Every year I buy a new calendar of "The Doors".....I was told this year when I went to purchase one that there was none for 2006.... Does anybody know if this is true? If you have a 2006 one please tell me and let me know where people can get one .Thank-you in advance!
Peace,
M-B

this was disucssed at the LL and someone PM'ed Jeff and this was his resposne:

"From what I know, The official Doors 2006 Calendar will NOT be happening this year - we saw several submitted, they did not come up to our standards, and we decided to wait and do a really great one in '07.

You are about to see ALL of The Doors' merchandise take on a decidedly different look & feel, and we are going online with our DoorStore in a month or two at the outside, with about 50 or 60 new items, so, stay tuned"...

so, no...there isn't one for '06...i've been looking for a while too - i've had one for every year for the last 5 or so, and this is a bummer - the '07 one better kick ass!

Some of you guys are pretty talented with Photoshop. Why don't some of you create some pages of a '06 Doors Calendar, and we can look at it here online? Maybe include some Doors-related dates on some of the days. I know I'd probably use them as wallpaper for my computer for the given month. That would be pretty cool.
Dave

Thanks Universal for the update, I don't get over to the LL too often dso I missed that blurb.....I appreciate the info. but I will miss the calendar
Peace,
M-B

sure thing...i think we should follow dave's suggestion and make our very own ray's board members' online doors/Riders calendar

If you guys do that, I could probably find a place to host it -- For board members only.
Dave

Well, how do you want us to submitt the entries.......and is this a Doors Calendar.......or should we make it even better a "Riders On The Storm" Calendar?
What do you guys think?
Peace,
M-B

what's the difference?

My vote would be to use any photos featuring Ray.
Dave

that'd work just fine

bummer about the calen. but i think we can make one of our own!

Maybe we should all decide who should do which month, otherwise we'll get more than one person submitting the same month.

this is good - one person per month, using any pictures in which ray appears. each one should have a top part with pictures and a bottom part will be the calendar part with Ray/Doors/ROTS - related dates.

if, dave, you are willing to host it, i'm sure everyone here would totally get into this. could be like a little ray message board group project. maybe you could show it ray eventually? we could set a date for submission, and be set.

sound good? i'm sure there's at least 12 people here willing. i call dibs on april!

Well I'm happy to join in, I'll do any month which no one else wants to do!

I will definitely find some space to host it. Go nuts! If we have more than 12 months, we'll make it an "extended" calendar.
Dave

I think that's an awesome idea! I don't know how to use photoshop, but I would gladly submit pics.

well it looks like there's enough peope interested; i say we do this! you can include doors/ray-related dates.

we can sign up for a month here - just quote the list:

JAN (even though it already started) -
FEB -
MAR -
APR - universalmind1123
MAY -
JUN -
JUL -
AUG -
SEP -
OCT -
NOV -
DEC -

if there are more than 12 willing, we could add a cover, back, and title pages, etc. we could have a "due date.' i suggest January 23. is that OK with everyone? perhaps we can feature the sign up list as a new topic so everyone will see it or in a different section since it isnt just ROTS (if this is a cool idea for everyone)?

is everybody in?

Good Idea Universal......I'd sign up.....actually for more then one.....then i think we should do a Riders Calendar after or in tandem as we do our Ray one???
Let's discuss and then get crackin'

Peace,
M-B

I'm in! We can use any pics with Ray in right?

i think we should do an all-ray related one first (doors, solo, ROTS, personal) first to see how it works out. then i think we can specialize in an all-ROTS one; any thoughts?

Yeah that's a good idea. Any pictures with Ray in, then maybe we could do an all-ROTS one, or perhaps an all-doors or all-solo one!
Should we make the calendar pages a standard size?

Since I have no doubt people will be using this as Desktop wallpaper, we might want to make two different versions of each page. One 800X600, the other 1024X768. If each page could have one of each, that would be very cool. It would give people a choice.

Dave

So, the size includes one half of the page with a picture or pictures, and the other half with all the days on? Or 1024x768 (and 800x600) for each half?

I was thinking an entire month (pix and days/numbers) would fit in the 800X600 (or the 1924X768). I was thinking it would be nice if we created a "Desktop Wallpaper" calendar versus the kind you have hanging on your wall. Something you could set your wallpaper to for the month. It's up to you guys though. I didn't really envision anyone printing it out (although I may be wrong).
Dave

JAN (even though it already started) -
FEB -
MAR -
APR - universalmind1123
MAY -screamofthebutterfly
JUN - Techwreckie
JUL -
AUG -
SEP -
OCT -
NOV -
DEC -xtinytim69



I'd like to do December if there are no objections.

