Please Help ? My first website ! any advice ???
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it has con write all over it n my comp has been goin crazy since i looked at ur site...my comp beta nt hav some virus coz of it!!\n\nsry if its nt because of it but since i clicked off ur website my comp is commin up loads of +++++++ by its self and its sayin spyware stuff has been detected. Im nt gr8 with comps but i think iv deleted everything now anyway and its nt happened again in the last 20mins so hopefully whatever it was is now gone
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Is it really not working or are you just wanting visitors ????\n\nIf it is the latter then why not just ask people what they think of your site ?   You might get some useful feedback.
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Very good start.\nI think you should have a standard template for your site and then follow the same template standard for the rest of your site.  That will make it look more professional. \nBy the way, are you hosting your website on a stand-alone dedicated server or is it on a regular hosting company?  I hope you know when the forum grows, you'll need to give lots of tech support to your member else you'll lose them.
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its a good looking site!\ni was in the same boat as you a few weeks back. i was so annoyed at the cost of advertising i decided to run my own classifieds website. the address is http://onequidadverts.com and is for both usa and uk users registration is free but advertising is a hell of a lot cheaper than most popular sites.\nmines a fairly new site but has been submitted to google and such like and my site traffic is moving at a steady pace so far.\nits worth a look and im submitting to more and more sites everyday so 100's of people a day will see your classified ads too.\nthere is an internet section you can advertise in for just $2 ( which is about £1.20 odd) for 7 days there are other price plans too.\ngoodluck mate
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You're on the right track, good promo of your site. I checked it out, love the background image. You have to figure out what you want to do and say, and I think it's all about connecting. Figure out what you want to connect with, and whom. Set up an RSS feed so others can subscribe to your page and get notified when there are updates. Tell all your friends and family.\n\nJust be careful with too much personal information though, most people are good but there are plenty who are just looking to take advantage of (you, everyone) and they're getting slicker about it all the time.\n\nCommon sense prevails.\n\nHave fun with it.
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First, you need to find a place to create your website. Try GeoCites! http://geocities.yahoo.com/ It's a great place to start; it's free and it can even give you some step-by-step tutorials some easy templates and  to work off of to make your webpage look great without too much effort.\n\nOnce you get the hang of the template and the little basics, I recommend learning HTML, which allows you to create and format your webpage and have more control and choices than a template. There are some great tutorials at http://www.w3schools.com. When you get there, try clicking on the tutorials regarding HTML. There, you can learn a bunch of stuff! I also recommend http://www.lissaexplains.com. It's a bit colorful, but it is a good guide for beginners and tells you everything you need to know in a clear, fun way.
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Here are a few tips to get you started to doing it for free.\n\nPublish quality content, regularly. No garbage, personal nonsense, ramblings or rants.\n\nDon't think you'll get rich with stupid pages full of ads at the top, left, right, bottom like yours.\n\nUse proper grammar and punctuation. Don't overload your page with your keywords.\n\nDon't host on a free hosting site. \n\nIf you are serious, Invest in a real, relevant domain name.\n\nPick a topic you are knowledgeable about and stick to that. That way everything in your site is relevant to the topic and keywords associated with that topic. People will respect you if you produce good content and they will become loyal readers.\n\nRead everything you can about Search Engine Optimization.\n\nGood luck!
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The best advice I can give you about a retail site is second-hand, and I can't remember where I heard it, but it was like this:\n\n"Amazon.com spends millions of dollars researching how people buy online. If they don't do it, you shouldn't, either."\n\nIn your case, a look at eBay would also be a good idea.\n\nSpecifically, to your site:\n\nIt's fairly boxy, so look to incorporate more curved lines and white space between elements.\n\nIt's difficult to figure out what to do. Provide instructions.\n\nThe movement and pulsing logo are distracting.\n\nA lot of space up top is wasted by your banner, a search box that doesn't tell me how to use it, a welcome message that's fairly pointless, etc.\n\nThe color scheme and typography don't seem to have a common theme.\n\nI also believe in "less is more." You're overwhelming me with things to look at, click on, etc., and again, there's no instructions anywhere, and the site itself is not intuitive.
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easy, use tripod or geocities, any free domain. just type in yer info, and no html codes involved! i've only used tripod.com, but there are plenty free ones out there that you can blog in or anything! its pretty fun!
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One suggestion, the white text can be a bit bright and glaring to the eyes when first arriving to your site. Perhaps use a shade lighter #CCCCCC instead of #FFFFFF. Other than that, good job!
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Wow that's a good site. Direct to the point, clean design, clean graphics. The only thing I think you could adjust is in your meta tags. \n\nOther than that it's great.
