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You need to find your target audience, by the looks of it, you're into the fishing category. So your best bet is to go on a search around the 'net for forums and other websites that share the same topics as you. Then from there tell them about your site. Its all about exposure, the more people you can get to see your URL, the more people you'll have clicking it.

[!--quoteo(post=364805:date=Apr 14 2006, 03:41 PM:name=redbullmarky)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(redbullmarky @ Apr 14 2006, 03:41 PM) [snapback]364805[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] apache's mod_rewrite is the best for this. the last topic i remember is here, worth a read: [a href=\"http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=89102\" target=\"_blank\"]http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=89102[/a] [/quote] Hi! Thanks for the prompt feedback. I've check the thread and have acted upon the information there, but for some reason my .htaccess isnt being recognised? I couldn't make a .htaccess file, so I created one using a quick script using PHP. I have put it in the root directory but it doesnt seem to work. I tried a few different .htaccess scripts, like default 404 (incase what I put in there previously wasnt working) and that didn't seem to do anything either. Any suggestions? PS. I'm running apache from a Windows XP Pro machine.

[!--quoteo(post=364802:date=Apr 14 2006, 03:40 PM:name=moberemk)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(moberemk @ Apr 14 2006, 03:40 PM) [snapback]364802[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] The site feels like it's screaming at me "I'm awesome! You should all come to visit me every day!" which it actually does (the google comment). Not to make you feel bad, but this is the first time that I've ever seen a website have an ego. [/quote] In complete honesty, that, in my opinion, is a compliment. So thanks :) As for the text being hard to read, thanks for the feedback, would you suggest possibly a clean white as a better colour for text? I've changed the majority of hyperlinks to white as that seems to be a better colour for visibility.

Hi! I've had this site for around 3 years, and yet again I've rebuilt it from scratch. My objective for the design is for it to be attractive, yet simple, and to be able to display data in an organised manner. So knowing my requirements, what can you suggest? Thank you very much. [a href=\"http://www.thevex.net\" target=\"_blank\"]http://www.thevex.net[/a] -Dan

Hi. I'm running a website where I'm thinking about offering an extended blog service/profile. What I want to do is offer a simplified URL for members to have directed to their profile. For example, users of MySpace etc would have "http://www.myspace.com/username" and that would be their address. Its relatively easy to remember and works. What I want to know, is there a way of having "http://www.thevex.net/username" redirect to say "http://www.thevex.net/blogs.php?id=5" without using folders? I just don't like the idea of having hundreds of uniquely named folders cluttering up my root folder. Any help is appreciated, thanks. Daniel [a href=\"http://www.thevex.net\" target=\"_blank\"]http://www.thevex.net[/a]