kevinski.com

Del Duio wrote:

I have a question: HOW WILL I LIIIIIIVE???

No, but seriously please make sure all the restricted forums are kept that way! Should I take down my .exes just in case? :p

Well, the database that I'll be backing up will have all of the relevant forum posts and settings stored within it, so we shouldn't hafta worry about security mistakes. I'll be backing up all of the site files separately, including images that I've uploaded and attached to forum posts, as well as highly important things like the Pistachio theme. I'd honestly like to eventually make this site into something more, but I don't know of anything that'd make such a change completely painless. (Sadly, FluxBB doesn't appear to be popular enough to warrant anyone making a converter to allow for easy migration from one software package to another.)

The other site will allow pretty much every user to contribute content, and it'll allow all users to rate content (kinda like digg does), among other things. Plus, unlike FluxBB, I'll be able to add a lot of functionality (in the form of modules) without having to edit a lot of code within the base installation. I also plan on making the other site very mobile-friendly, with there being special templates for Web users, as well as RSS feeds and integration with social networking sites.

Del Duio wrote:

Oh man, see stuff like what you just said is why my website sucks hahaha. I just don't have the patience for crap like that (even though I have the patience for programming, weird huh?)

Oh, don't get me wrong: I'm not programming it from scratch of anything. I'm planning on using software that'll do much of the work for me. I'm sure that I'll need to put a bit of money into some of the modules, but it'll be worth it to see one of my sites really, REALLY take off in terms of community size. My only real problem with it is that it's probably gonna make good ol' kevinski.com seem boring in comparison. (Really, kevinski.com's boring most of the time, anyway, but it has its moments.)

In fact, the only thing keeping me from taking the same approach with kevinski.com is how little I'd look forward to transitioning content from one software package to another. And I'm sure that you guys don't wanna start completely from scratch again or spend a lot of time copying old forum posts over. To be honest, though, kevinski.com does have the advantage of covering just about anything in existence, whereas I have a feeling that I'll be painting myself into a corner with segazene.com (since it'll be focused on Sega).

I suppose that I could put some general forums in place on segazene.com and gradually transition everyone over to the new site, though. News and whatnot will need to be centered around Sega, but that doesn't mean that the forums can't serve the same purpose that they do on kevinski.com. I think that I'll reserve that transition for when you start your next project. I dunno if I can hold out until H2's done in that respect. Trust me when I say that you won't even feel like using kevinski.com once I finally unleash the new site, especially with your speedier Internet service. That might make everyone more enthusiastic about the inevitable transition. I'm thinking that kevinski.com might eventually just become a personal blog at some point. After all, who aside from those who know me associates kevinski with games?

Del Duio wrote:

And we need more color themes too! I'll still use pistachio, but I'm sure some others might want other nauseating creations you can come up with!

As I've stated before, you haven't yet experienced my true power. I'm thinking that Pistachio has to make the leap to segazene.com, although I'll need to include some color schemes that're much more relevant to Sega characters and consoles. And I can't wait to have the first Sega Web site that openly bans overly-enthusiastic Sonic fans. XD

KottonKandyAfro wrote:

I'll probably still use pistachio too though since it's finally stopped making my retinas burn.

Yeah, as much as people may initially hate Pistachio, I think that it slowly grows on them. What I love about Pistachio is that it's such a departure from a lot of other sites. I hate going to site after site, with all of them being the same old color schemes. Pistachio is an escape.