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| .::Strait-LAW Forums History Thread::.; (February 3rd, 2007) | |
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| Whoa-mack | Feb 4 2007, 12:42 AM Post #1 |
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Han helped push me to do a history thread of the Forums in another thread, and I've been wanting to do one for quite some time now, so since I have time off for a while, I thought I might as well do it
. I spent some hours looking through my computer files to find screenshots or banners of past Forums layouts (w/e I could find that I saved), and read old threads about them, to finally come up with this. I hope members here are interested in the history, and read it all, but another reason I did it, was for myself, so I could remember what happened in the past lol.So here it goes...: Years ago, I made a message board for Brooks & Dunn with my fansite for them, so I already knew and had a good feel of how to manage this type of place ...Before this message board was called the ".::Strait-LAW Forums::.", they were called the "Lee Ann Womack Forums" b/c they were made originally just to talk about LAW, to coincide with the main fansite I made the day before that ("LAW: Lee Ann Womack Online"). So, this message board was created on Thursday, June 3rd, 2004 (so longgg ago! ), and they looked like this:![]() First version: LAW Forums - June 3rd, 2005 The look and name was inspired by another artists' fan message board that I was/still am part of (The Shania Forums), and the pics used for it were from the Something Worth Leaving Behind album (the one on the right), and the other one, on the left, was a new pic from her Greatest Hits album photoshoot. I had completely different smilies uploaded, and it all looked totally different, but it was cool. I made the messages board because Lee Ann's official one back then was just not good - very ghost-town-like and never had any updates, and I was one of the very few who posted there lol (it still can be like that sometimes today!). I like being in control with a lot of things, there's no denying that ... so I wanted stuff that that message board lacked (like avatars and several other things) and make it fresh and fun, and most of all, updated. It's also a good way to post and save information and link to it from the fansite, and it saves space as well. The Patty Loveless Net message board (fan-run) was also another inspiration, in terms of doing much more than and providing what the official site lacked, for the fans of an artist. Cole, the webmistress of that site, and her work was a huge motivation factor in all the fansites I've made so far (4 fansites and then these message boards).Anyway, when I started the LAW Forums up, I did my best to promote it and got a good amount of people to join up, which was very nice (John, a member still here, was member #2, and Ashley was member #7
)Alright, onto the rest of the history in the next post...(I promise they all won't be as long as this first one lol...since it's the first, it has to have more details )
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| Whoa-mack | Feb 4 2007, 01:02 AM Post #2 |
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Arizona Buckaroo
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During that time, Lee Ann's current single was "The Wrong Girl" and I was doing as much as I could to promote it, and get the news out. Though, I looked over all over for it, I can't find any screenshots/banner for layout #2 (it could quite possibly be the above pic lol, not sure - just know that maybe the left pic was different slightly, but still the same look). I know that I made Ashley Miranda a moderator around this time lol - I think she though I was someone else (Connie, right?) and was confused
. Anyway, I did get tired of the first/second layout and went to my third one:![]() 3rd version: LAW Forums - August 3rd, 2004 For this one, I could only find the banner and not a screencapture. The pics were from a concert where George, Alan Jackson, and Lee Ann performed, I believe ( ... I know!), and I thought/still think that LAW looks great in the red dress with the sunglasses
(More of LAW/GS/AJ in this thread).--------------------------------------------------- For the fourth layout, I was going through a love-PNG-file craze, and made this one: ![]() 4th version: LAW Forums - October 17th, 2004 It was around Halloween time, so it fit well, but it was a little too big length-wise lol. I love those pics of Lee Ann: she looks like she was having fun and was happy --------------------------------------------------- |
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| Whoa-mack | Feb 4 2007, 01:19 AM Post #3 |
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![]() 5th version: LAW Forums - November 21st, 2004 This is one of my favorites: this is where I used the snow code for the first time, and used the lovely pics of Lee Ann from her Christmas album. I also put up the 'gender option' code, where members were allowed to choose their gender/sex in their profile, so people would know. It had several problems though: the default was "male" for everybody, so a lot of females had to change it lol...and it messed with some of the profiles somewhat (I finally got rid of it in July 2006). I made some cool "reply" buttons to go with the holiday theme lol. -------------------------------------------- ![]() 6th version: LAW Forums - January 2nd, 2005 I did like this one. It had somewhat of a construction look/theme to it lol. During that time, it was the first time (and only time so far), that I've added an affliate (other person's site link). It's still there actually....look at the way bottom of the page for the "CMZ: Country Music Zone" button link. Nothing much happens there anymore lol, but since they still have my link there, I might as well leave their's below. ---------------------------------------------- ![]() 7th version: LAW Forums - January 30th, 2005 I wanted to use one of the newer pics from the There's More Where That Came From album photo-shoot, so I used that good pic. A member here, Richard (LeeAnnFanForEver) commented that "it looks like an old honky tonk concert flyer", which really made me happy hehe. I think it was during that time where I added in the Forums Avatar Gallery in the control panel, so members could just click a pic and it would be their's, which was very cool, but only has a limited amount you can put in there.
