot]

Interesting, so what is it's main focus going to be?

Anything lego.

[mortenm]

hmm, cool, but how is it different from this site for example?

[Big Cam]

I can't understand why so many members feel the need to start a competing forum of EB, when they are apart of EB.

[Brickdoctor]

I can't understand why so many members feel the need to start a competing forum of EB, when they are apart of EB.

For freedom of choice, I guess. And if they make it big (however unlikely), they can be an all-powerful Admin with a large influence on the LEGO community.

[davee123]

I can't understand why so many members feel the need to start a competing forum of EB, when they are apart of EB.

Yes, but you could just as easily ask why make EB when there are dozens of other LEGO discussion sites out there?

Because making forums is easy, no forum will ever satisfy ALL of its members, and everyone wants to be an admin. Everyone wants to try their hand at it, and sometimes, people wind up making a good site (like EB). Most of the time, though, not.

DaveE

[Brickdoctor]

Yes, but you could just as easily ask why make EB when there are dozens of other LEGO discussion sites out there?

Because EB was the first of it's kind, I believe.

Edited July 9, 2010 by Brickdoctor

[WhiteFang]

I will move this to the Community Forum.

brickfoot, please note that putting up such notice will require the Staff Clearance. In the future, please clear with us first. Thanks.

WhiteFang

[KimT]

Yes, but you could just as easily ask why make EB when there are dozens of other LEGO discussion sites out there?

Indeed.

EB was originally made to give the European fans somewhere to go.

It later turned global

Because EB was the first of it's kind, I believe.

Not really - FBTB was already there - and so was several other sites.

Best of luck with your website Brickfoot.

Maintaining a website is hard work, as is keeping it running smoothly.

[davee123]

Because EB was the first of it's kind, I believe.

Ahh, you kids.

? - ATL is born, primarily English speaking newsgroup for all things LEGO. Still around! (though not used very often)

December 21, 1993 - RTL becomes the new home for ATL, basically RTL at a new location. Again, not used much anymore.

September 18, 1998 - LUGNET is launched. Again, English speaking, all things LEGO, and still used, although not as much as other sites.

February 5, 1999 - German LEGO Fan Forum launched (German speaking, obviously). No longer around.

November 28, 1999 - 1000Steine takes over for the German speaking online discussions, again all things LEGO. They're still around.

? - FBTB launches its forums, Star-Wars Centric, English LEGO site

July 21, 2001 - BZ Community (Bionicle-centric English forum, switched later to BZPower)

July 20, 2002 - BZPower starts (new home for Bionicle stuff, still active, I think)

November 12, 2002 - LEGO launches its own discussion forums (not sure if they're all 100% English or not)

September 15, 2003 - Classic-Castle lauched (English-speaking, Castle-centric LEGO)

January 28, 2004 - EUROBRICKS, originally supposedly Euro-centric

Eurobricks was supposed to be Euro-centric discussion, but even that specificity was taken before it by the lugnet.loc.eu newsgroup.

DaveE

Edited July 9, 2010 by davee123

[Norro]

Ahh, you kids.

? - ATL is born, primarily English speaking newsgroup for all things LEGO. Still around! (though not used very often)

December 21, 1993 - RTL becomes the new home for ATL, basically RTL at a new location. Again, not used much anymore.

September 18, 1998 - LUGNET is launched. Again, English speaking, all things LEGO, and still used, although not as much as other sites.

February 5, 1999 - German LEGO Fan Forum launched (German speaking, obviously). No longer around.

November 28, 1999 - 1000Steine takes over for the German speaking online discussions, again all things LEGO. They're still around.

? - FBTB launches its forums, Star-Wars Centric, English LEGO site

July 21, 2001 - BZ Community (Bionicle-centric English forum, switched later to BZPower)

July 20, 2002 - BZPower starts (new home for Bionicle stuff, still active, I think)

November 12, 2002 - LEGO launches its own discussion forums (not sure if they're all 100% English or not)

September 15, 2003 - Classic-Castle lauched (English-speaking, Castle-centric LEGO)

January 28, 2004 - EUROBRICKS, originally supposedly Euro-centric

Eurobricks was supposed to be Euro-centric discussion, but even that specificity was taken before it by the lugnet.loc.eu newsgroup.

DaveE

More or less my thoughts exactly, although I'll confess that my firsthand knowledge is limited to about 98... and I'd never go near FBTB (license people are scary )

God Bless,

Nathan

[Brickdoctor]

INot really - FBTB was already there - and so was several other sites.

I was thinking in terms of an online forum not being theme-specific and centered only around an online community. I stand corrected as far as LUGNET is concerned.

[TheWarden]

While I admire your drive, if you are receptive to feedback...

- It's fairly ugly.

- Spelling errors about - "calendar"

- Try clean looking fonts, not the "Disney" font and not MSPaint squiqqles

- Very pixellated images

- No original content, like MOCS, reviews, blog entries or such?

If you have a bit of computer know how, try a free image editor. I recommend the GNU Image Editing Program aka the "GIMP." It's not too difficult for basic tasks such as creating font graphics, resizing pics and the stuff you'd need to do. The manual is fairly easy to understand. Image editing is a great knowledge set to have anyway and you can use it for your own photos, MOC photos, more pro programs like Photoshop, etc.

[Brickd]

also, you really should consider a prettier forum platform. i'm a big fan of Vanilla Forums, which is a lot more elegant than the standard phpBB. there may be migration tools available, depending on your current platform choice.