user10239 Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 Hello, had a good concept for a website, and bought myself a suitable domain name, just now trying to work out if its worth pouring time/effort into, so please give me your opinions! (and if you'd be interested to help out, just shout/PM me) basically a website along similar lines to dontstayin.com, but specifically for sheffield and the surrounding area. A prettily designed site with the ability to log in and talk about nights out, upload pictures, with listings of whats on at all the local clubs, price lists from bars (imagine being able to compare the cost of a night out!), hopefully eventually with some tie-in for members to get cheaper entry into clubs, maybe even in the very long term start hosting a night at a bar or something based around the site (ok now I'm dreaming). But yes, all you sheff forumers, give me your opinions/advice. Thanking you in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellis Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 thats sounds a good idea , has it got to be a certain type of music or is it everything i would be intrested to help in some way and link it to myspace etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user10239 Posted July 28, 2007 Author Share Posted July 28, 2007 the idea is whatever your scene is, it's featured. I need to work out if there's any proprietery open source software that I can prod, rather than build some from the ground up (php nuke or joomla or something). I'm thinking of approaching all the clubs in sheff and seeing what the venues think of the idea, as well. Wanna get a site set up first mind. for the record the sites url is scenesheffield.com - though there's nothing on it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grafikhaus74 Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 Here . Hope it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 sounds good i say go for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stainboy Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Try it out at least, you've come this far. Gauge some opinion on the design first as well, I don't know what the majority think but I hate don'tstayin.com - there's too much stuff on the screen at once, it looks ugly and requires far too much clicking to get somewhere. I used it to look for pictures when I'd been out somewhere but I'd never use the forums there. If you could create a more simple design that'd be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kel_89 Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Yeah dontstayin.com is a nightmare to navigate. I'd DEFINITELY use your site mate, as i'm a virtual newcomer to the clubbing scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushup Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Dontstayin is a widely used and very effective site. What are you offering that is different to it, and how will you get people to sign up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user10239 Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 I guess dontstayin has (as said here) become a sprawling mess of a site, and I'd be wanting to integrate phpbb or something similar, in a simple sense. The local feel, as well, was going to be the clinch. Sheffield has a brilliant, and often overlooked, nightlife, in my opinion catering for all types of music/people, fairly successfully. It's about time it was recognised. The design concept is fairly fluid. Was going to build a flash site but would be too complicated/restrictive. I'm looking at something design-wise similar to http://superfluousbanter.org/ bold colours, smooth design, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushup Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 I find that dontstayin is a very easy to use website. The messageboard feature could use a little work though. Would you be looking to make money from the site? I always look at http://www.dontstayin.com , http://www.litteldetroit.net and Sheffield Forum if I want to know what's on. With the exception of Littledetroit (which is run by a record label), all generate revenue through advertising. I think whatever you do, getting people to use your site is going to be difficult. Good luck though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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