Forums > Social Chat > Shameless Self Promotion

Login/Join to Participate

magicmonkeyBRONZE Member
Member
33 posts
Location: United Kingdom


Posted:
well I've just started a poi site (literally just finished uploading) and I need people to come and visit and make posts and all that sort of stuff, generally liven the place up, please pop over and have a look at:

https://www.poijoy.urevised.com



p.s. There is a link to HOP on the links page so I hope the moderators don't mind my shameless self promotion! redface

.:star:.SILVER Member
Pooh-Bah
1,785 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom


Posted:
A couple of bits of constructive critism biggrin

* Pale blue on white is really really difficult to read
* The top frame is huge, maybe if you made it smaller then it would mean a lot less scrolling when viewing stuff the lower frame
* On the links page, its difficult to work out which link you are refering to, the link above or below, the spacing might need changing. (also HoP-impersonal????)

Its got potential

sorry to criticise but I hope that it helps to make your site better

ValuraSILVER Member
Mumma Hen
6,391 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia


Posted:
Written by:

You all know this one, THE fire spinning site, covers just about everything but can be a bit impersonal




hop impersonal?
and your promoting your site on here? eek


dats a bit wude.

TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"


PyroMonkeyGOLD Member
b...bal...lence?....
370 posts
Location: Northern Beaches, Sydney, Australia


Posted:
Well Star and Valura just about cover it. the top banners huge, change the colours etc..
id probably give it a background of some sort, nothing to huge, just something sutle. also probably wanna change the logo, the standard wordart looks kinda tacky.
its got some way to go but it'll get there.

impersonal...... hmmmm......

Fine_Rabid_DogInternet Hate Machine
10,530 posts
Location: They seek him here, they seek him there...


Posted:
I reckon the last two points have covered it shrug

Isn't there a rule somewhere saying no promotion? shrug

The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."


linden rathenGOLD Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK


Posted:
cool site and id go with what star says the logo needs to be smaller try and balance the page 1/5 logo, header and links section the rest info.

also DONT USE FRAMES, making it so that the header is always at the top is annoying as **** maybe use frames to put links etc permenatly at the side but at the top it just uses too much space and makes the page look bad when you have a scroll bar only for the bottom 2/3rds

back


linden rathenGOLD Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK


Posted:
with rist of sounding anti HoPist id say this site can be a bit daunting certainly - maybe not impersonal but certainly daunting

we have well over 100 regular posters and to a newbie thats pretty scary

so maybe it can be a bit scary because of its pure size

back


PyroMonkeyGOLD Member
b...bal...lence?....
370 posts
Location: Northern Beaches, Sydney, Australia


Posted:
fair comment, i remember when i was a noob it was a bit difficult to get my head around it all, it is good once you get down to it though.

one more thing.... i promise this is the last....

youve got "poi chat - chat about poi" i know the whole site is meant for poi but it would be good to have a bit in there for the staffers and the other fire spinnering stuff.

and i just noticed on the browers bar up the top its called "New page 1" wink

magicmonkeyBRONZE Member
Member
33 posts
Location: United Kingdom


Posted:
Written by: linden_rathen


with rist of sounding anti HoPist id say this site can be a bit daunting certainly - maybe not impersonal but certainly daunting

we have well over 100 regular posters and to a newbie thats pretty scary

so maybe it can be a bit scary because of its pure size




Well you've got exactly what I mean here, time for some rephrasing methinks!

I know the log is pretty awfull but I'm just rubish with graphics so there's currently a logo competition with the winner getting some sock poi, please feel free to join in, I could use the help and everybody needs the socks!

