BBFTG Website Project Thread

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

Okay, so we got a few members interested in writing stories and posting news.

It is a blog, the address is bbftg.blogspot.com

the user : bbftg1
the pass: joeydevine

We need to make it as good and real as possible.
We need someone to modify the HTML TEmplate to meet the standards of our league, we need someone to create a BBFTG logo.

We need beat writers, time, cooperation.

[JordanDL3891]

I can do some writing and do the logo

I dont know html

dont be supprised if this doesnt really lift off the ground until next year.

[Erik Bedard]

I can write articles and stuff.

[Francoeurstein]

Okay, so we got a few members interested in writing stories and posting news.

It is a blog, the address is bbftg.blogspot.com

the user : bbftg1
the pass: joeydevine

We need to make it as good and real as possible.
We need someone to modify the HTML TEmplate to meet the standards of our league, we need someone to create a BBFTG logo.

We need beat writers, time, cooperation.

Why's the pass devine??? Well anyways we killed you last night hahahahah!!!!

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

Update 0.1 Aug 16th, 3:57 PM

I edited the Links field and found a suitable background template.
Soon there should be all the teams listed included the Standings, DL and the Forum link.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

Update 0.2 Aug 16th 4:10 PM EST

I got a better idea and I did it, removed team names, inserted team logos instead of names.
Will be up soon!

[Richmond Hill Phoenix]

Nice work. When can we expect to start writing stories? I'll be gone until next monday, but after that I am all hands on deck.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

Nice work. When can we expect to start writing stories? I'll be gone until next monday, but after that I am all hands on deck.
Nice work?

Those logos combined took me 25 minutes, and I'm still not done.

EDIT: Update 0.3

Done all team logos to link to team threads.

WE CAN START WRITING NOW!

[JordanDL3891]

Logo is comming

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

Logo is comming
It'd be cool to have a BBFTG as a 3D across a baseball diamond crossing with a bat.

I can't do that though

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

To write an article:

1) Make sure facts are accurate
2) Make it sound professional
3) Get a spell-checker (ieSpell is pretty good)

to write:

login as bbftg1, password joeydevine and then the "dashboard" should show up, next click "Posting" and "Create".

Have fun!

You can always write about your team or anything in the league that interests you.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

Oh, and we can comment on each other stories, please "join the blog" and I will create you as a member of the blog if you give me your email address...because I need to email it to you.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

Fist post about Wilson traded to Red Sox.

[redlegsfan21]

I'm going to try to get Take Me Out to the Ballgame to play on the blog.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

I'm going to try to get Take Me Out to the Ballgame to play on the blog.
great!

I know that I can upload an audio for the profile, but, how do I get it to play on the blog?

You can do that probably by editing the html template.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

I see you tried to embed it in the "settings" tab, try going to the "template" tab and posting it somewhere there.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

I managed to get it in the blog and working, sorry bout that Dan 2, I embedded it under the "Team Threads" section, but I'll probably put it at the end of the page. there is a small media player buttons there, click play and it plays.

Thanks a lot Dan 2!

That's a great addition, now we need a better logo.

[redlegsfan21]

It should play automatically.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

It should play automatically.
It does now.

BTW, there is gray between the Braves and Red Sox logo, how can we fix that? Also, there were no dots before the logos, I must've messed up :hp

[redlegsfan21]

It does now.

BTW, there is gray between the Braves and Red Sox logo, how can we fix that? Also, there were no dots before the logos, I must've messed up :hp
I think I got it.

[JordanDL3891]

the logo can only be made on the main comp, thats why its taking me so long.

It will take longer to do what you said wilk, I was planning on just taking the current logo for Baseball Dever and using the same font baseball is in, I was gonna add transaction game.

[JordanDL3891]

im very confused cause I never used blogspot before. Chris how did you get your name up there? and I dont see where you put the html in to edit the skin or anything else, like adding links, or where I would put the logo when its done.

[Erik Bedard]

Can someone explain to me how I can start to write articles?

