I was in a bit of a shock this morning when upon viewing my inbox, I was greeted with the shocking news that one of my web clients websites had hit over 10,000 unique views in 2 weeks of this month!
This is great new for me as it's a great calling card for my website design services, the only problem is, that I now have to dig into the server and start optimizing pics and stuff so the bandwidth does'nt put the server into meltdown!
See the site for yourself here:
www.brasserieatthebull.co.uk
Friday, February 13, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
A Few Website Updates!
Welcome to the new DK website! - I hope you like it, it's taken me long enough to get the damn thing up and running.
As you can imagine, due to the size of the site, there will be a few errors here and there, but I'm still working on it as we speak, or as they say in the industry 'The paints still drying so we cant put the pictures up yet'
Anyway, a few things are being added to the site, they are here already, but I havent made them live yet cause' they're not quite ready, these are;
1: The Mix CDs Section
Some mixes are up, I just have to add their own pages which will hold the CD inlays and track lists, so you know what you're downloading.
2: Halifax Clubbing Archive
This is a huge part of the site and there's a few more additions and pictures to include, plus the interactive guide, which will definetly take a while.
3: Tutorials
This section is also being put together, and it'll take a while before it's all proofed etc.
4: Portfolio
This section is more for my prospective clients, it's basically missing some of my more recent work - which is being resized for the site
5: Cheeky! Radio
The server's up but there's no input to it yet (I'm still having the machine built!) - please be patient!!
Apart from that, and the odd minor details, the site should be 100% within a couple of weeks
As you can imagine, due to the size of the site, there will be a few errors here and there, but I'm still working on it as we speak, or as they say in the industry 'The paints still drying so we cant put the pictures up yet'
Anyway, a few things are being added to the site, they are here already, but I havent made them live yet cause' they're not quite ready, these are;
1: The Mix CDs Section
Some mixes are up, I just have to add their own pages which will hold the CD inlays and track lists, so you know what you're downloading.
2: Halifax Clubbing Archive
This is a huge part of the site and there's a few more additions and pictures to include, plus the interactive guide, which will definetly take a while.
3: Tutorials
This section is also being put together, and it'll take a while before it's all proofed etc.
4: Portfolio
This section is more for my prospective clients, it's basically missing some of my more recent work - which is being resized for the site
5: Cheeky! Radio
The server's up but there's no input to it yet (I'm still having the machine built!) - please be patient!!
Apart from that, and the odd minor details, the site should be 100% within a couple of weeks
Is Halifax Finally Catching Up With The Rest Of The World?...
Blimmin' eck! - we're into February already and for a change there's actually something happening in Halifax!
For a starter, there's 2 new venues up and running on our drinking circuit, and the music is not your stereotypical pop/rnb/electro bandwagon policy, hurray!!
Another major plus for Halifax is that both venues are independently owned - which means a couple of things:
1: More flexibility for the music range (no stupid music policies for DJ and customers to worry about)
2: More nights!! - something Halifax has been missing for a while - I know there's a couple already (Lush/Biscuitbar11 etc.) but now there's more than half a dozen in Halifax on a regular basis every month.
Now all this is going on, we should start seeing more people from out of town visiting us again, which means no more fierce competition between the venues fighting over our locals, bars can start tightening up their admission policies and we can get rid of the last remaining troublemakers.
Either way, I reckon we'll all benefit from this outcome.
These bars also fill in that horrible 'no mans land' in the centre of town where no-one dare walk, so hopefully town will be a lot safer.
If everything keeps running the way it is at the moment, we should hopefully have a cracking summer!
I'm looking forward to it already.
For a starter, there's 2 new venues up and running on our drinking circuit, and the music is not your stereotypical pop/rnb/electro bandwagon policy, hurray!!
Another major plus for Halifax is that both venues are independently owned - which means a couple of things:
1: More flexibility for the music range (no stupid music policies for DJ and customers to worry about)
2: More nights!! - something Halifax has been missing for a while - I know there's a couple already (Lush/Biscuitbar11 etc.) but now there's more than half a dozen in Halifax on a regular basis every month.
Now all this is going on, we should start seeing more people from out of town visiting us again, which means no more fierce competition between the venues fighting over our locals, bars can start tightening up their admission policies and we can get rid of the last remaining troublemakers.
Either way, I reckon we'll all benefit from this outcome.
