Introducing SCRsolo.com

[marka]

Howdy,

There's a new website in town, and its name is SCRsolo.com.

For 2012 a primary focus of the Solo board is getting autocross in general and Steel Cities Region Solo in particular more publicity.  You've seen some of my posts about asking for help at the upcoming auto show.  You'll also see a more concerted effort to get publicity in the news media and an effort to build a better presence on the web.

SCRsolo.com is a big part of that.  Its going to be used to promote Steel Cities Region autocross primarily, along with PIRC's lowkey events and autocross in general.  Its been up for a few weeks now (we're hosting it on wordpress.com), and I'd love for you to check it out and tell us what you like and what needs improvement.  The autoshow will be our first 'big exposure' for the new site, as its url is on about 500 flyers that we'll be handing out.  :-)

And yes, the plan is to eventually get the regular region website pointing at SCRsolo.com for all things Solo, but that's not setup just yet.  You'll see links from SCRsolo.com going back to the region's website now, however.

Anyway, check it out and post up what you think!

Mark

[marka]

Howdy,

I should note... The site obviously (being wordpress.com) supports blogging and we're hoping to be a little more active in the "posting news about Solo" department.  That said, we fully expect RacePA to continue to be where people talk about events, etc. etc.

And that reminds me... I need to point the novice guide over here for questions.  :-)

Mark

[jerdeitzel]

Very good idea!

[trailzmp]

just checked it out. looks good, im gonna study it alittle better before sat.

[Terry]

Looks good Mark!

A nice way to present the solo program independent of the rest of the SCR. This should really help promote the solo side. I will have a link added on our site to yours, and I see you already have the NHSCC link in place there. Also, I'm sure the Stig was glad to see his image on your homepage!

Terry

[gmaloy]

I like it, especially the "About Us" section and such to help attract new people with no prior experience.  Good work!

[marka]

Howdy,

Bump.  Added a new section on Formula Junior karting the other day.  Thanks to Greg for the article!

Mark

[marka]

Howdy,

2011 banquet photos uploaded...

http://scrsolo.com/2012/03/08/2011-awards-banquet-photos/

Remember, you can sign up with your email address to follow new posts on SCRsolo.com!

Mark

[stealthx32]

I added the SCRSolo RSS feed to our front page.

[roundel]

+Like

....  but first link to banquet photos has teh broke.

[Habib88]

I added the SCRSolo RSS feed to our front page.

*looks to the right side of RPA.....freaks out a little*

Seriously that's awesome as hell.  Just for giggles, if another site that had a RSS feed wanted to join on.  Would that mean you would have to add another whole section on the side of the page or would the post from the two different sites intermix?

[marka]

Howdy,

+Like

....  but first link to banquet photos has teh broke.

Cool!  An RSS feed!

uh... Can someone tell me what the fuck that is?  Well, I think I sorta know.  What I really want is for someone to tell me when it fucks up and how I can fix it, since my involvement in creating it was zero...  :-)  Presumably a wordpress thing?

What's wrong with the banquet photo links?  I just tried the one I posted & the one on the wordpress post and both of those worked?

edit:  Ah.  I get it.  The RSS link is broken for that one.  But it works for others?  Is this something I need to fix on the SCRsolo site, or is it here?

Mark 

[stealthx32]

I added the SCRSolo RSS feed to our front page.

*looks to the right side of RPA.....freaks out a little*

Seriously that's awesome as hell.  Just for giggles, if another site that had a RSS feed wanted to join on.  Would that mean you would have to add another whole section on the side of the page or would the post from the two different sites intermix?

I think it'd be another box, the RSS block only allows one feed to be entered.

Mark, RSS is just a way for people to scrape basic content off your site. Wordpress does it automatically, which is why I was able to grab it.

I'm not sure why the banquet one is fucked up, it seems to be an error in the script, because the feed itself looks fine. I'll do a little digging later.

http://scrsolo.com/blog/feed/

Edit: feed is fixed!