due to the clutter on our sidebar, we decided to come up with a 'outer layer' for WLJC
this is it --> click
what do you guys think of it?
any suggestions?
next time when you are promoting our WLJC, use that link instead
oh and if it's possible, members and guests of this blog who are interested
can follow this blog .. under the corner of "jay-ism" on our right side bar ..
have a nice day ;)
6 comments:
I do believe having a neat skin similar to what you've provided does make the site looks much more professional, and organized. But at the same time, think about what was your initial goal when you 3 made this site? a warm and cosy place for Jay fans all around to blog about Jay, about their thoughts and their life right? So i believe that you still need to retain that blog kinda look. I believe it is this idea and look and made people interested in joining in. It's fresh! it's heartwarming to have everyone with a common idol to come together and blog about things, and it's really really something rather new! THAT'S what attracts people! :))
So i would really suggest to STILL go for a new skin and side bar kinda stuffs, but try to retain the blog look and the warm and cosy home feeling kinda colour and background. Don't make it look so much a website like jay-chou.net! That's not your original idea! heheh. Just my 2 cents, ignore me if ya'll think i'm just rambling rubbish! haha. :P
:D i agree with soap.
What we have here is very 'community blog' like. Besides just posting lyrics, videos and pictures of Jay Chou, we get a little bit more personal with each other. Its really nice to come into WLJC everyday when I come back from school, hoping that someone posted something; whether or not it is related to Jay.
Therefore, our site isn't some commercial organization or an informational network provider. We're just bloggers that like Jay Chou very much and decided to meet each other and get to know each other more. We voice out our opinions freely. Everyone here is heard and replied.
I believe we should stick to the blog look; traditional look with the side bar and the header. Its more welcoming and it gives people this feeling of unformality that is homey and nice. We don't feel the need of phrasing our post and checking them again and again to get the perfect english. I like this sense of unformality.
...Plus I don't really like the idea of having so many sites concerning WLJC. We've already got a neat'o member's page and plus this main site, I think its sufficient to keep us running and going.
Opinion said!
Reenie!
hmm alright.
yes i admit that we are kinda drifting from our original idea.
so about the having too many sites idea, it was initially an idea to help remove the whole chunk of the Rules over at the sidebar for everyone's convenience sake.
Since having too many sites affects our WLJC being the main site, we admin will have another meeting again to discuss the issue.
Like Reenie has mentioned, i think most probably we will be keeping the member's page + WLJC only. The chatroom doesn't seems to be active with members.
and as for the Rules problem, we got to brainstorm for another idea guess. and meanwhile, i appreciate you two's contribution:D and feel free to comment next time regards our blog layout and everything.
WLJC is constantly improving for you guys! so speak up if u have ath to say!
i see what you two are saying that we should keep WLJC as a blog like community with our fans posting anyhow they like, informally. We would also like to keep our traditional look
however we would like to ask for any suggestion on how we should handle the rules of the blog because previously it looks messy being a clutter on the right side bar.
although we know you guys only browse through or read the rules only once but we find it essential to place it where everyone could read it as we are getting new readers and new members who want to join our blog.
regarding the chat room, just like juju mentioned, we actually had two session already and we had poor response from everyone so now we are thinking of removing it away.
feel free to give your opinions, anything for the sake of WLJC .. because we would like our members + guests to feel comfortable being around here =D
about the chatroom...
Actually I tried to go in it twice on the confirmed date and time. But I can't seem to get into contact with anyone. Its like no one is there. No one is replying or something. I can't seem to work out the chatroom yet.
For the rules.
Maybe instead of posting the rules according to their numbers (like now), you guys could post the newest rule on the top most side of the right side bar to get people's attention and only transfer it back under all the other rules when you have a new rule to replace it.
...get what I'm trying to say?
yeah reenie, i understood about what u saying.
however the problem we facing now right, is because WLJC is slowly growing, more n more rules will be implemented. agree right?
So WLJC now presently has 7 rules ( which originally was placed on the sidebar of our blog site, but now moved to the http://www.freewebs.com/welovejaychou/ourblog.htm )
so that you guys won't have to scroll down the blog for ages just to take a look at the tagboard.
This is our only idea so far, so how do u guys think abt it then??
Move back the Rules to be under the WLJC.blogspot.com?
or the freewebs site is Okay.
P.S our main cover site : http://www.freewebs.com/welovejaychou/index.htm
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