Comprehensive guide to downtown launched.

[waterboy]

Nicely done, Monsier Artiste.

[Double A]

quote:Originally posted by RecycleMichael

quote:Originally posted by Double A
How gaudy and garish can you get? This looks like  a map of the Castro. Where are the bathhouses? Paint the town fuchsia.

Wow. Who would have guessed you would find something bad to say about it?

Who says it's a bad thing? I like kitsch. You should make it interactive so it plays YMCA when people use it. Flame on, Marys!

[pmcalk]

I'm not meaning to be critical, but I do have a question about the website.  Why doesn't it incorporate "tulsa" somehow?

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by TheTed

Excellent resource.

Is there a way you could add sorting of restaurants by meal served or something? Most visitors are here during non-business hours, when most downtown eateries are closed. It'd be nice to be able to sort out all the lunch only stuff.

McNellie's, Tulsa's best bar, is not listed under bars, only under dining.

There's one place listed under restaurants, but the rest are under dining.

Is that Daily Grill open yet?

We used the same classification system the state uses:
Bar = 50% or more of revenue is from alcohol. Dining = 50% or more from food.

Although we are looking at ways to dual-list them.

Something being under "restaurants" is a type from test code.

Daily Grill, Joe Momma's, and Casa Laredo are all listed, because they will be open by wrap day (early september) and needed to be on the printed version.

The restaurants are classified by mealtimes on the printed map and you should be able to search by mealtimes but I'll look into it.


Thanks! Feedback greatly appreciated.

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by pmcalk

I'm not meaning to be critical, but I do have a question about the website.  Why doesn't it incorporate "tulsa" somehow?

How would you make it "more Tulsa?"

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by MDepr2007

How come no "parks" in categories?

Depends what you count as a park.

[TheTed]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:Originally posted by TheTed

Excellent resource.

Is there a way you could add sorting of restaurants by meal served or something? Most visitors are here during non-business hours, when most downtown eateries are closed. It'd be nice to be able to sort out all the lunch only stuff.

McNellie's, Tulsa's best bar, is not listed under bars, only under dining.

There's one place listed under restaurants, but the rest are under dining.

Is that Daily Grill open yet?

We used the same classification system the state uses:
Bar = 50% or more of revenue is from alcohol. Dining = 50% or more from food.

Although we are looking at ways to dual-list them.

Something being under "restaurants" is a type from test code.

Daily Grill, Joe Momma's, and Casa Laredo are all listed, because they will be open by wrap day (early september) and needed to be on the printed version.

The restaurants are classified by mealtimes on the printed map and you should be able to search by mealtimes but I'll look into it.


Thanks! Feedback greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the responses.

I answered my own question re: the daily grill. According to the sign out front it opens Aug. 18, a week from Monday.

Hooray for places downtown that are open nights and weekends!!! As I've stated before, lunch only spots are nearly worthless for my lifestyle (and for creating a vibrant downtown).

There's a nice ad for the Dilly Deli in the El Guapo's bathroom. Looking forward to sandwiches, pastries, wine and beer there.

[godboko71]

Sorry I missed the press event, anyway will post any pictures I have as I browse the site some more.

One Note, it might be a good idea usability/accessibility wise to have links to the different category's On the main Browse/Results page.

Also are there plans to have other sorting features in some of the categories?

Anyway things have slowed down at work so I am able to help more again. Will most likely spend some time tomorrow taking pictures.

[pmcalk]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:Originally posted by pmcalk

I'm not meaning to be critical, but I do have a question about the website.  Why doesn't it incorporate "tulsa" somehow?

How would you make it "more Tulsa?"

I meant in the website name.  Was it so not to confuse it with www.TulsaDowntown.org (DTU) or www.livedowntowntulsa.com?

[JoeMommaBlake]

love it. seriously. great work, guys!

[TheArtist]

quote:Originally posted by pmcalk

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:Originally posted by pmcalk

I'm not meaning to be critical, but I do have a question about the website.  Why doesn't it incorporate "tulsa" somehow?

How would you make it "more Tulsa?"

I meant in the website name.  Was it so not to confuse it with www.TulsaDowntown.org (DTU) or www.livedowntowntulsa.com?

Everyone just threw out names and that one was the one that most people liked and could agree on. No "research", study groups, marketing firms or anything of the sort involved lol.
Was just pick a name, move along and get something done lol.

[PonderInc]

Keep posting comments and ideas to make http://www.downtownlive.org better.  This is a collaborative process, and you guys can help us make it amazing. (This is really just the beginning, not the final product.)

I think we might need a "tagline" for DowntownLive.  Something fun, cool and creative with the words "downtown Tulsa" in it.  Any ideas/thoughts out there for a tagline?  (Dsjeffries, we know you're out there...)

By the way, within minutes of the unveiling, we received several requests from people who want to distribute our map at their events.  We also have organizations and businesses asking us if they can link to the DowntownLive site from their webpage.  (YES!)  (I think we need to come up with a small version of the logo, so people can click on that as the link.)

[Red Arrow]

I like the idea and the map. For someone like me that only occasionally gets downtown, it takes the guesswork out of where to go.

Now, if we just had a trolley so I could have two beers instead of only one....

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by pmcalk

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:Originally posted by pmcalk

I'm not meaning to be critical, but I do have a question about the website.  Why doesn't it incorporate "tulsa" somehow?

How would you make it "more Tulsa?"

I meant in the website name.  Was it so not to confuse it with www.TulsaDowntown.org (DTU) or www.livedowntowntulsa.com?

Not a lot of meaningful names with "tulsa" in them available that aren't like 50 characters long.

That and we named the project before we looked at URLS.

[FOTD]

How'd the crayola man miss the Old Lady On Brady??