So, neocolours is dead.

[conuly]

We killed it. With our love.

Or, more appropriately, Sam got bored and forgot us all.

And now I want to re-make the whole site. Because I'm weird that way. I wonder what sort of free web-hosting there is in this world....

(Joined the temp. fora, by the way, for anybody who knows what I'm talking about)

Comments

[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

Kamil mentioned that she has access to a forum that might be a good alternative, but I didn't get a chance to talk to Jazzy about it. I've been distractable lately.

[conuly]

That mightn't be bad. What I want, though, is a way to remake the NC stuff that wasn't forum related - honestly, I haven't found many sites that run any of it as neatly as that did.

[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

Yeah. If you figure that out, I want to know! I miss it. I was thinking today, "Ah, I can see all the colours of the Xweetok in one go.. no, wait, I can't. Dammit!"

[velasco.livejournal.com]

Indeed. :P I found bugs with the Green Xweetok (close attack pose is of a BLUE Xweetok) and Yellow Xweetok (has an unfilled spot in the tail) and if I had Neocolours I (and 10,000 other people) could find more, probably. But I don't :(

[joeno.livejournal.com]

I've actually been considering doing something like this for my own purposes, because of NC's downtime and a number of bugs.

It wouldn't be too difficult to set up the colour viewing bit, and checking for new colours wouldn't be the most difficult thing either, but considering its size you'd probably need quite a hefty server to keep it running.

So, well, if you ever need some help with that part, I'd be available.

[conuly]

So, all I need is a hefty server.... Hm... How much do those go for?

[joeno.livejournal.com]

Not necessarily heavy, just more than your average simple Geocities site. Depending on the expected needs for bandwidth usage and other general requirements, I think it would be something around $20-$30.

A somewhat larger site that I do some stuff for with something like 3500 visitors a day and quite hefty scripting needs currently requires around $40, but I don't think this site would reach that right away.

[rachelkachel]

I don't know a whole lot about coding, but it seems to me that it would be fairly easy to set up the part of the site that lets you look at colors. It might be a lot harder to actually have it check for new ones. We could always add them manually, but of course we'd lose the nice part where we get to preview things...

[peaseblossom03.livejournal.com]

Neocolours is...yous guys? *boggle*

[conuly]

Yeah, I'm Ulyyf there. I haven't been on as much, but I'm a moderator. But not at the temp fora at the moment.

[fjorab-teke.livejournal.com]

Due to a few of my own conflicts with other users, the only things I was really enjoying were:
1) seeing previews of new colors and getting to make blunt opinions about them.
2) seeing other people's Neo-artwork and getting to request adoptables/customs/commissions if I wanted
3) a few really spiffy people I've met there!! :-D
4) the murder mystery! What hilarity!

I guess I'd gotten so accustomed to the boards being down and just avoiding it on occasion when I didn't have the energy to "filter" out the stupids (though it would've made for a nice Firefox download I just got)...that I just don't miss it very much.

[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

Kamil mentioned that she has access to a forum that might be a good alternative, but I didn't get a chance to talk to Jazzy about it. I've been distractable lately.

[conuly]

That mightn't be bad. What I want, though, is a way to remake the NC stuff that wasn't forum related - honestly, I haven't found many sites that run any of it as neatly as that did.

[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

Yeah. If you figure that out, I want to know! I miss it. I was thinking today, "Ah, I can see all the colours of the Xweetok in one go.. no, wait, I can't. Dammit!"

[velasco.livejournal.com]

Indeed. :P I found bugs with the Green Xweetok (close attack pose is of a BLUE Xweetok) and Yellow Xweetok (has an unfilled spot in the tail) and if I had Neocolours I (and 10,000 other people) could find more, probably. But I don't :(

[joeno.livejournal.com]

I've actually been considering doing something like this for my own purposes, because of NC's downtime and a number of bugs.

It wouldn't be too difficult to set up the colour viewing bit, and checking for new colours wouldn't be the most difficult thing either, but considering its size you'd probably need quite a hefty server to keep it running.

So, well, if you ever need some help with that part, I'd be available.

[conuly]

So, all I need is a hefty server.... Hm... How much do those go for?

[joeno.livejournal.com]

Not necessarily heavy, just more than your average simple Geocities site. Depending on the expected needs for bandwidth usage and other general requirements, I think it would be something around $20-$30.

A somewhat larger site that I do some stuff for with something like 3500 visitors a day and quite hefty scripting needs currently requires around $40, but I don't think this site would reach that right away.

[rachelkachel]

I don't know a whole lot about coding, but it seems to me that it would be fairly easy to set up the part of the site that lets you look at colors. It might be a lot harder to actually have it check for new ones. We could always add them manually, but of course we'd lose the nice part where we get to preview things...

[peaseblossom03.livejournal.com]

Neocolours is...yous guys? *boggle*

[conuly]

Yeah, I'm Ulyyf there. I haven't been on as much, but I'm a moderator. But not at the temp fora at the moment.

[fjorab-teke.livejournal.com]

Due to a few of my own conflicts with other users, the only things I was really enjoying were:
1) seeing previews of new colors and getting to make blunt opinions about them.
2) seeing other people's Neo-artwork and getting to request adoptables/customs/commissions if I wanted
3) a few really spiffy people I've met there!! :-D
4) the murder mystery! What hilarity!

I guess I'd gotten so accustomed to the boards being down and just avoiding it on occasion when I didn't have the energy to "filter" out the stupids (though it would've made for a nice Firefox download I just got)...that I just don't miss it very much.