What if...

Jeff Westover · Jul 6, 2007

...we were to build a Halloween website. Ok, forget that. We ARE building a Halloween website and hope to have it ready soon. But before we get too happy about it, I thought I'd ask:

What would a great Halloween website offer? What would it look like? What do you want to see?

Any input would be really valuable!

Jeff

Minta · Jul 9, 2007

I think that is great.

I know I would like to see recipes for things served at a Halloween party as well as recipes for quick and easy meal for the night of halloween. As a working mom I am always looking for dinner ideas for that day so I can get the kids fed something decent and still have time for trick or treating. Want to avoid take out.
Other things I would like to see would be costume and decoration ideas and tips and Halloween movies.

dvdelf · Jul 9, 2007

i think it should look darker, color wise. maybe orange & black. Or sorta fallish. is that a word?

JayIsh · Jul 9, 2007

Hey Jeff!!! There is a guy over at thexmasplace.com who rolls with the handle "Yoda" who said that in may ways he loves Halloween as much as Christmas...He might be a great resource...He posted some pictures last year of his decorations at home that were phenomenal!!! He is really creative!!! For me, although I like Halloween, it is merely a stop-over to the more important holidays just after it...but I have visited Halloween sites before...I think it's a great idea!!!

Jeff Westover · Jul 9, 2007

Great feedback, one and all. And Jay, I'll look up Yoda. I'm with you. I really like Halloween and we have a lot of fun with it. But it is just a stepping stone.

Jeff Westover · Jul 9, 2007

i think it should look darker, color wise. maybe orange & black. Or sorta fallish. is that a word?

Yep, that's a word. And roger that on the colors. I've got a sneek peek for ya if you're dying of curiiosity...

dvdelf · Jul 9, 2007

yes yes i am :tree:

MrsH · Jul 9, 2007

I think it's a great idea.

Here are some suggestions:
1. Easy costume ideas including unusual costumes, couple themes (sonny & cher, sultan and harem girl)
2. Craft ideas for decorations and such
3. Ghost story swap (tell the stories that haunted you during your childhood)
4. How to make your house into a haunted house for parties
5. Halloween on a budget (would be a good one for MMC too...Christmas on a budget)
6. A place to post our halloween costume pictures
7. Halloween recipes (pumpkin pie, halloween cocktails, cookies, etc.)

Michael Rielly · Jul 9, 2007

Jeff Westover said:
...we were to build a Halloween website. Ok, forget that. We ARE building a Halloween website and hope to have it ready soon. But before we get too happy about it, I thought I'd ask:

What would a great Halloween website offer? What would it look like? What do you want to see?

Any input would be really valuable!

Jeff

If you build in in IPB, I have a great skin for it! PM me and I will send you the link!

Jeff Westover · Jul 9, 2007

I don't know if I want a site that big to manage. I was thinking Wordpress for two reasons: free and easy to add content. MrsH, you're brilliant (and yes, quote me on that). Outstanding feedback. You must be a Halloween freak as well as a Christmas freak, a rare combination.

MrsH · Jul 9, 2007

If you ask Mr. MrsH (that'd be dvdguy for those who haven't been around too long)....he'd just say I'm not just a Christmas and Halloween Freak...I'm just a SUPER FREAK!!!

And as for me being brilliant...I'm not really...I just have occasional flashes of brilliance. I'm just a good list maker. I make all kinds of lists (honey-do lists, things I want to do before I'm 50 lists, shopping lists, christmas lists, pro and con lists).

sugarplum fairy · Jul 14, 2007

MrsH said:
I think it's a great idea.

Here are some suggestions:
1. Easy costume ideas including unusual costumes, couple themes (sonny & cher, sultan and harem girl)
2. Craft ideas for decorations and such
3. Ghost story swap (tell the stories that haunted you during your childhood)
4. How to make your house into a haunted house for parties
5. Halloween on a budget (would be a good one for MMC too...Christmas on a budget)
6. A place to post our halloween costume pictures
7. Halloween recipes (pumpkin pie, halloween cocktails, cookies, etc.)

Those are great ideas! I love to do fun foods for Halloween.

I know there are a lot of people that have a problem with Halloween because of the "evil" factor. There are some stories that I have seen about pumpkin carving and trick-or-treating that give a different twist to them. It is more of a religious thing. You might want to try to find that sort of thing too as an alternative for those that want that sort of thing.

Ali · Jul 15, 2007

How did I miss this thread? I LOVE Halloween! Show me the way and I'll be right over. Any way I can contribute? :witch:

I have a good friend who's a practising witch (good magic and spells only!). She's a font of great information!

elfworks · Jul 15, 2007

wow merry, i missed it too!! i like all the ideas put forth, but mostly, i would love to see a TRUTH section, A HISTORY LESSON for those bozos out there who really think that halloween is about worshipping satan. REINDEER POOP!!!

i love the kitsch of halloween, but also appreciate it for it's origins (which is a bad sentence, but i know what i mean!)

elfworks · Jul 15, 2007

i think the above sounds a little preachy and i didnt mean it to be. i am the first person in line at michaels when the halloween decor comes out (already got a new batch of potion bottles etc!!) i mean i really really really love all of the silliness and spookiness and kitsch associated with modern and victorian halloween celebrations. i just get really really tired of ignorant people imposing their ignorance on me and the rest of the world. and with that, i will shut it as if i keep going i am liable to have to ban myself......

xox

Jeff Westover · Jul 15, 2007

that would be reason enough behind a site for Halloween, elfworks. Talk about having a purpose!

elfworks · Jul 15, 2007

Jeff Westover said:
that would be reason enough behind a site for Halloween, elfworks. Talk about having a purpose!

purpose? ya mean me banning myself????

xo

Ali · Jul 16, 2007

So when do we get to see the new site? *impatient moi* :scarykitty:

Jeff Westover · Jul 16, 2007

purpose? ya mean me banning myself????

No, I mean telling the truth about Halloween. Is there such a site out there? I can find a lot of anti-sites and a lot of "fun" sites but no sites out there really setting the record straight about Halloween.

Jeff Westover · Jul 16, 2007

We're weeks away from having anything ready, Merry. If you have your pencil sharpened, we're looking for folks who are knowledgeable about it to write content for it.