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Can some sort of blog be established for temporary?
But to be arranged that only some special stuff and etc. can be downloaded by members or something like that?
I'm asking is that possible because I'm not so much into computers and programming...
But to be arranged that only some special stuff and etc. can be downloaded by members or something like that?
I'm asking is that possible because I'm not so much into computers and programming...
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That seems to be the problem for most of us. Many are willing to contribute a text or a translation and the like, but nearly no one seems to have the time and knowledge to put a whole web page design together. Of course, with some editors nowadays one can do that with nearly no html/php knowledge at all, but a The Following site should have a certain feel/look that's not just some myspace/blog standard layout and that's harder to accomplish without the required acquaintance with desining/programming...
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That is indeed true.. there are quite a few bootleg sites around, The Following should be more than just another one.. plus we'd need the information and content of the last site (R.I.P.) and thus the help of the former site admins...
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Not that I have the time or the commitment, but I would vote for at least opening a wordpress blog. Easy to customize look-wise, and just takes about a day to really get how you like it. And there is lots of room for content 

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Uh, another dark chapter....
I know i once said i look for some webspace, but you know "life happens while making other plans" and so it was with me. Nowadays BG has a really often updated Facebook site with a kind of community.
On the other hand the following was better than that.
But it's true a Content Management System (CMS) would be far better to handle.
I know i once said i look for some webspace, but you know "life happens while making other plans" and so it was with me. Nowadays BG has a really often updated Facebook site with a kind of community.
On the other hand the following was better than that.
But it's true a Content Management System (CMS) would be far better to handle.
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it was more of a die-hard fan community... (which is somehow still alive in some places even though the site is dead
)... the facebook site is very informative, but just one of 1000 other pages 


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Indeed, the following had that special feel to it.Arwen Arianna wrote:it was more of a die-hard fan community... (which is somehow still alive in some places even though the site is dead)... the facebook site is very informative, but just one of 1000 other pages
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at the moment i'm too busy with my thesis. but after that i maybe have some time left, but i can't promise.
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To dig an old topic up; If this is still going to continue I'd gladly help.
I can do web programming (PHP, HTML, CSS, Javascript) and graphic design.
It would be an interesting project to revive this.
I can do web programming (PHP, HTML, CSS, Javascript) and graphic design.
It would be an interesting project to revive this.

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I'll throw my skill set into this pool. I'm a Django developer, an AJAX and jQuery wizard, I have database design skills and all sorts of other web-related skills. I can normalize a database faster than it took for the single to leak.
If you need my help, I'll gladly do what I can.

If you need my help, I'll gladly do what I can.
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Nice! I am totally slow at normalization.The Minstrel Knight LiGHT wrote:I'll throw my skill set into this pool. I'm a Django developer, an AJAX and jQuery wizard, I have database design skills and all sorts of other web-related skills. I can normalize a database faster than it took for the single to leak.![]()
If you need my help, I'll gladly do what I can.
This might actually be going somewhere...

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I could....No wait, I don't have any programming knowledge
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If there's anything I could help with, maybe writing or something else, I'd be happy to contribute


If there's anything I could help with, maybe writing or something else, I'd be happy to contribute

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I could cheer on the people who can actually do something. 

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^ partially quoted from a previous post.Beren Ercharmion wrote:So the plan for now should be:
- find a suiting provider
- set up a temp forum to plan further
- recruit a new staff
- get the remains of the old site online and see what can be re-used
- have a look at what has to be improved/redone
edit:
* Reprogramming the site structure (since the old PHP files are lost?).
* Reconstructing the database and its design.
* Add (new) and reconstructed content.
I do not have a lot of personal experience with hosting, but HostGator has been recommanded a lot.
Also: http://www.top10webhosting.com/ (up to date)
I see from the latest and previous posts we have a handful of people who could do programming and database design.
Assigning a new staff and webmasters should not be a very big problem? A lot of people posted they are willing to help.
Would such a plan be realistic?
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I would advise against HostGator. Those TOP [insert number] WEB HOSTS websites are a farce and shouldn't be taken seriously. They are paid to promote hosts. Based on my experiences, if we're going with shared hosting, Dreamhost or Webfaction are the way to go (the latter being the better of the two as it's grid-based and just very flexible). I would also recommend having someone with experience run the server so we can assign users and give SSH access to those that need it. If no one else steps up, I wouldn't mind doing something like this as I run Linux exclusively on all of my machines and have worked as a Jr. Systems Administrator in the past.
What's the status of the domain? Are we going with a new one or setting up something else? I need to know as I want to step up and purchase hosting for us, and possibly the domain if we're going with something new.

