Survive Z-Day

[n.stanley]

Keen for some feedback for a website I've been working on. Will pretty much duplicate what I've posted on the vbulletin.com forums, just because it's easier. Haven't got any feedback there yet, so thought I'd ask here! Currently trying to brainstorm some advertising ideas to actually show people the site...

SURVIVEZDAY.COM



Purpose
The purpose of Survive Z-Day is to teach people how to survive in the event of a natural of man-made disaster. In this day and age the majority of the Western population are completely dependent on the system to keep them alive. In the event of a natural or man-made disaster, the system can be disrupted or completely collapses, which results in the deaths of many people who rely completely on other people to provide them with water, food and shelter.

Access the forum and further areas of the site using these details:
Username: vbulletinorg
Password: password

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Goals
We at Survive Z-Day aim to bring the subject of survivalism into the mainstream, and give the survivalist mentality and skill sets structure. We believe the majority of the population in first world countries are alarmingly unprepared to survive, should a disaster disrupt the systems which provide the necessities of life. Our goal is to give as many people as possible the ability to survive, should the worst happen; to provide a virtual "how-to" handbook on how to survive the end of civilisation.

Trials
Customising vBulletin was insanely difficult to get used to. We had a very set idea on how we wanted it to look, but vBulletin seemed to have been created in a way that allows people to customise certain colours and perhaps the site's logo if they tried hard enough, but was very stubborn when it came to creating an entirely new "theme". Survive Z-Day now looks so different from the majority of vBulletin-powered websites that you'd have to look quite closely to know that it is.

Addons Used
None, to my knowledge. Although we've created a custom "Bug Out Bag" application on the website that allows you to build you own survival kit. Check it out: http://survivezday.com/content.php/132-bug-out-bag

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