[Merged] Promote your own website
 

Hi all,

Thought I'd start this one off here coz I saw some realy cool users sites last time round ;)

Mine's at http://www.stusplace.co.uk

NOTE: Only users OWN sites should be posted here, let's remember it's not an open invite to spam!

www.russelldavid.moonfruit.com which is quite pants but I've paid for it now so I might as well use it :erm:

www.elimpentecostal.co.uk is the site for my church which I'm currently redesigning :)

So, Russ, Are you going to update the Links page on your site?

NTHW points to .com

Good idea :)

Looks like I'm gonna have to re-work my links page too.. when I get time.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/irene.keeler/index.htm

No laughing ;) it (obviously) didnt take long to do and I haven't had time to do much work on it since. (OK so I'm lazy!)

www.rwaforums.co.uk/RWF

Its a general discussion site called "Poolking's Fun Factory"

:D

http://www.geocities.com/flying_hunchback/

basically my winamp playlist and thats it!

That's a huge playlist :spin:

http://www.anticap.co.uk/2.3/img/acyell295x48.jpg

Can we have third party links now? Not much point having a campaign if we cant flog it :D

Re: Promote your own website
 

This thread isn't worth it with out an obligatory pic:

http://www.btinternet.com/~wizard_uk/spam.jpg :D

OK after earlier teething problems I'm back on linr at


http://bopdude.moonfruit.com/

Sorry for the name lol

That's a lot nice than mine..... :(

Interesting set of links on your site Bopdude:p

hey bob u look pretty normal in that photo. i don't think much to those pics of the guys.

Like the music bopdude - that kind of singing sends shivers down my back.

Great site - didn't follow all the links tho:blush:

Gaz

Thanks the music is by Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the site is still under construction but its getting there

haven't heard that for years.was trying think who it was

its up to 1150 tunez now havent updated it in a couple of days. it aint that big i just put everything i download onto winamp... only about 80 albums or so

Having just visited your sites, may I throw in a question for discussion.

Should you open a site to the public when it is at a very early stage?

Pro: All publicity is good publicity.

Con: It irritates people; they see a link, go there and there's nothing to see.

I'm undecided on this one....

I 'launched' my site pretty much as soon as Apachie (webserver software) was installed... but I keep a blog on the front page informing people of the goings on.

As I have a forum there, it gives users more of a sence of community.... that's probably the wrong word to use under current circumstances, but you get my drift ;)

People have joined the forum and got to see different aspects of stusplace come and go. They also get to sudgest stuff for the site.

All in all, I think it's ok to promote an un-finished site, but not to leave it that way!
Too many peoples sites say stuff like "I'm updating this site" or "I'll be adding more soon" but nothing changes for weeks on end.

Links to my two main websites are in my sig :-)

There are other sites I'm involved with, but they are just too strange/weired/scary/shamefull to even think about linking to!

What, like mine?

nthw.team Edit: Link Removed due to nature of site.

It's ages since I last updated (can't think of anything amusing to write about thanks to developing a rubbish life recently), but for what it's worth: FlanWeb

Well, I never got too see your site, and as the link was deleted, I doubt my sites contain anything like yours!!!

My other ones are just odd, and nobody but the people involded would understand them (hell, even I don't sometimes!) :rolleyes:

www.aurorabikes.co.uk is the bike company i own ;)

Looks great.

Got a little suggestion put a title in your page so in IE it doesn't come up as "Unititled Document" ;)

Our site is for cabbies www.taxiandprivatehire.co.uk :wavey: :wavey:

Well here is a few i am working on......................
http://www.freetechelp.com/phpBB2/
http://www.freetechelp.net/phpBB2/
http://www.phpinstalls.com/phpBB2/
http://www.freetechelp.org/FMB/

i also have a few more in mid development. :D :D

Oh good grief!

Please can you tell me just what is the problem with the "nature" of my site?