What's the status of the domain? Are we going with a new one or setting up something else? I need to know as I want to step up and purchase hosting for us, and possibly the domain if we're going with something new.
Normalization isn't actually used all that much in practice.Cigoth wrote:Nice! I am totally slow at normalization.
This might actually be going somewhere...

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I think we could well go with shared hosting when considering the traffic will not be enormous. But this needs to be discussed of course.The Minstrel Knight LiGHT wrote:I would advise against HostGator. Those TOP [insert number] WEB HOSTS websites are a farce and shouldn't be taken seriously. They are paid to promote hosts. Based on my experiences, if we're going with shared hosting, Dreamhost or Webfaction are the way to go (the latter being the better of the two as it's grid-based and just very flexible). I would also recommend having someone with experience run the server so we can assign users and give SSH access to those that need it. If no one else steps up, I wouldn't mind doing something like this as I run Linux exclusively on all of my machines and have worked as a Jr. Systems Administrator in the past.
What's the status of the domain? Are we going with a new one or setting up something else? I need to know as I want to step up and purchase hosting for us, and possibly the domain if we're going with something new.
According to a previous post, Robert, the current holder of the domain, would give the domain http://www.the-following.com to us so it can be transferred to a new hosting.
For ownership of the domain we would have to contact him again (his email is at the website).
I see you have quite some experience with server administration so I think it would be great if you are able to mainly run the server.

I hope for some activity of other users who were previously on top of planning this.
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My apologies, I admit that I haven't read this whole thread.Cigoth wrote:According to a previous post, Robert, the current holder of the domain, would give the domain http://www.the-following.com to us so it can be transferred to a new hosting.
For ownership of the domain we would have to contact him again (his email is at the website).

As for running the server, I'll be purchasing some space and getting ready. I'll contact Robert about the domain. Right now, I think you're right about getting more people involved. I would like to see maybe an IRC channel set up or something where we can organize this a little better. I'd love to see some ideas fleshed out. Maybe someone can ask the mods to give us a dedicated forum for discussion on here?
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As mentioned before, i don't know anything about programming and the like, but if there's anything else I can do- please tell me! I'm more than willing to spend time and effort on this 

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+1Arwen Arianna wrote:As mentioned before, i don't know anything about programming and the like, but if there's anything else I can do- please tell me! I'm more than willing to spend time and effort on this
I'm pretty good at organising anything not web-site related like meetings and such.
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same here, I've got no clue about programming, but beeing propably the last of the "old" staff that is still active here I'd be willing to help again.
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I'm a webdeveloper mainly uses PHP as a deadly weapon and has doing so for a very short time but it's moving forward. I might not be the best coder in the world (yet) but I have launched several sucessful projects and I'm getting better all the time. Also currently learning DOM Scripting among other things to learn more in the arts of webdeveloping. I'm also currently studying grapgical design so if you need some of that I can lend a hand. However I'm sure there is plenty of people out there whom are way better to use when it comes to graphical design. But if you need xhtml or css I can truly lend a hand there.
And in worst case, I can supply you with my stack of bootlegs (well above 20gb) I hosted on the previous version on The Following. I don't check the forum as much as I used to do. So send me a message if you need me for something.
And in worst case, I can supply you with my stack of bootlegs (well above 20gb) I hosted on the previous version on The Following. I don't check the forum as much as I used to do. So send me a message if you need me for something.
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Another +1Arwen Arianna wrote:As mentioned before, i don't know anything about programming and the like, but if there's anything else I can do- please tell me! I'm more than willing to spend time and effort on this
Don't forget us non-programmers!

We surely must be useful for something? lol

I can't think of anything clever to put here.
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+3 Id love to help but I don't know what I can doArwen Arianna wrote:As mentioned before, i don't know anything about programming and the like, but if there's anything else I can do- please tell me! I'm more than willing to spend time and effort on this
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All I can offer is my support (financial if necessary, and if I can afford it!) and gratitude. I wasn't aware of The Following and would love to be a part of it.
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Hehe, so many people willing to help. 
We really can't do this without the support of everyone, programmers and non-programmers alike. If someone could get a dedicated IRC channel going that would be a great starting point. We really need to start dividing responsibilities.

