| MarkWilson |
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| Wed Apr 25 2007 11:44 AM |
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Hi all
I thought I would introduce myself on the forum. My name is Mark Wilson and I am responsible for putting together Web User's DIY Web Pages section.
Although I haven't posted on the forum, I have been something of a background lurker and have contacted several posters to talk about their personal sites.
I'd like to take this opportunity to ask for site submissions for inclusion in DIY Web Pages - I am aware that there are a huge number of site listed in this forum, but updates would be great.
So if you have a site you would like included in the magazine, add a post or drop me a PM
Cheers
Mark Wilson
| miseryguts |
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| Sun May 13 2007 08:39 PM |
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Hi Mark,
The website I am a co-author of (www.jocknroll.co.uk) has already featured in Web User but at that time it was very much an amateur effort using, of all things, MS Publisher. I taught myself how to use it.
I've since got a hold of Dreamweaver and, with the help of a techy friend, completely revamped the site and it's a world of difference from the original incarnation.
If you want to speak to me you can PM me.
Cheers
Paul aka The Cat
| daverage |
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| Fri Jun 22 2007 03:29 PM |
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Hi there.
I run a non profit, non commercial games review site. (Amazon affiliate shop link removed now)
I started it about 6 months ago and have been trying to keep it up to date ever since!
Users are invited to register and add their own reviews. If they keep submitting stuff I like they get invited to join the core review team.
It is asp driven by a mysql db and is written from scratch.
Hope you like it
http://www.yetanotherreviewsite.co.uk
| smn2 |
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| Thu Jul 12 2007 01:57 PM |
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Hi
My Ego Fatigo site is non-profit and non-commercial
(I think, anyway - what constitutes non-commercial?).
Actually, this site doesn't do too much at all, apart
from offer random answers to people's problems. The
site was fun to build, though, using a variety of
Perl/CGI scripts etc. And some of the random answers
are surprisingly 'relevant'.
- http://www.EgoFatigo.com
The site suffers a little from inexposure, go
figure!, but many of the best problems and answers
are revealed on the Problems Shared page
- http://www.egofatigo.com/helloworld.html
Steve
| Keveen |
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| Tue Aug 07 2007 06:10 PM |
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I have 3 websites.
This one - http://www.keithrichardson.co.uk is a TiddlyWiki website which would be of interest to your readers because it is so easy to setup and use. It looks like you have not ever written about these personal wiki based sites in Webuser.
This one - http://www.healthwealthandmusic.co.uk is an entertainment focused portal using Joomla. It is multimedia rich whihc has advantages and disadvantages of course.
This one- http://www.greenpolitics.co.uk is a news portal also using Joomla.
The main disadvantage of my websites, technically, is that they depend on the user haveing Javascript enabled.
| mkrupa |
| (new user) |
| Sat Aug 25 2007 11:39 AM |
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I am a silver surfer and I have published my knowledge of our local village on a non commercial website which has been in existence since 1988. Cottingley's main claim to fame is the legend of the Cottingley Fairies perpetrated by two local cousins in 1917. The site is http://www.cottingleyconnect.org.uk.
| Baz94 |
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| Sun Aug 26 2007 02:55 PM |
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Hi Mark
I have fixed all broken links on my site and everything is running smoothley on there now
I have also made sure there are NO ad's on there at all and my site is completly non-profit:
www.quillofthesoul.co.uk
Kind regards
Brian Holmes
| rirvine |
| (Features Editor) |
| Thu Sep 27 2007 02:36 PM |
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Hi Baz,
Just to let you know - in case you haven't seen it already - that Quill of the Soul appears in the latest issue.
| predator |
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| Fri Sep 28 2007 08:15 PM |
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I've designed and built (and manage) the website for a conservation charity that I'm a trustee of.
It started off small, but grows constantly and now includes a lot of information as well as photos, animal sounds, video clips, kids games, a forum and more.
Predator Conservation Trust
Like many people here, I suspect the site will never be "finished" - there will always be more things to add, pages to update or remove, layout changes etc.
| MarkWilson |
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| Mon Oct 01 2007 02:18 PM |
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Thanks to everyone who is posting their sites... I'm working through the list.
An additional request.... when posting your site, could you please also include your full name so that we can give you a mention in the magazine.
