Mudcat CD Banner ??

Subject: RE: Mudcat CD Banner ??
From: Tweed
Date: 01 Dec 02 - 03:37 PM

Got your PM Mike and am hard at it now. Won't win any awards probably, but will be all on one page anyhow;~) Check your messages, I should be in there someplace.

Yerz,
Tweed

Subject: RE: Mudcat CD Banner ??
From: michaelr
Date: 01 Dec 02 - 03:30 PM

I've got all the artwork here. If Tweed or someone else wants to post it somewhere, I can e-mail them jpeg files.

(PM sent to Tweed.)

Cheers,
Michael

Subject: RE: Mudcat CD Banner ??
From: Amos
Date: 01 Dec 02 - 03:01 PM

Apologies for the nasty response, dear gal, but your cattiness raises my hackles badly sometimes. I dunno if that is the effect you intend or whether it is just a collision of personal styles.

Let me point out that you yourself have not stepped forward to aid in the promotional effort any more than Max has. Between the two of you, I would imagine his actions in support of the Cat show more care by far than your own.

Whyncha see if Tweed needs some help there? Or dream up some other positive means of helping the action along? I would love to hear about it if you do think something good up. Truly. May I assume you have placed your orders with Mr. Greenhaus?

A

Subject: RE: Mudcat CD Banner ??
From: Tweed
Date: 01 Dec 02 - 02:54 PM

I'll try and whip one up Amos. Give me a couple minutes. The Cover art will do just fine along with a songlist. If photos are available then we can put them in there later. Hope nobody takes me to court for using the fish and the banjo logo on there!

Tweed

Subject: RE: Mudcat CD Banner ??
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Dec 02 - 02:52 PM

Someone's away for the weekend doing something in the real world and you make a case for paranoiac delusions out of it?

I don't think that the CDs have only been available this weekend, do you?

Max has known for ages about this, yet this very simple, but important way of promoting all your hard work (for the benefit of Mudcat) appears to have so far eluded him.

But what the hell do I know?

First class jerk

Subject: RE: Mudcat CD Banner ??
From: Amos
Date: 01 Dec 02 - 02:43 PM

Hey, hey, lookie day!! We got a banner on the News box!! Way to go there, Joe Offer!! (I assume).

Now we be cooking!!


A

Subject: RE: Mudcat CD Banner ??
From: Amos
Date: 01 Dec 02 - 02:41 PM

Way ta go, Tweed. Unless there's a better suggestion, we should do that. Michael R can send you the final copy on the songlistings as they went to press and the cover artwork. No-one has pictures of the CDs themselves and I hope Dick is too swamped with orders to take the time -- but the cover artwork will serve, until someone gets a set who has a digital camera and can phtograph the disks themselves, if that is what you want.

A

Subject: RE: Mudcat CD Banner ??
From: Tweed
Date: 01 Dec 02 - 02:23 PM

Well Amos, I'm darn near as clever as a chimpanzee and I will volunteer my services if I can get some pics sent in to me and a songlist all on one page. I can donate a few kilobytes of webspace too if need be til a proper one is in place here at the Cat.

Tweed
http://tweedsblues.net/

Subject: RE: Mudcat CD Banner ??
From: Amos
Date: 01 Dec 02 - 01:58 PM

You are a first class jerk, ya know that? Someone's away for the weekend doing something in the real world and you make a case for paranoiac delusions out of it? If you yourself are as able as the chimp you cite, why don't you chime in with the volunteer labor to do it? Teamwork is God, after all.

A

Subject: RE: Mudcat CD Banner ??
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Dec 02 - 01:39 PM

Well, that's all well and good, but Jeff and Max aren't available this weekend. There's a plan for setting up pages like that, but Jeff hasn't done the tech work.

Tech work??? It's an html page. A chimpanzee of average ability could set it up in a couple of hours. It needs doing.

A good illustration of how much Max really cares about Mudcat I think.