We really can't do this without the support of everyone, programmers and non-programmers alike. If someone could get a dedicated IRC channel going that would be a great starting point. We really need to start dividing responsibilities.

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Ok, so there are finally some people with programming skills/knowledge that are willing to help, and also (seemingly) enough people who offered to contribute otherwise. An IRC channle would be good for coordination indeed.
What we need first though, is someone to take over control over this project. I'm thinking about a board of maybe four to five people, of which optimally at least some were involved in the organisation of the original following. They could make a first concept of the page and what a first version of it should contain (Preferentially, with a design leaning on the design of the original page). I think to have some essential things, this should be at least a newspage, a band biography (featuring descriptions of the individual band members, like on the BG page, just more elaborate) and a discography, including lyrics, tabs and maybe midi-files of the songs as well as a description of each album. As I recall, many people came to the following in the first place for finding good tabs and stuff. More stuff to follow. The leading cometee could then tell each programmer what to do.
The people who are willing to contribute could then (here or on some other place) list what useful things they could do for the project. For my share, this would be (as an example):
- Write tabs/sheet music for songs that aren't available as tabs yet
- Research the best of the already existing tabs (preferentially in GP/PT format), contact the authors of them and ask for permission to use them on the page, make PDF's and MIDI's out of them
- Research some good pictures and ask for permissions,
- Write stuff about band, bandmembers, albums
- Research detailed information about equipment used by the bandmembers (from resources as such as tourbooks, contents of Länglich's page (R.I.P., I'm sure some of you remember) etc. etc.)
- Contact people of the original The Following staff and clear up if there's some stuff still available
- Contact other people in order to get some bonus material (like from Curu's page, though I have no idea how the legal things are about that)
Of course there is a lot more to it, and one single person cannot do all of this stuff. Again, a cometee who would do the organisation stuff could then pick out people and tell them what to do, then compare stuff, put stuff together from contributions made by other etc. etc.
I think we would need something like that in order to achieve anything like a page The Following was. If everybody just says "i can do something" we won't get far.
Comments, Suggestions?
thx.
What we need first though, is someone to take over control over this project. I'm thinking about a board of maybe four to five people, of which optimally at least some were involved in the organisation of the original following. They could make a first concept of the page and what a first version of it should contain (Preferentially, with a design leaning on the design of the original page). I think to have some essential things, this should be at least a newspage, a band biography (featuring descriptions of the individual band members, like on the BG page, just more elaborate) and a discography, including lyrics, tabs and maybe midi-files of the songs as well as a description of each album. As I recall, many people came to the following in the first place for finding good tabs and stuff. More stuff to follow. The leading cometee could then tell each programmer what to do.
The people who are willing to contribute could then (here or on some other place) list what useful things they could do for the project. For my share, this would be (as an example):
- Write tabs/sheet music for songs that aren't available as tabs yet
- Research the best of the already existing tabs (preferentially in GP/PT format), contact the authors of them and ask for permission to use them on the page, make PDF's and MIDI's out of them
- Research some good pictures and ask for permissions,
- Write stuff about band, bandmembers, albums
- Research detailed information about equipment used by the bandmembers (from resources as such as tourbooks, contents of Länglich's page (R.I.P., I'm sure some of you remember) etc. etc.)
- Contact people of the original The Following staff and clear up if there's some stuff still available
- Contact other people in order to get some bonus material (like from Curu's page, though I have no idea how the legal things are about that)
Of course there is a lot more to it, and one single person cannot do all of this stuff. Again, a cometee who would do the organisation stuff could then pick out people and tell them what to do, then compare stuff, put stuff together from contributions made by other etc. etc.
I think we would need something like that in order to achieve anything like a page The Following was. If everybody just says "i can do something" we won't get far.
Comments, Suggestions?
thx.
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Tell me what I can do and I'll do it!
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I say we do it the other way round: You (and everybody else who is willing) say how you think you could contribute and we put together a organisation board/cometee who then tells you what you could actually do. I would do it this way because everybody has different abilities, knowledge, etc., so it makes no sense if any hypothetical organisators tell you to go and e.g. write a tab or write a php script when you have no idea how that works. However, I'm just making suggestions here, I would like to hear some opinions on them. If anybody else has ideas of how we could put this together in another way, please speak up 
thx