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Advertise.....!!!!\n\nThis is the simply answer, but if you have a zero budget then this limits things some what.\n\nTry 'banner exchange' with similar sites to yours.\n\nOld fashion 'do it yourself' advertisements in your local area or a little further afield.\n\nThis is the main problem facing new websites, no matter how good their may be, getting the word out is not easy.\n\nSubmit your site to as many search engines as possible and pay particular attention to 'Mega-Tags' etc.\n\nIf you have a small amount of cash then enhanced rating and 'Stand Out' options are available with many such popular search engines.\n\nYahoo offer good services for website and online company advertisements! Check it out directly from the Yahoo Homepage.\n\nHope this helps a little.\n\nBest of luck!\n\nMichael
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Hafsee,\n\nFirst of all, I would like to congratulate you for your interest in building your website. Please pursue your objective without giving it up. \n\nThere are many fee website that would allow you to upload your home page. You can create your home page using any html editor such FrontPage or Netscape. You will need to create a free hosting account in any of the websites that I have mentioned below.  These sites will allow you to upload your home page for free.\n\nhttp://www.geocities.com/\nhttp://freeservers.com\n\nIf you want to have your own domain name, usually, it won’t be available for free. You will have to buy one. But, to start with, I would suggest you to host your pages in one of the above free hosting websites.\n\nTwo years back, when I built my webpage, I registered my domain name in www.namezero.com for free. But, after one year my account got expired. I am not sure whether namezero.com still provides a free domain name. You might try over there.\n\nAlso, there are several blog sites such as blogspot.com etc. You may be interested in trying out any one of them. The interesting part of blog sites is that they are much more interactive. People can give their feedback on your writings through the message postings. That might be helpful to you to assess your writing skill. So, that could be the right place to put together your thoughts....\n\nAll the best for your new website building/writing efforts.....
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You're best bet is to try a free web hosting service first.  Something like Tripod.com or Funtigo.com that allows you to use a site builder and use HTML.  When I first created a website I practiced with easy to use builders then moved onto adding simple HTML codes to my site.  Lissa Explains it All is a great place to learn no matter how old you are because the instructions are easy to understand.  Eventually, you can move on to making your own HTML files as it explains how to do on that site.  When you feel as though you want to pay for hosting be very careful who you pick!  I HIGHLY recommend reading reviews before purchasing webspace or a domain!  If you need an easy to use Site Builder even by this point, I recommend that you use Netscape Composer.  It comes free with Netscape and this way you will not be limited to finding a host with that provides you with those tools.  There are tons of hosts that offer site builders which limit you to 10 pages or less but charge you over $4 every month!  For that same amount of money, you could create more pages using Composer or HTML!  Again, research your host.  If it offers unlimited pages and the price seems good, check out reviews on the host and read as many as you can.\n\nA good place to look for reviews when you need paid hosting is Web Hosting Jury!  There are tons of places that sound good but suck.  So take a look at what people have to say about their host.\n\nI wish you luck in creating a website and do your best to watch out for scams and rip offs!
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I paid a visit today, to see what your site is all about. Hmm..it's not a web site after all but a forum instead. You have to understand, a forum is a place for communities - one of the hardest part is to attract visitors & indirectly persuade them to become a member. Not just a member but an active member.\n\n"So, what's your forum all about? I don't know. I can't figure it out myself". Maybe this is one of the most visitors asking themselves. I took a deeper look, weighing the topics and issues. What did I find? To be honest, I've been wondering there. Where should I go?\n\nTo have a successful forum, you have to be specific. Concentrate on 3-4 issues at first. Stick to the topic until the relevant division matured. Don't just jump into unrelated topics. That won't bring you any good after all.\n\nInvite as many friends as possible. They are your excellent tool to help boosting your forum popularity. Request their help to spread the news. Give certain rank to those pioneers - something like moderators, senior mod, regional mod etc. This will make them happy.\n\nWhy..What color are you using? BLACK! Believe it or not, psychologically, most people don't prefer to spend time reading white text for long. Also, dark background will not bring up the mood. Remember that. You want them to be happy in your forum - so create the mood for them. Something preferable by you doesn't mean it suits everyone.\n\nBe specific of what your forum is all about. Games? Money making opportunities? Blog? Whatever it is, describe it clearly in the header. You must let your visitors know, at a glance, what is your forum related to. Remember, a forum needs to be self-describing; not vice-versa.\n\nThe most effective way to attract more visitors to your forum is to contact webmasters who share the same topics like yours. Request a link politely and explain why it would benefit them of having a link exchange with you. Man, your way is long ahead. Just don't give up.\n\nHope this helps.
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well I see that the website is in desperate need of help, try taking off some of the ads.\n\nAdd some pages to your website, if you are doing a pay per click for each ad you have on the site, this isnt the place to promote that. I will help you if you want just send me an email and we can enhance the look and feel mof your site all for free.\n\n\nmikezrage@yahoo.com
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I can do this for you. My company does small business web design. I can do it for $150 and everything is included. I can have the site with a domain set up in 2 days for you & your group. Please let me know if interested. I can be reached at thepixelboutique@msn.com \n\nThanks, Krysti