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I was so lucky today, I´ve tried for years to get www.alphaville.org (http://www.alphaville.org), and finally it happens, and it only cost me standard registration fee, the big question, what should I do with it ? Any comments or ideas are welcome.
FallenAngel
22 Oct 2007, 12:40
Contratulations!!! [beer]
Good question for a poll???
Krapplund
22 Oct 2007, 12:48
Hmm....good question
Sell it to Moonbase for 100.000 US dollar [laugh][laugh]
Adiville
22 Oct 2007, 12:53
@Wii : looking for partners...?
FallenAngel
22 Oct 2007, 13:04
Hmm....good question
Sell it to Moonbase for 100.000 US dollar [laugh][laugh]
Become a partner of Moonbase and demand every 3 months a new album!! [smile2][wink]
Can´t make a poll when I don´t have any answers ?
A .org domain is much better than a .dk domain, so I did think about changing www.alphaville.org (http://www.alphaville.org) to www.alphaville.org (http://www.alphaville.org) - of course, still keep the old address, since tons of sites link to it.
Or, I can make another Alphaville site and call it www.alphaville.org (http://www.alphaville.org) ?
Edit:
Just thought of a name: Alphaville International Organization
FallenAngel
22 Oct 2007, 13:42
That is a good idea! Make a site www.alphaville.org (http://www.alphaville.org) for linkings maybe to other fan sites?
And also for international news?
The name sounds great!
But keep the www.alphaville.org (http://www.alphaville.org)!
Only for links ? No, that´s too boring.
International news ? For that we have www.alphaville.de (http://www.alphaville.de)
We need something unique, or change alphaville.org to alphaville.org
Ideas ?
www.alphaville.org (http://www.alphaville.org) and www.alphaville.org (http://www.alphaville.org) are 2 really great webadresses!!
To me the forum IS alphavilleforum.com so that adress should not be changed!!
www.alphaville.org (http://www.alphaville.org) could be changed to www.alphaville.org (http://www.alphaville.org) especially now that our fanclub is more international than before, but as you say several pages already link to www.alphaville.org (http://www.alphaville.org) so it would be a shame to close it.
I see this as a very positive "problem". It's like having to choose the best 11 footballplayers when all your players are fit and you know that your best 20 players are equally great.
I guess you don't have to decide right away because the adress hasn't cost you much.
I know you would love to start something brand new and exciting on the page, but those things are always hard to think of. Let's all think really hard about this....maybe this could be the beginning of something truly great for fans of Alphaville....
An idea could be some sort of portal to everything Alphaville related. Sort of like the first place you look when you try to find info on Alphaville....news, forum, discography, perhaps a webradio that plays only Alphaville-related songs (don't know if that is legal though) links to all the great Alphaville sites around the world etc.
Great post Poul E - thanks for that.
No doubt alphavilleforum.com will not change ever ! As you say Poul, we are now not just a danish or scandinavian fanclub, so alphaville.org would be perfect - I could change alphaville.org to alphaville.org without any loss of visits, contact everybody who links to alphaville.org and have it changed, and keep alphaville.org re-direct to alphaville.org for ever.
Thinking of it, a complete new site would be hard to imagine, since nothing is happening in the AV world, but changing to a portal would not be a problem, I could even integrate more of the forum to the website this way, and some features we currently don´t have, this could be huge !!!
It was pure luck I got this domain, it´s even older than alphaville.org - amazing.
Yes a brand new Alphaville site would be hard to imagine with the "silence" in the AV world, but then again.....the new address IS an alphaville address so it has to be used for something alphaville related and then you/we just have to figure out the best way to use it!
I don't think it's possible to create something entirely new and different that doesn't "relate" to Alphaville-stuff already online. Therefor the only thing I can think of (right now anyway) is a portal. Like you say it could be a way to integrate the 2 current pages. The possibilties with a portal are endless....it's just a question of what we are allowed to have and how to make it work perfectly!
Things to include on an AV portal could be:
1. News
2. Forum "window"
3. alphaville.org "window"
4. moonbase "window"
5. Links to all other Alphaville related sites
6. Alphaville webradio
7. Alphaville video player
8. Fan hitlist (updated automatically when fans write their favourite song this day/week/month.
9. Discography
10. Chat with other fans
11. Merchandise shop (not official)
and so on....
Poul, but do you mean that alphaville.org should take info from alphaville.org and alphavilleforum.com and create a portal around these 2 sites ? Or do you mean re-direct alphaville.org to alphaville.org and make a portal that way ?
It´s nice you guys are so enthusiastic.
I think it is really ok to get "rid of" the .dk domain.
Prefer .org. That is more international though.
Good luck with further plans about the .org domain.
I am not capable for the moment to give you great ideas.
Stand in there!
Poul, but do you mean that alphaville.org should take info from alphaville.org and alphavilleforum.com and create a portal around these 2 sites ? Or do you mean re-direct alphaville.org to alphaville.org and make a portal that way ?
Well....I'm not a "webprofessor"....more an "ideaman". I have an idea in my head but it's hard to explain exactly how it should be.
What I'm thinking is a brand new site...I don't know if "portal" is the right word though. Keep alphaville.org and alphavilleforum.com like they are now and then use alphaville.org as a connection which links to those 2 sites but with several other stuff on it. It's just an idea that popped up in my head and I don't know how it can be done as I'm not great with web design....
Oh, don´t worry how it will be done, that´s my problem. I just need some good ideas, so can do something wonderful with this great domain name.
Personally, I just think that a site that takes content from 2 other sites is not very original, I mean, why do we need that ? It´s much easier just to go to the forum then, and click on News to see alphaville.org
Poul E, you don´t like the idea to use alphaville.org instead of alphaville.org - and even change the name of the website from:
Alphaville Scandinavian Fanclub - New Horizons
To:
Alphaville International Organization
Yes of course that's also an idea Willy....after all most of our fanclub activity has to do with the forum these days anyway.
