26 Dec 07
Originally posted by zebanonice site.. I think i might make one now.. just gotta figure out how 😛.
In the spirit of improving my analysis (tis horrid right now) I have set up a blog where I will be analyzing many of my games. Feel free to correct my analysis =) or point out where it is insufficient.
http://kmetzchess.blogspot.com/
26 Dec 07
Originally posted by MetBierOpI felt obligated to ask you. A few people had been banned for advertising their for-profit sites (or at least had their threads closed immediately), and I didn't want you to become a casualty due to ignorance.
No. And with my development skills it will not look professional either.
🙂
However I would not mind becoming a populair website.
26 Dec 07
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Originally posted by MetBierOpSince the site will be run by a Class A player without significant material resources, if it is to become popular it needs features that cannot be found elsewhere. After all, the site needs something to differentiate it from other sites, many of which have bigger budgets, greater expertise (both as site admins and as chess experts), and an already established following. Since you have no advertising budget you must rely on personal referrals by friends and acquaintances at first.
Hello all,
As a new hobby I would like to built a website dedicated to chess.
However I need inspiration.
So, what would you like to see on it?
This suggests catering to local interests (chess clubs, school events, tournaments, etc.) as the first step in attracting, keeping, and only then broadening a core following. Make your site a clearinghouse for local chess enthusiasts by encompassing announcements and information for all local groups. Seek out news with both a local angle and a chess angle. Start with your own town and then when you have that properly covered (local contacts established and catered to) broaden it to include the immediate region.
Meanwhile, keep working on unusual features. What are the things which you have found useful or interesting but difficult to locate on the Web, regarding chess? Once you have a site attracting local chess enthusiasts, you can sound them out for things they want.
Rather than reinvent the wheel, I think that one of the best and cheapest ways to address the problem of unusual features is to seek out already existing sites on the Web, always looking for the site which provides the *very best* implementation of a particular feature, and add that as a link. Better still, make the link intrinsic to your site by hiding the URL under your own controls. For example, one of the clickable icons for your Website says "Openings Identified By Moves" and clicking on that button directly connects the user to the best URL on the Web for that. That way, instead of having to memorize or write down lots of links, your users will get used to simply accessing the features they like *through your website*. (You can, under the clickable icon, add a notice about re-routing, though this isn't strictly necessary.)
