Thursday, February 23, 2006

Constellation Records' New Site

Oh. There goes my knees. Constellation Records have finally got a new website. Not only is it now far more comprehensive and easier to navigate, they've gone and added online ordering. Oh my, there goes the wallet.

Before the ritual was invested in trust and anticipation. Go to the post office, get US dollars, put them in an envelope, post via unregistered airmail, wait and hope. Then came the excited arrival of said purchases. Every envelope is a treat to open as there's often a hand written thank you note and some wonderful label handouts and pictures. Now its as easy as logging on and paying through PayPal.

There's lots more photos and things to look at on the site now also, plus bands can put music up for download should they wish. A job well done, I can see myself visiting there lots - check it out if you haven't already and support one of the truly independent record labels with a purchase.

Whilst we talking about the rebirth of one site, it seems fitting to discuss the death of one another. My old site viralauctions.com - its been sitting around for a while unloved and ignored by myself. Whilst I enjoy the subject matter of weird auctions - the CMS the site was running on was both complicated, insecure and a bit drab.

I decided to kill the site off, but rather than lose the content and the ability to archive past auctions of interest, I moved it all to the brand new Weird Nations Viral Auctions Archive section I created for it. I thought what better place for it?

So I've moved all the content from Viral Auctions over, and now it can either site there or be added to by interested parties. I've got one quick site in the offing now then I'm back to square one with the equally ignored but with plans Cheesy Movies - which I'm also planning on dumping/moving/changing the format of.

Posted by Dio Bach at 15:58

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