There is a clear warning to anyone who follows the link, it's registered with Surf Watch, Net Nanny, Cyber Sitter et al so any responsible parent knows that their children won't be able to access it and there is no explicit sexual content.

Oh, and it's already been discussed on here in the "what do people do" thread without, seemingly, any problems or objections from anyone, so please tell me, what is the problem?

Well it's still locatable from the "www" link on the buttons under my messages, so if you want to have look, you'd better be quick before the Gedanken Polizei decide that's unacceptable too :spin:

www.eldorado.me.uk

Is my website :)

Just finished updating to the latest version of my forum software & customized it a bit....

http://www.stusplace.co.uk/Forum

Could do with more members tho.... maybe I should make some entries in search engines......

here's mine....

ESDev

Zone Racing

Craftwork Direct

tons more

I spend far too long developing site's for customers and I've never got round to doing one for myself. I'm not even sure what I'd put on it other than a portfolio :(

ive only been meaning to do something proper with my space for, oh, about 6 months now - its still the original 'learning to build a website' one ive had for ages :(

www.masterlymayhem.com

Ok quick plug for my site.

If your searching for the best deal for UK based Plus (+) DVD blank media. Check out my site. Updated frequently with the best prices to be found on the net.

Its been running since Christmas but has recently been revamped and its now getting around 40 hits a day.

DVD + Price Guide UK

Talk about unfinished hehe mine at
www.nonbeanbaggers.co.uk/forums and that it lol I still tweaking my linux box but the forums fully working. Hopefully I'll do a Index page soon enuff when I get my freakin' proftpd working so i can upload stuff.

My site is still in beta but ready for feedback. www.dlfaq.co.uk is a downloader's FAQ and more (plug plug plug).

Those of you who know me will know why I've started it up. Best of all it's hosted on my ntl webspace. lol

http://www.the-simpsons.co.uk

:-D nothing on it, but its cool to own, and show off with.

My site: www.kcharles.demon.co.uk
Not a lot on there!

I have http://forums.getaroom4.me.uk where we just flirt and have a greta laugh and also www.ianpeterslimited.com which is our family business

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/cytherean1/



Incog.

A straightforward explanation of "Fdisk" with pictures.

http://myweb.freeserve.com/fdiskindetail/Index1.html

Topcat

Sorry wrong address try this

http://mysite.freeserve.com/fdiskindetail/Index1.html

Topcat

Umm....

No mention of:-
FDISK /FPRMT
FDISK x /PRI:n (/PRIO:n) /EXT:n /LOG:n (/LOGO:n)
FDISK /MBR
FDISK /Q
FDISK /STATUS
FDISK /X
FDISK /ACTOK
FDISK /CMBR x
FDISK /PARTN
FDISK /PRMT

Do I see I pyramid before me, or is it just MLM

looks like a avon etc clone to me...

My Sites
http://uki-networks.co.uk - My Web Hosting compay
http://xbox.uki-networks.co.uk - My Xbox to STB guide

Sites that arnt mine but i help build/Maintain
http://nagare-en-jujitsu.co.uk/ My Ju Jitsu Clubs web site
(there are more but havnt fully launched yet)

Hey, if we be plugging:

Business: http://www.distortal.com/

Lotto: http://www.the-lottery.info/

Personal: http://www.bl0g.co.uk

Short Links: http://xsls.com

I do the website for my local radio club www.qsl.net/fdrs

There's nothing much on my NTL website, so I'd give that a miss.

Webhosting business site I-Web Solutions

All NTHW members get a different rate PM me and i will send you the link to the NTHW member packages.



This site isnt mine, but i assist in the running and production of phpBBFM Which is a Fully Modded version of the forum phpBB.

Been there a cool site :D :D :wavey:

shamless plug... mines half done not much there:

http://ste-riley.co.uk

Plug:
Now got a forum on my website, have a looksee!
www.kcharles.demon.co.uk

www.scream2.barrysworld.net

www.networkscotland.com (Still working on this one)

I'm sure I've seen that template before, is it a design empire one? btw, on your £14.99 package which offers 30 gig transfer a month, what is the asterix for? Are there some conditions to using this amount per month?

