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ryanc1256

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Topic # 111241 28-Oct-2012 11:47
Ok I've been making a website for almost a year now. www.grubber.co.nz. It started off as another social network but it started to grow, but it is still loseley based on social networking. So what do you guys think?? It still has a lot of bugs and its not the final product yet.

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Reply # 707842 28-Oct-2012 12:13
Some friendly suggestions: - Have a think about consistent fonts across your website. I can count at least six different fonts on your front page. - Your login page is very clearly a clone of the google/Gmail login prompt. This doesn't inspire confidence in your product, nor does submitting username/password in plaintext - Spelling and/or grammar are important e.g. on the login page "With Grubber music you can upload your own music for other's to hear and purchase" "With a Grubber account you can more than ever before." (can what?) "Stay login in"

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Reply # 708099 28-Oct-2012 20:23
hahaha, well yer i'll fix the font's they are pretty easy and yer im going to change the login style a bit with better grammer and stuff like that. And when i get some more money I wil encrypt the website for safety and everything.. Edit:: This isn't close to be the final version

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Reply # 708148 28-Oct-2012 22:23
oh and also its safe to put in your password Im using really quite good security, so this is my password that it spits out $2a$15$MEg1Kpkmm3BFVLFyO73vweUj75JtdxL/s3q2nJ40uPHC0UQNnA6r6

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Reply # 720365 20-Nov-2012 20:59
ive, done quite a lot thanks to KevinL's constructive criticism. What do you guys think now??.. also its only for people in new Zealand, So it's build by a New Zealander for New Zealanders :-D. it's not fully finished yet still, but getting there, also a update for the social side is coming out in a few weeks maybe a month if i get to boged down, but I only have small thing to do now.

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Reply # 720372 20-Nov-2012 21:11
also use a better browser than internet explorer, i havent fully tested it with internet explorer yet and fixed all the bugs with that

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Reply # 720373 20-Nov-2012 21:12
The advertisement for the chat service seems very odd. "the new messenger for a new year" << what on earth does this mean? Also implies that it won't work for me, as I don't run Windows OS? Visit http://www.thecloud.net.nz for New Zealand based Hosted Exchange, Virtual Servers, Web Hosting, FTP Backup & more. (1GB free FTP storage, or larger plans from $5.75) - Setup your own mailserver at home on Ubuntu Server - full step by step howto here. - Have you seen this: Nathan "KFC4LIFE" Dunn.

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Reply # 720412 20-Nov-2012 22:08
yer it would if and when i finished it, it will run on every platform but i doubt ill Finnish it, ill probably take it off my website

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Reply # 720471 21-Nov-2012 04:34
Should be 'your'.

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Reply # 720533 21-Nov-2012 08:54
Just the same points as above so far from what Ive seen, the grammar needs work and inconsistent fonts across the site... XPD / @DemiseNZ / Gavin Website CPU : Intel E5300 GFX: Geforce 9800GTX/+ RAM: 3GB DDR2 A+ - MCDST - MCTS CCNA Arriving soon.

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Reply # 720542 21-Nov-2012 09:00
ryanc1256: oh and also its safe to put in your password Im using really quite good security, so this is my password that it spits out $2a$15$MEg1Kpkmm3BFVLFyO73vweUj75JtdxL/s3q2nJ40uPHC0UQNnA6r6 That's just tempting fate right there :) So what's your "business plan" with this? Who is an ideal user and what would they be doing with the site?

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Reply # 720634 21-Nov-2012 10:46
gehenna: ryanc1256: oh and also its safe to put in your password Im using really quite good security, so this is my password that it spits out $2a$15$MEg1Kpkmm3BFVLFyO73vweUj75JtdxL/s3q2nJ40uPHC0UQNnA6r6 That's just tempting fate right there :) So what's your "business plan" with this? Who is an ideal user and what would they be doing with the site? hehehe, well im pretty sure thats not my actual password, i think its just a sample of what my algorithm spits out, also "business plan" To make a website, that gets people, to come back to chat to their friends and write blogs if they want. and Ideal user? anyone that has friends and can use a computer also the inconsistant font's are getting replaced when i upgrade some of the older pages, most of the new pages are with a common font, which is going to be added to all the pages, so it has more constant font

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Reply # 720660 21-Nov-2012 11:21
"With Grubber music you can upload your own music for other's to hear and purchase" Like to see how long that lasts without recording industry consent. "Political correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end." My thoughts are my own and are in no way representative of my employer.

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Reply # 720662 21-Nov-2012 11:25
ryanc1256: also the inconsistant font's (sic) are getting replaced when i upgrade some of the older pages, most of the new pages are with a common font, which is going to be added to all the pages, so it has more constant font You have to stop using unnecessary apostrophes - I've noticed them all over the site. Bob the Angry Flower has the goods. Mauricio Freitas (Geekzone Admin, Devil's Advocate, my blog, technology disclosure, my tweets, Web Performance Optimization) Geekzone Price comparison \| Amazon Kindle order page \| How to get the best out of Geekzone \| New Zealand IT Jobs \| Geekzone News \| Jinglebugs

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Reply # 720680 21-Nov-2012 11:58
geekiegeek: "With Grubber music you can upload your own music for other's to hear and purchase" Like to see how long that lasts without recording industry consent. Not sure if it means music you own, or music you have made. Offense can never be given, only taken ...

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Reply # 720693 21-Nov-2012 12:19
ryanc1256: oh and also its safe to put in your password Im using really quite good security, so this is my password that it spits out $2a$15$MEg1Kpkmm3BFVLFyO73vweUj75JtdxL/s3q2nJ40uPHC0UQNnA6r6 I note in another post you stated this is what your algorithm spits out. Homemade security algorithms are almost always a bad idea, as creating a robust and secure one is a difficult task. Using existing well tested algorithms is a much better way to go. Here is an excellent article on dealing with secure passwords.

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