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Title: PLEASE LOOK AT MY SITE!
Post by: imac327 on 27 December 2003, 23:47
Just Check It Out And Tell Me What You Think...
Title: PLEASE LOOK AT MY SITE!
Post by: Refalm on 28 December 2003, 01:23
I'm very sorry to inform you that it's amateuristic. I have a little tip though:

Less is more.
Title: PLEASE LOOK AT MY SITE!
Post by: xyle_one on 28 December 2003, 01:29
PoSt LeSs YoU DoLt!11~!!111111!!!!!!hurhurr. It Is Hard To Read Posts When They Are Typed Out By A 12 Year Girl. And your first post here is to promote your website? Get the fuck out of here with that shit.
Title: PLEASE LOOK AT MY SITE!
Post by: imac327 on 28 December 2003, 01:41
There is a special topic for you guys in the main list!
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Post by: Xeen on 28 December 2003, 03:44
This post has nothing to do with Mac OS. Please post in appropriate forums.

[ December 27, 2003: Message edited by: xeen: misunderstood ]

Title: PLEASE LOOK AT MY SITE!
Post by: xyle_one on 28 December 2003, 05:15
quote:
Originally posted by Ryan:
There is a special topic for you guys in the main list!

You asked us what we thought  :rolleyes:
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Post by: Kintaro on 28 December 2003, 05:46
Why the fuck is this in the mac section.
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Post by: Laukev7 on 28 December 2003, 06:05
Moving this to the Lounge.
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Post by: TheQuirk on 28 December 2003, 21:03
I think you need to kill yourself. That would make your website top cool.
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Post by: Kintaro on 29 December 2003, 07:32
I finally bothered to look at the site and it looks so fucking gay. It looks more gay then I do here...

(http://users.tpg.com.au/irulz0r/shit/flowerhat.jpg)
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Post by: pofnlice on 12 January 2004, 03:02
I regret to inform you...the forum members are correct...Less is more, themes themes themes and well, honestly it's bla. SUX!
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Post by: Pissed_Macman on 12 January 2004, 21:36
Is Ryan and Ryan247 the same person?

I've never known a Ryan in my entire life that wasn't a prick.
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Post by: M51DPS on 12 January 2004, 11:29
First of all, it's not valid HTML (http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ryanandfriends.1hwy.com%2F). There are 20 errors that you should easily be able to fix, if you're having trouble, look at the HTML 4.01 Specification (http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/). I'm glad that you at least know enough to remove the generator meta tag from your pages after they go through a WYSIWYG editor, but you need to do better. You can always get higher quality code when it's done by hand. Lots of it may validate well, but it's pretty messy.

Now you need to work on design aspects. First, the background has to go. It looks crappy and fake, doesn't even make sense with whatever theme you have going on. It's also not necessary to make your title a bunch of different colors, my eyes feel like they're going to explode (what they hell is with 2.0? try putting in a news section to announce site redesign). You also went ahead and used a dull pink background for your navigation table, which looks crappy with the blue links. You should learn CSS (which isn't always available with WYSIWYG editors) so that you can control the appearance. Many good looking sites look good because they use subtle colors or shades of grey. Take a look at the homepages for Slackware (http://slackware.com/), Fire (http://fire.sourceforge.net/), or Apple (http://www.apple.com/hotnews/) Speaking of your navigation table, you might want to organize it. Instead of a gian clump of site, put them in groups. It will allow visitors to figure out where they're going and not why they're leaving.

I'm pretty new to writing HTML, but I know enough to recognize awful sites when I see them. To improve, check out this (http://www.google.com/search?q=10+most+common+mistakes+in+web+design&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8) Google search. If you want, I could re-write the whole thing and easily make something that looks much better and has the same content (besides looking at a blank page).

[ January 12, 2004: Message edited by: M51DPS ]

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Post by: Laukev7 on 12 January 2004, 19:20
quote:
Originally posted by Macman: No longer posts here:
Is Ryan and Ryan247 the same person?

I've never known a Ryan in my entire life that wasn't a prick.


No.
Title: PLEASE LOOK AT MY SITE!
Post by: ryan247 on 13 January 2004, 02:29
NO! There two different people.
You are wrong about all Ryan's being pricks.
I'm only a prick when provoked.
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Post by: mobrien_12 on 13 January 2004, 03:28
It's a start.

It needs work.  

1) The choice of blue letters for links (and purple letters for followed links) on a purple background is not easy to read.

2)  Your pages do not conform to HTML standards.  This is pretty important... I'd suggest you check them yourself at http://validator.w3.org (http://validator.w3.org)

3)  You should clean up the pages and give them a uniform look.. try using a cascading style sheet css

4)  Some of your links are broken.

