Please check out my URL shortening service

Discussion in 'Websites' started by richwest, Sep 23, 2007.

  1. #1
    I'd appreciate it if you could check out http://is.gd/

    Any comments on the design as well as reports on any bugs that you might notice would be helpful.

    Thanks a lot!
     
    richwest, Sep 23, 2007 IP
  2. Jerlene.net

    Jerlene.net Prominent Member

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    #2
    You should make "What is is.gd?" and "Introductions" into a skyscraper on the left and right or just put them on new pages within the site and leave the generator and logo in the center of the page like a proxy. It'd look better.
     
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    adivor800 Banned

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    #3
    cool service!
     
    adivor800, Sep 24, 2007 IP
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    #4
    nice site, looks good and easy to use
     
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    himalaya crafts Active Member

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    #5
    looks good...
     
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    #6
    seems like a good idea and it works.
     
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    #7
    Looks very nice. I like the idea with the hyphen for preview.
     
    brandweb, Sep 24, 2007 IP
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    #8
    very nice!
     
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  9. richwest

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    #9
    Thanks for the positive comments! I am considering moving the bottom text areas off the front page as Jerlene suggested, which I agree would look neater. I'm still in two minds about it though... I think it's nice to make it obvious what the site is for and give people a basic idea of how to use it from the front page, since otherwise novices might stumble across it without having a clue what it is, and assume it's a search engine or something ;)

    I'll continue to give it some thought anyway, and see if I can come up with a better way to lay out the initial page. Thanks to everyone who had a look.
     
    richwest, Sep 24, 2007 IP
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    pubdomainshost.com Peon

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    Excellent !!! does this use any free script or did you create it yourself?

    Cheers
    GS
     
    pubdomainshost.com, Sep 25, 2007 IP
  11. richwest

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    I created it myself. I looked at a few free scripts that did similar things, but they generally didn't work the way I wanted or seemed inefficient. In the end I decided it would be better to write it all myself and that would make it easier to change stuff later if I wanted to add new features or whatever.
     
    richwest, Sep 25, 2007 IP