 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi all,
Currently confined to the UK and doing the 9-5 slog at the moment missing the mountains desperately. Have picked up some web design tips and want to dedicate a site to skiing. Have got started and know what I want on there, but would be good to hear what features you guys think would be good on a website dedicated to the mountains. All ideas very welcome!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Quiet resorts at half-term!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I've just grabbed a pen and paper  Have to agree with you on that one, nothing worse than the lift queues when the kids are off school!
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Frenchiexno1, a link to my site would be nice 
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Are those Scratch skis in your hands on the site?
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Frenchiexno1, Bit broken couldn't get form the Blog page back to Home in FF3. Careful you don't make your site look too professional - we prefer ours held together with string and sticky tape.
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Frenchiexno1, interesting Top 10 resorts.
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To be quite honest achilles the whole site it held together with sticky tape at the moment. I posted in some webdesign forums but people were amazingly critical! Feel a lot happier in here!! Well I would feel happier in a James Bond Style chalet in the Swiss alpes with my laptop on my lap, a glass of red wine, and Natalie Portman cooking my dinner whilst I run my skiing empire, but thats just silly
Cheers ARV....
Gotta start somewhere I guess.
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| arv wrote: |
| Frenchiexno1, interesting Top 10 resorts. |
Indeed "Bankso" will be pleased to see they rank so highly and Meribel must be feeling left out
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Honestly Richard, haven't you got better things to do with your life?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Heard really good things about Bankso, plus was voted No1 budget resort by the Telegraph, strikes me as a great place for someone new to skiing to try out, that or Andorra perhaps. Figured that having one resort on the 3 valleys was enough.
Davidoff do I know you?
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I would really love to know how to reduce excessive inside ski tip lead, and to see reviews of little known resorts like La Rosiere, maybe by someone who lives there and really knows the area.
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You know it makes sense.
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How about something on helmets.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Frenchiexno1 wrote: |
Davidoff do I know you? |
No idea, only you can answer that.
If all you want to do is score some Google adsense money there are better ways of doing it? Otherwise, why bother with yet another me2 ski website. You'll either get bored and abandon it or it will consume too much of your time. In any event it will not be your path to riches, recognition or whatever.
Seriously, cancel the domain name and delete the pages now before you waist too much of your time pratting about with a website. There really are better things to do in life - like go skiing.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| davidof wrote: |
| ...before you waist too much of your time pratting about with a website. |
Ah yes, the Fat Nerd Theory - for every hour spent in front of a computer screen pratting around on a website your waistline expands by an eighth of an inch.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| What do you want to hear about online? |
There aren't enough tapir related skiing anecdotes.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Frenchiexno1 wrote: |
| Are those Scratch skis in your hands on the site? |
Frenchiexno1, no, they're my own 187cm High Society FR's
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would be good to hear what features you guys think would be good on a website dedicated to the mountains. All ideas very welcome!
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I think a good feature would be a link or 2 to snowHeads 
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| jbob wrote: |
| How about something on helmets. |
x2
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| Frenchiexno1 wrote: |
Heard really good things about Bankso, plus was voted No1 budget resort by the Telegraph, strikes me as a great place for someone new to skiing to try out, that or Andorra perhaps. Figured that having one resort on the 3 valleys was enough.
Davidoff do I know you? |
Checked out whether Bansko's medical facilities are up to the standard you would expect them to be, for a resort you recommend highly to British punters? Quite a few sHs get a bit broken, each year.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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| FenlandSkier wrote: |
| davidof wrote: |
| ...before you waist too much of your time pratting about with a website. |
Ah yes, the Fat Nerd Theory - for every hour spent in front of a computer screen pratting around on a website your waistline expands by an eighth of an inch. |
at least
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I don't think having a competition in your forum to see who can post the most this month will benefit you... the guys from this-is-chinese-spam may be able to help you out...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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The resort review section is great - I like the list of ALL the Canadian ski resorts 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Can you have a forum about whether you can take boots on a hand luggage on various carriers and from various airports?
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Heard really good things about Bankso
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I feel one advantage of a personal website should be first hand info - ie not about resorts you've not experienced for yourself.
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You know it makes sense.
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Guvnor, think you raise a good point there, the amount of times I forgotten about whether or not I have to pay for my boot bags, or last minute had to cram loads of gear in to one bad to save £20. Makes me think that it would be useful to come up with some kind of guide to the true cost of skiing! I usually get some cheap accommodation and cheap flights and think result, skiing on the cheap! Then end up paying a fortune for transfers, boot bags, ski passes etc!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I would suggest that there are plenty of good ski sites out there, notably Snowheads (forum), Where to Ski and Snowboard (resorts) and the Ski Club of Great Britain (weather reports). The only gap that I see is for really comprehensive equipment reviews that give star ratings for different levels and types of skiers (unless someone can point me in the right direction).
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Poster: A snowHead
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frenchie: when creating a ski website to compete with natives and snowheads and cash in on the social networking hype it might be a good idea not to advertise on the aforementioned sites under the guise of a 'personal' project.... incidentally, as you are starting a clearly commercial venture, i am sure you have properly licensed all the photographs of the various resorts and skiers on your site, correct?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I would like to see a working site, not a work in progress thats not ready yet........hmmmm wonder where the good resorts in South America are?? oh, can't find out yet......
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Apologies I didn't mean to cause any negative sentiment - have updated my signature. Just genuinely trying to have a bit of fun with a project in my evenings about something I enjoy. I will take myself off the forum. All the best for the future
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| Frenchiexno1 wrote: |
| .............. Makes me think that it would be useful to come up with some kind of guide to the true cost of skiing! .......... |
Oh, no, don't do that, it will frighten us all off. I once did, keeping track of all costs, including kit, car parking and so forth, over a considerable time - then worked out th cost per week. I was silly enough to let Mrs a (who doesn't ski) know. She's never let me forget. 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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ise is right. The unit cost of my skiing has dropped sharply since I bought an apartment and a super discounted season lift pass.... 
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I think Frenchiexno1, has taken the hump and buggered off...
Poor lamb, the banter was a bit rich for his blood.
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What a depressingly hostile page of ire.
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bunch of bullies!
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