Most of you know I try reeeeeeeally hard to always try to find the positive in any situation. But I am having a hard time with the new Dierks Bentley "official" website that launched today. I mean, where are the Journals? Where is the Bio? And what the heck happened to Dierksville!? That's where DB Congress was born! That was our History!
And I don't see anywhere to apply for Meet & Greets or buy tickets--and what--no store?
The biggest change is, it's no longer "dierks.com." The web address is now officialdbcongress.com. So, what does that mean for www.dbcongress.com/?
If anyone can find the positive in all this, please post. I really want to know.
I am hoping today's launch was just "phase one" - hey I'm trying to think positive here!
We love you, Dierks, but the new website(s)...not so much.
~Ronna
DB Congress Chair
*hugs Ronna*
ReplyDeleteI am hoping/thinking/praying this is just phase one... I can't imagine a Dierks.com without journals. As for the M&Gs, the only thing I can think of is either it hasn't been implemented, or it's going to be through a different site all together. I don't know.
I have mixed feelings.
More than anything, though, I hope that you know how much we appreciate everything you do and have done for this Congress. We wouldn't be where we are today if it weren't for you.
I can definitely understand why you feel that way Ronna... I have issues with it as well. But let's hope "phase two" is better. There are a few things I like about the sites. I like the Event & Contest tabs... but when we first got the email about the officialdbcongress.com I immediately thought of you & thought if it were me... in a way, my feelings would be hurt. In a way you should be honored he asked you, but hopefully if nothing else we can rebuild our dbcongress thread. You have (in my opinion) the best info on here and it's much easier to read than the hundreds of pages there were. I have only been around here a couple years, so I'm sure you feel a bit differently.
ReplyDeleteI at the moment, don't like the officialdbcongress.com I like the current dierks.com better, it looks better and i think the websites should still stem off of dierks.com and not redirect you to another seperate site.
We shall see.
Also a few of us think that perhaps this transition might be messing up our chance for a meet & greet tomorrow in KC... no one has announced they have actually received one even though we were offered the opportunity a week ago... :( If I find out tomorrow that no one actually got one I will be very bummed. I'd rather find out SOMEONE in the fc did... even though I want my opportunity.
We must hang in there! :)
I want to add... all the current members will still consider this site a huge part of our membership. :) Thank you for all you do! You definitely keep me informed!
ReplyDeleteTakara, I really hope your M&G situation gets sorted out. I don't know if it would be worth getting to the venue early to see if you can get some info from somebody there? My fingers are crossed for you.
ReplyDeleteOh, dear! I haven't even gone over there yet, and I now, I don't want to. What's going on?
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your kindness--it means a lot to me. I just figured out there actually IS a dierks.com AND a separate site for the fc. I could not get to dierks.com cos of the old cookie in my bookmarks. I kinda like the new dierks.com with the fire animation, but I can't log in and I also wish the fc was just another page within the dierks.com site. *Crossing fingers you all get your KC M&Gs!
ReplyDeleteI have mixed feelings as well. I didn't think they would "switch over" tonight..I mean they didn't send out a message or anything that it would be TODAY. I know they said in the last email that it would be in the next coming weeks, but that's exactly what I thought...a few more weeks. A lot of folks won't know what has happened.
ReplyDeleteI like the design of the new site, but it will be confusing to most users about the two different message boards and they will be confused about dbcongress.com and officialdbcongress.com. I didn't realize there was no bio, journals, etc. They did put up a Store sometime recentley, and I noticed that the tour page changed just a tad since I first saw it earlier, but it doesn't have any actual info about the shows or m&gs. I think they're even doing work on it throughout the night though because I've seen small changes. But I'm hoping that it's only a work in progress and there will be some good changes to come before it's permanent. I think they are listening to what we are saying to some degree though. I emailed them my suggestions and concerns that I think should be changed about the site.
I just got back from the new site, and I couldn't get logged in! And, there should be a Concert Review and a Road Trip topic areas. And the fc page is separate from dierks.com?? Not liking this so far.
ReplyDeleteI agree, people will get confused when it comes to dbcongress.com and officialdbcongress.com
ReplyDeleteThey should have just paid you some royalties and let you run it! LOL ;)
They've reset everyone's passwords. Your username is still the same I believe. To get the password to log in..you need to click on the Forgot Password link and put in your email you use on the site. You should get an email within a minute or two. Just put that password in and you should be able to log in. Then, once you've logged in you can change your password
ReplyDeletehaha sorry for all the posts, but looking at it again... they took A LOT of our comments and suggestions into consideration I think... We just forgot to tell them what NOT to change. *sigh*
ReplyDeleteWhy didn't we think of that Takara?! haha! I know that never crossed my mind as far as the what NOT to change. I'll have to keep that part in mind ;)
ReplyDeleteI really hope within the next few weeks everything is up to date and ironed out on the new fan club site. I agree way too early to launch without any of the important areas.....I am only hopeful that this new company will take care of us and give us answers much quicker that's ultimately what we are paying for is the inside scoop on Dierks.
