An idea and a request
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 1:27 pm
Hi all. As some of you know, I'm the admin of this board and the webmaster of bacharachonline.com, which has been around since at least March 28, 1996.
https://web.archive.org/web/19970508113 ... arach.html
God. That was a long time ago. Anyway, for many years now I've struggled to keep the site up to date with Burt news, and now with an incredibly vivacious 17-month-old running around the house, that job is even tougher. It disappoints me to no end to see all the amazing Bacharach news and comments posted here and on Facebook and not have time to get that news up onto the website in a prompt fashion.
So here's the idea: I'm looking for contributors who'd like to post occasionally news items on the website's homepage. (http://bacharachonline.com/) I'm open to almost anything. It can be news about a new CD or musical, a link to a review, an article about or interview with Burt, a rare YouTube clip, news of upcoming performances for Burt or related artists, news about Dionne or Hal, etc. etc.
The site is WordPress based, so if you've ever published a blog, you'll get the hang of it in a hurry. To be honest, it's not much different from posting comments here in the discussion forum. The only difference would be trying to maintain a slightly newsier, slightly more objective tone for the homepage (as opposed to the opinionated tone that rules here in the discussion forum).
I'll maintain my admin role to deal with the technical aspects and I'll have the ability to edit or delete postings if somebody goes off the rails and posts something crazy, but I don't think that'll be a problem.
I guess I should also say that I'm not trying to take advantage of anyone. The site is not for profit. It generates a little revenue through an Amazon Affiliates program, but those funds go back into hosting expenses and domain registration. I'm certainly not making any money off the site.
If you think you might be interested in helping out (and there are a few of you that I'd love hear say yes to that question), let me know and I'll get in touch with you privately.
Thanks in advance!
https://web.archive.org/web/19970508113 ... arach.html
God. That was a long time ago. Anyway, for many years now I've struggled to keep the site up to date with Burt news, and now with an incredibly vivacious 17-month-old running around the house, that job is even tougher. It disappoints me to no end to see all the amazing Bacharach news and comments posted here and on Facebook and not have time to get that news up onto the website in a prompt fashion.
So here's the idea: I'm looking for contributors who'd like to post occasionally news items on the website's homepage. (http://bacharachonline.com/) I'm open to almost anything. It can be news about a new CD or musical, a link to a review, an article about or interview with Burt, a rare YouTube clip, news of upcoming performances for Burt or related artists, news about Dionne or Hal, etc. etc.
The site is WordPress based, so if you've ever published a blog, you'll get the hang of it in a hurry. To be honest, it's not much different from posting comments here in the discussion forum. The only difference would be trying to maintain a slightly newsier, slightly more objective tone for the homepage (as opposed to the opinionated tone that rules here in the discussion forum).
I'll maintain my admin role to deal with the technical aspects and I'll have the ability to edit or delete postings if somebody goes off the rails and posts something crazy, but I don't think that'll be a problem.
I guess I should also say that I'm not trying to take advantage of anyone. The site is not for profit. It generates a little revenue through an Amazon Affiliates program, but those funds go back into hosting expenses and domain registration. I'm certainly not making any money off the site.
If you think you might be interested in helping out (and there are a few of you that I'd love hear say yes to that question), let me know and I'll get in touch with you privately.
Thanks in advance!