If that's OK....

Ok...Guys, I need your help...I got the January one done.......I do not know how to get it onto this board.....I have a hard copy that I can send as a jpeg...but I don't know how to upload it to this board...I have a top...with the picture and a bottom part with the days and a quote...so I have two pages 8.5x11
Help!
Thank-you in advance!
M-B

Sorry, I posted one line down in the last post...I meant January instead of February..
This is just a thought, I took a picture of Ray from 1971....it might be kinda cool to start off with pictures of the younger Ray and then move the pictures up as the months approach move up in time to correspond with the more mature Ray...just a thought...
What do you guys think?

Can't wait for you to see the January picture...and the date part with the quote.....please help me get then posted.... Sorry I am computer-illiterate in this function!
Peace,
Mary-Beth

I would say yes to your idea, Mary-Beth, but I've started my page and I've used two photos of Ray in 1972 and one ROTS photo!

Hey...that mix of photos sound cool!!! It was just a thought.....I can't wait to see your page!

M-B

Thankyou it shouldn't take too long to complete!

hey Dave, should we email them to you for eventual hosting or what?

c'mon people - we still need feb and march, and july through october! where are the regulars? jimbo? brianw? sunday trucker? pk? ravenwing? would be cool to have a true fans' calendar

Maybe initially you can use one of the free sites to host them until everything's complete, then I can find a perminent home for them once they are all done. That would be the fastest way to do this if I'm not around. If that's an issue people can just send them to me. We need to figure out the whole 600x800 versus 1024X768 thing, and verify the format. Mary Beth just sent me one with the photos on one page, and the dates on another. If this will be a "computer wallpaper" calendar, the whole thing (photos and squares with dates) need to be on a 800X600 or 1024X768 image. What do you guys think?
Dave

I will fill in what needs to be filled in when we are coming down to the cut-off time if you guys want me too...just let me know...I love doing the artistic stuff! But it would be nicer if other people would contribute...I know Sunday Trucker always comes up with some very neat stuff......so come on everybody let's pitch in and get this together......it would be nice to get it done ASAP! I sent my January copy to Dave tonight and I am going to get crackin' on my November entry ASAP. I know we all don't have that much free time, but once you get into it it's a blast! Let's see your artistic side everybody!
Peace,

M-B

i agree. it should be one page with both photos and the dates it. as far as size, i think 800x600 should do it. and we should all host or keep it for now and then, once we're all done, you dave, can see if some space can be found. perhaps show it to ray?

If that's what we are doing, Mary-Beth, you sent me a two-pager, so you will want to redo it on a 800X600 image. The above sounds good to me, so unless people have any issues I assume that's what we'll do. I look forward to see what you guys come up with.
Dave

Well, mine's done now. Some of the calendar grid lines are a bit dodgy, but it will do. Just give the word and I'll send it!

Hey....David........what's this "if I'm not around"?
You going somewhere? I certainly hope not!!!
I will re-do the January page.....I was envisioning a wall calendar and one that could be used as wallpaper...I really would like to see them printed....you know that the fans could print them themselves on the computer.....I wanted to hang mine up at work as well as maybe use a version as wallpaper?
I will go along with whatever you guys want to do.....keep me posted!

Peace,
M-B

I'm not going anywhere. I just mean that if I'm busy. I am so swamped right now you wouldn't believe it! Using those public image sharing sites would get it in front of everyone here quicker. That's all I'm saying. Then when everything is completed, I'll host all the images somewhere.
Dave

Ahhh, that's good to hear....not that you're swamped (I know how that can be), but that you aren't going anywhere...Don't scare me like that!!
Just keep us posted on what needs to be done and we can try to help out as much as possible....OK?
I think the Calendar is a real cool project!!!
Take Care,
Peace,
M-B

I'll leave the calender to those with that kind of artistic talent...unless you'd like a "stick-man" Ray!

Well, here it is. The lines are a little weird, and I had to crop the album pics at the bottom, but I thought it was a nice blending of pictures.

hey that's great! well done.

Thanks

did you use photoshop?

Yep, I was going to use the fill pattern tool to do the grid, but I just couldn't get it the right size, so I had to do it manually.

ah. thanks.

Why?