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| Whoa-mack | Feb 4 2007, 01:34 AM Post #4 |
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![]() 8th version: LAW Forums - March 7th, 2005 I thought this one was really good, b/c I love that pic of LAW. The whole look was a theme taken from the Lee Ann fan-site, so they both went together in appearance lol. On April 10th, I made the Forums to where avatars were required haha...and if you didn't use one, I had a default avatar for you (it looks nicer than not having one ).--------------------------------------------- ![]() 9th version: final LAW Forums - April 23rd, 2005 I called this one the "He Oughta Know That By Now" version. It was very blue-oriented and I thought it looked very cool. I forgot when it was exactly, but Jody (kingstr8) emailed me and gave some really nice compliments and suggested that I could make a Lee Ann AND George message board since she was a fan of both. I gave it some thought and I had always wanted to make a George message board too, but had never thought of combining them. I had fansites for both of them, so it just was natural with their upcoming duet ("Good News, Bad News") and the fact that they love each other and are Texans, it all came together ...So I decided to make a poll thread about the suggestion to the members (since I wasn't sure how they'd take to it). I sent out a bulk email to everybody to vote and give their feedback, and 13 votes later, with majority ruling, the transition was on it's way....
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| Whoa-mack | Feb 4 2007, 01:55 AM Post #5 |
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![]() 10th version/ 1st version: .::Strait-LAW Forums::. - May 26th, 2005 It was in this thread, where I made the official announcement of the switch to the .::Strait-LAW Forums::.. Basically, everybody loved it and it was such a great idea (thanks again Jody!). I really liked the layout for the first! Anyway, on June 23rd, I made a new moderator out of Lissa (Alright ND Girl) lol...I did forge to mention that Richard was a moderator before that as well
---------------------------------------------------- ![]() 11th version/ 2nd version: .::Strait-LAW Forums::. - July 16th, 2005 I really like this banner/layout as well: great pics of LAW & George! This was futuristic-looking .----------------------------------------------------- ![]() 12th version/ 3rd version: .::Strait-LAW Forums::. - October 2nd, 2005 I went orange with this one...and added some new smilies! You may notice my descriptions are getting smaller lol...I'm trying to hurry up and finish them and not get too chatty, and plus, there's not much I can say about it at the moment haha. Oh yeah, on June 22nd, I made a New default avatar lol. ------------------------------------------------------ ![]() 13th version/ 4th version: .::Strait-LAW Forums::. - December 3rd, 2005 The new winter look! A month before, the 2005 CMAs were held in NYC, and Lee Ann won three awards!!! One of those awards was with George on "Good News, Bad News", so they both won, and that was so cool and just great. So for this banner, I used pics of them from their performances ("High Tone Woman" and "Twenty Years & Two Husbands Ago"). I added some new smilies too. On October 14th, I kinda forced Steve (smartin) into becoming a moderator
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| Whoa-mack | Feb 4 2007, 02:17 AM Post #6 |
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![]() 14th version/ 5th version: .::Strait-LAW Forums::. - February 3rd, 2006 Haha, this one I said was a present to Ashley and Lissa, as well as new layout (wow...and this was a year ago too!) I liked this one. On Feb 13th, I made my first-ever member deletion policy activated b/c I was tired of having non-posting members on the member list (some joined and never came back, and some posted for a while and left ) - so I ended up deleting 66 members and 44 members were left over (that's why the number on the profile's urls are all over the place lol
