[Tips] Website creation tips - [Very informational]

[mehdi84]

My biggest question and hurdle has been... what is the best forum and plugin to integrate with WordPress?

I'm very close to dropping $300 bones for a vBulletin Blog license

[BigAnf]

Well he gets money from the ads people click on his site. I also believe he is sponsored by some company too.

correct

My biggest question and hurdle has been... what is the best forum and plugin to integrate with WordPress?

I'm very close to dropping $300 bones for a vBulletin Blog license

hmm maybe get phpbb .. its free

or if you like vbulletin, just buy it

[Baker19]

in b4 easilyshredded.com

that would almost be as good of a rip off as intensephysique...

[B14JOSH]

BigAnf, awesome thread man. You and your site was the inspiration I needed back in the day to start my hookah site.

If you don't mind me adding some info:

Free Web Hosting:

000WebHost - 250mb/100g for $0.



I use them for my hookah site, no issues to speak of, can't beat free hosting!

[KerryH]

Hey BigANF, I was curious how you get all your awesome pictures? It's very difficult to find quality pictures to use and I was hoping you could shed some light on the subject as you always have great pictures!

Thanks and repped!

[frankky4fingers]

Big Anf - on your homepage under the jquery slider is that a nextgen flash gallery?

[BigAnf]

Big Anf - on your homepage under the jquery slider is that a nextgen flash gallery?

http://activeden.net/item/banner-rot...lay-time/22243

but u can get it free on warez-bb.org

Hey BigANF, I was curious how you get all your awesome pictures? It's very difficult to find quality pictures to use and I was hoping you could shed some light on the subject as you always have great pictures!

Thanks and repped!

90% of the images are people i have already interviewed, so they know they are on the site.. also emailing them asking for permission is another thing to do

[ab931]

Where do you get photos like these, http://www.simplyshredded.com/wp-con...e6f4ab3761.jpg

Do you pay for them or take them yourself?

thats some professional stuff

[SecondSucks]

Solid thread man

[MinusP]

sub

[RekaW]

Hey, anyone know the name of that site that checks and displays css on all the different browsers?

I only have firefox and the latest ie on my laptop, and they look ok.
I know the older versions of ie do funny things though!

[OKPump]

Hey, anyone know the name of that site that checks and displays css on all the different browsers?

I only have firefox and the latest ie on my laptop, and they look ok.
I know the older versions of ie do funny things though!

bump this!

[Alaric2b]

Thanks for the post BigAnf. I was inspired by simplyshredded as I was going through the marketing thread. Was keeping an eye out for any pointers you gave in this thread...i appreciate you separating this out. Great read!

[Pay_Me]

Hey, anyone know the name of that site that checks and displays css on all the different browsers?

I only have firefox and the latest ie on my laptop, and they look ok.
I know the older versions of ie do funny things though!

bump this!

Have you tried http://browsershots.org ?

[low blow]

In for later and repped

[RekaW]

Have you tried http://browsershots.org ?

I just got teh bonar.

Repps

[BigAnf]

Thanks for the post BigAnf. I was inspired by simplyshredded as I was going through the marketing thread. Was keeping an eye out for any pointers you gave in this thread...i appreciate you separating this out. Great read!

no probs bro

[djartek]

will look forward to implementing these tips in my first/new project!

[aRollingStone]

Great thread,

Subbed

[JOSEF RAKICH]

Theme

If you have any questions, feel free to post below, goodluck guys, skys the limit!

How is the sky the limit when there is alredy foot prints on the moon.

[omeezy4sheezy]

Hey BigANF great job with your site, looks real awesome. I've already bought a domain/hosting with hostgator. I've also started using wordpress but I can't seem to find the right widget. I'm looking for a widget where a user can rate a given product/item based on a set of pre-determined factors. An image of the product/item should also be there.
Any ideas/suggestions you could help me out with?

Thanks in advance and repped already

[fangoriously]

In for referencing later.

[BigAnf]

Hey BigANF great job with your site, looks real awesome. I've already bought a domain/hosting with hostgator. I've also started using wordpress but I can't seem to find the right widget. I'm looking for a widget where a user can rate a given product/item based on a set of pre-determined factors. An image of the product/item should also be there.
Any ideas/suggestions you could help me out with?

Thanks in advance and repped already

not sure brah

but take a look at these?

http://www.google.com.au/search?q=wo...ient=firefox-a

[Iron_And_sweat]

Anyone have WP questions let me know.

To the above poster, there are tons of quality star rating plugins, check out one of them.

[The Frame]

Would read again

[BigAnf]

does anyone want a part 2? if so what topics, thanks

[aRollingStone]

does anyone want a part 2? if so what topics, thanks

**** yeah, haha part 2 would be great! You have no idea how much I've learnt/been inspired by this thread

Can't really think of a topic though, maybe site promotion? Your call

I noticed before you said

90% of the images are people i have already interviewed, so they know they are on the site.. also emailing them asking for permission is another thing to do

How do you go about copyright for things like pics of Arnold? Are they free for anyone to use or do you have to buy them?

[BigAnf]

**** yeah, haha part 2 would be great! You have no idea how much I've learnt/been inspired by this thread

Can't really think of a topic though, maybe site promotion? Your call

I noticed before you said



How do you go about copyright for things like pics of Arnold? Are they free for anyone to use or do you have to buy them?

Oh and in regards to the Arnold pics, I have looked long and hard on google as to who the original photographer was, but I have had no luck finding him. I can tell 90% of the photos are from the 1 photographer as they all have very similar editing/angles/shots etc (if that makes sense)

But I guess Arnold and his PR team wouldnt mind if fitness sites like mine are promoting him.. from what I can gather

And working on Part 2 now..

Will add in more plugins to the list

More tips

More Free themes...

More Ebooks

and useful articles

[Michael511]

Great thread BigAnf. I'm now inspired to start a site in the music-production niche.

I've got a question...How exactly do you go about getting authors/writers to contribute to your site? Do you email them asking for permission for EVERY single article you want to use? Or do you ask them for permission just once to use as many articles as you want?

Also....a section about finding quality content for Part 2 would be nice..

[BigAnf]

Great thread BigAnf. I'm now inspired to start a site in the music-production niche.

I've got a question...How exactly do you go about getting authors/writers to contribute to your site? Do you email them asking for permission for EVERY single article you want to use? Or do you ask them for permission just once to use as many articles as you want?

Also....a section about finding quality content for Part 2 would be nice..

Sometimes you have to ask once, or sometimes you have to ask many times, for each specific article, just depends on what you and the author agree to initially

Yes Part 2 is coming soon