Many thanks
Mark
| Keveen |
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| Fri Oct 19 2007 09:00 PM |
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Created another Wiki site based on Dokuwiki - http://dokuwiki.healthwealthandmusic.co.uk/. If I wanted to I could make it completely open for anyone to edit which I have done using Mediawiki - http://mediawiki.healthwealthandmusic.co.uk/. Anyone can register and create articles. The dokuwiki one is an excellent and really easy way to create a personal blog. Take a look at the video clips and fotos that are easily imported. Of course, easy when you know how! Best of all, the software is Open Source and free to use.
Keith Richardson
| kip |
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| Fri Nov 16 2007 10:50 PM |
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Mark,
www.eventoddlersneedfathers.com
Kingsley Miller kip
| moredale |
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| Sun Nov 18 2007 03:50 PM |
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Hello Mark,
I'm a newbie and a silver surfer. I used the 1and1 system to construct my website, www.johncbird.co.uk. It was just a matter of following a series of simple steps and required no techie aptitude. As a writer, my site describes the work I have had published and broadcast, eg plays, television comedy material, poetry, short stories, non-fiction books and, most recently, a novel. There are also samples of my work.
| jackie1969uk |
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| Mon Nov 19 2007 10:07 PM |
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These are websites for myself and my partner.
http://www.jackiestewart.co.uk this is a personal web page originally designed for my kids to play games safely on but now it is access by many people due to the fact of its content of kjoke, illusions, pc help etc.
http://www.stuartyspics.co.uk is a photography site which any pic is allowed to be used as wallpaper/background with the full consent of the owner and are all taken by stuarty himself.
| lucat |
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| Sat Jan 12 2008 06:51 PM |
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Hi, my names Tim Doel and i set up an italian football website, http://www.italycalcio.co.uk, in September, using websitewizard. i have a number of activities available, like quiz's, television and an active blog to add to the news section. I find the forum slightly dissappointing but the rest is effective and easy to use.
thanks
www.italycalcio.co.uk
www.footballitaliano.co.uk
| greysts |
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| Fri Jan 18 2008 03:56 PM |
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Hi Mark
What about this? It's not designed to make money, get more members or provide a platform for people to talk to each other. It's simply a a way of telling people what we do.
It was built for nothing, the domain name was free and it's hosted for free, all courtesy of those nice people at Microsoft. Free has a few drawbacks in terms of being able to do large scale editing but for a small charity like ours, it's acceptable.
| MarkWilson |
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| Thu Jan 31 2008 06:06 PM |
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Thanks for the Gripping River Trust link - looks like a very nice site from a quick glance through it. Can I just ask the name of the person who designed/put together the site so they can be name-checked in the magazine if the site gets included.
Many thanks
Mark
| IanFoster99 |
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| Thu Feb 21 2008 11:43 PM |
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Hi Mark,
I've just finished an free online social network that allows you to either create a virtual pub based on your local or create your own themed virtual pub.
It's got the normal social network functions like messaging, blogging, pub forums (for each pub), games, buddy lists etc and sers can also create up to 5 web pages.
Need some feedback on the useability of the site. If you have 2 minutes to spare could you take a look and leave me feedback. good or bad.
There is some PPC advertising. I've had to buy some plugins for the site (spent around £60 of my hard earned beer money!) and hopefully the adverts will pay for the plug ins. I've spent 3 months creating the site using Joomla. Have been using Joomla for about 4 months.
I'm quite happy to remove the adverts if you do a review.
May even be worth you doing an article on Joomla?
Thanks in advance.
Ian
| IanFoster99 |
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| Fri Feb 22 2008 08:15 AM |
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Have removed the ads anyway.
Regards
Ian
| ChrisR |
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| Fri Feb 29 2008 12:22 PM |
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Hi Mark
In answer to your request, I would like to offer my little website for inclusion in your listing. Needaloo I have spent over two years locating and listing as many of the disabled toilets in the U.K. There are over seven thousand listed complete with a link to Streetmap showing the location. As I am disabled myself I have not been able to visit them all to check for accuracy, I have included various ways of contacting me to put me right on where the Streetmap arrow should go.
Regards
ChrisR
| MarkWilson |
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| Tue Mar 11 2008 07:57 PM |
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Hi Ian
Any chance of a link so I can take a look at the site?
Cheers
Mark