)------------------------------------------------------ ![]() 15th version/ 6th version: .::Strait-LAW Forums::. - April 25th, 2006 For this layout, I loved the pics of George and Lee Ann, and kinda liked the neon green background on the banner, but I didn't know what to do with the background on the layout (I hated it lol). This one was not that well received by the members haha....b/c color-wise, it wasn't too pleasing to the eyes . On June 9th, I combined the poll forum with the "Talk" forum, to save space.-------------------------------------------------------- ![]() 16th version/ 7th version: .::Strait-LAW Forums::. - July 17th, 2006 Ahh....this one was a huge hit from members! I did a lot with this one so I was glad that everybody loved it. Some firsts: I made it to where members avatars are above their post in threads ala VBulletin boards, signatures were shown only once per page, and added a scroll box in the post input page for better convenience. ---------------------------------------------------------- ![]() 17th version/ 8th version: .::Strait-LAW Forums::. - October 1st, 2006 I finally got the rare picture of George & LAW together from the '05 CMA after-party and had to use it asap, so I did. I also put two pics of them from concerts on there as well. I liked the darker look of this one a lot! On Nov 10th, I converged the article forum with the Current Strait/LAW forum, so it was easier, and I made the member-only-viewable-speciality forum too
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| Whoa-mack | Feb 4 2007, 02:28 AM Post #7 |
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![]() 18th version/ 9th version: .::Strait-LAW Forums::. - December 13th, 2006 Finally, getting closer to today lol....here's the winter layout from 2006! I had fun making this one, using pics from George's Hallmark Christmas album photo-shoot and then from LAW's Christmas album, and adding the snow code. I added some new smilies. In 2007, on January 5th, after getting the results from the bulk email for member deletion I sent in December, I deleted 30 members with 43 left over -------------------------------------------------- ![]() 19th version/ 10th version: .::Strait-LAW Forums::. - January 20th, 2007 The current layout! Like I've said in my current posts, I used screencaps from one of their videos, and kept the snow . On Feb 2nd, I went through with an updated board rules policy regarding avatars/signatures. Han (han,bangor) also become a moderator! You can read my other comments in the other threads lol.Woo.....that is a lot of history condensed! - almost three years! I was glad I did this b/c I forgot a lot about this, so it's good to have a thread to remind myself of it all
.Now, what do I have in store for the 20th version?
.... Don't know! , but it'll be a while before I even think about that!
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| han, bangor | Feb 4 2007, 03:03 AM Post #8 |
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Wow, CF, that was awesome to look over & read! Haha especially the ones that came just before I joined the forum lol, I had no idea all those changes had been happening lol! It's so great to see the evolution of the place, and understand more of where it's come from. Dude, and ALL THAT in just 3 years?! Incredible! Oh and I learnt something too - I never knew LAW was Texan haha it was probably obvious, but I never realised lol I really like the Feb 3rd '06 silver look, that was as nice one; haha and it was the following green one that was in use when I found this place lol; I had no idea ppl didn't really like it lol; I guess it was kinda dark haha Wow And to think that if Jodi hadn't have suggested the merge... dude that would suck!! If it wasn't for this place, I probably wouldn't be as big a fan of George as I am now, haha and I certainly wouldn't be a LAW fan So that's crazy to think this place may not have even existed hahaCool beans, well I must dash off to church now That was fascinating
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| Whoa-mack | Feb 4 2007, 03:35 AM Post #9 |
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Thanks! lol...yes, we went through a lot! I really cannot believe all that happened. A very good trip down memory lane... .... I also love how the "Good News, Bad News" part works well for the message in so many ways haha ..you didn't know that!?!? haha ... she's one of the biggest Texans around, she has a lot of pride being from there. There's so many connections between her and George: that's so cool .Lol...well, it wasn't hated by them, but I could tell it wasn't their favorite haha. They were so nice about it, at least Ah, thank you so much, and to Jody again, thanks to you! Yeah, we just need to promote this place some more lol....I always forget to, but I have hope this place will have more active members sometime lol. Enjoy church! I just looked and saw that we're 8 hours apart!
