Gosh ...don't know....(LW puts thinking cap on...)
Jive Alive? All the good names have gone I fear!
As usual, dance partner thing would be good & competitions thread
OK. Im just about to put an dance website together. It's not for any particular class or association.
It is going to contain Links, Gallaries, messageboard etc etc etc. I know there is a few out there but I belive that if we all put ideas and if the us geeks out there, get together, we could put something together which wipes the floor with other dance sites.
Anyone want to jump onboard or have any ideas?
First thing i need is a domain name.
Gosh ...don't know....(LW puts thinking cap on...)
Jive Alive? All the good names have gone I fear!
As usual, dance partner thing would be good & competitions thread
how about http://www.on8.co.uk(our very own Gus)
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Should add at this point, that it is going to be a non profit site. Any profits made will go back into advertising and paying for the servers.
I really like little wiggles sugestion and having spent the last hour going through names that have all already been taken, have just ordered www.jive-alive.co.uk .
Fo those that want to know and help out, the hosting is done on a windows server. Have the following at our disposal:
UNLIMITED POP3 E-mail Addresses
UNLIMITED Web Space
ODBC, MS Access, ASP 3
Perl, CGI and FTP
I look forward to seeing the finished product!
A quick search using www.dogpile.co.uk on "jive alive" brought up too many references for my liking.
including UK-Jive .......... AK Jive Alive Events
I don't want to get all miserable about creativity, but it strikes me that it's always easier for people to vounteer to start something new, rather than to try to improve something that's there already.
I had exactly the same reaction when Andy McGregor proposed setting up yet another umbrella MJ organisation.
We've got loads of "link" sites out there, and as a punter I'd much rather see those sites improved, than have to remember yet another site, which might or might not have the information I'm looking for.
Ideally, I'd want 2 - 3 sites, and at the moment I use about 4 - 5.
I don't want to dampen the enthusiasm for "spreading the word", but why not volunteer to help out with some of the other sites? I'm sure they'd love assistance and suggestions.
Yes there are loads of MJ and dance sites out there. What I am looking to do is get people who actually use these site together to create a definative one. If you need to use 4-5 sites to find what you are looking for, post the things you are looking for and they will be added to the site.
Does anyone want to have a pop at a logo for site?
Have photoshoped 2 quickly. Not happy with either.
http://www.go-dance.co.uk/1.gif
http://www.go-dance.co.uk/2.gif
I'm not that great with technology so can't assist but out of the two, the first one is better. I like the big glitter ball as the basis.
John Brett's site is called JIvelive and he hosts a Glitter Ball most years Dec 28th next one.
http://www.jivelive.com/jonbrett/index.html
I'm not convinced of the potential of creating one definitive all purpose site.
Let's say I use Site X. I search for a place or a date and it gives me a link to someone else's site, say Site Y. I follow the link and find all the details I need to know. Or maybe not, and the information I really need will only be found in an email from Site Y sent the other day because I had registered for their mailing list. So Site X is a great source of information but there's no way it can ever give me all I need to know, and that's just sticking to mainstream MJ...
Hmmm, a general purpose site:
1). includes a forum like www.cerocscotland.com or www.cerocforum.com or www.mjda.org
2). includes event information like www.uk-jive.co.uk or www.lyndaslist.com
3). includes move descriptions like www.jiveoholic.org.uk or www.afterfive.co.uk
4). includes a history like www.howtojive.com
5). includes lead/follow techniques like www.afterfive.co.uk
6). includes maps like www.modernjive.com or www.afterfive.co.uk
7). includes a wiki like www.cerocwiki.com if that's still going?
Oh and deals with info' for all organisations and both hemispheres, etc.
Good luck
SpinDr
My analogy is searching for a particular hotel's website. Usually if you search for: ' "XYZ Hotel" Casterbridge' you won't find that hotel's website in the first few pages of search results (unless they're part of a big chain), because of the hundreds of "link" sites, none of which are definitive.
I don't think another "link" site is the answer..
Love dance, will travel
And has a video introduction to a Modern Jive class night, along the lines of the one on Ceroc France.
http://www.cerocfrance.com/Video.htm
Now Woodface - I do hope you weren't looking for encouragement on here
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I don't think it's a case of being discouraging; just some realistic reactions from people. For my part I have to point out the phenomenal amount of work involved in keeping an up-to-date website that people will want to read regularly. Gus put a huge amount of work into On8 but even that was updated only once per month; and have a chat with Minnie about how much grief she puts into www.lyndaslist.com. Asking people to contribute themselves while you sit in heaven and pull the strings is all very well but it really *doesn't* work on a regular basis... at least that's been my experience!
If you're really up for it in the long term - month on month, year on year - then good luck, and we will all hope to make use of it.
But then you're not an MJ organiser that has looked at the LeRoc Federation found it wanting and sees it as stuck in the past and resistant to change.
I'm still moving forward with the idea, I'm just not posting about it here at the moment because this is a forum for Modern Jivers, not Modern Jive organisers. What I can tell you is that the first meeting is 2nd-5th February 2007 in Southport - if you are an organiser and are interested in getting together do do things we couldn't do as individuals - like organise insurance deals, set up teacher training and national examinations,etc - please send me a PM.
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