New Features on Ke Nalu

Get a free Ke Nalu Rash Guard!

I have added several new forms with some special features to Ke Nalu, they are part of a new approach to board and paddle showcases.

The first is a Board Showcase form that is a do-it-yourself review form. If you have boards you’d like to see in the showcase you can enter all the information on this form, including photo uploads for pictures of the board, and submit it. Your review will appear as soon as we format it. You can also use this form to add your opinions to any board that is already reviewed in the showcase. Manufacturers and board builders are welcome to add their boards to the showcase in this manner.

Second is a Paddle Showcase form. It works the same way–you fill out the form, upload any photos you like, and click submit. You don’t need to have all the information to submit the form. The reviews are going to become wiki-like. they will accumulate information and depth as people add to them.

Third and finally, I’ve added a photo upload form that enables you to load up to three photos at a time. You can do this as often as you like. You may have noticed the photo band that appeared on the site briefly. This was driven from Flikr, and I didn’t like the way it worked or the photo quality, so I’m turning it over to you folks. The more photos we get, the merrier. Once we have enough photos the band will change every time you visit the main page.

Join the crowd, get your Ke Nalu rash guard

The first 30 people to submit a board review, a paddle review, or send three or more photos will get a Ke Nalu rash guard. We have most sizes, but might run out of some and have to substitute, so get your submission in ASAP. I’ll contact you at the email address you specify to get your mailing adress for your rash guard.

Rework

I’ve been really busy with Ke Nalu lately, but it doesn’t show much. It’s all in the background. I got really tired of slow loading times and lousy customer service so I’m switching hosting companies from Godaddy to Dreamhost. Since I’m doing that I decided to rework the interface for the site to give better access to all the stuff that’s buried in the archives. There are over 170 articles currently in Ke Nalu, some of them have been read by thousands of people, some by only a few.

My sandbox for working on the site is at www.kenalu2.com. Please feel free to take a look at what I’m up to and kick the tires some. Don’t expect too much at first, I’m mostly writing code and experimenting, but it will get prettier over the next couple of weeks.

New Standup Journal Out Soon

The new issue of Standup Journal is on it’s way to newstands (most Border’s Bookstores now carry it). Here’s a teaser courtesy of publisher Clay Feeter–the cover and first three spreads. These are lightboxed–click on any picture to zoom it to full size. [Read more]

At Long last: Tell A Friend

It took far longer to get this done than it should have, and left me thinking I don’t know much about PHP and programming, but I finally have implemented Tell-A-Friend on every page. if you read an article you think a friend would value you can quickly send them an email with a link and description of why you think they’d like the article.

I sincerely hope you’ll jump all over this and recommend Ke Nalu to your friends. It’s time for us to start building readership.