rickmp - Thanks for taking one for the team. I like the front. I'm sure you figured out that I AM coppercoins. ;O)
The data is not properly put together, the site is built on amateur code, and I want to overhaul it. I built the current version of the site so long ago, just looking at the code now gives me a headache. I went all kinds of ways out of the way to get the code I knew at the time to do what it does, and I could do the whole thing now with less than a third the code it took back then.
Moreover what I want to do now is expand. I have some ideas for some good features - modules - that would help collectors out a lot, and I want to incorporate them. Problem is, the data and the code base that's there now is so unfriendly and unscalable - I wouldn't even want to attempt it.
So I'm looking for a couple of good people to run some plans by so they can use their experience and knowledge to help me figure out whether what I want to do is being done right. I want to be sure that what I have in my head will work once the design is complete and code begins. I also want someone who can help build the code.
I am sure there will be other parts that die variety collectors out there would love to be a part of if they have a little time on their hands...data entry stuff. The sort of stuff that doesn't take an egg head to understand. I have over a hundred price guides from different time periods that I want entered into Excel, for instance. I would like to be able to use that information to develop some history charts and pricing data for my book and the site.
Anyone who wants to help, I will include them in the group. I hope that with the help of some of my collecting friends we can together make coppercoins the site I envision - MUCH more friendly to the public, MUCH easier to navigate, with a LOT more information.