Post by Coasterdude5 on Jun 9, 2007 17:54:33 GMT -5
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The site will be two years old on June 14th, 2007! Since I will be out of town, I figured I'd go ahead and post this:
Coaster101 History:
June 13th, 2005
I saw a link to a freewebs page, whoa, I had wanted to have a site of my own. My parents probably wouldn't be too happy.
June 14th, 2005
Being a rebel, I go ahead an make a site: www.freewebs.com/coaster101
July 4th, 2005
The Freewebs Coaster101 officially becomes www.coaster101.com, and from there, an enthusiast website is born.
June, 2006
The site undergoes a massive makeover, adding features and changing to a horizontal navbar design, giving us more room to expand.
The Future
I am proud to announce that the website's contract will be extended another year, so we're safe. Look for tons more "interactive" features like the park guides, and a double-column template with more coverage of the coaster world around us.
Random facts about the site (posted last year)
Coaster101...
...was originally intended to be a RCT fansite
...receives 150-1,000 "unique" hits a day
...originally had a "park tribute" section, that featured a park every week, the first being Opryland USA
...came close to closing to become Remember Libertyland in June of 2006 before deciding to create a separate site
...received 44 hits in the first full day of operation
...was originally only going to be a group of 50 correspondents, occasionally sending in photos, like a network (I trashed that goal after a few weeks)
...has tried twice at a photo contest, and failed
...has gone through three different forums
...covers and features only coasters in the U.S., we have not decided to crossover into other countries yet. (ever noticed how European countries announced coasters are not announced?)
...originally was going to be sister sites with www.thrill-source.com , a European site. Check out the site now!
...refuses to post stories on Amusement park accidents, we see it as: "If you're a true coaster enthusiast, why in the heck would you want to cover something that puts down your hobby?"
...also somewhat refuses to watermark our photos, excluding the wallpaper
Happy
Birthday!
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The site will be two years old on June 14th, 2007! Since I will be out of town, I figured I'd go ahead and post this:
Coaster101 History:
June 13th, 2005
I saw a link to a freewebs page, whoa, I had wanted to have a site of my own. My parents probably wouldn't be too happy.
June 14th, 2005
Being a rebel, I go ahead an make a site: www.freewebs.com/coaster101
July 4th, 2005
The Freewebs Coaster101 officially becomes www.coaster101.com, and from there, an enthusiast website is born.
June, 2006
The site undergoes a massive makeover, adding features and changing to a horizontal navbar design, giving us more room to expand.
The Future
I am proud to announce that the website's contract will be extended another year, so we're safe. Look for tons more "interactive" features like the park guides, and a double-column template with more coverage of the coaster world around us.
Random facts about the site (posted last year)
Coaster101...
...was originally intended to be a RCT fansite
...receives 150-1,000 "unique" hits a day
...originally had a "park tribute" section, that featured a park every week, the first being Opryland USA
...came close to closing to become Remember Libertyland in June of 2006 before deciding to create a separate site
...received 44 hits in the first full day of operation
...was originally only going to be a group of 50 correspondents, occasionally sending in photos, like a network (I trashed that goal after a few weeks)
...has tried twice at a photo contest, and failed
...has gone through three different forums
...covers and features only coasters in the U.S., we have not decided to crossover into other countries yet. (ever noticed how European countries announced coasters are not announced?)
...originally was going to be sister sites with www.thrill-source.com , a European site. Check out the site now!
...refuses to post stories on Amusement park accidents, we see it as: "If you're a true coaster enthusiast, why in the heck would you want to cover something that puts down your hobby?"
...also somewhat refuses to watermark our photos, excluding the wallpaper