I upgraded my image hosting site..please review

Discussion in 'Websites' started by proxywhereabouts, Sep 1, 2009.

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    I used to use vooler's DPI script with some paid custom mods but not to my liking as I like something simple and yet works.

    So, I searched around and found this great script. Sure, it might seems that other script are more powerful than this one but trust me when I said this script is lite on your server.

    So, did some changes such as adding lightbox so that your image will load in a neat ajax window when you clicked it and also adding a firefox plugin which will enable you to upload images you found on the internet straight to the site. (see snapshot below)


    Clafy Firefox Plugin in action
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    Clafy Lightbox Preview in action
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    I'm now working on bookmarlet with some help from the script author so if it works and looks good then I would put it on the site as well.

    So, please post some comments about this site about what you like, dislike, need to be improved, anything!.

    Appreciate you help, thanks.
     
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  2. tankard

    tankard Well-Known Member

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    Very clean design and a good idea. I should think there is demand for this. I couldn't be bothered to install the Firefox plugin, so maybe you already have what I am about to suggest. Can I drag and drop an image onto Clafy? Let's say, I got the plug-in, surfin the web and see this pic I like. Then I just drag and drop it onto the Clafy icon on my browser and it does the thing.

    About the website. Make the message clearer. Let's say I know nothing about Clafy and I've surfed onto it randomly. I will have no idea of what it is and how can I benefit from it. Think of a good "sales" message - two to three sentences and place it above "choose the image you would like to upload from your computer"
     
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    proxywhereabouts Notable Member

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    Thank you tankard for your kind comments.

    The drag and drop feature seems to be useful. I will see if I can get it built.
    About the website, I prefer to have a simple working site which can load fast without unnecessary things slowing it down. I don't think I will put any message on the main page though. Perhaps I will think about adding "About Us" page and maybe "News or What's Going On" page on the site. I will definitely redo the logo and insert a caption "Online Image Hosting" below it to make it more clear.

    Again, many thanks for your suggestions.
     
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    motoweber Peon

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    Very nice. Good,clean design.
     
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    Thank you for the compliment. That was the default design.
    I just made changes to the code a little bit to suit my need.


    Just added a few pages such as faq, terms, privacy, and couple links to my other sites.

    So, do you have anything that you think would it better to have for this site?

    Thanks.
     
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    The firefox plugin is now listed on mozilla ^_^

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