| About
the site
18tilidie.co.uk arrived on your computer screens in May 2003
with many new bright ideas that have been the first to grace a Bryan Adams fansite.
With it's launch was the start of the first ever 'gig archive' on the internet.
Something that has never been attempted before to our knowledge, not just on Bryan
fansites...but any. Putting all this data online for the public is the last stage
of a research project on-going since 1994. 18tilidie.co.uk will eventually have
data from every Bryan Adams show...ever. The 'gig
archive' is the core of the site but other original features also included were
'stage setups', 'mp3 of the week' and a monthly competition to give away Bryan
Adams prizes every month, another first for a Bryan Adams fansite. How
I created the site:
Despite it's looks 18tilidie.co.uk wasn't actually created
with all the latest PC equipment you might think. All that was used originally
was a 200MHz PC running Windows 95 (that was 7 years old!!!), Dreamweaver 4 Ultradev,
a java applet and simple image editing software. Now though, I use an XP laptop
so I can update the site in the future while I am maybe on the road watching the
band. However the fact remains that you don't need flashy equipment to run a good
website...just a simple imagination and a lot of time on your hands! The bit that
takes all the time is setting up the layout at the start. From then on you just
add content as and when you can. Not a lot of HTML knowledge is needed either,
web designing is simpler than you think…it is just very time consuming. If
you are interested there are many courses that can teach you the basics…however
I learnt from simply messing about and playing with Dreamweaver until I figured
it out and reckoned I could tackle a proper website like this. There are people
about though who can copy your research and efforts (as we have found out with
one site in particular)...we strongly urge you to copyright everything you do.
Adrian deals with all the website issues, if someone causes a problem it's usually
him that sorts it out as I am way too busy designing the site to bother with people
like that. Other than that happy web designing! - Steven I
would like to thank the following people for their help, inspiration and some
good laughs: | Karl
Austin | For hosting
the site | | Bryan King |
For doing some excellent research for me and
being a good friend. | | Adrian
O'Neill | For being
a great friend... hope to gig with him again soon |
| Karl Watson | My
usual partner in crime at UK shows. | | Donald
(Toe) Prodaehl | For
rescuing me from the security at the IOW and helping me get onstage! |
| Keith Scott | For
always being really nice to us no matter how he feels. He has given us some plectrums
too and even tought Adrian some tricks for playing 'Somebody'. Also for pulling
me onto the b-stage in Rotterdam. | | Bryan
Adams | Well he had
to be here didn't he. All his songs have inspired us in some way or another. |
| Mickey Curry | For
giving us some drumsticks and for always being willing to talk to us when you
get the time. | | Karl
Spencer | For getting
me a copy of Dreamweaver and encouraging me to persue my goal of creating my own
website. | | Jonathan Platts |
For being a good mate and helping to work several
holidays around BA gigs so I didn't miss them! | | Matthew
Turner | Another
good mate who always puts up with BA! |
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