Blog or website?

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webmaster1105

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Most of us are web designers and now meeting through computerforum.com. I am starting this thread to let all of us know, How capable webmasters we have in our community and what is in trend nowadays i.e. a blog or a website.

So dear friends, you will need to answer a few questions:-

- What do you own, Blog or website?
- Address of your website/blog
- Why did you chose blog over website or vice-versa?

So Guyz, Just showcase your website here and lets see whose is best. We can again have a survey on chosen ones to select the best.
 
tlarkin

tlarkin

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Uh.....

Mine is a glorified blog / personal online resume?

Not sure what you want to call it. I do a bit of blogging but I mostly publish tech documents on it.

http://tlarkin.com

I use a CMS and am not a very versed web developer. I am still learning. I know all the server side stuff like MySQL, PHP, and Apache and what not, but I don't know the front end design stuff.
 
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webmaster1105

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@tlarkin

Nice website...

I hope u wont mind a lil feedback
Dont u think the homepage cud hav more interactive... I mean you could give links to ur posts on the homepage...

thanks for being the first
 
tlarkin

tlarkin

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It is a work in progress, I am trying to build content for the site now. I want to revamp the home page, but at the same time I want it kept very simple and not convoluted. I am going to use it as a testament of what I can do work wise and I want any and all future employers to clearly and easily see my skill set.
 
codeman0013

codeman0013

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just curious who you guys use for hosting? I'm building a site for my wife right now and i have never had to have my own host most clients already had sites or bought their own hosts any suggestions that are decent priced i can tie my dreamweaver into?
 
Jonyboy

Jonyboy

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I'm only hostgator. Excellent to use IMO. 99.99% uptime (they say 100, but my stats show around that mark). Affordable.
 
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webmaster1105

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@Jonyboy

Thanks a lot

Nice content, let me know if you put some articles on computer or internet technology, I'll give you trackbacks.

Lets wait for some more nominations here.

c ya...
 
tlarkin

tlarkin

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I don't use templates either, that is my own CSS which is why my site looks like crap as I am still teaching myself how to build sites. I got the back end server side stuff down no problem, but the whole design and digital art factor I am still learning.
 
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webmaster1105

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@tlarkin

I agree. The day I got to know about wordpress, plugins and themes, I quit learning. I believe I could have learnt more if the concept of theme and templates wouldnt existed.

@Calibretto

Nice blog buddy, but I guess its only about gaming

All the nominations are from blog.
I guess website is out....

what do u say guyz...
 
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tlarkin

tlarkin

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www.whitehouse.gov now uses Drupal on it's back end. Proving that it is powerful enough to host a site at that caliber, and also the new whitehouse site actually looks rather damn slick.

I used the zen theme on my drupal site which is a very generic, vanilla, theme. In fact the motto is to add zen and just add CSS and you got yourself a site.

So, I am in fact using a theme, but I am using the plain theme called zen, which then allows me to modify my CSS and design it anyway I want to. Of course if you are awesome at design you can just use the drupal framework under the hood and design the CSS and HTML from complete scratch.
 
Euklid

Euklid

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I have a site which is not blog or website; it's a forum. Powered by
vBulletin.

Currently, I'm developing three websites for others. I'm going to use
WordPress as the back-end, but I'm going to create custom styles.
Although WordPress is blogging software, the blog won't be the
central part of the website. These are mainly profile type websites,
so I have to focus the content on the person/company.

I don't know how to customize Drupal or Joomla templates. It looks
really complicated. So I just use WordPress.


Bio:

I've been making websites since '96. I know html, php, mysql, css
really well. My main focus nowadays is layout and usability.
Amateurs just can't get it right when it comes to simplicity.

It's sort-of funny seeing a back-end developer also working on the
front-end design. If back-end developers made all the websites,
we would be using Dos-style prompts for everything. Graphical
user interface (GUI) design is an art-form.
 
tlarkin

tlarkin

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Euklid said:
....It's sort-of funny seeing a back-end developer also working on the
front-end design. If back-end developers made all the websites,
we would be using Dos-style prompts for everything. Graphical
user interface (GUI) design is an art-form.
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Hey you leave my website alone, I already said I am still learning design!!!!!:mad: :eek: :D
 
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