thx
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i don't mind co-ordinating efforts
knowing some of the bigger potential contributers would make things a bit easier
I could write a thing or two and, when the time comes for it, i could organise meetings.
knowing some of the bigger potential contributers would make things a bit easier
I could write a thing or two and, when the time comes for it, i could organise meetings.
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I didn't mean something like php script. More of what Gandalf said.
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Blind Guardian wrote:A fairly small but absolutely bravehearted crowd in Tempe has made that a night remember. Marcus(on behalf of the band) says: Thank you:-)
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I'm not sure if you have someone in mind here, or something specific to be contributed. If neither of this is the case: Like I said, if everybody willing to participate could write down what exactly (that includes you, MetalFan) he/she could do, the people in charge of organisation/coordination could figure out how to split up the different tasks and hand them down to the individual contributers. I think the things I listed would all be things that I could do, especially tabs and equipment. Writing as well, of course, but I think that's what the major part of contributing people could do, since it doesn't require any special knowledge or skills, except for being familiar with guardian and being able to write in more or less appealing and correct english. Again, if we had multiple people who would do something like that, organisators of the project could select the best stuff and maybe consolidate it with stuff that other people wrote, since different people will emphasise different aspects and thus have more detailed information about the aspects their paying special attention to.Gandalf de Grijze wrote: knowing some of the bigger potential contributers would make things a bit easier
edit: I think Arwen made a step in the right directon in her opening post:
We need more things like that!Sooo...Steven will organize Follower meetings (if I got that right), I'll transcribe and translate the first 7 pages of Hansi's diary (and the rest as well, if necessary,(...)
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i know a photographer or two who would be most willing to contribute.
some professional stuff, maybe we could even get exclusive pics or something
some professional stuff, maybe we could even get exclusive pics or something
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Okay, so here's what I can (hopefully) do:
- I started collecting and searching interviews a while ago, so I have gathered quite some background information, I guess. I could try and write some texts (about the band, the members, funny occurences etc)
- I could finally finish transcribing and translating Hansi's diary
- if you trust me with that, I might write some concert reviews + pictures (no professional ones, though)
- I could help maintain the site (post news, edit contents etc), if that doesn't require any programming skills
- contribute translations in general
- if Steven would still like to take care of the meetings, I could help with those as well
- don't know if that's of any use, but I could contribute some illustrated calligraphy versions of the lyrics...
I also thought things like picture contests and the t-shirts were a nice addition...
edit: oh, and if nobody has made any plans so far, I'll try and get a forum + chat for the planning tomorrow..
- I started collecting and searching interviews a while ago, so I have gathered quite some background information, I guess. I could try and write some texts (about the band, the members, funny occurences etc)
- I could finally finish transcribing and translating Hansi's diary
- if you trust me with that, I might write some concert reviews + pictures (no professional ones, though)
- I could help maintain the site (post news, edit contents etc), if that doesn't require any programming skills
- contribute translations in general
- if Steven would still like to take care of the meetings, I could help with those as well
- don't know if that's of any use, but I could contribute some illustrated calligraphy versions of the lyrics...
I also thought things like picture contests and the t-shirts were a nice addition...
edit: oh, and if nobody has made any plans so far, I'll try and get a forum + chat for the planning tomorrow..
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About all I can do is edit Arwen's texts to make them more grammatically correct in English should that be necessary. Unless people just want them as literal as possible, of course.
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I'd appreciate thatLed Guardian wrote:About all I can do is edit Arwen's texts to make them more grammatically correct in English should that be necessary. Unless people just want them as literal as possible, of course.

