My first Freesites are out - please give comments

JustRobert · 2006-08-01, 12:54 AM

Samandian
Now that you have fixed most of those now we can a bit further.

Your recips should be dropped in a table with 3 rows and 4 columns. This will give ya 12 inserting points so find a couple more lists, see sig.

Both your banners on first page have the word "enter" in it. This is a big no no at many places. The only text or banner that should have enter should lead to your main page period. Flashing banners on first page are not liked at some places. Do not remember who but remember reading it once in someones rules.

virgohippy is correct about needing some text to sell. banner are easy to put in and so damn easy for the surfer to ignore. Add text underneath the banner to help sell them.

Your gallery images look like vid caps which are a no no at many lists. They are better than most so some will overlook. Next problem is that some of these images are over 80kb which also becomes a no at a lot of places.

On your galleries you do more selling back to your site than to a sponsor so my next question is that content purchased or sponsor? If its purchased so be it, but if its free sponsor content than my feelings are that you should concentrate on selling that sponsor. You can still have a smaller link back to your own site. Just my thoughts on that.

Hope this helps

samandian · 2006-08-01, 10:23 PM

I have been trying to sort out my sponsor links to get them from either being in a straight line such as at:

http://www.sexyethnic.com/fs/asians/...migetslaid.htm

into a table so they are more presentable. With hours at the keyboard i have managed to not only get myself completely confused but get the sponsors to come up all over the place as at:

http://sexyethnic.com/fs/blacks/ej/3007/test.htm

I am really not sure where i am going wrong - there is no problem if i want to put a straight href into a table, but for some reason i can't get round putting sponsor buttons into a table in a presentable manner. I am sure it is something really simple and i will end up kicking myself, but can anyone give me some pointers.

I haven't done the banner changes as yet, but will take care of them as soon as i get this figured out.

regards,

Samandian

JustRobert · 2006-08-01, 11:04 PM

Samadian,
Try this code for your table. Then drop in your recips. Hope this works for you. I pulled it directly from Dreamweaver. Not sure if it will be compatible with what you are using. Those recips are to large to go 4 across so I went with 3 columns, thats why custom tables are better!

virgohippy · 2006-08-01, 11:19 PM

Here's code for a simple table:

Quote:

Between the tags: <td>this is where your recip code belongs</td>.

Does this help?

EDIT: LOL @ Robert. You beat me.

samandian · 2006-08-02, 06:37 PM

OK,

I got the tables in there, thanks - i was going nuts and in the end i had too many <td> and <tr> tags all over the place i got completely confused. so thanks for your help.

I have http://www.sexyethnic.com/fs/blacks/...be_fucking.htm completed now. Gonna clean up the other pages in meantime, once i get them all straight will start submitting new sites.

Samandian

Preacher · 2006-08-02, 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by samandian

I have http://www.sexyethnic.com/fs/blacks/...be_fucking.htm completed now. Gonna clean up the other pages in meantime, once i get them all straight will start submitting new sites.

Samandian

Index: Sidescroll at 600x800, broken recip image, two <head> tags
Main: sidescroll at 600x800, I wouldn't use more the 3 lines of linked text
Galleries: See above

Lemmy · 2006-08-02, 08:05 PM

I don't know if you've looked at your gallery pages at higher screen res, but everything spreads out and it doesn't look very good. Check the screencap to see what I see.

I would recommend starting each page with a 750 table and putting everything inside that to keep things nice and tight.

Oh yeah, some of your thumbs are squished. Best way to avoid that is to crop manually. The more you automate things, the bigger the chance that something gets screwed up without you noticing.

virgohippy · 2006-08-02, 08:26 PM

Just noticed this, but those aren't actually thumbs. They're fullsize images loading in smaller dimensions.

samandian, you need to get yourself some sort of image editing software. There are a number of freebies out there, but I wouldn't know which to use because I'm such a photoshop freak.

A thumbnail should be a smaller version of the image, reduced in pixel dimensions and size. I like to keep my thumbs between 4-6k.

Preacher · 2006-08-02, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lemmy

...I would recommend starting each page with a 750 table and putting everything inside that to keep things nice and tight.