Also, Steve, you forgot Boston as a potential suitor for Dotel. ;)

[Gashouse6]

im very confused cause I never used blogspot before. Chris how did you get your name up there? and I dont see where you put the html in to edit the skin or anything else, like adding links, or where I would put the logo when its done.
PM Steve your email and he'll put you up as a contributer.

[JordanDL3891]

he allready knows it :D


Wilk, your missing the texas rangers on the team list on the website.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

Can someone explain to me how I can start to write articles?

Also, Steve, you forgot Boston as a potential suitor for Dotel. ;)
Okay everyone, here is WHAT YOU NEED TO WRITE AN ARTICLE:

1) BEFORE ANYTHING, give me your email so you can be a contributor and post an artcile under your name and not mine.
After that you'll be able to login to the blog as your own name (e.g Chris True) and not mine (Steve Adams).

after that, you can log into the blog by going to blogger.com

[JordanDL3891]

log in with what?

Username: our name?
password: Joey Devine?

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

log in with what?

Username: our name?
password: Joey Devine?

Not sure, check your eamil and you'll find out, and, the pass is joeydevine, no spaces.

[JordanDL3891]

k but how do I get my name up there? :noidea

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

k but how do I get my name up there? :noidea
Check the email I SENT YOU!

[JordanDL3891]

I got it, I signed in, im part of it, so how does my name go up there!!!

[AznInvasion]

I signed in under my name now.

[JordanDL3891]

yay! my name is up!

I have somthin im planning to write tommarow!

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

Sorry Dan 2, I got rid of the Take me out to the ballgame because it wasn't loading and it slowed down the page immensely, for now, as a replacement, I will post a video.

[JordanDL3891]

Wilk I just sent you an e-mail, um I might of messed some of it up, im new to the blogs stuff, but I have no idea why this happend, I didnt press delete.

I recovered it though in the e-mail. you'll see.

[Richmond Hill Phoenix]

Just got home from the cottage and now I'm off to the grandparents. I'll be back next week, and I'll write some articles.

See you guys soon.

-Geoff

[JordanDL3891]

i made my 1st thing for the blog! the only problem is it messed up the way it looks :laugh the side bar is way on the bottom of the screen.

i'll have to make it smaller next time...

Check it out! its called around the bbftg (or around the league) with J25nadroj2402

[AznInvasion]

I like it a lot! I thought it was very informative even though the text was hard to read in some spots.
I'm trying to figure out how to write an article still. I don't see my name as a contributor so I'm still confused on how to do this.
Can u resend my invite to the blog plz?

[JordanDL3891]

yea, I re read some after I posted it, some how a y was left out on the word they, and I found some sentences I could of worded better.

You can always log on as Wilk and post somthing.

[AznInvasion]

I made my first article but I don't think the picture came out. On the preview, it looks fine but on the blog the pic doesn't show up for some reason.

Ok, I see the pic now in the blog. I dunno why it didn't show up the first 5 times I looked.

[Erik Bedard]

i made my 1st thing for the blog! the only problem is it messed up the way it looks :laugh the side bar is way on the bottom of the screen.

i'll have to make it smaller next time...

Check it out! its called around the bbftg (or around the league) with J25nadroj2402

A LITTLE mean to the Red Sox, I liked all those trades I made. I got LaRoche and Jones for Ortiz, and while Jones is now on the South Side of Chicago, I NEEDED to make that deal. I basically exchanged the second best power hitter in the league for the second best BA hitter in the league (though Pierzynski hits his HRs, and Jones was near .300). With V-Tek out for the season, I desperately needed a catcher, and CHW was willing. I also got Podsednik, so the deal worked out pretty well. I also have the best prospects and farm system of anyone, and I'm very cost-effective. I also got Johnny Damon back from NYY for an over-aged prospect, so the Manny deal worked both ways. I got three super-prospects for an overpaid superstar.

[Erik Bedard]

STEVE: I'm creating a new e-mail address. Send the invite there.

[JordanDL3891]

I bet you could write your own :laugh

yea I noticed that after I wrote it, sry, nothing aginst you or the Red Sox.

hey there is freedom of speach, :radio or in this case, freedom of the press :atthepc

[Erik Bedard]

YANKEE BIAS!! YANKEE BIAS!!

