*Important Announcement Concerning the Portal Project*

[Panky]

There are several people who are jumping ahead, building sites, and all sorts of things before they even know what the guidelines will be for the portal project. On behalf of the portal project, we ask you to please

STOP!

There are 3 things that people need to do to get started on the Portal Project:

• Register a domain

• Have hosting ready to go

• Begin to familiarize oneself with the niche if this is a brand new niche for you.

Optional:

• Create a header

• Play with a color scheme

• Form a general idea of how you want your site to look, but do not spend a lot of time actually building a site. Map it out on a piece of paper, jot down some ideas, but do not actually build your site until everyone is given clear instructions concerning the project.

• Find sponsors you wish to try.

We are very excited about this project as well, but we ask that everyone hold off on building an actual site until the project has officially begun and everyone has been given instructions as to how the portal project works and what is expected of everyone.

If people jump too far ahead, it will mess things up. It will create a lot of confusion. We want everyone to be able to start on a clean slate. We do realize that everyone will move at a different pace. That is fine and we will work with each person as needed once the project has officially begun. Until then, just make sure you have a domain and hosting ready to go.

Thank you for your patience as the backbone of the portal project gets put into place.

[Head Boy]

It's probably my fault that this project has started up in the way it has. I jumped on an idea by Chuke, and when Rofl joined in, I thought it would be a nice idea if 5 or 6 of the old portal project webmasters knocked up a site each and interlinked them to get a bit of traffic. Well that idea has grown into a major project with around 70 prospective members, and I think it's a brilliant chance for us to work together, learn together, and to build a nice long term income producer.

It needs to be planned and implemented in a structured way, and normally this would be done before a project is announced. Because my original idea was fairly trivial, it didn't ned that sort of planning, but this major project certainly does. We are very lucky to have experienced webmasters like Panky who are prepared to help with this, and I'd be grateful if you guys could bail me out of my impetuous actions by following Panky's advice.

[Ruff]

When you have this many webmasters interested in a useful project such as this, we can do some very serious work that will benefit all of us traffic-wise. Something way beyond all of us indivdually. This will lead to other great projects and the Netpond group of working webmasters could become a very powerful force in this industry. Maybe that time is now.

Sign up - shut up - stand up

[Obsy]

Signed up - shut up - stood up OK sittin down now and very happy to be a part of this project!!!

[rogue]

are we getting a private forum for this project? its getting hard to follow the threads already!

[Panky]

Originally Posted by rogue

are we getting a private forum for this project? its getting hard to follow the threads already!

Yes. There will be a private forum where everything will be explained.

[docputer]

Got my domain, hosting, header and colors and awaiting patiently further instructions

[NY Jester]

yeah I think if everyone participates this will be a HUGE project and hopefully benefit all involved and I truly hope it leads to others

[RobertFrans]

*Stops and is ready to go on, on command ... *

[NinjaSteve]

I am ready to go

[NinjaSteve]

If I can make a steady $100 or more per month from this project... that's a steady $100 or more per month in sake (yay!). Or to spend on jewelery for that special lady (boooo!)

[AbsolutePorn]

I am all ready to go.

[fredicus]

Damn but I feel like a surfer !

[paul7]

roger that and I'm ready to go

[seeandsee]

Get coke and wait

[Head Boy]

There's a new rule that's just been introduced. Anyone buying booze with the profits from this project must send half of the booze to the management committee. You'll be please to know that I am the administrator of the liquor management department.

[Big-D]

Waiting on the project to really kick off. Hope it is soon. LOL


Big D

[freechess]

waiting for further orders to wait

[Video Rob]

Thanks Panky. I've got a domain and i'm ready to go.

[_LB_]

Another thing to look out for panky is people who want to do heaps of portals. Looking at past projects many people who did more than a couple kinda half assed them and never managed to build the traffic to each of them that was needed. Its better to give 1-2 portals some serious attention and TLC than to do a whole heap that are barely ok.