My Portal Network

[my portal]

Hey i know as you probly seen by one my username and the title this is my site i reckon that its worthy!
www.myportal.network.net.tc
it not quite done but its nearly is in the next 3 weeks i will be i promis i hope to hear some good remarks about it for i am only 12! (teh he!)

[DariusMonsef]

I was looking for a ride to the showcase forum. Mind if I ride along?

[Jeff Wheeler]

um.. 404 errors are not what I consider amazing :(, might want a bit more work before the kool site section, and btw, you're not the only young one on this forum :P

[my portal]

EthanM: Sure I dont mind
Bombingpixples: Yer I Know About The 404 Errors But As I Said It Will Be Fully Functional in 5 weeks (good to know about the other young ones!)

[DariusMonsef]

Ok so not sure if you wanted feedback or not, but...

You have 3 scroll bars in your layout. Not including horizontal ones or the LYCOS panel one. Why you have 3 scroll bars I don't know...

Your Menu is made in flash but does nothing that a .gif and some HTML can do.

Yellow isn;t the most soothing color in the world. If you want people to hang out at your site and spend time I would try a different color, or use it only as an accent color.

You're also using about 4 different font faces. Choose one and stick with it.

You're young and have time to learn and practice. Keep working at it and use this forum as a great resource for knowledge.

P.S. Get a real domain name and hosting.

Cheers

[my portal]

actually the yello (FFFF00) and the light yellow (FFFFCC) are the style the site set in also the reson why some fonts are different is because i only change to the harmony font yesterday and i am actally update all page to the new at the moment in time!
ps i cant pay for hosting or a domain because i am 12!

[DariusMonsef]

Well your text on your HTML needs to be Arial, Courier or Times. You're pretty much limited to that.

And are you telling me that you can't change those colors?

[my portal]

no there my tm i would take a long time to update 12 sites to a new colour and what are you talking about when you say needs to be arial courier times? explain

[DariusMonsef]

You have 12 sites?

I mean the text that is HTML is limited in what it can be as you have to be sure every computer has that font installed. That is my almost all sites are Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif.

[my portal]

ahh! i may change it then thanks for you words of wisdon why do u sound suprised when i said 12 sites?

[DariusMonsef]

Because I only saw one and am still confused as to what 12 sites you have and what they do.

[my portal]

Well Here The History Of MP
bchs pupil site: got nothing to do with mp but i made it
my portal network: this is the network site this links all the site together
my portal: the webmasters help site
flash me: Flash Tut site
my portal forums: the forums
my portal flash cartoons site: flash cartoons
cool flashz: humor site
cool flashz portal: the cool flashz portal
my portal email: the email host
cool flash email: the c.f. email host
(the oldest one (load of rubbish made when i was 10)is)
state loony bin: other humor site
most of the cf and state loony bin forums are remotly hosted eg proboards
well that was the history leson for today kids!

[Dj-Studios]

I'll put it to ya straight...

Yellow??? Bleh. Trademark or not yellow is not a good dominant color.

Your menu... why is it flash? HTML and gifs could do a better job.

Scroll bars, scroll bars, scroll bars... WHY?

[my portal]

were are these scroll bars (is your screen in 1230x960 )?

[my portal]

please were are these scroll bars? if they are there i will admit defet but i can see them!

[my portal]

tell me!

[my portal]

well i changed the font to arial

[jmayo86]

Ok these scrollbars are there, your website has to fit in all resolutions and computers, you have a high resolution that most people dont use, most users use 1024 x 768 or 800 x 600 resolutions, so thats why we are seeing your scrollbars as your site is to big for our res.

I suggest you change the colour yellow, its to strong and bright and puts people of looking on the site.

Think about nice graphics for your site, as all i see is blocks of yellow and white colour with black text, ever thought of changing font colour aswell? i dont like black as it is to strong, if i wanted something near to black i would choose a dark grey.

When i go on your site i dont have a clue what it is all about, you need some sort of welcome message on there or some photographs, images to show of what your site is all about, i suggest going for www.brinkster.com hosting, its banner less and is free!

