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So me and Josh were discussing some potential improvements to the website. The first one is upgrading to vBulletin software, which will happen, but it might not be until later in the year. But it will give the website a more professional, clean and advanced look.
With the addition of a vBulletin forum, a new system will also be added. It was discussed on TSF, but never done - articles. Just like it was needed on TSF, the article writing will need volunteers to help write. There's plenty of sections you could write under...(written by Josh)
Events - This can be anything from big trades, rumors, signings, retirements, and staff moves to All Star Games, Olympics, outdoor games, TV shows (eg. NHL 24/7), lockouts, and beyond. One VERY dedicated writer could cover this alone, but more realistically it would be contributed to by several writers
Prospects - This would cover junior leagues and players, and would culminate each year in the draft. Ideally we would produce our own rankings and/or mock drafts.
Rules - This could end up being like an online FAQ for commonly asked hockey questions. Nuances of salary cap rules, explaining the new Playoff format, clarifying abstract game rules, documenting equipment regulations, etc. I could write these articles, but they could also be written by other authors. A decent stream of ideas for this category would hopefully come from the forums, when people post confusions or questions.
Team by Team Analysis - This would cover teams, unbiasedly, and without the need to rank or compare the teams to other teams. If one person covered it alone, he/she could cover a team per week, per example. Start with Anaheim, or go division-by-division, just cover each team equally, talk about their vets, their hopefuls, their prospects, maybe throw in something about the staff, or arena, or some current talking point among more hardcore fans. Teach the reader something about the teams. If more than one person cover this, the teams or divisions can be split up and covered more often.
Is anybody interested in writing any of these articles? Hopefully with the vBulletin software and perhaps some more awareness, the website would grow to have a much larger user base. The articles would be expected to be better than TSN's crappy articles, but you don't have to go into as much research as someone like a Travis Yost or anything like that. Just provide some insight and give people things to think about.
So me and Josh were discussing some potential improvements to the website. The first one is upgrading to vBulletin software, which will happen, but it might not be until later in the year. But it will give the website a more professional, clean and advanced look.
With the addition of a vBulletin forum, a new system will also be added. It was discussed on TSF, but never done - articles. Just like it was needed on TSF, the article writing will need volunteers to help write. There's plenty of sections you could write under...(written by Josh)
Events - This can be anything from big trades, rumors, signings, retirements, and staff moves to All Star Games, Olympics, outdoor games, TV shows (eg. NHL 24/7), lockouts, and beyond. One VERY dedicated writer could cover this alone, but more realistically it would be contributed to by several writers
Prospects - This would cover junior leagues and players, and would culminate each year in the draft. Ideally we would produce our own rankings and/or mock drafts.
Rules - This could end up being like an online FAQ for commonly asked hockey questions. Nuances of salary cap rules, explaining the new Playoff format, clarifying abstract game rules, documenting equipment regulations, etc. I could write these articles, but they could also be written by other authors. A decent stream of ideas for this category would hopefully come from the forums, when people post confusions or questions.
Team by Team Analysis - This would cover teams, unbiasedly, and without the need to rank or compare the teams to other teams. If one person covered it alone, he/she could cover a team per week, per example. Start with Anaheim, or go division-by-division, just cover each team equally, talk about their vets, their hopefuls, their prospects, maybe throw in something about the staff, or arena, or some current talking point among more hardcore fans. Teach the reader something about the teams. If more than one person cover this, the teams or divisions can be split up and covered more often.
Is anybody interested in writing any of these articles? Hopefully with the vBulletin software and perhaps some more awareness, the website would grow to have a much larger user base. The articles would be expected to be better than TSN's crappy articles, but you don't have to go into as much research as someone like a Travis Yost or anything like that. Just provide some insight and give people things to think about.
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