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- Metal Fan
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Re: Reviving The Following...
I can post stuff on the main page. I already have a blog: http://blindguardianfans.blogspot.com/s ... results=12
It's not much of a difference.
It's not much of a difference.
⋨The Dagor Dagorath, the great final battle at which the forces of the brothers Manwë and Melkor will face one another, and Arda will be unmade.⋩
⋨Is in with Bender on his plan⋩
⋨Is in with Bender on his plan⋩
Blind Guardian wrote:A fairly small but absolutely bravehearted crowd in Tempe has made that a night remember. Marcus(on behalf of the band) says: Thank you:-)
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Beren Ercharmion wrote:So the plan for now should be:
find a suiting provider
set up a temp forum to plan further (at least that's no problem, can be done in about 5 minutes or so)
recruit a new staff
get the remains of the old site online and see what can be re-used
have a look at what has to be improved/redone
then: work work work
Ok, it looks as if nothing's happened since that. Still, it sounds like a plan, especially with Traveller in Time willing to pay for a year (provided he would still do it), so why not have someone finding a provider? It seems like a staff could be recruited quite fast, but even lots of contributing people are of no use as long as there is no page to put the contributions up.Traveller in Time wrote:Yeah Robert still pays for it, but he said we should get an own account, that he and Daniel are "out of business" with TF. But of course we get the domain, which can be transferred(assigned?).Yeti of Chaos wrote:What's anyway wrong with leaving it where it is right now? AFAIK, Robert still pays for it, doesn't he?(...)
(...)
Well i would pay one year, then let's see how my financial situation will be, now i am still poor student
(...)
I, too, am a neat guy. And I, too, am just a love machine
Also, a stupid europeoid with snake primitive language
Also, a stupid europeoid with snake primitive language
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Okay guys, as promised: I created a board (+ chat) for further discussions.
I did this withing a few minutes, as I'm rather busy.. I'll improve it a little later on, the colors etc are a mess. http://www.followers.forumieren.com
edit: feel free to suggest different/new categories!
I did this withing a few minutes, as I'm rather busy.. I'll improve it a little later on, the colors etc are a mess. http://www.followers.forumieren.com
edit: feel free to suggest different/new categories!
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"And he shut the doors of his house in the face of the mightiest of all the dwellers in Eä"
Bpgk!
Oh, and by the way.. Hansi is God
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Awesome Arwen! Thanks
Edit: I'm Market Square, got sick of Metal Fan last year -_-
should you add a place for pictures or would that come under translations?
Edit: I'm Market Square, got sick of Metal Fan last year -_-
should you add a place for pictures or would that come under translations?
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⋨The Dagor Dagorath, the great final battle at which the forces of the brothers Manwë and Melkor will face one another, and Arda will be unmade.⋩
⋨Is in with Bender on his plan⋩
⋨Is in with Bender on his plan⋩
Blind Guardian wrote:A fairly small but absolutely bravehearted crowd in Tempe has made that a night remember. Marcus(on behalf of the band) says: Thank you:-)
Re: Reviving The Following...
I play guitar to a reasonable standard so would also like to help checking tabs over and seeing which are the closest, although I tend to play the more acoustic tracks myself. I have figured a few songs out myself which may be played totally differently to how the Bards play, but it sounds reasonable to me.
My mother in law is a Balrog, and I'm telling you, she has wings!
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I have already purchased space from a grid-based host. I'm looking into getting the domain from Robert right now.Desert_Storm wrote:Ok, it looks as if nothing's happened since that. Still, it sounds like a plan, especially with Traveller in Time willing to pay for a year (provided he would still do it), so why not have someone finding a provider? It seems like a staff could be recruited quite fast, but even lots of contributing people are of no use as long as there is no page to put the contributions up.
Also, I will need to check against my provider's TOS, but if everything is okay, I should be able to run an IRC channel for all of us as well. Right now, shouting ideas at one another isn't ideal.
What we have:
- Hosting
- Technical skills
- Graphic Designer?
What we need:
- Graphic Designer?
- Domain (in talks with Robert right now)
- CONTENT
In regards to content, I've begun writing an in-depth lyrical analysis starting from the very first album. It's great that we have people transcribing diaries, writing reviews, tabs, and whole slew of other things. We're going to need everything we can get!
ALSO: If you're a programmer, please tell me. I've started outlining specifications and technologies we'll be using. I'd love to get a discussion between us going instead of having me be the benevolent dictator who chooses everything.

The Minstrel Knight LiGHT wrote:I admit defeat to Traez
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@Minstrel Knight:
Seems like we are further than I expected
So what do you propose concerning the content? Just write stuff/look for stuff that we can use and then upload it in the Forum Arwen created?
Seems like we are further than I expected

