STARS WebSite

[thecoralreef915]

Some changes have been made to the website , this is work in progress please provide feed back and suggestions. Strayvoltage had some and have been implemented and/or are still in progress.

I'm thinking of adding a "sponsor" page to the website for future sponsors of the club such as local LFS , logo and a link to their website for a moderate yearly fee LOL , need your comments .

www.strasreefclub.com

Audrey , need pic of you :strooper: for website

[psuedopimp]

the link didn't work

it says stras instead of stars in the link

[thecoralreef915]

LOL and to think spelling was an issue at the old club :fun2:

www.starsreefclub.com

Changes will post in a few minutes

[psuedopimp]

fnnuy i mean funny

[nmnative]

Good work, Daniel. I will send you a pic and also the updated version of the bilaws. And I can't agree with you more on the old spelling issues. Oh and I think Justin needs to send you a pic of himself too :)

[psuedopimp]

i like the one at the meeting.....the back of my melon...easier on cameras that way.

[psuedopimp]

actually i like the one you used....very youthful. i like it, stuff is easy to find and most of the info is there.

One suggestion would be a link for new people interested in joining the club.

[psuedopimp]

and looking at the Board of Directors, you are missing two members at large.

[thecoralreef915]

OPPS who's missing besides myself?
What information about membership would you like to use and/or suggest.

Audrey, how about a rooster page (or is it roster?)

[Jay508]

Jaymait would be the missing member at large. A roster page would be a great idea along with membership status.

I will be working with a friend, once finals week is over (this week), to develop some logos for the club. Once the logos are finalized it is my ambition to have some stickers, with website address, printed up that can be passed along. Then other goods to come....

[Jay508]

Why do I have the feeling that I will never hear the end of this rooster thing? See, typos can have long lasting permanent effects.......

[psuedopimp]

maybe a link "Interested in Joining our Rooster?" and then link to the part of the bylaws that pertain to membership.

for the roster link you can have a picture of a rooster, that would be cool.

[nmnative]

****-A-Doodle-Doo! I will send the "rooster" information to Daniel. Hey Justin, why don't you send a pic of you and that tom turkey that you just blasted? I will take a pic of me and my two hens and we can keep this poultry reference alive :) Sorry, Jay I don't think you will ever live that one down.

[nmnative]

I guess RC doesn't approve of using the word **** lol!

[psuedopimp]

well during the drunken festivities, some questionable pictures got taken with my camera and the persons were embarrassed, found the camera and deleted the pics. all of them even the pics of me and my turkey....i was sad because the pics weren't that bad the guy was wearing a Mr. T hair do thingy and was too embarrased to have the pics get out. not like he was naked or anything...

[strayvoltage]

Great work, Daniel. You are really on top of things here and making it all happen for the website. If there is any way I can help with it other than ideas please let me know.

I really like the idea about the sponsor page for the local stores. Part of that sponsor fee could go to a banner for the sponsoring store. Just ideas here, I hope everyone jumps in and adds to any of this that they wish to.

Just a reminder here, any person that wants to take part in any part of what is going on here, is more than welcome to do so. Please post your ideas and let us know if there is something you would like to see on the website.

[stanger50lx92]

I was wondering where everyone went. I was all alone for what felt like weeks in that elmar forum.


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[Jay508]

Welcome!

Glad you found STARS, you are more than welcome here to post, suggest, share opinions and participate in any of the activities.

[hEcToR1520]

Glad to see everyone finally coming together. I'm more than willing to be an active member of the club. So if anyone needs anything, don't hesitate to ask :)

[Jay508]

Thanks Hector1520, your participation (and hopefully membership) is very welcome here. The only thing I think I can think of for you right now is to please be active and diligent in helping grow STARS. Attend as many meetings as you can and bring your ideas.

Oh, and have fun!!

[strayvoltage]

stanger50lx92, glad to see you found us, i hope you won't feel alone around here. Please join everyone for meetings and post on the forum as much or as little as you like.

hEcToR1520, glad to see you made it here, I am also glad to know that you are willing to be an active member, thanks for taking part. Any and all suggestions are welcomed and encouraged.

For any of you that have not yet been to the web site pleasse go there and have a look around. It is still a work in progress. Any suggestions on the site are also welcomed.

The site is all due to Daniel taking control of it and making it happen, along with suggestions from members. Thank you Daniel for all the great work.

