New Header

[NCMedia]

So I decided it's time to spice this place up a little again - and give myself more work to do... The new header is now implemented and you guys are going to see a lot of cool ish happening in there.

I have the ability to plug in audios, videos, animations, guides, links, etc... I'd like to hear from YOU guys what kinds of things you think we should put in there.

I'll probably do a once a month 'radio show' type of skit just going over marketing etc. and how to earn better. I'm also thinking of getting a phone recorder and record some phone interviews/convo's with other pros etc... Possibilities are pretty broad but overall I'm glad I did this - and can only wonder how long it will be before other forums start implementing this tactic.

Cheers!
N.

[kinitex]

Nice man I like it. This place should be pretty active once everloss and the other campaigns are released. Can't wait, I am getting sick of DP

[inzpiration]

Ha! well done Norb! I like the new header bro, just one thing, it looks a little bit plain on the right side, are you going to put something else there?

Now the thing about the radio shows is actually really great, well done mate

[MedicAffiliate]

Hey, the buttons make clicky noises! I just spent the last 2 mins running them over xD

You know, these forums can be a CB product on their own, it just follows the old adage that if you give away something good that's free, no one wants it but when you charge for it, you'll have to turn them away in hundreds

[CanEh!]

Nice Header!
Like inzpiration said, the right side needs a a little more action.

[mannoo2005]

You know, these forums can be a CB product on their own

Yes Norb, why you don't think about making a website like CB and paydotcom.
You will beat them all with your good planning and high quality programming.

and sure you will solve problem of CB of being down, It's easy but think seriously in this matter!

[kingwallace]

Hey, the buttons make clicky noises! I just spent the last 2 mins running them over xD

You know, these forums can be a CB product on their own, it just follows the old adage that if you give away something good that's free, no one wants it but when you charge for it, you'll have to turn them away in hundreds

lol me too. Great header. I was up there for at least 10 mins clickin around.

[lucidflux]

I vote for a more professional look. You can ban me eternally if you want, but, while I understand the vibe/feeling that you are going for, if I had a product I was bringing to you, I may be a bit turned off by the graphics. This is a forum, so I understand a bit of the graphics angle

Buttttt....for instance, the graphics on the brotherhood page...If I hit that page and saw lighting, falling stars, and a fly on the screen, I think I may turn the other way.

Some people who are going to be spending that kind of money, might be like what the fack is this. Boring and clean cut IMHO.

Ban away.

[Ganceann]

Yes Norb, why you don't think about making a website like CB and paydotcom.
You will beat them all with your good planning and high quality programming.

and sure you will solve problem of CB of being down, It's easy but think seriously in this matter!

Mannoo2005 - believe it or not, I have spoken to a few people about different ways I felt NicheChopper community could develop and this was one of the first things I looked at. It is a big undertaking as you would need to form a company and have proper accounts and management structure in place to be taken seriously (and remain legal). There is a LOT of fine print that needs to be understood when it comes to data protection, financial processing, fraud protection, fraud detection, customer service etc etc etc - could mean a large investment just to cover all the legal things required if scaling up to a fully-fledged affiliate network.

I never mentioned it to Norb as he has enough on his plate (and I hadn't done sufficient research to find out all details - I think I mentioned it to about 3-4 people on msn to see their reactions/thoughts etc). There are many other possibilities to explore without necessary becoming an independent company... rather using an existing outlet and creating a brand identity to gain instant recognition and trust among all affiliates.

Back on topic and the header is fine - I can't be a critic on graphics or lack thereof, as long as I can still find new posts then I am happy enough :P

[mikey1090]

Nice work with the flash Norb. Did you do it yourself?

[willyboy104]

Think I would of prefered the header to be stretched across the whole of the header space because the right looks abit empty and boring now.

The actual header is really nice though

[KemoSabe]

Kin...

Was just checkin' out your "Strip that Fat" link and on your affiliate page your copy has
slipped up into your header... Hate when that happens...

Kemo

[NCMedia]

Nice man I like it. This place should be pretty active once everloss and the other campaigns are released. Can't wait, I am getting sick of DP

**Cheers!!

Ha! well done Norb! I like the new header bro, just one thing, it looks a little bit plain on the right side, are you going to put something else there?

Now the thing about the radio shows is actually really great, well done mate

**Inz - Yes, I will stretch it a bit. See - everyone has different screen sizes, different resolutions etc. and I'm trying to make this fit everyones screen so the width is currently 900. I can't make it stretch to everyones screen because it is standalone and not vector... Having said that though, I'm going to stretch it to 1000 or 1100 and see what happens, I agree the right side is an eye soar right now...