But my idea isn't exactly JUST to take stuff from these 2 pages....I want to add a LOT of new features, but those features could just be added to alphaville.org instead of alphaville.org which then will be an "upgrade" of alphaville.org
No matter what....alphaville.org should be an international site....not just a site about New Horizons and the forum....that would be wrong!
But wait: New Horizons and the Forum is international ! We are no longer just a scandinavian fanclub !
We need more input about this.
MikeinBoston
22 Oct 2007, 16:40
Great post Poul E - thanks for that.
No doubt alphavilleforum.com will not change ever ! As you say Poul, we are now not just a danish or scandinavian fanclub, so alphaville.org would be perfect - I could change alphaville.org to alphaville.org without any loss of visits, contact everybody who links to alphaville.org and have it changed, and keep alphaville.org re-direct to alphaville.org for ever.
Thinking of it, a complete new site would be hard to imagine, since nothing is happening in the AV world, but changing to a portal would not be a problem, I could even integrate more of the forum to the website this way, and some features we currently donīt have, this could be huge !!!
It was pure luck I got this domain, itīs even older than alphaville.org - amazing.
I do think alphaville.org has become international so alphaville.org would be a great link to it. Afterall, I'm not Danish or even Scandinavian for that matter.... I just like to have beers with them....
[drink]
C U in Berlin!
But wait: New Horizons and the Forum is international ! We are no longer just a scandinavian fanclub !
We need more input about this.
Yes of course we are but still alphaville.org says:
Alphaville Scandinavian Fanclub - New Horizons
not exactly international if you ask me!
Congrats, Willy!
I wouldn't prefer to replace av.dk with org, somehow for reasons of your identity.
A portal is not a bad idea, hard work to do for you anyway though.
At least a new site could go together well with the new release, so it would be obvious to create something
graphically close to the new album cover - strictly in agreement with moonbase of course (and maybe the new company). It could be also a good promotion support if established at the right time.
Adiville
22 Oct 2007, 19:44
I think its a good idea to turn the forum to alphaville.org and put a link to alphaville.org for news and fan club information.
Adi, we are keeping alphavilleforum.com for the forum, the talk is more about what to do with alphaville.org - turn it into alphaville.org or use alphaville.org for 3rd site.
What does this mean exactly ? What identity ?
I wouldn't prefer to replace av.dk with org, somehow for reasons of your identity.
Exactly, thatīs why I also suggest a name change for the site:
Alphaville International Organization
www.alphaville.org
Yes of course we are but still alphaville.org says:
Alphaville Scandinavian Fanclub - New Horizons
not exactly international if you ask me!
Yes....that looks nice Willy [smile]
Adiville
22 Oct 2007, 22:05
and what will be the content of a 3rd AV site...?
TheMoonBoy
22 Oct 2007, 23:10
I think it's a great idea since this site isn't specifically targeted for danish people anyway!
What does this mean exactly ? What identity ?
Willy, I remember to have welcomed alphavilleforum.com to be a more international thing. And that was
because of the fact that this forum is the biggest one in virtual town. And the new name has been a way to
make that clear and to keep that state.
Av.dk still is a different thing.
It is an av-related framework from Denmark. And that origin shouldn't be changed, otherwise you might
become an av-site run by some freaks from somewhere.
A little hard to explain... To have met people or read something at av.org or com or tv or biz or whatever
sounds more profane and everyday than dk, which is special and let's you sit up and take notice in this
virtual world.
FallenAngel
23 Oct 2007, 08:47
What can I add? Nothing! You sait it well my dear Justus!
Never loose your identity I would say!
And thanks to those 'some freaks from somewhere' we are member of the best AV fanclub ever!! [beer]
russharvey
23 Oct 2007, 08:56
Bravo!!!! Look out world... here we come!!!!
I agree Justus about alphavilleforum.com - it´s more international, but I truly believe the same for alphaville.org - it´s not just a scandinavian fanclub anymore, it´s international, and since we have more visits from outside scandinavia that just proves it ! We are freaks, but why not be international freaks instead of just danish freaks, as in a dk domain ?
Willy, I remember to have welcomed alphavilleforum.com to be a more international thing. And that was
because of the fact that this forum is the biggest one in virtual town. And the new name has been a way to
make that clear and to keep that state.
Av.dk still is a different thing.
It is an av-related framework from Denmark. And that origin shouldn't be changed, otherwise you might
become an av-site run by some freaks from somewhere.
A little hard to explain... To have met people or read something at av.org or com or tv or biz or whatever
sounds more profane and everyday than dk, which is special and let's you sit up and take notice in this
virtual world.
I agree with Justus. .dk shows where it all started and how it developed. That something at first small and local (in this case scandinavian) grew into something big and international. By changing to international .org domain you kill part of the history.
Hmm, well, we can´t agree on everything, but it would be the same as saying we shouldn´t have changed the forum from alphaville.org/forum to alphavilleforum.com, because it kills the history as it did start with alphaville.org/forum ? I would rather call it evolution, from a small country .dk domain to an international website .org.
Adiville
23 Oct 2007, 14:15
We are freaks ?? [laugh] "we are what we are..." [party]
Well, whatever. [wink] I just said what I think. (and somehow it still looks different to me than a forum change) But anyway it's all up for you (fanclub leaders and active members) to decide.
FallenAngel
23 Oct 2007, 14:34
Ok, let's have the evolution!
www.alphavilleforum.org (http://www.alphavilleforum.org) welcome!!
Very funny Angel, Alien you and other members will decide as usual, we´ll make a featured poll about this when the current is over.
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