So what do you propose concerning the content? Just write stuff/look for stuff that we can use and then upload it in the Forum Arwen created?
I, too, am a neat guy. And I, too, am just a love machine
Also, a stupid europeoid with snake primitive language
Also, a stupid europeoid with snake primitive language
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The forum Arwen created (excellent initiative!) will be short-lived once we get the domain, unfortunately. As soon as the domain is transferred, I'll set up a forum on the-following.com that we can all use to plan. For now, use Arwen's forum or email any content to her or myself. Right now, I'm focused on trying to get an IRC channel and securing the domain for us.
The Minstrel Knight LiGHT wrote:I admit defeat to Traez
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I have at least 50 pictures of the band stored on my iPod right now. Three are drawn that I got from bgs facebook (the three in water color) do we have to ask for permission to use them? Later I will get on the computer and put them on PhotoBucket.
⋨The Dagor Dagorath, the great final battle at which the forces of the brothers Manwë and Melkor will face one another, and Arda will be unmade.⋩
⋨Is in with Bender on his plan⋩
⋨Is in with Bender on his plan⋩
Blind Guardian wrote:A fairly small but absolutely bravehearted crowd in Tempe has made that a night remember. Marcus(on behalf of the band) says: Thank you:-)
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basically, you will have to ask permission for every picture, no matter what type, not taken by yourself if you want to put it somwhere people can see it.
I, too, am a neat guy. And I, too, am just a love machine
Also, a stupid europeoid with snake primitive language
Also, a stupid europeoid with snake primitive language
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UPDATE: We have an IRC channel! Join #the-following @ irc.freenode.net! (it's registered, but may be empty! haha
)
Also mention that they won't be used for profit.

Yes, for stuff like this always ask for permission. However, do mention that they are for Blind Guardian's fansite The Following. That name carries around a lot of weight.Metal Fan wrote:I have at least 50 pictures of the band stored on my iPod right now. Three are drawn that I got from bgs facebook (the three in water color) do we have to ask for permission to use them? Later I will get on the computer and put them on PhotoBucket.

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The Minstrel Knight LiGHT wrote:I admit defeat to Traez
Re: Reviving The Following...
I could do some pictures of the Bards. If they come and do a gig in my backyard I'll do the pictures for free! 

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The Minstrel Knight LiGHT wrote:UPDATE: We have an IRC channel! Join #the-following @ irc.freenode.net!
Yes, for stuff like this always ask for permission. However, do mention that they are for Blind Guardian's fansite The Following. That name carries around a lot of weight.Metal Fan wrote:I have at least 50 pictures of the band stored on my iPod right now. Three are drawn that I got from bgs facebook (the three in water color) do we have to ask for permission to use them? Later I will get on the computer and put them on PhotoBucket.Also mention that they won't be used for profit.
Damn, some I got on Google too and some from interviews. For now I'll just get email address, when it comes to it I'll email them

The-following.com ... What?
⋨The Dagor Dagorath, the great final battle at which the forces of the brothers Manwë and Melkor will face one another, and Arda will be unmade.⋩
⋨Is in with Bender on his plan⋩
⋨Is in with Bender on his plan⋩
Blind Guardian wrote:A fairly small but absolutely bravehearted crowd in Tempe has made that a night remember. Marcus(on behalf of the band) says: Thank you:-)
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check.The Minstrel Knight LiGHT wrote: What we have:
- Hosting
- Technical skills
- Graphic Designer?
What we need:
- Graphic Designer?
- Domain (in talks with Robert right now)
- CONTENT

but as i mentioned before, still stuck with thesis for about two weeks.
YEE-HAW MOTHERFUCKER!
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which
I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
it’s a very very...
...Mad world
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which
I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
it’s a very very...
...Mad world
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Graphic Designer: Little Dragon
Data base design: The Minstrel Knight LiGHT
Web Programing: Cigoth
Other: wade-newb, Led Guardian, Arwen Arianna (content), Gandalf De Grijze (content), Beren Ercharmion, Metal Fan, Spamel (content),
Web developer: Bard
Did I miss anyone?
Data base design: The Minstrel Knight LiGHT
Web Programing: Cigoth
Other: wade-newb, Led Guardian, Arwen Arianna (content), Gandalf De Grijze (content), Beren Ercharmion, Metal Fan, Spamel (content),
Web developer: Bard
Did I miss anyone?
⋨The Dagor Dagorath, the great final battle at which the forces of the brothers Manwë and Melkor will face one another, and Arda will be unmade.⋩
⋨Is in with Bender on his plan⋩
⋨Is in with Bender on his plan⋩
Blind Guardian wrote:A fairly small but absolutely bravehearted crowd in Tempe has made that a night remember. Marcus(on behalf of the band) says: Thank you:-)
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