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| han, bangor | Feb 4 2007, 06:17 AM Post #10 |
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8hrs indeed lol; I went to bed really early last night, at like 1830, and woke up at 0130, feeling refreshed and awake lol, hence I've been online when it was the middle of the night for me lol haha and now it's afternoon, and the middle of the night for you lol :-p that's so cool; I will defo have to find out more about LAW; I love all things Texas Whoops sorry Jody I just saw I spelt your name wrong; my bad Yeh cool I'll post links to this place on my myspace page and anywhere else that I can lol and that is appropriate and George/LAW-related; wud always be cool to recruit new members! I forget how I stumbled across this place now... I think I mentioned it in an early post; will have to go try find it lol Cool beans Have a good sleep lol EDIT: My myspace page now has three links to this forum
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| Whoa-mack | Feb 4 2007, 08:18 PM Post #11 |
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Wow ....that's way too early for me to go to sleep lol. I went to sleep really late last night (or this morning).Yes, you will! Just looked at it: it looks great!!! Love the banners you made You too! |
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| AshleyMiranda | Feb 6 2007, 11:23 AM Post #12 |
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awesome topic! yes cf i thought u were my friend connie, you can tell back then i wasn't as much friends with her as I am now
its neat looking at all the different looks to the board!
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| BigE0922 | Feb 6 2007, 04:26 PM Post #13 |
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I love the 4th one! Also love the 6th one of Strait-LAW forums. |
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| Smartin | Feb 6 2007, 04:49 PM Post #14 |
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Awesome stuff, CF, you wouldn't believe how much the visuals add to the thread. |
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| Whoa-mack | Feb 6 2007, 05:34 PM Post #15 |
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... yeah, I definitely remember that, and notice that . Do you kinda remember most of these layouts/banners from the past? lol
Thank you!
Haha, thanks. Yeah, if not for the visuals, the thread would be boring with all the words alone - I'm a very visual-type-of-guy, so I understand that!
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. I spent some hours looking through my computer files to find screenshots or banners of past Forums layouts (w/e I could find that I saved), and read old threads about them, to finally come up with this. I hope members here are interested in the history, and read it all, but another reason I did it, was for myself, so I could remember what happened in the past lol.
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... so I wanted stuff that that message board lacked (like avatars and several other things) and make it fresh and fun, and most of all, updated. It's also a good way to post and save information and link to it from the fansite, and it saves space as well. The Patty Loveless Net message board (fan-run) was also another inspiration, in terms of doing much more than and providing what the official site lacked, for the fans of an artist. Cole, the webmistress of that site, and her work was a huge motivation factor in all the fansites I've made so far (4 fansites and then these message boards).
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. Anyway, I did get tired of the first/second layout and went to my third one:
... I know!), and I thought/still think that LAW looks great in the red dress with the sunglasses
(More of LAW/GS/AJ in 



hehe. I think it was during that time where I added in the Forums Avatar Gallery in the control panel, so members could just click a pic and it would be their's, which was very cool, but only has a limited amount you can put in there.


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Anyway, on June 23rd, I made a new moderator out of Lissa (Alright ND Girl) lol...I did forge to mention that Richard was a moderator before that as well




) - so I ended up deleting 66 members and 44 members were left over (that's why the number on the profile's urls are all over the place lol

. On June 9th, I combined the poll forum with the "Talk" forum, to save space.



You can read my other comments in the other threads lol.
, but it'll be a while before I even think about that!
.... I also love how the "Good News, Bad News" part works well for the message in so many ways haha
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