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my new entertainment website; tips and hints
Topic Started: Apr 16 2008, 09:06 PM (703 Views)
Aleque	Apr 16 2008, 09:06 PM Post #1
Brackenwood Lightweight Posts: 103 Group: Brackenites Member #6,075 Joined: June 6, 2007	Hi I am about to start a whole new website with short independant Flash animation series. I am planning to stick to pure HTML and JPG's. The links/buttons that I want to start with are: Home, Episodes/Toons/Cartoons and Contact. Very simple in the beginning. My idea was to make a statcounter ( http://www.statcounter.com ) to keep a track of my visitors. Also I am planning to upload some episodes to Youtube, and write the name of the website and (Copyrigh 2008 [my name]) in the end of each episode. Is there anything you can recommend me to be aware of when starting such website to: * Protect my art and content * Keep a good track of incoming visitors * Promote my site making it easier to find I appreciate every hint, as I am new in this business. Best Regards



boundless	Apr 16 2008, 09:39 PM Post #2
stuck in the third dimension Posts: 1,998 Group: MotM Member #724 Joined: December 22, 2004	Use png, not jpg. You should be careful with html. It can be time consuming unless you have some web design program or you know how to code. If you know code, you should really use php and css if the site is more than a couple pages. You can also use google webmaster tools to get your site on google and see some extra stats. As for the youtube videos, that's a good idea to put the website at the end. You should also put it in the video description and on your youtube page. I think you can put a small image above each video description, so maybe make it an ad for your website.



Rubberhead	Apr 16 2008, 09:48 PM Post #3
Fatscat Kittycat Posts: 4,803 Group: Moderator Member #71 Joined: June 20, 2004	boundless Apr 16 2008, 12:39 PM Use png, not jpg. Why? PNG's are ludicrous in filesize compared to JPG's, I'dd only use them if I need transparency. That is, unless there's a reason to choose them that I'm unaware of. BTW, I've moved this topic to web development.



Aleque	Apr 18 2008, 04:27 AM Post #4
Brackenwood Lightweight Posts: 103 Group: Brackenites Member #6,075 Joined: June 6, 2007	Thank you for answering. But is there any good reason to put this topic under the section where no one looks? I know it is under web, but if you look at how little people have clicked into this forum sections - not many people will se this post.



Rubberhead	Apr 21 2008, 12:54 AM Post #5
Fatscat Kittycat Posts: 4,803 Group: Moderator Member #71 Joined: June 20, 2004	Quote: But is there any good reason to put this topic under the section where no one looks? I know it is under web, but if you look at how little people have clicked into this forum sections - not many people will se this post. Might be, but if everyone follows this logic EVERYTHING wil get posted in Mumble. It sucks but it's just forum policy, and as a mod I'm supposed to move stuff into the right place.



chluaid	May 20 2008, 09:59 AM Post #6
Bitey's Daddy Posts: 4,193 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: May 16, 2004	Aleque, your first post was about getting ideas and making things better for your website, so that's why Rubberhead moved it to Web Development. When your website is populated and you want feedback on your actual content, feel free to post it in the 'Look at my stuff!' forum.



Jaehl	May 20 2008, 08:06 PM Post #7
Everybody stand back! I know regular expressions! Posts: 991 Group: MotM Member #770 Joined: January 2, 2005	Rubberhead Apr 16 2008, 12:48 PM Why? PNG's are ludicrous in filesize compared to JPG's, I'dd only use them if I need transparency. That is, unless there's a reason to choose them that I'm unaware of. PNG uses lossless compression, and doesn't have all the crappy artefacts. Observe.



clayt	Jun 9 2008, 07:56 AM Post #8
I'm not crazy... ask my toaster! Posts: 408 Group: Brackenites Member #845 Joined: January 28, 2005	Aleque Apr 16 2008, 09:06 PM Hi I am about to start a whole new website with short independant Flash animation series. I am planning to stick to pure HTML and JPG's. The links/buttons that I want to start with are: Home, Episodes/Toons/Cartoons and Contact. Very simple in the beginning. My idea was to make a statcounter ( http://www.statcounter.com ) to keep a track of my visitors. Also I am planning to upload some episodes to Youtube, and write the name of the website and (Copyrigh 2008 [my name]) in the end of each episode. Is there anything you can recommend me to be aware of when starting such website to: * Protect my art and content * Keep a good track of incoming visitors * Promote my site making it easier to find I appreciate every hint, as I am new in this business. Best Regards I would just use .BMP even if that is higher in size than .JPGS some pointers to think about when making your website Apperance(eye catching) Audience *Easy Navigation etc... if you need help coding and all that id love to help, becuase im currently looking for employment as a Juniour Web Developer, and id definetly use CSS its alot easier! Good luck dude!



Vector	Jun 9 2008, 02:21 PM Post #9
Resident Actionscript Guru ♂ Posts: 3,507 Group: Admin Member #323 Joined: September 7, 2004	clayt Jun 9 2008, 07:56 AM I would just use .BMP even if that is higher in size than .JPGS That is one of the worst things you could ever do. Bitmaps are not only HUGE in file size (they're the largest uncompressed images you can have), but the .bmp format is not supported in every browser or on every operating system. Originally a windows format, it will probably work in Internet Explorer on Windows, but aside from that you have no guarentees on what sort of system clients are operating on. JPEG images are the safest format in terms of being commonly recognised as a standard sort of format (and it would be nice if PNGs made it to the same standing) but you should NEVER use bitmap images on the web.



clayt	Jun 10 2008, 01:52 AM Post #10
I'm not crazy... ask my toaster! Posts: 408 Group: Brackenites Member #845 Joined: January 28, 2005	Vector Jun 9 2008, 02:21 PM That is one of the worst things you could ever do. Bitmaps are not only HUGE in file size (they're the largest uncompressed images you can have), but the .bmp format is not supported in every browser or on every operating system. Originally a windows format, it will probably work in Internet Explorer on Windows, but aside from that you have no guarentees on what sort of system clients are operating on. JPEG images are the safest format in terms of being commonly recognised as a standard sort of format (and it would be nice if PNGs made it to the same standing) but you should NEVER use bitmap images on the web. ahhh i always use Bitmaps. when ever ive made a website ive tested it in IE, Firefox and Opera and they all work. I do agree that Jpegs are the best but the quality in the image is just shoddy on a side note Ive noticed that you have joined the Fusion-Revolution Staff, Vector. Is this old news?



Vector	Jun 10 2008, 10:12 AM Post #11
Resident Actionscript Guru ♂ Posts: 3,507 Group: Admin Member #323 Joined: September 7, 2004	They all work in windows, but have you tried a mac or linux? Or legacy software like IE5 or netscape (which people still use), or alternative browsers like seamonkey or mozilla (not firefox, mozilla), or safari or konqueror? I'm just saying there's no way to guarantee that it will work across the board. ----- The staff thing is a fairly recent thing, but basically I met Master Samus IRL before I saw any of his animations and stuff. We both work at the same place these days, and occasionally we stuff around with ideas in flash. We just never get anything done because we're both so busy with work (and uni for me).



clayt	Jun 10 2008, 07:43 PM Post #12
I'm not crazy... ask my toaster! Posts: 408 Group: Brackenites Member #845 Joined: January 28, 2005	i see, lol i actually never thought about that ill bear those in-mind when im developing websites.



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