I figured I would detail a little better what exactly we are going to be doing here over the next few weeks while getting the rest of ‘A Terry East Moment‘ filmed, produced, and prepared for the web show. The goal is to provide a more complete RP Universe to the casual viewer, and a more robust and detailed experience for the fan more into it. This way everyone can take the experience at their own pace. The new website setup last year was a giant leap forward in the ability and ease of getting more content out to the site.
Overall, I think it has done well and proven itself to be an easy model to keep up and get more content visible from the main site without heavy navigation or time spent waiting. This all happened during a 12-14 month period of my personally moving to a new location, having to break down and setup EVERYTHING, etc. It’s been a long year but we’re starting to come out of the dust and making leaps forward in our goals. The master plan as it is called by some has only just begun.
With the release of ‘A Terry East Moment‘ we want to make sure we are offering more of a full experience to anyone coming to the website. So this led to the idea of bringing back what we once had for a short while 2+ years ago. A message board. (www.rottenforums.com) Based off the brand spanking new vBulletin 4.x series. It’s a slick system with a built in front-end for articles, a blogging system, stellar message boards, and plenty of things to add-on in the future. It will have a news like splash page just like Rotten Puppets but it will be completely about itself and that of supporting the RP Universe.
Whether it’s a contest entry, a message from one of the Cast Members exclusive to the forums, a fan art submission, etc. Overall though, you will be able to see just about all of the same Official Content (aka movie releases) on both sites, with the forums being more involved, more fan participation, more cast participation. Meanwhile the main RP site will remain as more of the showcase/ display it has become. Like all good things it will take some time to build and get started but we promise the final product will be enjoyable.
So what are ya waiting for?? Come on over and sign up to the Rotten Forums today and get a jump start on the rest of them! Introduce yourself, start up some conversation, and discuss any of the 20+ current shorts we have produced to date. Cast members will be arriving soon to join in the fun.
