new site reject...again...

[Oliver]

Originally Posted by papagmp

What happens at the end of the year and the hosting goes away - Just curious.

As far as I know I am going to need to move the site to another server or pay for a hosting plan with them.

Originally Posted by papagmp

...pull the private who-is on the domain - after all, what are you hiding?

AWS registered the domain and still hosts the site so pulling the who-is isnt really an option until I move the site.

Originally Posted by JustRobert

It would be in your best interest to get a proper hosting plan, which are extremely dirt cheap to start with...

Can you recomend some? AWS recommeded theplanet for dedicated, but I dont think im there quite yet.

Originally Posted by HowlingWulf

Woah! I started in this biz by signing up to AWS back in 2001. I see their website hasn't changed at all.

I believe the process they recommend produces quality TGP galleries and is worth the $140. I have made much more than that since then... but I have since taken that process and modified it to my detriment it seems.

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

Get your money back. They failed you.

Many of the photos that look like static thumbs on your index and main pages are larger than they appear in your pages, so you're using HTML to force them to fit. Don't do that.

And plateman was correct, your file sizes are out of control on your full-size pics. There's no reason for 800x600 photos to be weighing near 400kb each. They don't even look all that good. What are you using to crop your photos, a rusty hatchet?

Here is a gallery I built using the AWS process http://www.degansex.com/ass16/round_...ny_hendrix.htm
As I mentioned before I have modified that process which now includes the use of photoshop to create thumbs. As far as the enormous file sizes go, that's
the way the content came from the sponsor...? Should I worry about reducing these heavy file sizes?

Originally Posted by Greenie

Good advice in here

Try & get your money back, tell them to read this thread as proof that they did not give you want you paid for.

The get your own hosting, build some free sites & go from there.

One thing that does bother me is that I cant get my free site listed do to the private whois.
It sounds like some webmasters will take it but for the most part if your a new guy in the biz trying to get your AWS hosted Freesite listed at greenguy your SOL...

[HowlingWulf]

Originally Posted by Oliver

Here is a gallery I built using the AWS process http://www.degansex.com/ass16/round_...ny_hendrix.htm
As I mentioned before I have modified that process which now includes the use of photoshop to create thumbs. As far as the enormous file sizes go, that's
the way the content came from the sponsor...? Should I worry about reducing these heavy file sizes?

Hey can I use this on my soon-to-be webmaster blog? I have lots of tips for it. BTW yes image sizes are important, because
1. most server plans have a bandwidth limit before you pay for overages or they shut you off. tgp galleries eat a lot.
2. some surfers are still on dialup
3. you want to show bite size samples to get interest, not the entire meal.
I resize the images to be 800 on the long side, which gives a file size between 50k-100k

Originally Posted by Oliver

One thing that does bother me is that I cant get my free site listed due to the private whois.
It sounds like some webmasters will take it but for the most part if your a new guy in the biz trying to get your AWS hosted Freesite listed at greenguy your SOL...

Yes that's exactly right. Don't blame the site owners, blame the cheaters trying to fuck them over every day.