Getminecraft.net, what can be better?

peoy · February 18, 2011

Hello, I have started a simple resource page, a landing page for minecraft( http://getminecraft.net/ ). All the best stuff from the world of minecraft in one simple page with quick URLs on the top. BUT, I got some competiton now, after I started getminecraft.net.. another site has come up: http://getminecraft.com/ a really nice site that also!.

But what I would like to know, is what can I do better at getminecraft.net? I was thiking of expanding, but I dont know. And maybe put a simple blog script on the front page instead of those buttons?

Thanks. What do you guys think?

peoy · February 18, 2011

And do you guys feel like this site is warm? like "I wanna be here".. a warm feeling to the site

ignace · February 18, 2011

I like the .com version better. What I don't like about your website is:

- Giant buttons instead of proper navigation

- The main site hovers, or seems to hover. Because the ad is underneath or seems underneath it feels like an annoying pop-up.

- Don't call your landing page, landing page.

- What is your website about? What's minecraft?

peoy · February 18, 2011

I understand. I can fix the ad, the landing page, and the buttons. Thanks for crituiqe

peoy · February 18, 2011

I have removed the ad, and not calling it a landing site. Going to do something about the nav bar!

Jessica · February 18, 2011

And do you guys feel like this site is warm? like "I wanna be here".. a warm feeling to the site

I don't get why you're obsessed with warmth.

peoy · February 18, 2011

I have re-designed the whole page now.. even more simple maybe ill make the links look pretty one day! there hsould be NO ads on there now!

I like the .com version better. What I don't like about your website is:

- Giant buttons instead of proper navigation

- The main site hovers, or seems to hover. Because the ad is underneath or seems underneath it feels like an annoying pop-up.

- Don't call your landing page, landing page.

- What is your website about? What's minecraft?

peoy · February 18, 2011

Humans like warmth..mmm warmth!

And do you guys feel like this site is warm? like "I wanna be here".. a warm feeling to the site

I don't get why you're obsessed with warmth.

.josh · February 19, 2011

Just out of curiosity...if you were there first...why didn't you get the .com address?

peoy · February 19, 2011

Just felt like using the .net.. if you check it out, my domain was registered 4-5 days before the .com guy comes in

peoy · February 19, 2011

Creation Date: 04-feb-2011 getminecraft.net

Creation Date: 09-feb-2011 getminecraft.com

.josh · February 19, 2011

well I wasn't doubting you...just seems odd that someone would do that...just think, if you had gotten it, you wouldn't have a problem w/ this competition!

peoy · February 19, 2011

I understand. If you check getminecraft.net again now.. I have re-designed the WHOLE page again.. more simple than ever! feel pretty good about this one

.josh · February 19, 2011

IMO it just looks like 2 banner ads, like the beginnings of a link exchange site.

ignace · February 19, 2011

Your website should be more then a few links. Start with why did you create this website? What is your goal? Do you want to create a community website for Minecraft fans? If it is then you should allow people to sign up and get involved, but the website should also intrigue people that are not yet familiar with Minecraft and be able to learn about Minecraft.

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peoy · February 19, 2011

The goal was all-in-one-place. I understand. gonna fix that

peoy · February 19, 2011

Tryed to add something now.. hope this helps!

mattal999 · February 19, 2011

Your website is totally broken on chrome, just so you know. I think it's the absolute positioning (a very big no-no).

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peoy · February 19, 2011

THAT is very strange. Because When I use Chrome it looks very nice!

Pikachu2000 · February 19, 2011

It isn't strange at all. You have no DOCTYPE declaration, and neither the markup nor the css validates.

peoy · February 19, 2011

The headace!.. Pretty happy with the design.. I will gladly pay via paypal the guy who fixes this.. I will send the index file if needed!

peoy · February 19, 2011

Here is index.php. I will pay the guy who does the code clean up. I promise, Its dirty!