I couldnt tell you, i didnt do the site design :(

We have 2 developers that deal with that side of things


the asterix on the 30Gb package???? ive just looked at the page again, and the asterix is actually next to the word Bandwidth, and if you scroll down the page a lil you will see

HTH, if you wanna discuss further, PM me ;)

http://uk.geocities.com/m1683uk/index.htm

online yearbook for my uni class still under construction so be nice!!!

Mines pretty good its at

www.nicka.demon.co.uk have a look at the forum and i signed up to proboards.com for this pretty cool. just click on the Gaming World link and then click on REGISTER.

E - Mail me if you want to discuss the website

just click on the " E - Mail Me link" on the homepage.

No it's not :)

Agreed. That has to be one of the worst boards I've ever seen!

Just how many pop-up adds are needed???

I downloaded Invisions PowerBoard and feel it is a far superior board.

The only thing I liked about your entire site was clicking the X in the top right corner of IE6.

I'm starting to feel sorry for WNA. Leave him be.

Did you sign up to his forum?

No.......

but you're all picking on him:D It won't do his confidence any good..... :)

Might improve his web design tho :D

Or at least encourage him to get shot of that awfull "FREE" board which opens a whole new browser for an add with every click!

It's an unwritten law that you never boast about your own web site, the punishment for breaking said law is to have your site picked apart (no matter how fantastic (or in this case, crap) looking it is)

edit: spotted this on his "site" too

I'm willing to bet my ears that he hasn't had the name "gaming world" trademarked (chances are someone else has though).

No i made that copyright up myself just to make the site look good ok!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And i don't see the people saying that anyones elses site is CRAP just mine!!!!!!!!!!!:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Just to point out, you did set yourself up for a fall, by saying it was good. :)

Is it your first attempt?

WNA, a little suggestion for you, if you can't take critiscm then don't post your site. ;)

IT WAS MY FIRST ATTEMPT YOU KNOW!!!!!!!:mad::mad: :mad: :mad:. and of all the websites ive visited of people i don't know well they're pretty CRAP as well!!!!!
:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

*To WNA. It's a great start. Most of the guys on here work in I.T or related fields. Many of the others spend all day on the net and are all knowing, or like to think so. ;)
Don't worry too much about people being hard, just learn from any constructive comments and ignore the others.
From what I've seen on here, most of the members are here to help each other. Take it on the chin. I mean, my site's tosh and I'm NEVER going to come on here saying 'come look at mine, it's fantastic'. In fact , I'm not telling anyone where it is ;) That's asking for it. But I'm learning and picking titbits up as I go along.
Do the same, mate. You'll be fine.

Just a thought, you may have copyright, which you do by creating the site etc and don't need to register it to have legal rights, but the trademark is a different issue completely. I'd get it sorted.

Get the bee out of your bonnet and read my post. I'm giving you some friendly advice.

As for the forum, i SIGNED UP to a website that provided it for free there is nothing i can do about the banner ads, ok the forum comes ready made like that there is nothing i can do. i mean if i had the money i would pay to get rid of them but i don't for the moment.

Yes it was my first attempt Mal

OK, the forums arn;t your fault in terms of pop-ups and overall design, but YOU are the one thatsigned up for such crud!

I'm not being nasty on a personal basis, but you did post it here knowing we would go take a look... you realy shouldn't have biged it up!

You should have gone for something like.....

I have set up my first website. The forum area is hosted by another company and uses pop-up adverts, does anyone know of a better free one?

now, take a look at some of the other sites on this thread and click on peoples "WWW" links to get an idea of the kind of standards you are being compared with before saying "mines pretty good".

ok...Chill out please people :Peaceman:

i don't think it all that fair to say that anyones website is 'crap' or not very good. People should recognise that making a website is an achievement in itself and if you can give someone productive advice all the better.

