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Tennessee Volleyball 2010!

James — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:47:23 +0000

Hello! It’s been awhile! I’ve taken advantage of the offseason to get a lot of things done, but unfortunately it was all stuff unrelated to volleyball! But I’m back now and ready to go.

We’re about two months away from first serve which will give me plenty of time to get things fixed up around here. The layout and graphics you see now are not at all final. It’s kind of a mix of old and new at the moment, so you’ll probably notice things changing while I get things up and running. News updates will be starting again this week as well.

I created a splash screen you may have seen if you visited the site recently. (I wanted to make it obvious when you visited that I hadn’t forgotten about the site!) Part of the image is also being used as the page background right now. I think it turned out really well! If you’d like a copy to use as your computer wallpaper you can get it here: small or large.

Thanks for your patience as I get back up to speed.

Quick spring update

James — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:04:13 +0000

It’s the slow time of the year here, but just wanted to check in and say hello! Your webmaster is handling his volleyball withdrawal as best as he can. Unfortunately there is no patch he can slap on so he’ll just have to suffer through it. (Apparently talking in the third person is one of the symptoms of volleyball withdrawal!) Sometime in the next few weeks I hope to have the second part of the 2009 records up — it’s shaping up to be a pretty big update. And spring volleyball is almost here! I’m hoping to head to the Fiesta on Siesta Key event in April and will obviously post about that as well. Hope everyone is having a great off-season!

Updates on the way

James — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:25:40 +0000

Just popping in to say I haven’t forgotten! Those promised updates will be coming soon! I’ve had a very busy holiday that is finally slowing down. So look for some new stuff in the coming week.

Email problems

James — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:29:15 +0000

Just a heads up that I’m having some email issues. If you sent me something and I did not respond, or if I sent you something and you never got it I apologize. Hopefully I’ll have this fixed ASAP.

UPDATE: OK, I’ve fixed the problem on my end. Thanks to a friend I’ve discovered that over-zealous spam filters may be the culprit for people not getting messages from me — so check your spam folders before you assume I’m ignoring you!

Delayed schedule

James — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:44:03 +0000

Sorry for the delayed updates! I should have everything updated and back on schedule here Wednesday.

Photos of SEC events on blogs allowed?

James — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:14:20 +0000

Looks like blog photos of SEC events might just be OK. In an interview with The Buzz Manager Blog SEC Associate Commissioner of Media Relations Charles Bloom said the following:

• Q: Can you highlight the main components of the policy as it impacts social media? “The intent of the revised policy is not to inhibit social media inside our stadiums with the exception of trying to protect our video rights as they pertain to our television and media partners. Someone in the stadium can enter Twitter feeds or Facebook entries and photographs, but the game footage video is something we will try to protect.”

• Q: This isn’t just about football and basketball, it’s all SEC events and all sports. Is that correct? “All SEC events and all sports.”

• Q: If the intent is fans can’t commercialize from pictures they take in the stadium or tweets or the video they take around the stadium, does that affect a blogger who has advertising on their sites? “The intent is for someone not to create revenue from an entry with the sole purpose of duplicating what’s being done by the conference. If that passes the test, I don’t feel there will be any repercussions.”

UPDATE: More from Bloom in the New York Times:

“We want to protect our rights to have video between the conference and its members, and ban the commercial sale of photo images. Fans can post photos on their site or Facebook page, but they can’t be for sale.”

Site changes, new schedule page

James — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:38:42 +0000

You’ve probably noticed a few changes around the site in the past few days. Hopefully everything will be acceptable — or at the very least, not too objectionable!

One thing in particular I’d like to point out is the updated schedule page. Instead of a dry list of matches to be played, it’s now more informative and interactive. (It’s informactive! Or maybe intermational? Ok, maybe not!) Besides the opponent, date, and time, you can now see the venue, series record, and the facts of the last meeting. You can also sort the schedule several different ways. For example, you can choose to see just the home matches or the conference matches. It’s all presented in a (hopefully!) easy to follow graphic style with all the information on each match centered around a game “ticket”.

I’ve checked this (and the many other changes recently made to the site) in several browsers, and I’ll be tweaking things in the days to come. But please feel free to let me know if something isn’t working.

Uptime!

James — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:34:49 +0000

I’m back! Much longer than I expected to be gone, but back now! And I’m in some serious internet withdrawal! They fixed the original problem with my computer but created a new one so it was back in the shop two additional times before I got it back for good this weekend. Wow! Less than 40 days until the season starts!? Give me some time to catch up on things because I have no idea what’s been going on! It looks like Tennessee has finally announced some of the new recruits we’ve mentioned here so be sure to check that out (along with me!) for all the details on the newest Lady Vols.

Downtime

James — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:17:29 +0000

Sorry for the downtime. My computer has been out of commission for about a week. I’ve given up on what I can do for it and sent it to the shop for repairs. Hopefully I’ll be back online soon!

Home at last

James — Mon, 25 May 2009 04:53:08 +0000

Sorry for the looooooong delay. After returning from the beach tournament my wife and I bought a new house. So we’ve been packing and moving and cleaning during most of our free time the past few weeks. We finally moved in to the new place last weekend, and this weekend we finally got our internet service connected. I’ve got a few items I’ll catch up on here tonight. But hopefully from here on out I’ll be officially settled in and posting on a more timely schedule!