<html>

<head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico">
<title>getminecraft.net - All the best URLs in one place</title>
</head>
<style type="text/css"><!--
body {
color:#00000;
padding:0px;
margin:0px;
background-image:url("Stone.png");
background-repeat: repeat;

}

#bgTopDiv {
    background:url("grass.png") bottom right repeat-x;
    
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    background:url("s_grass.png") top right repeat-x;
    
}




#inhalt {
font-size: 12x;
font-family: arial;
position:absolute;
height:80px;
width:1000px;
margin: -110px 0px 0px -500px;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
text-align: left;
padding: 0px;
background-color: #cad9e0;
border: 5px solid #353535;
}

#headline {
font-size: 12x;
font-family: arial;
position:absolute;
height:80px;
width:1000px;
margin: -1px 0px 0px -500px;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
text-align: left;
padding: 0px;
background-color: #cad9e0;
border: 5px solid #353535;
}

#info {
font-size: 12x;
font-family: arial;
position:absolute;
height:250px;
width:1000px;
margin: -380px 0px 0px -500px;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
text-align: left;
padding: 0px;
background: url(sky.png) no-repeat center top;
background-color: #cad9e0;
border: 5px solid #353535;
}



p, h1 {
margin: 15px;
padding: 0px;
font-size: 12px;

}
h1 {
font-size: 18px;
text-align: left;
color: 210b00;
}

a {
color: #32CD32:
font-size: 13px;
text-decoration: none;
}


--></style>

<body>
<div id="bgTopDiv">
 
</div>
<br />
<div id="info">
<h1>What is Minecraft..?</h1>
<p>
Minecraft is a sandbox construction game created by Markus Persson, and is currently in pre release beta. It's development started around the 10th of May 2009. Pre-orders for the full game started being accepted on the 13th of June, 2009.
Minecraft is a game about placing blocks to build anything you can imagine. At night monsters come out, make sure to build a shelter before that happens.</p>

<h1>Where should I start.. ?</h1>
<p>If this sounds fun, like playing with LEGOs, you can download Minecraft by <a href="http://www.minecraft.net/download.jsp" target="_blank"; >clicking here.</a> 
We also recoommend that you rent a server from <a href="http://www.multiplaygameservers.com/game-servers/mc-minecraft/"target="_blank";>multiplay.co.uk</a>. Very low prices
with over 150 pre-installed addons. We hope that you will use this page often as possible when you want a fast place to get your URL. Happy mining! <br /><br />
<iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fgetminecraft.net%2F&layout=standard&show_faces=true&width=450&action=like&colorscheme=light&height=80" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:40px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe>
</p>


</div>
<br />
<div id="inhalt">
<img src="animals.png" align="right" border="0"/>
<h1><a href="http://minecraft-skins.com/" target="_blank"; >minecraft-skins.com</a> | <a href="http://www.minecraftforum.net/" target="_blank";>minecraftforum.net</a> | <a href="http://mcserverlist.net/" target="_blank";>mcserverlist.net</a> | <a href="http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Minecraft_Wiki" target="_blank";>minecraftwiki.net</a> | <a href="http://minecraft.net" target="_blank";>minecraft.net</a></h1>
<p><b>All the best URLs in one place. </b>Easy to remember!</p> 
</div>


<br />
<div id="headline">
<p><a href='https://twitter.com/#!/getminecraft' target="_blank";><img src="Single-bird-32.png" border="0"></a> <?php

$username = "getminecraft";

$prefix = "";

$suffix = "";

$feed = "http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=from:" . $username . "&rpp=1";

function parse_feed($feed) {

$stepOne = explode("<content type=\"html\">", $feed);
$stepTwo = explode("</content>", $stepOne[1]);

$tweet = $stepTwo[0];
$tweet = str_replace("<", "<", $tweet);
$tweet = str_replace(">", ">", $tweet);
$tweet = str_replace(""","\"", $tweet);

return $tweet;

}

$twitterFeed = file_get_contents($feed);

echo stripslashes($prefix) . " " . parse_feed($twitterFeed) . " " . stripslashes($suffix);

?>
</p>
<div id="bgTopDiv2"> </div>

</div>



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EXref?EXref=EXref:EXref=EXd.referrer;
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"/"+EXvsrv+".g?login="+EXlogin+"&",
"jv="+EXjv+"&j=y&srw="+EXw+"&srb="+EXb+"&",
"l="+escape(EXref)+" height=1 width=1>");//-->
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<script type="text/javascript">

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  _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

  (function() {
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peoy · February 19, 2011

Its in all clean valid HTML now: )

It isn't strange at all. You have no DOCTYPE declaration, and neither the markup nor the css validates.

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