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No - stupid idea

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Yes - I would submit news

Yes - I would submit articles

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Yes - I would help out with editorial work

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new climbing E-ZINE?? would you help? 10-Feb-2006 At 12:40:28 PM gemmaw

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On 10/02/2006 nmonteith wrote:
>Can someone post any links of examples of good internet 'magazines' (as
>opposed to PDF mags)? I am
>interested in seeing how
>they work and what format they use.

I had a bit of a search for online mags and basically anything I found that calls itself an 'online magazine' is just a website with news items to click on. Woohoo...

I've never seen a website that has the design/layout/ feel of a real magazine. I think one of the main reasons for having a climbing mag online is so it can be printed out in one go, looks good, doesn't have to be read on screen, is accessible by many and is flexible (eg. can be emailed), and can be put together by a variety of people who may or may not have web-creating skills. I'm sure a bit of scrolling (for those who'd rather stare at a screen) is less of a hassle than the effort required to create a new website/webpages, etc.

Personally I'd like to help put the mag together - I am capable of doing design and layout stuff on my computer, and creating a PDF, but I have no idea about HTML/webmaster wizardry. If it was totally web-based, I think there would be far less people who can help with putting it together.

I would be happy with anything as long as it gets off the ground, but it seems something like a pdf is starting at the least complicated end - it can be started straight away, put on any website (like CragX or Chockstone) until it gets it's own home, which can always grow.

Until one day it becomes a mega-mag and a mega industry, employing thousands - I can see it now!! - 'Carrot' T-shirts, mugs, stubbie-holders, bedspreads - it will take-off all around the world, and people will flock from afar to experience the great aussie carrot... (by which time they will all have been replaced by shiny ring-bolts and people will wonder why a strange little mag was named after a vegetable...)

...okay I'm raving now....