Steve, the account is bbftgredsox@yahoo.com.

[Erik Bedard]

How do I write an article? I'm logged in as Steve, but I can't figure out how to post.

[JordanDL3891]

YANKEE BIAS!! YANKEE BIAS!!

lol if you and YL switched teams and sn's in the beginning of this, I'd say the Sox did a better job, do you see that your in last and he's in 1st too? He made wacky trades to lower the payroll and he is still in 1st! thats saying somthing!

[JordanDL3891]

How do I write an article? I'm logged in as Steve, but I can't figure out how to post.


dont log on as steve, your not steve, :laugh wait till he gives you the e-mail which lets you join the blog under your own name.

[Erik Bedard]

I know... I did the same. But I lost a key player (Varitek) to injury, had my real-life super-closer bomb out and have a 10.17 ERA, which was only the beginning of my bullpen woes. I then traded for Chris Reitsma, who was horrible, and ended up getting demoted in favor of Ryan Wagner, who I acquired from Cincinnati, traded away Ortiz and Manny, traded away Loretta, which left me with two rookies at 2B and SS, and the players I acquire don't perform like I expect them to. Case in point, Jermaine Dye.

[JordanDL3891]

I wouldnt of delt manny so easily.

for 4 prospects? non of them will EVER be like manny.

I almost got him as a Astro, from YL. As I said he offered

Manny + Huff + Chacon for Dunn + Sheffield + Hirsh.

I should of said yes but he pulled back the deal.

[Erik Bedard]

Phillip Hughes? 19 and in AAA! :eek: Eric Duncan? Early 20's, called up in July, hitting .260! Kevin Thompson? Well, he was a throw-in.

[Erik Bedard]

There, I did it, it's called Down on the Farm: Boston. PM me if you want me to write one for your team.

[JordanDL3891]

our site hits are down, even though YL is away, there's still new articles on the blog. I just wrote one right now, and I plan part to of the 1st version of Around the BBFTG to be posted by tues. night or wed.

I also know Erik Bedard has some plans.

[Erik Bedard]

Yup. So far I've got three requests for a Down on the Farm column. I'll do one a day, alphabetically. First up, Atlanta!

[JordanDL3891]

that would be cool

I haven't gone over to the blog yet today, did you see the comment I left you on the last one for Boston?

[Erik Bedard]

Yeah, I commented back.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

Like my mailbag and new song?

[JordanDL3891]

hey steve, you wont belive what I found on Google! (and no I didnt write this)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBFTG


doesnt sound like its from anyone in BBFTG

wilk maybe you can put a link in it to link it here?

[Erik Bedard]

Looks like Gashouse6.

[JordanDL3891]

why you say that?

[Erik Bedard]

It just sounds like something he'd write. I don't know why.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

hey steve, you wont belive what I found on Google! (and no I didnt write this)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBFTG


doesnt sound like its from anyone in BBFTG

wilk maybe you can put a link in it to link it here?

I wrote it! :D

Just like that.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

It's gone now!!

Who deleted it?

[JordanDL3891]

they did, they said they might, you needed to add more :(

can you put it back up?

[JordanDL3891]

the full version of around the BBFTG with J25nadroj2042 is up on the blog!

(www.bbftg.blogspot.com) check it out! every team is on it.


Now for my next project :D which is planned for tommarow afternoon which could be moved to fri afternoon

[Gashouse6]

Change the website song, please!!!!!!!! I can't stand Simple Plan. We should have a song that goes with baseball. "Swing, Swing" by All-American Rejects would be better, but not the best choice.

[JordanDL3891]

sounds like a song to put on the blog in feb, in the middle of the offseason. Not now right before the playoffs, yea it doesnt really fit baseball, but its better than nothing.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

Change the website song, please!!!!!!!! I can't stand Simple Plan. We should have a song that goes with baseball. "Swing, Swing" by All-American Rejects would be better, but not the best choice.
I'm gonna put Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 or Chamillionnaire Ridin'

[Erik Bedard]

Another Brick in the Wall fits because we're all going back to school, even though we (at least I) wish we weren't.

