No ones home?

[madfish]

the lights are on and no ones here? I guess I'll curl up on ther couch and take a nap while waiting.
Madfish

[jadison]

Hey, I'm here!

too bad, not very many others are! :(

I guess, we'll have to wait awhile b4 this Forum becomes popular!

-=jd=-

[Mntsnow]

Yep...everyone is staying pretty close to TechIMO these days...Scott and Mark have done a great job......I'm slowly trying to get more stuff around here to make a run at it but I dont have the amount of free time to it like Scott and Mark.

I do appricate all you guys have done....

want to expecially (sp) thank you personally Jadison!...Thanks for all the reviews and other submissions you have been doing!

[JacobM5727]

its nice and relaxing here, not all the hustle and bustle.... lol

[jadison]

lol, yeah I like it to, for now...feels cozy!
But soon enough, when the herd comes...watch OuT!

Mntsnow, thanks for the kind words, I'll do my best to get some more reviews, links, and downloads submitted by Friday of this week. I've been swamped w/SAT's, my website, and work, so there's little time left over for me to post!

-=jd=-

[Mntsnow]

Thanks JD :) Just when ever....btw if there is anything I can do to help you with your site just holler as I will love to return the favors!

[madfish]

:D Lol Now everybody shows up. I feel alsleep last night and got up around 1 am and went 4 wheeling {quad runner} so I didn't think of stopping back in.
Mntsnow. I like to talk about home servers with ya later on.

[Mntsnow]

Sounds cool Mad :) Just start a thread down in "servers" and lets get down to business :)

[NDC]

I'm here also! :D

Yeah, if there's any kinda help you need with your site, I would also be glad to help, JD! ;)

[jadison]

Well, thanks for the offer...yes I definately need some help, as it has been almost a year since I've used HTML intensively!

Here's my site address, please, and I mean please submit any suggestions, comments, or anything you can offer to help me "spice it up", so to speak. That means javascripts, CGI, anything!-----> http://www.neotech.8m.net

thx

-=jd=-

[Mntsnow]

Excellent start Jadison!

One thing I did notice is the way you phrased a couple of things such as "Copy of any CD in my inventory" in your pricelist page That will toss up a red flag. I'm sure your not advocating software piracy on the net nor in your business model but that is how it does come across and can possiably increase your chances of a software audit by firms such as the Software Alliance and MS which I can tell you ....YOU DONT WANT THAT! lol

The only other thing that I might mention right off the top of my head is to move to a low cost hosting provider so you can get rid of the pop-ups....People hate pop-up ads. Your banner ad is fine..but pop-ups generally annoy people. and lastly the "pages" are named "site builder" instead of saying YOUR site's name.

Mike

[Axel]

those pop-ups are pretty annoying -

One interesting point - instruction on winME - that's a short class - "People - Avoid it - don't bother - thanks for coming..."

sorry - couldn't help myself - it was there -

[jadison]

thanks for the replies,

Mntsnow, Axel: yes I know the pop-ups are annoying...I'm low on finances right now, but soon enough I'll be able to afford the $4.95/month fee to get rid of the pop-ups and do much more with my site.

Axel: lol, yes I have to agree with you on WinME instruction..."Don't Bother, uninstall the OS!" But I still have to put it there for those unlucky customers that still have it!

I'll be updating the site w/ur changes in mind Mntsnow, as well as those submitted by some co-workers/friends/family.

thanks again for ur input

-=jd=-

[Mntsnow]

Jadison,

You might take a look at www.1dollarwebhosting.com as that is where my Wife has one of my old domains that she runs for herself now before I got DSL and started hosting my own sites. Cost a bit upfront to get started but that includes the first year's hosting costs and then its only 12 bucks a YEAR.... so a buck a month and NO ADS period.

What you get for $1 a month
www.YourName.com hosted
Unlimited Data Transfer
Unlimited Hits
Unlimited FTP Access
Unlimited E-mail Aliases
20MB Disk Space
Free E-mail Account
Free Tech Support (via email)
Free Domain Transfer*
Free Personal CGI-BIN
Free FrontPage Extensions
Free SSI, PHP, RealNetworks
Free Web Editor / File Manager
*30 Day Money Back Guarantee*

My wife's site is www.mntsnow.net and is hosted by them (webcountry aka 1dollarwebhosting.com)

[jadison]

Thanks Mntsnow,
I've taken a look at the site and what they offer, but for now I'll have to stick to my current provider. I'm only doing this because I don't get enough business to merit a better website. Also, I'm not quite looking to pay $61 up front just yet.


and lastly the "pages" are named "site builder" instead of saying YOUR site's name.
There doesn't seem to be anything I can do about this, yes I noticed this too, right off the bat. I'm not too happy about it! :mad:

I'll check up on it again to see if there's anything I can do.

-=jd=-

[Mntsnow]

You need to edit the HTML and change the value that is in the between the "title /title" tags which is found right after the opening "head" tag.

example this thread's html shows this page's title as

<title>XtremePcCentral Tech Forums - No ones home?</title>
which is what is found at that top of the browser (for those who may be new to html)

[Hickman]

Very nice board you have here. I like the colors, and it seems pretty well organized.

I would have posted more but I installed PostNuke on a free hosting site and have playing around with it.

The one thing I noticed about the web lately is that boards are pretty slow these days. There is not much posting going on. One site that I like to visit is only getting about 4 or 5 new threads a day. Are people losing interest in going to message boards or are they going to the big ones like Anandtech instead? :confused:

[Mntsnow]

I feel that the interests have dropped off and the remaining people are mainly visiting the most active boards such as Anandtech and Techimo. But thats fine too. I do this for fun and for advancing my knowledge...but of course if I could make a bundle of cash in the process that would be ok too! (but I dont see that happening! :( lol ;)

[NeoStarO1]

Originally posted by jadison
but soon enough I'll be able to afford the $4.95/month fee to get rid of the pop-ups and do much more with my site.
-=jd=-

Jadison, is this all it cost to get rid of the popups montly? Do they require a pre-paid yearly contract or how does this work?

NeoStar

[jadison]

Sorry, It's been so long, but if you're still interested, go here to get the information about the hosting options Freeservers.com has to offer: http://neotech.8m.net/cgi-bin/show_me?wrap=1&page=hosting_compare.htm

The setup fee is $4.95, and the monthly fee is now $5.95.

-=jd=-

[Hellmund]

I try to come by when I think of it.....I lost the url a while ago and had to go post searching on techimo.....then got my kernel corrupted at a LAN and lost the bookmark again.....just found here again:)

Beside I have to keep coming here, this is where NDC puts his opinions that he links ot on techimo:)

[hirschY]

what?
I'm home