These bars also fill in that horrible 'no mans land' in the centre of town where no-one dare walk, so hopefully town will be a lot safer.
If everything keeps running the way it is at the moment, we should hopefully have a cracking summer!
I'm looking forward to it already.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
A New Year - Another New Look!
Is it just me or did 2008 just simply fly by? Anyway, to be honest I'm not really all that concerned about last year, as there's really no time like the present to get things all organised and ready for the new year - hence this rather stunning new look to my website!.
As is happens, I'll be celebrating 5 years of the Cheeky! website this year - That's right FIVE!! can you believe it and whilst looking through the previous versions of Cheeky! in my archives, I've begin to realise that the website has kind of become an archive within itself, and as a result, it will become part of the new web archive.
Another of the articles I started at the very birth of the Cheeky! site is now beginning to yield some rather interesting information too. If anyone remembers the first Cheeky! site, then they'll definely remember the Halifax Archives section which described in great detail how Halifax has changed over the years. Well, 5 years on, we now have information covering the Halifax clubscene which goes as far back as 1994 - that's nearly 15 years of clubbing history.
As you can imagine, this section of the site is quite big, so for the time being it's currently offline until I've updated all of the venues (new and old) so please be patient with this bit (no emails saying stuff like 'the venues bit doesnt work!..' ok?)
Part of the old Cheeky! website used to feature an interactive flash guide to the town centre too - something which started out as one of my many projects I have when I'm learning a new application, and now I'm a bit more clued up on Flash, this guide will return and become part of the clubbers archive section.
As well as all this, I've also decided to upload EVERY single mix compilation I've ever done, which means there's over 40 free mixes available online!! (did someone just say 'free music?..')
I've finally got round to sorting out the radio server too - so with any luck, once the site's up, the radio server will be up and running too.
Roll on February, and let's get 2009 up and running with style eh?
As is happens, I'll be celebrating 5 years of the Cheeky! website this year - That's right FIVE!! can you believe it and whilst looking through the previous versions of Cheeky! in my archives, I've begin to realise that the website has kind of become an archive within itself, and as a result, it will become part of the new web archive.
Another of the articles I started at the very birth of the Cheeky! site is now beginning to yield some rather interesting information too. If anyone remembers the first Cheeky! site, then they'll definely remember the Halifax Archives section which described in great detail how Halifax has changed over the years. Well, 5 years on, we now have information covering the Halifax clubscene which goes as far back as 1994 - that's nearly 15 years of clubbing history.
As you can imagine, this section of the site is quite big, so for the time being it's currently offline until I've updated all of the venues (new and old) so please be patient with this bit (no emails saying stuff like 'the venues bit doesnt work!..' ok?)
Part of the old Cheeky! website used to feature an interactive flash guide to the town centre too - something which started out as one of my many projects I have when I'm learning a new application, and now I'm a bit more clued up on Flash, this guide will return and become part of the clubbers archive section.
As well as all this, I've also decided to upload EVERY single mix compilation I've ever done, which means there's over 40 free mixes available online!! (did someone just say 'free music?..')
I've finally got round to sorting out the radio server too - so with any luck, once the site's up, the radio server will be up and running too.
Roll on February, and let's get 2009 up and running with style eh?
Friday, January 2, 2009
Results and Resolutions
So, it’s officially 2009, the headache’s just about worn off and I’ve recovered from another 2 months of the festive silly season!. Some of you may have noticed that I’ve been out of the festive limelight this year, and there’s been other people in my place at the various bars in Halifax.
This is mainly due to a very early booking which was made way back in the summer of 2008 when I was booked to play all of December at new venue on Georges Square - Namely ‘The Brasserie at The Bull’ so as December went, I spent most of my time there working through a mountain of bookings, which included the New Year..
Anyway - moving on, it appears that I’m in for a busy year in 2009 as not only will I be kicking off my events again, I’m venturing into the hectic world of musical production, soundtracks and remixing. This means that my current setup need a little modifying in order to keep the quality of any work I do to the best standards as possible, so here’s my resolutions for 2009 - mainly aimed at me getting my act together and adding some kind of organisation to my life for a change!..
- Redesign/rewire and upgrade the production studio
- Organise my online profiles
- Get this website sorted out!
- Keep my blog up to date
- Get Cheeky! up and running again…
oh, and pay off a few bills while I’m at it..
Let’s see how far into this list I can get before 2010 eh?
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