I've tried to do what I can,  I put a thread in my webiste news asking if anyone wants to start a forum of thier own http://www.mopartruckworld.com/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?,v=display,b=sitenews,m=1069536342  Every little bit helps right?

Jeff

1. I have setup a Webring for e-bah.
If everyone join the webring, the circle will increase and hopefully, it will help to advertise E-Blah around as webring.com has lots of hits.
http://forums.danielck.per.sg/webring

2. We can start an E-Blah news letter that has the latest info, user tips and feature hacks. We need a team and cannot rely on Justin alone.

What do the rest think?

I'm up for a news letter, but I hate writing sometimes.  So, I'd need a lot of help with that if we would do it.

We wouldn't mind helping you with a newsletter Justin.

First we would need to know what kind of newsletter.

• What kind of information do you want to include in it?

• Will the writer get credit for writing it?

• Will we be allowed to add a tag line for promoting our own business?

• Do we write about things we are familiar with or do we need to stick to the subject of the eblah boards?

• How would we submit our pieces?

• When would the newsletter go out?

• Who is your target audience?

• What format do you want our submissions to be in? eg: html or plain text.

• What is the last day for submission to have our writing included in the newsletter?

Let us know and we would be happy to contribute. 

I'd want someone to actualy make the HTML newsletter format (that looks really good ).  And then the newsletter would go out monthly or quarderly to everyone on eblah.com forums.  Ads would be allowed I suppose (but the user would have to write an artical). 


- Justin

MyWebTeks Host,
  I think some of your questions are outta line.  This is about helping Justin promote this website that we all use for free, something he has helped us with for free and that we use for free without advertising.  I don't think its fair or just that you use this opportunity to promote your services or your own purpose.  I do not speak for Justin or represent any part of E-Blah in any way, shape or form, I personally think its just wrong.

Jeff Braley

estwingrjb@aol.com

http://www.mopartruckworld.com

Yeah, that's true I guess.  *shrug*

Here are my ideas for E-Blah Newsletter:

1. Focus
The purpose is to provide a source of information to inform E-Blah users of the latest development of E-Blah. It will add in spreading E-Blah Forum.


2. Proposed Contents
a. Interesting discussions @ eBlah Forum & Blah Hackz Forum
b. Latest / Featured MOD, Themes, Upgrades etc
c. Featured Tips / Tutorial (Can be user submit)
d. MODing & Theme Contest. (Winners can get a nicely designed badge image)

That is what I can think of. Feel free to suggest more.


3. Title
We may have to suggest and vote for a title for the newsletter


4. Editorial Board
Who would like to be on the board?
we need:
a. Someone to collate articles/tips/tutorial
b. Someone to recommend links (see pt 2a)
c. Another person to be responsible for News & Highlights
e. Contest IC
f. An Newsletter OIC to collate everything and send the newsletter for vetting.


5. Style & Format
Format will be in HTML. What we need to sort it out is where to host & archive old newsletters. Is eblah.com open to this? (Justin )


6. Article Credits
Credits should be given to the article writer (That should be the way) Credits include Name, e-mail addy and website. No more than that.


7. Advertisements
Would not be advisable to sell ad space as it is a newly setup newsletter.


8. Work Process
We need more discussion to set the work process and responsibilities


9. Publishing Schedule
We need to fix a publishing schedule (once a month/quaterly?)


Do drop in your feedback and suggestions!

Hm, I like last Daniel's offer 

But what may be really important (IMHO), is articles about every code file of E-Blah, and its main functions, so little-experienced users can at least a bit understand how's blah working, that could bring less questions in forum.

And of course perl articles (and maybe web-design).

Making a html-template for newsletter shouldn't be a big problem, and so shouldn't be with finding a host (even if not E-Blah).

How long are these newsletters? You would need to make it so the user can choose either HTML or plain text format. I use the Bat for emails, and it doesnt show the pictures in html emails, so that stuff looks kinda bad.....

Hmmm, you need like an eblah logo

Well, I'm not the best at graphics. 

I can help with the graphics.

But is there anyone who can offer a place to host the newsletters?

eBlah?
BlahHackz?

:: hint hint :: 

I'd host them.  But I don't want to write them. 


Also, I might have a person to do a logo for me.  http://www.elitestudioz.com -- he made that site and logo  .


- Justin

That is a nice logo for E-Blah!

About the newsletters

Actually, the newsletters is more for informing purpose. To inform E-Blah users about the latest updates for E-Blah and BlahHackz website

Most contents are featured user submit on E-Blah and Blahhackz.

There will be written articles but will be very few unless there are contributions once a while.

As such I would propose that the dispatch of newsletters be done once a month.