Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

JimHow

On the other hand, I just went back to the homepage and it seems pretty obvious to even a computer nitwit like me how to enter the forum. Maybe at this late date we should hold off on any changes to our homepage until Tuesday or later in the week.

JimHow

As for more prominent direction to the forum, we could possibly change the last sentence of our greeting to say: Please take a minute to register and join us in our message board forum! The underlined part would be a link to the forum. That way we would have three links to the forum: at the top, at ...

JimHow

We definitely should rearrange it, I'm wondering if we should wait until Tuesday to do that at this point. Michael had asked a couple days ago whether we could make access to the forum more prominent on the welcome page. I'd like to see us tinker with the welcome page cautiously at this point becaus...

JimHow

Excellent!
I'm off to lunch....

JimHow

I'm planning on not utilizing it, Phil, I just want to know it's available to me.

What needs to be done at 4pm tomorrow? Are you going to remove the password box that allows access to BWE? Looks to me like that's the last matter of business, right?

JimHow

Excellent!

There is a function where I can send the same email to all members of BWE with one click of the mouse.

I did get that Admin email, Phil, I didn't look at it real carefully yet but I will.

Okay, we are ready to launch!

4:00 p.m. eastern time U.S., 9:00 p.m. UK time tomorrow!

JimHow

I found the message where he asked me to ask you to contact him by email, but he didn't leave his email. His most recent screenname was agentbillo, but he no longer seems to have a profile.

JimHow

Final thoughts/questions: 1. I would like to launch around 4:00 p.m. eastern U.S. time, how does that work for your schedule, Phil, that would be what, 9pm over there? I have to be in court in the morning and, although my afternoon is currently clear, the court usually calls me in on Monday afternoo...

JimHow

I've been having the same debate myself, David. I really like the simplicity of the welcome page.

JimHow

Yes Billo is still a lurker on BWE.
He posted a message a few weeks back giving his email and asking that you contact him Phil. I'll try to find that message, it was in the thread I started announcing that MSN Groups was closing.

JimHow

less is more!

Indeed!

That will be our credo as we move forward to the other side in the days and weeks ahead.

JimHow

Excellent idea. Maybe after two or three weeks we can say okay, we'll try out avatars for a week or so, to see how it looks.

JimHow

We're getting there, I'd like to see the Daytons, and werner/Chris, Mr. & Mrs Bordeaux Bill, etc.

JimHow

Phil, can you remove the MDs from the welcome page.

JimHow

Let's start without avatars, we can always change course later.

JimHow

I popped and poured this wine last night, did not decant. It kept improving through the course of the evening, but I don't think it was a real complex wine. It was a fine effort from an exceptional vintage, it kind of reminded me a little of the 2000 Corbin in that, in the end, you get the sense it ...

JimHow

The good thing about all of this, be they avatars, or report this post buttons, or logos, is that we can change our minds and continue to tinker as we go along.

JimHow

Why do we even need a "report this post" button? We don't currently have one on BWE. My philosophy on BWE has been that we delete virtually nothing. It is a major secret to the success of our site, in my opinion. To the extent you managers have the ability to delete, it should be exercised...

JimHow

I just went to the Parker site to check the avatars and, hillariously, the first one I saw was a Cubs logo. I'm not a big fan of the avatars I don't really see how they enhance the site, plus I guess I'm biased because I think the dynamic on that Parker site is so gross. If we ever become like that ...

JimHow

I kind of like the MDs on the front page but obviously it is completely up to Scott and David. I do think that whatever option we choose, it should either be both or neither.

JimHow

I think we should consider holding off on avatars and quotes and stuff like that, at least for the moment. We can always add that feature later.
I'm all for simplicity.

JimHow

I mean, pictures of vineyards and chateaux are one thing, are we gonna have to look at Chicago Cubs logos and pictures of beautiful women every time we log onto BWE?

JimHow

It is so erobertparker-like.

JimHow

Nice job with the pictures in the gallery. Either way on the logo is fine with me, it is certainly serviceable and we can always change it later.

JimHow

I like this better, but I'm wondering if, sooner or later, we should just go with something completely new. I think the logo clashes a bit with the rest of the homepage. The homepage is very succinct, clean, the lines are sharp and clear. The lettering in the logo is italicized, contrasting with the...

JimHow

I definitely think TNs should be in the general discussion. Too bad we can't set up something with cellartracker, but i think we should have a link to the site here somewhere.

JimHow

I was thinking the same thing, Phil. The logo doesn't match the rest of the site. I really like the rest of the welcome page though, I wouldn't change anything about the look. Anyway, I'm going to announce on BWE that the new site is going to go on line on Monday afternoon, to give the BWE community...

JimHow

Okay thanks Mike, I just deleted the quick-reply thread.

I think we should shoot for Monday, Phil's probably in bed by now anyway.

That'll give us the weekend to work out any kinks.

I hate to see us delay much beyond Monday, though, I'm getting emails from BWEers who can't get into the MSN site.

JimHow

I'm heading home, but I'll be around tonight. There's still work to do. I need to understand the administrator functions, we need to delete those two threads, etc. But I'm wondering whether these things can be done while the site is open to the public? Are you around this weekend Phil? Should I tell...

JimHow

I just went through the threads and deleted a couple specific messages.
I would like to delete the entire "feels like BWE" thread and "quick-reply feature" thread, but I'm not sure how to.

JimHow

Good idea Scott, we should go through the threads to delete stuff that might be misconstrued.
I'd like to keep everything else, though, it will be good to look back twenty years from now at the process of creation!

JimHow

Mine has 40 posts per page, no?

JimHow

I think it looks outstanding, Phil, great work!

I say put whatever pictures you want in there, like David said above, it'll be good to get some pictures in there that have some people in it.

It looks great!

Okay thanks for all the hard work!

JimHow

I like the way you've got it right now, with the text to the left and the photo gallery to the right.
Can you put more pictures in the photo gallery?

Also, I don't think we need to make the text bolder, I think I like it the way it is.

What do the rest of you guys think?

JimHow

Ooh I just saw the photo gallery on the home page!

I like it!!

JimHow

I can't believe I missed that trip. Phil has posted some pictures on the homepage, I like what he's doing there. Phil, can you post larger versions of the group at d'Issan and the one on the steps at Margaux? I think we should go with at least one of those two. Also, perhaps we can post another pict...

JimHow

Great picture.
What do you think of the text on the homepage David?
At first I thought we might need to make it more bold but I'm thinking I might like the basicness of it.

JimHow

That's Corinne between you and Geeman, right?

JimHow

I count four in your last post.
Let me check the long shot picture at Margaux for a second.

JimHow

I can't decide, they're all good.
Okay, I hereby decree you pick four pictures David.

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