OA Conversations

[Phil Lilley]

Just feel like I need to catch you guys up on what's been going on with Ozarkanglers...

After spending a lot of time and money building the content side of OAF, I've kinda let it go, for now.  Let me explain.

OA and OAF are 2 different websites, basically.  OA is Wordpress and OAF is IPS (Invision Power Services).  I re did OA about 9 years ago, replacing an obsolete version of the site.  It took a lot of man hours to build and it takes a daily update to keep it up.  I let it slide starting last year because I wanted to build OAF basically to replace it.

Then IPS updated the forum and took out the ability to take a post and make it an article with one click, essentially copying it to the content side.  They say they'll put that option back in, some day, but until then, I'd have to copy and paste it- duplicating it on the forum, which I don't like.  Right now, Babler and myself post our reports to the content side (I showed him how) but everything else stays on the forum.

I started doing some advertising for OA - mainly radio spots.  I didn't want to drive people to an out of date site so I started updating OA again with posts from the forum.  If someone posts a good report - with a pic - I copy it to OA.  http://ozarkanglers.com .  It doesn't take much time -- in order to keep people interested, I have to update it almost every day.

Someday, I may do OA full time - who knows.  I'd like to build up the commerce side of the platform and let members sell stuff on the site direct.  Also want to do more live reports, seminars, interviews.  There are a lot of possibilities.  But I flat don't have time now... I live on a lake - I'm sitting in an office that floats and is right now rocking because a boat went by - and I haven't fished in a week.  That's just wrong!  But it's where I'm at right now and that's ok.

Leaving for Boston to visit our newest grand baby today.  Be gone a week. May be I'll wet a line - Caleb lives close to the beach.

God Bless!

[JestersHK]

Thanks for all that you do for us here Phil with this amazing community and site!    

I'll know it takes a tremendous amount of time managing everything, especially when you could be out there fishing... 

Time is one thing I never have enough of and you can never get back.

Have fun in Boston with that new grand baby!

Safe travels.

[Walleyedmike]

Phil, I have no idea what most of what you posted means! LOL! Thanks for the forum and have a great time in Boston. My wife and I were there for a short time last fall, looks like a place a person could have a really good time.

WM

[Ham]

Thank You for all the hard work behind the scenes. 

OA and OAF really have helped me be a more successful angler and helped me meet some awesome people. I freely acknowledge this and appreciate it.

Enjoy your time away. I'll behave myself while you're gone. 

[dtrs5kprs]

Safe travels to and from Beantown. Enjoy it.

[Champ188]

Hope you have a great time with the family.

[Phil Lilley]

They wouldn't let me fish ?