[stanger50lx92]

Thank you strayvoltage and to jay508. I can already tell that there is a diffrent "feel" to this forum and club in general. I live on the west side of el paso and if anyone needs my help just let me know. I'm still new to the hobby, my first tank came down with ich and lost all my fish. It was a 46g. Now I have a 39g cadlights pro for a little over a month now and so far so good! My tank has a small clown, a fire fish that we call MIA cause he is never around, a cleaner shrimp and a blood red shrimp. Some snails and hermits and a star fish that has gotten himself stuck inside the bottom of the overflow box (still don't know how to get him out). As for coral I have a purple tube anemone, a candy cane (thanks Timgentry) a hamer and some zoas (tubs blue, nuke greens, and some purple hornets) from benjaba.



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[stanger50lx92]

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[stanger50lx92]

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[Jay508]

You have some nice corals/ inverts. I really like the tube anemone and am thinking about getting one for my display tank. Although I will not be there I hope you can make it to the meeting on saturday.

[Jay508]

Since we have been discussing updating the website I would like to hear some suggestions on what everyone would like to see on the website. The links tabs, info, donation area, etc....

Some suggestions for tabs:

Home
Calander
Sponsors
News
"Rooster"
Tank Shots

These are just a few, so please chime in and lets figure out what we would like the site to look like, it will be a club effort.

[ryan_paskadi]

photos area with photos of members and meetings.

[jmait769]

Schedule of events
FAQ’s
Map of LFS’s (Google Map)

[strayvoltage]

Good ideas guys. I think the minutes being posted would be a good thing.

[Jay508]

Good ideas guys. I think the minutes being posted would be a good thing.

I agree with this. Somewhere in one of the tabs maybe under "news" or "events" we can post meeting minutes and any other pertinent club info like things coming up for vote and whatnot.

[strayvoltage]

we could post meeting miuntes under meeting minutes. I see the minutes for other clubs on their websites under minutes. I like the K.I.S.S. method whenever possible. Minutes are minutes and need not be hidden in news or events. Like you all know JMO.

We need to use the website but we also need to keep in mind one thing. The one thing that I was told when I was allowed to set up this new club forum was, we like you to have your own website but don't want you to use RC to direct people there, but rather just the opposite. Use your website to direct people to RC.

So we can give good info about the club and use the website for whatever we want to use it for, but I think it still needs to serve as a tool to bring new people here to our new club forum at RC.

[deehz]

I like the K.I.S.S. method whenever possible.

+1!

How about a tank of the month on the website? The winner can get a gift cert to one of the LFS's or restaurant? Or a simple bat in the back and an atta girl/boy.
DIY info--how to lighting, building stands, resealing aquariums, posting JMaits thread here :lol:, etc.
Information for newbies entering this hobby --how to get started, what to expect, and the do's and don'ts. I know that I would have BENEFITED GREATLY if this info was available when I first started.

Thanks!

[Jay508]

Daniel- please chime in if you feel like I am stepping on your toes, that is not my intention. I am just trying to move things forward. I am very greatful that you have started the website project and feel that the club is in debt to you for it. If you would like to hang on to the site and continue the design process I am ok with that, really.

I am trying to embrace this website project because something has presented itself right here and right now. In my eyes it is a good thing, and no its not going to cost the club anything. I think it is just another step in moving the club forward. If the majority feels that Audrey needs to head this project we can go that route to but I am volunteering myself, wasn't the joke that VP has no duties anyway?

I think everyone will like the finished product here. so if we can all come to agreement I would like to start this right away before the opportunity vanishes.

[strayvoltage]

Hey Jay, I think Daniel aleady said that he was okay with this but it was on the other thread. I am not saying Audrey should head this project but she does need to be part of it because she keeps the records, they are part of what should be on the site.
Jay I for one don't have a problem with it after Daniel said go for it.

deehz, there are links on the site to direct new members here to RC to the new to the hobby forum as well as a direct link to the STARS forum and how to get set up with a user name for RC. I think we have a great tool here in RC and we should use it to our advantage by directing people here.

[strayvoltage]

Jay after the site is all set up and whatever changes made to it, who will take care of updating it with new info when needed? Who will be able to do that and what program or programs will they need to take care of doing it? Just some things that ned to be thought about before we just go and change everything and not have a person able to keep the page up after it is set up.

[pnavarro170]

hey guys, im here in el paso, looking for local clubs and what not. what i really want to see is you guys starting a facebook page, or actually im thinking about doing it. let me know what you think. that way we can know and have a cool place to upload photos and talk to each other easier than looking thru the forums. i think. let me know. if not ill do a general facebook page of reef keepers and saltwater keepers in El Paso and let you all know about it. ????>>>>>!!!!!