Go on flame me, Max is God after all

---

Gee, I can't think of any way to respond to that except to say, "Oh, fuck off!!" Max and Jeff are enjoying the holiday and did not anticipate that this weekend, I might need to post an HTML page. I hadn't need to do it before, but we talked about doing it in the future. We didn't think we'd need it right away. Yes, you really are a certified asshole.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Mudcat CD Banner ??
From: Tweed
Date: 01 Dec 02 - 01:23 PM

I'll do it in a minute khandu, soon as it's ready to put up. Any of the rest of you webmaster Cat-type people game for the idea? There's gotta be a small herd of us in here. Free advertisin' is free and that's usually a pretty good thing.

Subject: RE: Mudcat CD Banner ??
From: khandu
Date: 01 Dec 02 - 12:51 PM

Hey, Tweedster! That is a grand idea!

And how 'bout this? Suppose all the Catters that have web sites also put a Mudcat CD blurb on their sites. Hell, any Madison Avenue man can tell ya, "Location, location, location"!

khandu

Subject: RE: Mudcat CD Banner ??
From: Joe Offer
Date: 01 Dec 02 - 12:45 PM

Well, I posted something that shows up on the Home Page, www.mudcat.org
Trouble is, my link didn't work the first time, so I had to post a second message. And I don't remember how to edit the damn thing. If Jeri or one of the clones remembers the link that goes to the News edit page, please send it to me by personal message. I can't find the blankety-blank edit button.
Well, there's a correct banner/link on www.mudcat.org. I can't be sure what will show up on the Forum Menu page, since that rotates (but it seems to be working correctly - hey, maybe I did it right!!).
I'll work on it more later - gotta head to church to atone for all the sins the trolls have accused me of this week. [grin]
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Mudcat CD Banner ??
From: Joe Offer
Date: 01 Dec 02 - 12:36 PM

Well, that's all well and good, but Jeff and Max aren't available this weekend. There's a plan for setting up pages like that, but Jeff hasn't done the tech work. All I have access to this weekend is Mudcat News I'll have a go at linking to this thread. If that isn't right, we can change the ordering information in the first message.
-Joe-

Subject: RE: Mudcat CD Banner ??
From: Tweed
Date: 01 Dec 02 - 12:26 PM

Joe,
I'd say the best thing would be to create a link to a seperate page with images of the set and songlists for each, along with the ordering and pricing info. Just like a regular advertisement. What dya think?

Tweed

Subject: RE: Mudcat CD Banner ??
From: katlaughing
Date: 01 Dec 02 - 12:26 PM

Either that, like Dick suggests, or to the Support Mudcat page, BUT I think it would be better with a page all of its own with ordering and content info and, even, pictures of the cd covers, as Tweed asked about in the other thread. My two cents:-)

Subject: RE: Mudcat CD Banner ??
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 01 Dec 02 - 12:05 PM

Joe-
For Pro Bono type Mudcat announcements, a thread that stayed at the top (and possibly one that didn't accept unauthorized additions) might be the way to go.

Subject: RE: Mudcat CD Banner ??
From: Joe Offer
Date: 01 Dec 02 - 12:01 PM

Where do you want the link to lead to? A particular thread with instructions?
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Mudcat CD Banner ??
From: Sorcha
Date: 01 Dec 02 - 10:59 AM

Great Idea!! Come on, Jeff, can you add a One Stop Clickie??

Subject: RE: Mudcat CD Banner ??
From: Amos
Date: 01 Dec 02 - 10:58 AM

Second the motion!! Lotsa folk want to push this deal out there and we need a one-point to direct attention to. Low cost, possibly high return!!

Flood Dick!



A

Subject: Mudcat CD Banner ??
From: Tweed
Date: 01 Dec 02 - 10:37 AM

Hey, who's drivin' this plane? How about a banner or something centrally located for the MudcatCD's? The threads are okay and provide all the info needed but I believe more would be able to easily access an advert with some pics placed on the Main page and the Lyrics and Knowledge pages. Max? Pene? Anybody able to do such a thing?

Yerz,
Madison Alley Tweed