jeremyapp Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Hey, I posted a link a while back to my latest project - It's called Snipiti.com, and it's an online community where you can search and post source code snippets for a variety of languages. I'd really like if people could give some feedback on it, whether positive or negative. There are some parts that are not yet feature-complete, but the site as a whole is finished and it works. Feel free to post some scripts, make some comments, and let me know if anything doesn't work right. Thanks for all your help! Here's the link: http://www.snipiti.com Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/133707-snipiticom-what-do-you-guys-think/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezkit Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 1. Why does the home page have a "Recently Added" Column instead of "News"? News is better than just whipping out random code(s) on the front page 2. good layout 3. Put the codes in MORE categories such as "PHP->Upload->Upload and resize" or "PHP->Upload->Upload and crop", etc. 4. "Stats: Currently 36 users online browsing 31 snippets." I LIEK Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/133707-snipiticom-what-do-you-guys-think/#findComment-695770 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezkit Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 5. i dont like the contact section, looks like a ordinary 1999 web1.0 website Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/133707-snipiticom-what-do-you-guys-think/#findComment-695771 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezkit Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 6. Whats with the "Hello world" script? Lol. Sorry for the bumps, i can't edit my posts Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/133707-snipiticom-what-do-you-guys-think/#findComment-695776 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltZ Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 I love the design man, but I disagree with the previous post(s) saying it shouldn't be recently added, I think that is better then news. //edit I forgot to mention: nice domain name Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/133707-snipiticom-what-do-you-guys-think/#findComment-695781 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezkit Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 I love the design man, but I disagree with the previous post(s) saying it shouldn't be recently added, I think that is better then news. //edit I forgot to mention: nice domain name How about links to do the codes, instead of just showing them in the home page? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/133707-snipiticom-what-do-you-guys-think/#findComment-695783 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltZ Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Oh yea that is a good idea. Sorry I didn't check it out enough to know it didnt do that. I thought it did that by default lol. But yea do that. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/133707-snipiticom-what-do-you-guys-think/#findComment-695787 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyapp Posted November 21, 2008 Author Share Posted November 21, 2008 Thanks for the suggestions, everyone! 1. I originally had categories, and can turn on that functionality with the flip of a switch. The problem that I ran into was that it added too much confusion to the submission process. I wanted it to be as easy as possible to add snippets, and even with an "other" category, it's just another step. If everyone disagrees, I'd be more than happy to turn that on. 2. BoltZ - what was the suggestion you said I should do? 3. Dezkit - I agree - there are places where the design isn't completely finished but I'm hoping to clean everything up as time goes. If anyone encounters any errors or bugs, let me know! Thanks everyone! Jeremy Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/133707-snipiticom-what-do-you-guys-think/#findComment-695796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezkit Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Oh, after i try to edit my name, http://www.snipiti.com/account/update, the page repeats itself Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/133707-snipiticom-what-do-you-guys-think/#findComment-695801 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyapp Posted November 21, 2008 Author Share Posted November 21, 2008 thanks, I had been meaning to fix that and had forgotten. Should be taken care of in a few. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/133707-snipiticom-what-do-you-guys-think/#findComment-695807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltZ Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Well as of right now just change the recently added so the code previews link to the actual article or whatever Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/133707-snipiticom-what-do-you-guys-think/#findComment-695810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyapp Posted November 21, 2008 Author Share Posted November 21, 2008 dezkit - I've fixed that issue - should work now. BoltZ - under 'recently added' the code previews do link to the actual articles. If you click the 'Read' underneath it'll take you to the full article where you can see the information about the snippet as well as make comments. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/133707-snipiticom-what-do-you-guys-think/#findComment-695811 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezkit Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 You should also change the font of the "About me" and "Our sponsors", it's pretty disturbing. under 'recently added' the code previews do link to the actual articles. If you click the 'Read' underneath it'll take you to the full article where you can see the information about the snippet as well as make comments. Change it to links to the articles, not the code itselfs! imo. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/133707-snipiticom-what-do-you-guys-think/#findComment-695812 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltZ Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Oh ok then well I was just going off of another guys post about your page. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/133707-snipiticom-what-do-you-guys-think/#findComment-695815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyapp Posted November 21, 2008 Author Share Posted November 21, 2008 deskit - I get what you're saying now. On the one hand, it would make things cleaner, but I like showing off the syntax highlighting on the main page. I'll try it your way though and see if I like it. Also, which browser/OS are you using? I feel like the fonts aren't carrying over like they should. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/133707-snipiticom-what-do-you-guys-think/#findComment-695834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezkit Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Firefox 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/133707-snipiticom-what-do-you-guys-think/#findComment-695842 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltZ Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Heh who would use anything else? I am coding a site right now (will soon be posting in critique) but I am NOT looking forward when I am done to see how it holds up in IE. I'm sure to start a couple threads there Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/133707-snipiticom-what-do-you-guys-think/#findComment-695870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyapp Posted November 21, 2008 Author Share Posted November 21, 2008 My css file is written in php, and serves different rules to different browsers. It's all I can do until people stop using IE I'll adjust the fonts. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/133707-snipiticom-what-do-you-guys-think/#findComment-695886 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltZ Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Eh right now I jsu checked my site in all browsers www.devwebsites.com and they are all rendering pretty good. I don't know about different resolutions though. I'm tryng to figure out what to put on the right side of the page. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/133707-snipiticom-what-do-you-guys-think/#findComment-695896 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyapp Posted November 21, 2008 Author Share Posted November 21, 2008 It's not rendering properly on mobilesafari on my iPhone. I'll check it out when I get home and get back to you. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/133707-snipiticom-what-do-you-guys-think/#findComment-695900 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltZ Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Lolol well my site isnt supposed to be viewed on mobile phones tbh. But I just can't figure out what to put there. Maybe latest forum posts?? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/133707-snipiticom-what-do-you-guys-think/#findComment-695910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyapp Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 Alright - well, the biggest piece of advice that I got was to cut down on the code in the front page and replace it with an introduction to the site. I did a bit of each. There's some intro text and a list of 8 recently added snippets. Does this look better, or does anyone have any suggestions for something better? Thanks for all the help! If you're just joining, the site is http://www.snipiti.com Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/133707-snipiticom-what-do-you-guys-think/#findComment-699277 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Main flaws I'd say were: The font. Not very appealing.. The stats don't seem very accurate: "Currently 1 users online browsing 53 snippets." The 'site tour' isn't very accurate: Below is a table with the first ten snippets for PHP. If you'd like to see more, just use the links at the bottom of the table to navigate. .. Yet on the list there's 12? ha Also with JavaScript disabled you are unable to login / register or view comments.. Adam Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/133707-snipiticom-what-do-you-guys-think/#findComment-702924 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltZ Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 You don't want to rely on JavaScript/Ajax for the main functionality of your site Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/133707-snipiticom-what-do-you-guys-think/#findComment-703069 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezkit Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 You don't want to rely on JavaScript/Ajax for the main functionality of your site Unless you want the user to enable javascript in their browser! Just like at facebook.com Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/133707-snipiticom-what-do-you-guys-think/#findComment-703603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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