Chisoxfn Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Soxtalk Front Page When Soxtalk.com first launched, it was the goal for the site to be the premiere message board of SoxNet.net (the news portion of Soxtalk). SoxNet.net eventually closed down and since than Soxtalk has stood out on its own becoming one of the most powerful independent major league fan sites on the net. With all the new members, Soxtalk has finally taken its first step towards becoming a one stop place for all things White Sox. From the message board that you've all come to love to our new news page which has RSS feeds from almost all of the major publications that are automatically updated with the latest news stories. This front page will also be the sister news site of FutureSox.com and will carry FutureSox's news stories as well as original Soxtalk content. The goal is to be able to provide fans the ability to access major news stories at one spot (via ESPN, The Trib, The Suntimes) and you can also check out stories from Cheat's blog (the stories take you to what is the best White Sox blog on the net). In the near future we will have an excel page detailing the financial and contractual status of White Sox players and we will also have information about the Cell, Tuscon Electric Park, and potential places to visit around the park. We hope that in the near future the main page will become just a part of your daily navigation as the forums have came over the years. So please, check out the new front page and leave feedback here. If there are features not on there that you'd like to see, please tell us as we will do our best to make this place a really good resource center for Sox news. And I would just like to say thanks for all those that visit the site and make this place what it is. Also wanted to note that we'll have a new piece pretty much every day this week detailing certain position battles and we'll continue to update the readers with our opinion of whose leading certain position battles. Enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Very awesome Jason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iWiN4PreP Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 amazing. well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 (edited) Very nice. Edited February 26, 2006 by Kalapse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Holy crap that looks nice. Good job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnB Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 very cool. If we can get enough people / enough participation to keep that thing up to date, it would really be an amazing place. I hope for the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rventura23 Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxin' Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 That looks great Jason. So is that going to be the site we're directed to when we go to "soxtalk.com"? I'm assuming so, but when I just typed it in again I still came directly to the forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted February 26, 2006 Author Share Posted February 26, 2006 QUOTE(whitesoxin' @ Feb 25, 2006 -> 10:54 PM) That looks great Jason. So is that going to be the site we're directed to when we go to "soxtalk.com"? I'm assuming so, but when I just typed it in again I still came directly to the forums. Most likely yes...although I own soxtalk.net so I may just point one to the forums and one to the site so people can directly link to each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elcaballo45 Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Very nice work. For not being paid to do this, you're committment to the site is outstanding. Great Job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 QUOTE(Elcaballo45 @ Feb 26, 2006 -> 01:12 AM) Very nice work. For not being paid to do this, you're committment to the site is outstanding. Great Job What he said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 So, I'm sorry, but I have absolutely no idea what I'm supposed to be seeing here. The whole site looks exactly the same here on my PC. What am I missing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyWhiteSox Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Feb 26, 2006 -> 02:37 AM) So, I'm sorry, but I have absolutely no idea what I'm supposed to be seeing here. The whole site looks exactly the same here on my PC. What am I missing? Did you click on the link at the top of the 1st post? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Feb 25, 2006 -> 11:47 PM) Did you click on the link at the top of the 1st post? Ah, there it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Yes, you will go straight to the new site from www.soxtalk.com when we switch it all over. That will happen sometime later today. I'm Mr. Insomniac tonight so I thought I'd pop on here and see what was happening. We will be making some other changes/announcements soon hopefully... so stay tuned. Thanks everyone for their support! Kap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Hopefully it'll sorta be like the old Soxnet days, and hopefully we can keep it active enough so that we can stay on top of things whether it's news, opinion pieces etc. But this has been Jason's baby and he's done a super job on it, along with Kap and everyone else who's helped out on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnB Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Feb 26, 2006 -> 03:35 AM) But this has been Jason's baby and he's done a super job on it, along with Kap and everyone else who's helped out on it. I thought Jason's baby was his hair? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 QUOTE(SnB @ Feb 26, 2006 -> 08:39 PM) I thought Jason's baby was his hair? Or his beard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayitaintso Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 thats a kick ass main page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDsDirtySox Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Do I have to re-register my user name. I am trying to log in to the main page and it keeps telling me there is an error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Tizzle Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 (edited) Similar to WSI, I'd automatically direct traffic to the main page. If you do what southsiders.net does (with a page picking options) people probably won't be willing to browse the articles. Force them to atleast physically view what's provided on the newly designed website. Edited February 26, 2006 by Flash Tizzle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted February 26, 2006 Author Share Posted February 26, 2006 QUOTE(JDsDirtySox @ Feb 26, 2006 -> 08:52 AM) Do I have to re-register my user name. I am trying to log in to the main page and it keeps telling me there is an error. The registration is completely seperate. I'm debating for not even having it up or for leaving it up. If you do register I think you can set it up where stories get emailed to you and stuff like that. I have no idea if anyone would even be interested in that. So you guys tell me cause aside from that there is no reason to register there and I don't want people to be confused cause the logins and usernames would be different. It would have been cool if I could have tied it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted February 26, 2006 Author Share Posted February 26, 2006 It is now set as the front page of the site. One thing I'd like to point out is that if you want to get to the message boards directly, just bookmark: http://www.soxtalk.com/forums Also note that it may take a little bit of time before you start getting the new redirect to the front page simply due to cache stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjm676 Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 This looks really awesome. You put a lot of hard work into this site and it really shows. I'm excited to see what the future holds here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted February 26, 2006 Author Share Posted February 26, 2006 By the way, I updated the links so now when you click the ones that take you to the board they won't open in a new window but directly take you there. We still have one more link section left that will be something like ST Favorites and I'm going to leave that up to you all. What type of links would you like up to take you to some of your favorite baseball/whitesox related pages? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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