jeremyapp Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Hey everyone, I've had my hands on a great database of around 18,000 famous quotes for some time now so I thought it to be about time I did something with it. There are plenty of quotes websites out there, so I thought I'd mix it up a little bit. With that, QuoteStumbler was created. Let me know what you all think! http://www.quotestumbler.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezkit Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Needs a "New quote" button!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyapp Posted January 3, 2009 Author Share Posted January 3, 2009 I should have clarified - the page doesn't just show a random quote. When it presents a quote, it highlights each word in that quote if another quote starting with that word exists in the database. Clicking on that highlighted word will take you to a random quote in the database starting with that word. You could simply refresh the page to get a brand new quote, but the point of the site is to discover new quotes by clicking on key words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezkit Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Ohhh, It's pretty cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dropfaith Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 i like the idea but it needs some framework or containers to kind make it prettyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Neat little concept but I don't see how it has much use unless you allow people to somehow grab this and maybe show the quote on their website. The novelty wears off fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blufish Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Really cool, not much use to it, but I thought it was cool. Maybe you could divide the quotes into sections based upon what they are about or who is quoting them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shlumph Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I like how it is right now. It's a simple concept - whatever you do, don't make it into a 3 column layout / genres / authors etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esgarrouth19 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 One word: Wow. In design terms, there's nothing to say other than that. It's simply, but not to the point where it doesn't look good. The only thing I can even come up with in terms of design is possibly changing the grey on the bottom to something else... maybe lighter... or darker... not really sure. It looks a bit odd, but I still love it regardless. As for the programming behind it, consider disabling the linking of words like 'in', 'to', 'of', 'the', etc. Try to stick to nouns and verbs only. This could be accomplished by either allowing certain words (recommend against this) or disabling words (much smaller list, ergo recommended). In terms of popularity, you will probably gain and lose it quickly unless you do something to keep it. Make it possible for other users to use the quotes - either quote of the day (using something other than twitter), week, or just a random one (I'd suggest quote of the day - can be automatic with a cron job). Best of luck to you! P.S. - Add a clickable logo to your homepage in the top somewhere (left, right, center - you decide)... sometimes people like to get a completely random one... without having to move the mouse or hit F5 constantly And search engines will be a bit more friendly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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