Bruce
Warren ~ Feb. 2009
We
first decided it was time to get the merchandise line
available on the internet in 1992. The JKC product
line was pretty large and included hammocks, temporary
tattoos, lots of stickers and autographed photos and
posters, a deal with Dickies to display a JKC patch
on their pants and shorts, and much more. Joe and
I dealt with several web site developers before deciding
to give it a go on our own. We didn't know anything
about web site design and little about the web itself
but what we did have was a good understanding of our
needs. Between performing road manager duties and
running sound for JKC I started piddling and before
long we had a basic design. With a little stealing
of code from other sites and a brand new JKC Productions
flat bed scanner we had a basic web site and that's
all we needed to contact Joe's fans. We went live
in the spring of '93. Christmas sales that first year
were great so we new our hopes of reaching fans through
the world wide web had come true.
The
new site is full of info written by and about Joe
and has easier navigation to get to the latest happenings.
I hope you'll spend some time and read the descriptions
of music, movie, and video releases and be sure to
check out Tex-Mex International,
all written by Joe. Actually the vast majority of
content on this new site is written by Joe and I'll
try to notate anywhere it's not. One obvious exception
to this rule will be on the "News" page.
Below
is the final screenshot of JKC web site version 1.0
that was on the web for 15 years, I hope you enjoy
the new site and will be looking forward to 2024 for
our next design update.
Bruce
Warren