Hey, the buttons make clicky noises! I just spent the last 2 mins running them over xD

You know, these forums can be a CB product on their own, it just follows the old adage that if you give away something good that's free, no one wants it but when you charge for it, you'll have to turn them away in hundreds

**Yep, I've thought about this in the past - to make this forum an actual CB product... got mixed reviews so far... Technically I'm not sure how I would do it - nichechoppers.com to 'buy now' button to 'thank you page' being my sign up page, to passing the CB invoice # along to the DB somehow to verify members etc... not sure how to do all that but if someone does (or knows how WA did it) please do share.

Nice Header!
Like inzpiration said, the right side needs a a little more action.

**Thanks, and yes going to work on the right side a bit more

Yes Norb, why you don't think about making a website like CB and paydotcom.
You will beat them all with your good planning and high quality programming.

and sure you will solve problem of CB of being down, It's easy but think seriously in this matter!

**HUGE undertaking. I've thought about internal programs for my slate and have opted against it each time. There are simply way too many variables to consider - and I like utilizing CB's automation capabilities so far. Who knows someday perhaps we'll give it some more thought but indy programs are hard to keep clean, are targeted for fraud a lot, and I would hate to have to write xxx checks/wires every week... not there quite yet but it is food for thought.

lol me too. Great header. I was up there for at least 10 mins clickin around.

**

I vote for a more professional look. You can ban me eternally if you want, but, while I understand the vibe/feeling that you are going for, if I had a product I was bringing to you, I may be a bit turned off by the graphics. This is a forum, so I understand a bit of the graphics angle

Buttttt....for instance, the graphics on the brotherhood page...If I hit that page and saw lighting, falling stars, and a fly on the screen, I think I may turn the other way.

Some people who are going to be spending that kind of money, might be like what the fack is this. Boring and clean cut IMHO.

Ban away.

**Thanks mate - No of course I'm not going to ban you for voicing your opinion - in fact you got a rep. I like when I design stuff and it's admired but I like real feedback and the few people that don't like too - So I can try to cover all angles and please as many people as possible... I'll agree to an extent with your points, and am actually going to take out the fly/falling stars on FXBH - you're right it's too much...

This forum though - is what it is - a shmorgus board of 'stuff' - I think implementing a media server (the flash) opens up a lot of doors and room to interact/enlighten the users experience while here. I'd love to hear your thoughts on how you would keep the flash up there, but present it so it's more suitable for others like you. So we have video/audio/forms/animations/links available at our outreach - what would you do?

Mannoo2005 - believe it or not, I have spoken to a few people about different ways I felt NicheChopper community could develop and this was one of the first things I looked at. It is a big undertaking as you would need to form a company and have proper accounts and management structure in place to be taken seriously (and remain legal). There is a LOT of fine print that needs to be understood when it comes to data protection, financial processing, fraud protection, fraud detection, customer service etc etc etc - could mean a large investment just to cover all the legal things required if scaling up to a fully-fledged affiliate network.

I never mentioned it to Norb as he has enough on his plate (and I hadn't done sufficient research to find out all details - I think I mentioned it to about 3-4 people on msn to see their reactions/thoughts etc). There are many other possibilities to explore without necessary becoming an independent company... rather using an existing outlet and creating a brand identity to gain instant recognition and trust among all affiliates.

Back on topic and the header is fine - I can't be a critic on graphics or lack thereof, as long as I can still find new posts then I am happy enough :P

**Well said again

Nice work with the flash Norb. Did you do it yourself?

**Thank you sir - and yep - flash has been my specialty for years.

Think I would of prefered the header to be stretched across the whole of the header space because the right looks abit empty and boring now.

The actual header is really nice though

**Will try to make it a more suitable size - curious to know what res most of you guys are at - last I checked in all my stats 1024 and 12 was still the most common.

[willyboy104]

@ Norbs I am at 1680x1050 so that might have something to do with it.

[lucidflux]

Well, good to see there is level head at the helm of this warship and I still have my membership here, haha

The forum that affiliates access, obviously that is pretty sweet, because affiliates can appreciate the flash, etc. I mean who else has a forum for affiliates????

For the merchant page, I don't know who you're catering to there, if it's just affiliates then looks fine. Can't really speak to that, because I am not really sure what price point clients you're attempting to attract or if you even really do that, or are just going solo in here.

The majority of my cognitive dissonance is caused by the landing pages for the forex products. I know that if I was going to buy something in this market, I wouldn't buy from those pages(don't know what it is, just being honest.)

I would expect something stodgy, old-man.....like Bloomberg, black,white, yellow Get JAJ in suit and make him the central theme of the whole deal.

For those finance products it just seems like I am entering cartoon world.