Thanks a lot for all the input, it's good to get some honest feedback rather than a friend telling you you're great when it's only half done! I'll spend some time sorting stuff out over the next few days but for now I'm going to bed!

linden rathenGOLD Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK


Posted:
cool smile

*bounce *i still got to post the first ever non admin thread wooot biggrin

back


magicmonkeyBRONZE Member
Member
33 posts
Location: United Kingdom


Posted:
Written by: PyroMonkey


fair comment, i remember when i was a noob it was a bit difficult to get my head around it all, it is good once you get down to it though.
one more thing.... i promise this is the last....
youve got "poi chat - chat about poi" i know the whole site is meant for poi but it would be good to have a bit in there for the staffers and the other fire spinnering stuff.
and i just noticed on the browers bar up the top its called "New page 1" wink




There's a greneral spinning forum in there for all non poi spinning and other fire type stuff, hopefully that should cover it but I don't want to but a forums up for each art as that would take away from the poi focus I think. Besides, I' can't spin a staff to save my life!

magicmonkeyBRONZE Member
Member
33 posts
Location: United Kingdom


Posted:
Written by: PyroMonkey


and i just noticed on the browers bar up the top its called "New page 1" wink




Yeah, this is something I'm working on, I've changed the header on EVERY SINGLE PAGE so it should read 'POI JOY for all your poi needs' but it's still reverting to that New Page 1, something I'm getting pretty annoyed by at the moment, if you know how to stop the head title reverting then please let me know!

.:star:.SILVER Member
Pooh-Bah
1,785 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom


Posted:
The title problem is on the frames page (i'm guessing index.html) . You need to change the title on that.

magicmonkeyBRONZE Member
Member
33 posts
Location: United Kingdom


Posted:
have done already, it keeps reverting though and I have no idea why

onewheeldaveGOLD Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,252 posts
Location: sheffield, United Kingdom


Posted:
Congratulations on not using javascript and other gimmicky rubbish smile

I think you should scrap the frames entirely, they don't seem to be serving any useful purpose and they don't look good. In addition they cause problems with bookmarking, printing and on searches; which is why hardly anyone uses them anymore.

"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."

--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32


Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!


JauntyJamesSILVER Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA


Posted:
.:screams in horror:.

Frames! Arrrgg!!

-James

"How do you know if you're happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?"


magicmonkeyBRONZE Member
Member
33 posts
Location: United Kingdom


Posted:
ok ok, I'm working on a site without frames at the moment but I don't know how to add my logo and menu to the top of the galleries and forums pages, that's why I'm using frames at the moment. Sorted out the size of the top frame, put a new (but still temporary) logo up, sorting out the links page as we speak, sorted out the 'New Page 1' issue, if anyone could tell me how to get my logo and menu on the top of the gallery and forum pages I'd be grateful!

magicmonkeyBRONZE Member
Member
33 posts
Location: United Kingdom


Posted:
HAH!! A whole day wasted but I'vw got rid of the damned frames! biggrin
EDITED_BY: magicmonkey (1120332302)

magicmonkeyBRONZE Member
Member
33 posts
Location: United Kingdom


Posted:
well consider this a re-launch, I've sorted out a lot about the site, put some lessons up, sorted out some propper content and got rid of all the frames etc, come have another look and maybe sign up if you like!

https://www.poijoy.urevised.com

ta

Magicmonkey

TinklePantsGOLD Member
Clique Infiltrator, Cunning Linguist and Master Debator
4,219 posts
Location: Edinburgh burgh burrrrrr, United Kingdom


Posted:
I always use frames on my sites (there's been many).
My current site has no regular visitors though and there's still stuff missing that i havent got around to uploading. By the way it's a site to display graphics i've made.

And did I here the word competition? WHOOPIE!

Always use "so's your face" and "only on Tuesdays" in as many conversations possible


magicmonkeyBRONZE Member
Member
33 posts
Location: United Kingdom


Posted:
hell yes there's a competition, I currently have a proffesional logo designer working on the site as well but I'd much rather have a user submited logo, head on over and log in!


Similar Topics

Using the keywords [shameles * self promotion] we found the following existing topics.

  1. Forums > Shameless Self-promotion [2 replies]
  2. Forums > Peace One Day - Sat 20th Sept
  3. Forums > Shameless Self Promotion [20 replies]
  4. Forums > Shameless self promotion! [4 replies]

      Show more..

HOP Newsletter

Sign up to get the latest on sales, new releases and more...