[puffin04]

I usually post pics on my facebook page of the meeting and such if you want to look for mine. :)

Steffen Sparks
Glad you are on board!!!!

[strayvoltage]

pnavarro170, welcome to STARS and RC

We can upload photos here and there is no searching thru the forums. This is the reason STARS has it's own club forum, just like the rest of the clubs that are on RC. Not everyone has face book! I think if you want to post photos they would be seen by far more people in the hobby here on RC than on Face book. This of course is JMO.

[pnavarro170]

sounds good guys, well let me start a page on facebook for anyone who has saltwater or reef tanks in el paso and see how it goes from there, im sure more people are on here but you never know, plus it would be cool to have the common guy on facebook not just some of the more knowledgable people like you guys. ill let you know. it just sucked that i have a bunch of friends on facebook and only a couple had tanks haha.

[strayvoltage]

I wish you the best of luck with it.

[psuedopimp]

i like RC because i can look at work! we can't look at facebook and other such websites. if they knew how much time i wasted on this one, they would block it too!

[psuedopimp]

glad to see you made it to this forum anyway, and we are all just a bunch of common guys and a few girls. most are just smart asses!

[pnavarro170]

ill be on here more for sure now, and im always on facebook, hence my willingnes to give it a shot, plus just curious how many people should be out there you know. how many members in STARS by the way?

[nmnative]

We don't have a real count of the amount of STARS members. There are two types of membership, anyone that participates in our forum is considered a member. If you would like to have voting privileges, then you must be active in the forum and attend three meetings.

I like the facebook idea, it would not be a replacement to the forum or website but another tool to bring people that interested in reef keeping in the area together. I don't see how having a link to RC or STARS website on facebook could be a bad thing. A general facebook page for local reef keepers would be a good place to start. Let us know how to get there on facebook once it is set up :)

[pnavarro170]

will do ill have something set up today i think. yeah not taking anything away from here, but it couldnt hurt to add to facebook either. ill keep yall posted

[pnavarro170]

k guys, this is just gonna be el paso only to start with, search El Paso Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Keepers on facebook guys.

[nmnative]

I am trying to embrace this website project because something has presented itself right here and right now.

I think everyone will like the finished product here. so if we can all come to agreement I would like to start this right away before the opportunity vanishes.

So Jay, after embracing the website....how bout an update on the progress? The work seems to be in progress, but when is the tentative date for unveiling the new site?

[strayvoltage]

Oh wow did she really ask that? I believe she really did. Now that I think of it I am kinda curious as well. Come on Jay, don't keep it under wraps forever. Let us all in on it buddy.
:wave:

[strayvoltage]

Hello Jay, anything to update us on about the website at all?

[Jay508]

Experiencing a minor hold up but working through things.

We are currently in the process of moving the website from the existing server to a new web hosting company with larger capacity (godaddy.com). I think the transfer should be completed first thing next week and then redesign can begin. No estimated time right now for when everything will be complete but it will be worth it..

[psuedopimp]

at least something is happening.

[strayvoltage]

Thanks for the update Jay.

[nmnative]

Exciting news! Please keep us posted.

[pnavarro170]

hey guys, i was wondering what all the new website will have? or do? compared to the old one. If its just for better looks id like to make a suggestion ???

[psuedopimp]

everyone here is very open to constructive critique. some are more hard headed than others but are still open. j/k! this is everyones thing so if you want to see something let it be known.

[pnavarro170]

well if your building a website from scratch it can be a pain im sure. if it just needs to look up to date and nice with added content, then why not use yahoo small business websites, they are soooo simple to do and look pretty cool. you pay a small up front fee, its like $10 a month to keep. ive done a few using them and it couldnt be simpler.

here are some of mine or ones ive done. IM NOT PROMOTING ANYTHING AT ALL !! I DONT NEED HELP SELLING ANYTHING. HAHAHAHA

www.navarrokennels.com is for my dogs
www.joinexitrealestate.com is one i did for my dad to recruit realtors
www.alderetehomes.com is one im working on now for a small builder.

let me know what you think, AND IF IM POSTING TOO MUCH or dont want to hear it let me know. the Facebook idea didnt seem to go over to well either. haha. Just trying to help or be usefull.

[deehz]

Well, I haven't chimed in a while. But I do like the idea that Pnavarro170 to build a facebook page. It can be incorporated into the STARS website.