5)  Don't embed mp3's on the main page with a loop=true.  Embedded music gets annoying.
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Post by: Canadian Lover on 25 January 2004, 01:31
quote:
Originally posted by Ryan:
Just Check It Out And Tell Me What You Think...


I think the layout sucks. But you're a beginner so... here is some tips: 1) use CSS, that should help you 2)Create a cross-browser compatible 3)Buy adobe photoshop; killer graphics program; better than paint.
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Post by: restin256 on 25 January 2004, 21:05
I think... well, that wouldn't matter anyway.
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Post by: hm_murdock on 25 January 2004, 14:35
I think my site is better http://jimmyjames.sytes.net (http://jimmyjames.sytes.net)
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Post by: restin256 on 25 January 2004, 16:11
I think so too. Did you do it clean in HTML? I dig the really old designs of web pages, back when the interent didn't suck.

http://cybersphere.netfirms.com (http://cybersphere.netfirms.com)
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Post by: hm_murdock on 26 January 2004, 04:08
yes. all of it is hand coded, made to look like the good old days. I miss those times, when a web site was just that. a website... not some 25MB flash-req'd, super animated ordeal.

ATROCITIES
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Post by: Pissed_Macman on 26 January 2004, 10:43
I remember them. When your idea of creating graphics was leeching tons of animated gifs from other sites and putting them all on the front page. *sigh* Good times, good times.
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Post by: Kintaro on 26 January 2004, 17:23
quote:
Originally posted by restin256:
I think... well, that wouldn't matter anyway.


then your still a prick, just a part time prick.
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Post by: ryan247 on 28 January 2004, 08:32
Is there a link to the site that I don't see?

Ryan247
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Post by: restin256 on 28 January 2004, 11:24
this?

http://www.ryanandfriends.1hwy.com/ (http://www.ryanandfriends.1hwy.com/)
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Post by: ryan247 on 17 February 2004, 08:45
Yeah, I would have to agree with what everyone else said. But who am I to speak. Even though I think i could do better. (http://tongue.gif)
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Post by: mobrien_12 on 17 February 2004, 10:09
Version 3.0 is better, although the blue link text for services on a blue sky background is BAD.  

You really should consider switching to CSS.  It will clean up your html code alot and likely make your page load faster.  You can also change the layout of the page quickly and easily in the future, if you start using CSS.

It still doesn't conform to w3 standards.   Noticably you don't have a DOCTYPE statement.  Standards should be a priority for every web author, although IMHO it is better for beginners to first make their page, then clean it up and make it standards compliant.
Title: PLEASE LOOK AT MY SITE!
Post by: hm_murdock on 20 February 2004, 12:25
the embedded MP3 is dumb. get rid of it. there's nothing that I hate more than embedded music. I have to fucking mute my system sound to get rid of it.

I hate it. I hate it. I hate it
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Post by: Canadian Lover on 21 February 2004, 06:12
Forget this site, it sucks shit.
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Post by: hm_murdock on 21 February 2004, 16:00
Hi,

My name is Ryan! My friends and I got together and beat our faces against a keyboard one day and this website came out!

Marvel at my use of primary colors! Look in awe at my ability to mix and match fonts! And finally, be astounded at these animated GIF files.

My website sucks buffalo shlong, but I'm too much of a useless pussy to admit it!

Your friend,
Ryan
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Post by: Laukev7 on 21 February 2004, 23:05
JJ, that was uncalled for. Why are you being such a prick?
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Post by: Refalm on 21 February 2004, 23:46
quote:
jimmyjames.sytes.net: Hi,

My name is Ryan! My friends and I got together and beat our faces against a keyboard one day and this website came out!

Marvel at my use of primary colors! Look in awe at my ability to mix and match fonts! And finally, be astounded at these animated GIF files.

My website sucks buffalo shlong, but I'm too much of a useless pussy to admit it!

Your friend,
Ryan


No need to discourage Ryan here. Some people think that a website must contain useless GIF's, stupid JavaScript's that slow things down and colours that make your eyes hurt.
He'll make a better one in a couple of years, I've seen this behaviour before.

[ February 21, 2004: Message edited by: Refalm ]

Title: PLEASE LOOK AT MY SITE!
Post by: Canadian Lover on 22 February 2004, 01:44
I'm going to sort of agree with Jimmy here.
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Post by: Stilly on 22 February 2004, 04:44
quote:
Originally posted by Refalm:


No need to discourage Ryan here. Some people think that a website must contain useless GIF's, stupid JavaScript's that slow things down and colours that make your eyes hurt.
He'll make a better one in a couple of years, I've seen this behaviour before.

[ February 21, 2004: Message edited by: Refalm ]


refalms is right, all websites start out shitty, but the people making them will make it better
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Post by: restin256 on 22 February 2004, 05:34
Or they just grow up like I did.