Hope that helps

The navigation colour do with a sort out aswell, why spend time making a flash navigation when you can do that with javascript and graphics, its just a basic rollover!

Again you said your 12, you can still get domains such as .tk, .cjb.net, they are tacky but it saves people typing in your full address

[my portal]

thanks a lopt mate your a help! brinkster isn't free though! my site ment to resize it self but i'll check it out!

[my portal]

i looks fine though on 1024x768 wait while i check the 800x600

[slumgutt]

why the color yellow? Oh, god WHY?

[my portal]

why the color yellow? Oh, god WHY? well i am sure you dont want to see the old version 1.8 it was red text on black background!

[my portal]

ps check it out now it updated it jmayo86 it has grey text one scroll bar (dont include the news posts) and i did every thing apart from change the colour!

[my portal]

now look at it i changed the colours to ipb colours so it matches my forum if you think the news the clock and the menu the right colours it rather soothing! now so wat do ya think!

[my portal]

i want your opinon!

[Jeff Wheeler]

actually the yello (FFFF00) and the light yellow (FFFFCC) are the style the site set in also the reson why some fonts are different is because i only change to the harmony font yesterday and i am actally update all page to the new at the moment in time!
ps i cant pay for hosting or a domain because i am 12!

I'm thirteen and I pay $8 a year for domain and host everything myself, a 12-year-old can certainly do the same.

[my portal]

but you dont get it i dont wanna pay!

[my portal]

any way whats the matter with my domain?

[Yeldarb]

the new colors are better, but you really need to get some real hosting. Try www.sitefilp.com it's really cheap, and really good.

[jmayo86]

Hello again, the sites looking better! it still needs graphics somewhere, for a visual look, some photograph or a design u have done, sorry about telling you about brinkster, last time i looked it was free hehe, but i have my own paid hosting so i havent need to use it for along time. Looking nice, i see you have got rid of the irratating scrollbars, the only thing i dont understand is why you have a clock... in that space up there you could put a nice graphic, bit like what brinkster have done, instead of having a clock which is useless because every1 has one of them on their task bar :D Keep up the good work

[Yeldarb]

Oh, or there's a thread in random by my3mbers who started his own hosting company and has a free plan with no ads.

[my portal]

cool i'll check it out could you get the url?

[Yeldarb]

Just run a search for my3mbers or free hosting on the forum search engine, or just head over to the random forum and look for the thread, it should be near the top.

edit: I was spelling his name wrong: http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63300&highlight=free+hosting

[my portal]

i hope that all i need to do ont he home page could some one give me the thumbs up?
www.myportal.network.net.tc

[DariusMonsef]

Everytime I click your link it takes a few seconds of white blank screen for your site to load.

Why do you need a domain name and hosting? Because your site being hosted by Lycos makes it cheap and annoying. There is no way I would continue to visit your site the way it is hosted now.

[DariusMonsef]

My screens are at 1024x768 and this is what your site looks like:

[Jeff Wheeler]

tee hee hee, you should use firefox and you don't even get the ad, and then I only have one scrollbar :P

[prstudio]

ethan i got the joke in your first reply lol -

as far as the site - way too busy and the text formatting needs work - the ads and stuff are hurting it major - and the color scheme is washing out - i think it is awesome that you have undertaken a "portal" at your young age - but refine it yo!

[Jeff Wheeler]

am I not good enough :( I wrote my cms at his age :P :P, lol, forget me :), actually ignore this post :P

[DariusMonsef]

PR,
Makes more sense to know that this thread was originally started in the Kool Sites forum.

BP, I tried just erasing your post from my memory, but forgot to stop it so I accidentally erased you completely from memory. I do have a bunch of random post it notes with cryptic messages on them regarding you and a shovel, 4 large garbage bags and a map to the Nevada Desert.. Does that make any sense to you?

[prstudio]

Got ya Ethan - lol.

[Jeff Wheeler]

hmm... it might've been that time I was sure I was in the 1800s looking for gold?

[DariusMonsef]

oh ok.

[my portal]

yup thanks i use firefox too ps changed host now no ads (apart from one at the top) ps please tell me whats wrong with my domain?