ReplyDeleteThankfully the silver lining is even though you lost Dierksville you were able to create this new site for us all to meet and be a part of DBCongress " just in time" imagine if you had lost touch with the elite 500+ with the stroke of a corporations computer key!?!?
That would have been terrible!
Have faith hun DB will come through xxo
Not a fan.. not a fan at all.. I can't log in either! :( and 2 different sites? I am somewhat computer savy and I am confused! I put my username from before and my email and it says "The e-mail address you supplied does not match the one listed for that username." When I know it is correct.. Hope things get worked out.. and Ronna, hang in there! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! I get the same message when I try to login.
ReplyDelete~Ronna
Sending (((hugs))) to Ronna. I know it's been a long and emotional night for us all. Just no use in me saying all the things you all have already said...I feel the same way! Bedtime for me - I'll check back tomorrow. Hang in there folks. Maybe Dierks will read some of these post and make some drastic changes. :)
ReplyDeleteI hope the Dude doesn't feel like we're down on him. But at least we know that he typically listens to us. *fingers crossed*
ReplyDeleteI don't see the point of 2 seperate message boards. I could log on easily to the DB Congress one, but I had to re-register for the other one. I think I know which one I'll be using. I'm soooooo disappointed that all the old posts have gone. So many memories!! They could have at least made them all "Read-Only" I'm so glad I managed to copy & paste Dierks personal reply to my review on various other sites. I hate change, so this is going to take me a while to get used to!!
ReplyDeleteThis page [www.dbcongress.com] is now my homepage!!! ;)
The message board at http://bbs.dierks.com/forum/index.php is a FREE message board that Dierks could have started himself, it's not even a very good one. An IPB board would have been much more customizeable than this phpBB one. My message board is better than this one! Dierks should have asked me to do his message board! Oh and I can't log in to either site and my email address is recognized either.
ReplyDeleteI logged on this morning before work - couldnt get in. Big thanks to Amanda who sent me instructions whilst i was earning $. To get home tonight, and see everyone's comments gone. I had just started to get into the restaurant. If we had known that they were going to erase our memories/adventures, I would have copied them. oh well humans don't like change, it can only get better. hugs to all rach xxx
ReplyDeleteI'll add a Dierksville or A DB Congress area at www.dierksfans.com if that's what people want. I didn't before because I wanted the Free message board to be different. But I will now if it is needed. I emailed Ronna and told her I'd make her Moderator of a DB Congress area so she'd have full control over it. Oh, don't forget we have a chat-room if you guys want to talk about anything. The chat link is just under the banner, to the far right.
ReplyDeleteTakara you got your M&G for tonight!
ReplyDeleteIt's on the ... other ... Congress site under "events."
YAY!
First of I Love Dierks!! I along with everyone else don't want to sound like I'm complaining but I do hope it gets better. Not only was my password reset, but I was switched back to an old username I had when I first joined, now my name here doesn't match the other site!! BLAH!BLAH!BLAH!
ReplyDeletei really understand your point, Theres NO journal, the message board STINKS, no dierksville, no games, no concert reviews, no road trips, no nada. and you can't even comment on tourdates anymore??? erg, I love ya dierks, but even though the old site was a little out dated, WE ALL WANT IT BACK!! well, he said its not finished yet, so maybe. . ??
ReplyDelete~Devin
I hate the new site. I got into it with a temporary password and then I changed it. It want let me in with the new password yet. I do hope they will do a better job but I'm afraid it is going to be that way from what I was told when they shut echo down.
ReplyDeleteDon't look for a DB TEE SHOP on the new site. I am way to confused and upset. Catch me on dierksfans.com or email here at mona@dbcongress.com.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like this new site isn't working! And the thing is, if we can't get on it, how can we post that it stinks!
ReplyDeleteI can't even get in to see the site!! Username and password doesn't work!! I'm bummed!! O' well, at least we still have your awesome site Ronna!!
ReplyDeleteya'll need to relax!!! go with the flow.....it's really not all that serious!! don't be so controlling!!! take a chill pill!!
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