[Mr. Cool]

I have started a micro-blogging site. My intention isn't really to make money (it's mainly a hobby) as I know Twitter has dominated that area.

My site does offer some features that Twitter doesn't such as XMPP support etc. which some people will find useful.

Please can you tell me what you like or don't like so I can hopefully improve the site. It was built using the open-source software StatusNet.

Thanks.

Findly

[Chairman___Meow]

Originally Posted by Mr. Cool

I have started a micro-blogging site. My intention isn't really to make money (it's mainly a hobby) as I know Twitter has dominated that area.

My site does offer some features that Twitter doesn't such as XMPP support etc. which some people will find useful.

Please can you tell me what you like or don't like so I can hopefully improve the site. It was built using the open-source software StatusNet.

Thanks.

Findly

You could start by making it more aesthetically pleasing.

Heres mine:


www.tobybenjamin.net

You need flash installed to make it look good.

[Mr. Cool]

Originally Posted by Chairman___Meow

You could start by making it more aesthetically pleasing.

Heres mine:


www.tobybenjamin.net

You need flash installed to make it look good.

Thanks for the reply/feedback.

I would advise against a site being based on flash. I'd use HTML5 instead.

[Thine Wonk]

Flash is old school. It won't work on any iPads iPhones and even modern Androids. It is also largely unnecessary with html5.

[Samster]

Originally Posted by Chairman___Meow

You could start by making it more aesthetically pleasing.

Heres mine:


www.tobybenjamin.net

You need flash installed to make it look good.

None of the developers I work with touch Flash now for teh reasons already listed.

So while we're all posting our links:
www.spottypenguin.com

[mred2000]

So, did the OP grab the findly.co.uk domain hoping the .com site will pay him thousands?
http://www.findly.com/

[Mr. Cool]

Originally Posted by mred2000

So, did the OP grab the findly.co.uk domain hoping the .com site will pay him thousands?
http://www.findly.com/

No, actually I was known as Findly before they were.

The were called find.ly

[mred2000]

Originally Posted by Mr. Cool

No, actually I was known as Findly before they were.

The were called find.ly

You were Dillsoft last time we saw you: http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1623039

Also, it doesn't matter if they were find.ly. The company was set up as Findly in 2010.

At least you appear to be building stuff from the ground up now, though

[DotNetWill]

Originally Posted by Chairman___Meow

You could start by making it more aesthetically pleasing.

Heres mine:


www.tobybenjamin.net

You need flash installed to make it look good.

Not bad, but you should probably revisit readability dark grey text on light grey background is not stellar.

[Mr. Cool]

What do you think of my logo/design?

[mred2000]

Again, you don't have a logo as such, just a name in a generic font.

Design is a wee bit clunky and looks dated from where I'm sitting but if you built it from scratch, as opposed to a theme like last time, then it's a starting point.

[mred2000]

Rumbled. Yet again the OP has just used a stock template for his site yet wants comments on "his design":

http://identi.ca/
http://www.jumpbox.com/sites/all/the...tatusnet-2.png

Chariman_Meow and Samster have designed their sites, you have not.

[Mr. Cool]

Originally Posted by mred2000

Rumbled. Yet again the OP has just used a stock template for his site yet wants comments on "his design":

http://identi.ca/
http://www.jumpbox.com/sites/all/the...tatusnet-2.png

Chariman_Meow and Samster have designed their sites, you have not.

I didn't say I wanted comments on my own design.

I'm using StatusNet (planning on switching to BuddyPress, so the site will go down).

[mred2000]

Originally Posted by Mr. Cool

I didn't say I wanted comments on my own design.

Originally Posted by Mr. Cool

What do you think of my logo/design?

Erm... that would be asking for comments on the logo and the design.

[Mr. Cool]

Originally Posted by mred2000

Erm... that would be asking for comments on the logo and the design.

I meant the design I was using. In fact click on Findly's about pages before I take them down (switching to BuddyPress).

It clearly says powered by StatusNet, which it also says it in the footer.

[Mr. Cool]

I've taken the site down as I'm switching to BuddyPress.

[mred2000]

Your other thread got deleted, as I thought it might.

So, for reference: Work on stuff you can complete, build up from there.

Look at making your whois info private (I think you should be able to do so as you're an individual and not trading... or something) as your personal details are available for all to see via your domain name.

[calico_pie]

Twitter doesn't have much to worry about yet then.

[Mr. Cool]

Originally Posted by mred2000

Your other thread got deleted, as I thought it might.

So, for reference: Work on stuff you can complete, build up from there.

Look at making your whois info private (I think you should be able to do so as you're an individual and not trading... or something) as your personal details are available for all to see via your domain name.

I was also banned for 2 days. I honestly wasn't spamming.

I'll be more careful next time