Alright, I've taken on building the Trodt Audio website. If you click on the link on the left, notice that the URL has a trailing "index.php." If you remove this and refresh your browser, you'll see what everyone sees at the moment, a website "under construction."
Going through the posts at the Trodt forum, I see a wealth of content but can't make any assumptions about each poster's terms-of-use for their pictures, videos, writeup, etc. Instead of writing to PMing you individually asking for permission, instead, I figured it's probably easier to solicit material in a public thread.
So, if you are currently a Trodt owner or have pictures / media / opinions about Mang Rod's product and would like to help fill out content on the Trodt website, here's what you can do:
- 1. visit the Trodt Audio website and play around, noting the different sections of the site. At the moment, there are only two sections that I consider complete-- Bio and Contact. Even then, the picture in Bio might be changed if the original photographer objects to its use or MR decides that he prefers another one. The rest of the other sections are just placeholders and I took liberties taking content from Wiredstate and other public galleries. Again, aside from Bio and Contact, the rest of the content you see are just mockups.
- 2. next, please reply to this thread with the following information:
If you want to contribute Product information, please write at the top of your reply-- FOR PRODUCT INFO:
Product Type: (amplifier | preamp | tvc | phono | integrated | custom build)
Tube complement: (845 output, XX driver, YY input | etc.)
Topology: (PP | SET | Parallel SET | PP/SET | n/a )
Pictures: (please embed pictures, choose 1-3 of your best pictures for this particular product. If you have a whole set of pictures you'd like me to load in the product gallery, please PM me for an email address/FTP)
If you want to contribute a review or testimonial: please specify FOR REVIEWS / TESTIMONIALS and provide a link or the text of your review.
if you would like to be featured in the customer showcase, please specify FOR SHOWCASE and include *one* picture and a writeup of your system (including other equipment) or simply list down all the components.
If you would like to submit a Youtube video, please reply saying FOR VIDEOS and specify or embed a link to the video in question. It would be great if you can describe the Trodt product in similar fashion as specified above.
- 3. what I shall do is take the submitted replies and work each contribution onto the site. Please note that I'll probably be cropping/resizing/editing pictures as necessary BUT shall not spell/grammar check reviews/opinions. Afterwards, I'll mark each reply as completed.
Disclaimer:
I am not a professional website designer. Please do not make requests about how the site should look or be coded unless you're volunteering to work on area of the site yourself Also, I'm doing this on my spare time so please be patient if you don't see your content on the Trodt website, I'll eventually get to it.
Thank you in advance for your participation!
Tito
Status:
Completed sections on Main Page (6/25/2011):
1. Welcome to Trodt Audio
2. Latest News - @boombastig, I hope you don't mind my using some text and pictures you took
3. Reviews and Testimonials - @Val, is it okay if I excerpt your review but direct readers to your original article?
4. Site Features - placeholder
5. Visitors - real-time visitor map (turns out to be buggy in IE and Firefox, works fine in Chrome, may remove)
Completed Product Pages (6/27/2011):
1. Amplifier section
2. GM-70 series
3. 845 series II ---> NEED SPECS
4. 6c33c-B --> NEED SPECS
Completed Pages (6/28/2011):
1. Preamplifier
2. Musika --> NEED SPECS
3. TVC --> NEED SPECS
4. Compactron --> NEED SPECS
5. Compactron Product Review.