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I still have to enter quite a bit of information into the site, but I felt it couldn't wait anymore with the release of "Sparkle" today. Take a serious look around, and please let me know if you experience any technical issues. Some items worth nothing:
1) Streaming media will be organized by track name, and also compiled in the a/v section for easy access. I'm doing it song-by-song first. There's a lot of stuff (thanks to Larry), so bear with me as I'm still adding data. In the meantime, you can see this first example: http://www.whitney-f.../studioalbum/8/ . I did more songs, but there was a glitch this morning, so some of my work is missing and won't be restored until tomorrow. You can listen to music, read lyrics, and write comments. It's YouTube without the haters! Some material is available to everyone, and some will only be available when you login with your existing account (it's the same login that you use for the board). It's completely free to you, and I'm paying licensing fees. I'm starting with Flash and will then move to HTML5. No downloads allowed, sorry! Whitney-Fans don't steal.
2) The beginning of a full Tour archive, where concert dates will be matched with photos and media files whenever available. Sometimes it's difficult to identify the shows where certain photos are from, and I'm still adding media files, so don't be too disappointed that you'll have to wait a bit longer for me to finish this. Here is an example of a concert date with matching images, and I have a long way to go to finish entering all the dates and related material: http://www.whitney-f...ld_Tour_1986/28
3) As concert dates are added, you may see shows that you attended. You can submit reviews for Whitney's past shows. I'll also be copying the reviews from the old website into this new website, so there will be a lot of interesting stuff. So we can put together a more accurate picture of what it was really like to see Whitney live.
4) You can also write reviews of all of Whitney's albums and movies, and comment on everything. For instance, now would be a good time to review Sparkle! http://www.whitney-f...ie/fan-reviews/
5) The new layout also means I no longer have to squeeze news items into a skinny page. You can also comment on the latest news by using your existing account: http://www.whitney-fan.com/news.php
6) New website poll: http://www.whitney-f...m/social/polls/
7) Improved guestbook: http://www.whitney-f...cial/guestbook/
8) The start of an organized photo gallery with larger images (it takes forever to do these):
http://www.whitney-f...%20Videos/16-1/
http://www.whitney-f.../Concerts/11-1/
http://www.whitney-f...allpapers/21-1/
9) And here's my open letter, if you care to read it: http://www.whitney-fan.com/about/
Other items coming soon -- a full biography by Larry, magazines, awards, basically everything you'd ever want to know. Unfortunately I can't quit my job and do this full time, so bear with me. It's all coming. Have fun!