[JordanDL3891]

I wish I wasnt, Im not back yet :D do to contstruction, 1st full day is sept 11th

the fri before is my orientation, so its only a half day and they give us free lunch. (ooo school food, yuck)


The new song fits better, though im not a big fan of rap :p but thats fine.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

I put Ridin' Dirty because we are, playoffs are coming and it suits us.

I don't like rap much either but it's a good song.

[JordanDL3891]

it is, I like it wilk nice choice :clapping

[Erik Bedard]

I can't hear a thing.

EDIT: It was Firefox, not my computer. Great song. Thanks for getting the censored version, too.

[Richmond Hill Phoenix]

Wilk, I sent you a PM about getting an "account" (?) for the blog. What's the deal?

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

Wilk, I sent you a PM about getting an "account" (?) for the blog. What's the deal?
I emailed you at your email, check it.

[JordanDL3891]

I finished my next thing, put I will post it peice by peice

www.bbftg.blogspot.com

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

Wow!!

Our hits are up!!

There are 82 visits from Blogtopsites...today!

Looks like we're getting some promotion.

[Erik Bedard]

blogtopsites has their description kind of screwed up. They use the word "real", the word "new", and the word "professional". I think we need to correct them.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

blogtopsites has their description kind of screwed up. They use the word "real", the word "new", and the word "professional". I think we need to correct them.
Tell me what to say and I'll change it.

Real trades, real competion, new champion.

The BBFTG, the revolution and dream of MLB General Managing.

That sounds good :D

[JordanDL3891]

w/e

my playoffs site has more hits than our blog :D

and, so much for a lot of hits:

http://s1.shinystat.com/cgi-bin/shinystatv.cgi?L=1&USER=bbftg&NH=1

looks like 18 today.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

w/e

my playoffs site has more hits than our blog :D

and, so much for a lot of hits:

http://s1.shinystat.com/cgi-bin/shinystatv.cgi?L=1&USER=bbftg&NH=1

looks like 18 today.
That doesn't count Blogtopsites, there we have like 82 hits today.

How can the playoff site have more hits than the blog?

[JordanDL3891]

what is this blog top sites thing?

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

what is this blog top sites thing?
you register a site and they get people who search and today, 82 people have searched and found and visited our blog.

My old blog, Wilkernator's daily, got 7,500 hits and it was in the world's top 50.

It'll take a while to get there though.

[JordanDL3891]

top 50? why??? lol

and why isnt it listed on the link I showed you, can you show me this link to these other stats?

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

top 50? why??? lol

and why isnt it listed on the link I showed you, can you show me this link to these other stats?
Because they liked my blog, here it is, I don't write in it anymore wilkernator.blogspot.com, I may resume during the NHL season.

http://www.blogtopsites.com/sitedetails_29201.html

[rockiesfan4ever]

I'd be willing to be a beat writer for the Rockies

[Richmond Hill Phoenix]

Wilk, I still haven't got an e-mail from you. Could you send it again??

circa__89(at)hotmail.com

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

Geoff, I will, but first, breaking news...

The BBFTG will no longer be a blog site in 2007, it will have its proper domain name under "bbftg.com"

AJ, CubHub, is helping me with this and the site should be up and running in 2007.

Once again, thank you AJ!!

Steve

[JordanDL3891]

lol, and I thought you said you were gonna say this later :laugh


you told me to keep it serect, for what an hour! :laugh

[JordanDL3891]

Geoff, I will, but first, breaking news...

The BBFTG will no longer be a blog site in 2007, it will have its proper domain name under "bbftg.com"

AJ, CubHub, is helping me with this and the site should be up and running in 2007.

Once again, thank you AJ!!

Steve


Come on every one!


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[Erik Bedard]

YAAAYYYY!!!!!!!

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[wilkerson_rulz-06]

BBFTG.com in 2007 guys!

[JordanDL3891]

yup, you told us that.

[rockiesfan4ever]

BBFTG.COM IN 07



YAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[JordanDL3891]

bump......

[-Kyle-]

Being original......



WAHOOOOOOO!!!!!

[JordanDL3891]

distant future - www.astros.bbftg.com!