Lets not forget life is one big learning curve ;)

I am currently 'building' my first website so i will be looking for any useful tips when i post the link :)

I doubt that constant criticisim does much good for any one's learning curve.It just makes them defensive.
Now if you had said that it was a good start for someone his/her age but then went on to offer suggestions it might have been a way to educate him/her and encourage them on to better things.

I have to say I've got rather tired of the jump on anyone attitude that is becoming prevelent at this site.How about giving folk the benefit of doubt EVERYONE,not just Stuart.


WNS-It was a good start at your first attempt.However if you ask nicely around the board I'm sure some kind person will give you some advice and help IF you want to improve it or do do an even better site.I can't help you I'm afraid as I just use Namo webeditor myself.:)

Incog.Getting off her teachers box.

Bit of advice....

When you post the link here DON'T say "It's pretty good" just stick with it's my first attempt, what do you tjink?

Or, what kind of improvements could I make? etc.

Thats exactly what i would do as i know that a lot of people on this website do this kind of thing for a living or are very good at it.

I think i will need all the help i can get when you all get to see it :)

Yeah, well put really. I dont want to get onto anybodys side (especially as i'm creating me first website too!!) but, i thought that WNA your approach was well... how do you put it... a little forthright.

Hey we all had/have to start from somewhere, but just thing about your approach. You'll receive a welcome response if you approach the people nicely on here :D

Seb

Personally I wouldn't bother.I'm doing my website for me not anyone else.I hope people will like it because of the subject and will overlook any deficiencies of web design because I'm not really interested in web design or coding.It's the subject that matters to me.

Incog.

From the attitude I thought KA was back:rolleyes:

I admit it i know WNA, he lives near me.

If anyones got any tips on how to improve my site let me know. Also i could do with some help. and im sorry about all the things i said. I will be more posotive from now on.

Well said.

Now is anyone else going to say sorry?

Incog:)

For a first attempt I don't think WNA's webpage is the worst I've seen by a long chalk. Cheer yourself up with this When its done, don't forget to click on the link on the last page. If you miss it it's here . Feel any better

Alan :)

I have nowt to appologise for.

Right, positive tips....

Consider dropping the script for the text to scroll round the mouse. It uses more bandwidth than the rest of the whole page.

Spruce up the front page with some pics and a background colour.

Have a look on Google for other 'free' forums with either no popups or limited to one popup per session.

Have a good look at other peoples personal homepages and get some design ideas that way. If you see something you like, take a look at the HTML source to see how it's done, then incorporate it into your own site. A bit like you would have for the script ;)

HTH

Does anyone know of a site where i can:
1. Sign up for a FREE forum
2. with no pop ups

if anyones got any suggestions let me know

it's unlikely you'll find one like that because the hosts have to make their money by either subscription or advertising.

You could try www.ezboard.com which is free for 30 days, after which you just get banner ads and the occasional pop-up.

I found a forum company but they're not accepting registration at the moment.

The Site Is www.aborwood.com

Invision Board do a free board but with limited support, they do offer hosting as well.

Whats the address of Invasion Board?

Google is a wonderful tool

Its invision.

I know that but they don't do Forum Hosting:D

Whats the address of Invision?

http://www.invisionboard.com/

I use this board on my site... you will need hosting for it!

It will need PHP + MySQL.

I host my forum on my Linux box via my Cable Modem.... I purchased the domain stusplace.co.uk and just point it to my IP addy.

I don't think you will find something "free" that will host this board and it's MySQL database TBH.
You are probably better off looking for a site which lets you use their boards and suffer a banner add. At least banner adds don't open a shed load of browsers.

[Edit] IPB will host your board for you, at a cost...

Price (per/mo) $10.00
Setup Fee * $10.00
Data Storage & Usage
Bandwidth 10 GB
File Storage 50 MB

They are the "Basic" prices, more money gets you more bandwidth / storage.

Having said that, $10 per month is pretty expensive for what you are getting.

Thanks for that but i want one that will host for FREE like proboards.com