Problem is, he couldn't put the recip table together.

Quote:

Originally Posted by virgohippy

Just noticed this, but those aren't actually thumbs. They're fullsize images loading in smaller dimensions...

This sums up what I'm thinking perfectly.

Not everyone has to be an excellent coder to build a free-site, but if you are going to put your name out there on something you have created, you should at the very least know the basics of what you are building. In this case, know how to build a table, Hell how to even put in <head> tags.

Sorry, I'm just in a fould mood. Must be all those damn sinners...

2006-08-01, 12:54 AM	#1
JustRobert Bow Ties Are Cool Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Posts: 9,687	Samandian Now that you have fixed most of those now we can a bit further. Your recips should be dropped in a table with 3 rows and 4 columns. This will give ya 12 inserting points so find a couple more lists, see sig. Both your banners on first page have the word "enter" in it. This is a big no no at many places. The only text or banner that should have enter should lead to your main page period. Flashing banners on first page are not liked at some places. Do not remember who but remember reading it once in someones rules. virgohippy is correct about needing some text to sell. banner are easy to put in and so damn easy for the surfer to ignore. Add text underneath the banner to help sell them. Your gallery images look like vid caps which are a no no at many lists. They are better than most so some will overlook. Next problem is that some of these images are over 80kb which also becomes a no at a lot of places. On your galleries you do more selling back to your site than to a sponsor so my next question is that content purchased or sponsor? If its purchased so be it, but if its free sponsor content than my feelings are that you should concentrate on selling that sponsor. You can still have a smaller link back to your own site. Just my thoughts on that. Hope this helps __________________ Submit Your Galleries To The Erotic To Naughty Network!

2006-08-01, 10:23 PM	#2
samandian WHO IS FONZY!?! Don't they teach you anything at school? Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Paradise Posts: 42	Got myself in a real mucking fess!! I have been trying to sort out my sponsor links to get them from either being in a straight line such as at: http://www.sexyethnic.com/fs/asians/...migetslaid.htm into a table so they are more presentable. With hours at the keyboard i have managed to not only get myself completely confused but get the sponsors to come up all over the place as at: http://sexyethnic.com/fs/blacks/ej/3007/test.htm I am really not sure where i am going wrong - there is no problem if i want to put a straight href into a table, but for some reason i can't get round putting sponsor buttons into a table in a presentable manner. I am sure it is something really simple and i will end up kicking myself, but can anyone give me some pointers. I haven't done the banner changes as yet, but will take care of them as soon as i get this figured out. regards, Samandian

2006-08-01, 11:04 PM	#3
JustRobert Bow Ties Are Cool Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Posts: 9,687	Samadian, Try this code for your table. Then drop in your recips. Hope this works for you. I pulled it directly from Dreamweaver. Not sure if it will be compatible with what you are using. Those recips are to large to go 4 across so I went with 3 columns, thats why custom tables are better! <table width="750" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"> <tr align="center"> <td width="33%">  </td> <td width="33%">  </td> <td width="33%">  </td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td> </td> <td>  </td> <td> </td> </tr> </table> __________________ Submit Your Galleries To The Erotic To Naughty Network!

2006-08-02, 06:37 PM	#5
samandian WHO IS FONZY!?! Don't they teach you anything at school? Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Paradise Posts: 42	I'm getting there! OK, I got the tables in there, thanks - i was going nuts and in the end i had too many <td> and <tr> tags all over the place i got completely confused. so thanks for your help. I have http://www.sexyethnic.com/fs/blacks/...be_fucking.htm completed now. Gonna clean up the other pages in meantime, once i get them all straight will start submitting new sites. Samandian

2006-08-02, 08:26 PM	#8
virgohippy Madness is like gravity. All it takes is a little... push. Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: California Posts: 1,679	Just noticed this, but those aren't actually thumbs. They're fullsize images loading in smaller dimensions. samandian, you need to get yourself some sort of image editing software. There are a number of freebies out there, but I wouldn't know which to use because I'm such a photoshop freak. A thumbnail should be a smaller version of the image, reduced in pixel dimensions and size. I like to keep my thumbs between 4-6k. __________________ ~Warm and Fuzzy.