Facebook can be a great entry point to those that do not like the "atmosphere" of an open forum such as RC, but love the networking that Facebook does offer. IMHO, I think that a Facebook page for STARS can be a great asset. Just my .02 cents.

[pnavarro170]

well i would have to delete the one i started and start a STARS one on facebook, currently called el paso saltwater and reef aquarium keepers

[nmnative]

Nice web sites, Pedro. I love the fact that you breed ACD's! I own two, they are full-blooded but not registered. I have owned many over the years, they are awesome dogs!

[pnavarro170]

Nice web sites, Pedro. I love the fact that you breed ACD's! I own two, they are full-blooded but not registered. I have owned many over the years, they are awesome dogs!

haha, thats awsome. only dogs i will own. u have any pics?

[nmnative]

I can add some pics of them to my profile here on RC. My female (she is with me in my avatar pic) is abnormally small. She only weighs 25 pounds, but she is all additude. I will always own at least one of these dogs. They are so loyal, smart and protective.

[jmait769]

Facebook can be a great entry point......I think that a Facebook page for STARS can be a great asset

+1

Jay

[pnavarro170]

+1

Jay

well im not starting it. its as easy as doing a regular one. let me know when its up, i will delete the one i have created for sure. for the greater good. from there we can be friends on facebook. haha.

[pnavarro170]

im just saying anything can be done in a weekend, including the yahoo websites. from scratch its gotta be a pain.

[Jay508]

The new site is up, however it is not finalized. I have been very busy here in Santa Fe finishing up at the resort so I pretty much have had no input on the site design but that will change. I really had not touched base with Stephen since we successfully moved the site hosting to godaddy.

I do have all the logo files that Ryan sent me and I need to pass them on to Stephen and will also be working on some different sections and tabs that can be updated on a regular basis by me. So far I am thinking:

News/Events
Tank Shots
Executive Commitee (with photos and email addresses)
Sponsors
Links

If it is ok with Dennis and Daniel and the rest of the club I would like to put them in as official sponsors, hopefully more to come in the future. Also open to any other suggestions for the site. I don't know how much will get done until I get back so hang in there with me, I will be returning on August 20th.

starsreefclub.com

[pnavarro170]

looks badass, disregard my previous posts. haha

[psuedopimp]

i saw it last night. i like it. of course there are some things that can change, but overall i like it.

[jmait769]

looks badass. I agree!! I like it too. :D

Jay

[strayvoltage]

I like it too. :wave:

[nmnative]

It seems like progress on the website has been idol for sometime. What gives?

[strayvoltage]

Audrey, I was wondering the same thing. It seems as if maybe Jay has fallen off the face of the earth. I can't get him to reply to messages or return phone calls. I wonder if we need to send out the troops to look for him.

I was thinking I need to send a message to Stephen and ask him if he can work with either you or myself or both on it and lets see if we can get more of the things that need to be on there done.
And make it so we can post pics, meeting info and other things there .

[Jay508]

Im here, pretty overwhelmed with a lot of things though. Don't want to make empty promises right now so bear with me.

[strayvoltage]

Jay hook me up with Stephen and I will make sure he has some of the things we need to get on the site and also talk with him about ways that it can be updated and kept up to date.

We all understand you are busy and have a lot going on. Let others help and we can make this thing happen easier and faster. That is the nice part about being a group rather than one, we can and should all be working together to make the things happen and not just one person trying to take things such as the website on all alone. Please message me or call me when you can.

Remember there is no I in team. We are all here to help each other as a team. It matters not what our title in the club is or isn't we are still a team. When we stop helping each other then the club falls apart and ends up like the last one that never had that going on. At this point I am not willing to allow that to happen after all the hard work we have all put into it. Without open communication we have nothing, like I have always said and will continue to say.

[ryan_paskadi]

There is no "I" in team, but there is an "I" in pie. And there's an "I" in meat pie. Anagram of meat is team.

[nmnative]

Well, I am here to help with the website too if you need it.

[ryan_paskadi]

"There is no "I" in team, but there is an "I" in pie. And there's an "I" in meat pie. Anagram of meat is team."

I was quite proud of my obscure Shaun of the Dead quote... And Nobody Cares.

[jmait769]

"There is no "I" in team, but there is an "I" in pie. And there's an "I" in meat pie. Anagram of meat is team."

I was quite proud of my obscure Shaun of the Dead quote... And Nobody Cares.I don't even know what "Shaun of the Dead" is but I always like pie!

"The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry" - Halle Berry :smokin:

Jay