Okay. So. I am trying to start a magazine. I had some funding ideas that would allow me a lot of control over how I got from here (starting a website) to there (paying authors for a period of 12 months and adding customized features). The funding option isn’t going to be a reality (at least not in the foreseeable future), while possessing the ability to pay authors off the bat is proving to be difficult. Plus, I now have to come up with some way to pay programmers for custom features and other stuff.
Anyway, I am still looking for a few things. First, I would love to have a Java based ePub reader that I can publish things to and that can launch from an icon on the website. I would also like to have Java based windows pop up when people click to read on an article. All of that is future-plans at this point. Moving forward its about finding the money to make things work in time and finding the right Content Management Software (sorry WordPress, you’re not it this time) as the software basis for the website.
That’s it for now. More in the future.
-John