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A No Depression website update, finally
I've been remiss in blogging here and I want to apologize for that. I had intended to blog regularly and let you all know what was happening on the business side of things with No Depression, but not being a natural writer and more importantly, being up to my ears trying to get the festival planned, archive content digitized and the archive site built I never seem to find a spare moment for anyone or anything. (Just ask my family.)
The good news is that all the archive content has been cut and pasted into a database by 24 volunteers who gave very generously of their time over the last couple months. I will be forever grateful to them and can honestly say that the archive site would not exist if it weren't for their efforts. Their names are listed on our Founder's Circle Page.
Next was tracking down over 200 No Depression writers to get their permission to post their content on the archive web site, which was a daunting task to say the least. Still a few stragglers but most everyone was incredibly supportive and very positive about the thought of having the archives online and accessible.
The archive site has been in development for well over two months and it's getting closer to being ready to launch every day. It's coming along great and the folks at Crowd Favorite, particularly Gregory Grubbs, have worked miracles to force the data to conform. Most web sites are built for new content, not to import over 7,500 articles with many different data fields.
Stay tuned this week. With a little luck we'll be doing a soft launch later in the week!
I'm at the point where I could use some help. I need an army of volunteers to check each and every article and make sure they are all displaying properly and if not report the info back so we can fix them. Most of the volunteers who helped with the cutting and pasting are on board to help but they have already given so much of their time and I feel bad going back to the same well over and over again.
So...if any of you out there are willing to step up and donate a few hours over the coming days and weeks it would be very much appreciated. It's not necessary, but if you happen to have any web editing experience please let me know that also.
Comments are welcome here and if you want to volunteer please email me directly at kyla@nodepression.com.
The good news is that all the archive content has been cut and pasted into a database by 24 volunteers who gave very generously of their time over the last couple months. I will be forever grateful to them and can honestly say that the archive site would not exist if it weren't for their efforts. Their names are listed on our Founder's Circle Page.
Next was tracking down over 200 No Depression writers to get their permission to post their content on the archive web site, which was a daunting task to say the least. Still a few stragglers but most everyone was incredibly supportive and very positive about the thought of having the archives online and accessible.
The archive site has been in development for well over two months and it's getting closer to being ready to launch every day. It's coming along great and the folks at Crowd Favorite, particularly Gregory Grubbs, have worked miracles to force the data to conform. Most web sites are built for new content, not to import over 7,500 articles with many different data fields.
Stay tuned this week. With a little luck we'll be doing a soft launch later in the week!
I'm at the point where I could use some help. I need an army of volunteers to check each and every article and make sure they are all displaying properly and if not report the info back so we can fix them. Most of the volunteers who helped with the cutting and pasting are on board to help but they have already given so much of their time and I feel bad going back to the same well over and over again.
So...if any of you out there are willing to step up and donate a few hours over the coming days and weeks it would be very much appreciated. It's not necessary, but if you happen to have any web editing experience please let me know that also.
Comments are welcome here and if you want to volunteer please email me directly at kyla@nodepression.com.
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Comment by Amos Perrine on June 17, 2009 at 4:50am -
Having been a writer, editor, photographer, founder and doing whatever-needs-to-be-done on various publications for 25 years (pre-net), I have an inkling of what you have gone through and your commitment to our community. Many, many thanks.
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Comment by Thom Ciskoe Pike on June 19, 2009 at 7:52am -
Kyla,
Where are the articles from the earlier version of this site? Are there still going to be features, or is it just all blogging, all the time?
Ciskoe
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Comment by Kyla Fairchild on June 19, 2009 at 8:19am -
All those article from the earlier version of the site will be included in the web archives.
We'd love to continue providing features but until a business model evolves that makes it possible to generate the revenue to pay writers for them it will not be possible. You can read more about that in my previous blog The Cold Hard Facts.
I have some ideas about how to do that but it's going to take time and money to implement them.
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Comment by Thom Ciskoe Pike on June 21, 2009 at 1:25pm
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I get it about the features and the record and show reviews. A lot of work for little return.
But for those of us who look to this site for new music, how about if you post simple lists, (one a week or month, no copy required) of what y'all are listening too?
Peter's new Playlist.
Grant's five CD's to watch.
What's on Kyla's IPOD.
A topic list of what you would be reviewing or featuring if you had the resources.
These would be good thread staters and if they were in the same place on the front page, readers wouldn't have to read all of the blogs to get the info.
Ciskoe
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