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General Discussion / Re: Webmaster peoples

« on: March 10, 2008, 10:37:31 AM »

You don't want to worry about making a browser that renders on ALL browsers and PC's, nor do you only want to make a site that renders on only the most popular. You want to make a site that will render on as many different setups as possible.

I suggest you look for books on web usability and SEO (search engine optimization) at the library. I currently have several, and all are excellent sources of information.

Another good point. I came across some site posted on the emulator forum that required (not recommended, but required) you to have IE7 to view the site (not just one page, but the ENTIRE site). Needless to say, I lost interest in what the site had to offer pretty quickly. BTW (and completely unrelated), I also know Coldfusion.

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General Discussion / Re: Webmaster peoples

« on: March 10, 2008, 10:35:46 AM »

Computer programming is required fior webmaster people to create websites

Not necessarily. You can make a website in HTML.

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General Discussion / Re: Webmaster peoples

« on: March 09, 2008, 10:15:52 PM »

My thoughts...

Stop worrying about making a site that renders perfectly on all browsers. It's not possible. You should only care about the most popular browser's on PCs. Those being IE 6, 7 and FF 2.0.

If you want to make a site for each browser and/or operating system, almost any web language can detect a person's browser type, operating system, etc.

Like Gary said, a splash page is a big no no. People are already at your site, why do they need to enter again?

PHP was the first language I learned. I now know how to program scripts in VB and C# (ASP.NET), ASP, JSP, Perl, and Java Servlets. I can definitely say PHP is the easiest to learn. Which is why my entire site is written in PHP (b/c it takes less time to write code that works). But then again PHP IS a programming language. And if it's your first, it will take a while for you to learn it. If it helps, I learned PHP from the book "PHP Fast & Easy Web Development." IMO, the Dummy series books are terrible. I mean, how are a bunch unfunny cartoons suppose to help me learn something?

Having more than one site can be confusing, but not always. My friend Alex has about ten different sites under the aaroads.com domain. People don't seem to mind. Yet I once considered splitting my site into two different domains (one for current stuff and another for classic stuff) and people went crazy. Go figure.

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TWC Today News / Re: New page-opinions please

« on: March 09, 2008, 09:50:08 PM »

Kind of hard to say yeh or ney on this without knowing what it'll look it. I tried a FAQ section a while back, but no one seemed to care. But they do here, so I say go for it.

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TWC Today News / Re: Attention Game Room users

« on: March 09, 2008, 09:38:58 PM »

To be perfectly honest, I don't think I've ever read a post in the Game Room (here or at TWCC), let alone posted. So I have no idea what problems there are in either place. But I've had no complaints on my board, so I assume there are no problems. Personally, I don't see the point of a game room on any board. Message boards should be a place to exchange ideas, not to guess what someone is thinking or play hangman.

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General Discussion / Re: These people apparently want to say "hi!"

« on: March 07, 2008, 06:55:45 PM »

High schools don't teach meteorology.

What makes you think they're from a class? Could be a club. I was in a "Weather Explorer's" club in high school.

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General Discussion / Re: These people apparently want to say "hi!"

« on: March 07, 2008, 05:53:42 PM »

Well common sense would say that their met students at Nebraska U.

Not necessarily. Looks like a high school to me.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: David and Jeffaroo battle the bad scripts

« on: March 07, 2008, 10:31:02 AM »

Jeffaro? I think most OCMs are better off without a script.

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General Discussion / Re: These people apparently want to say "hi!"

« on: March 07, 2008, 10:29:27 AM »

Do their shirts say "Nebraska Meteorology?"

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Everything Else TWC / Re: John Coleman slams TWC AGAIN

« on: March 04, 2008, 10:27:34 AM »

"Let’s hope the new owners can recapture the vision and stop reporting the traffic, telling us what to think and start giving us useful weather information." Amen!

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General Discussion / Re: Django's gone?

« on: March 04, 2008, 10:26:53 AM »

I do not know why they closed. I can only assume that larger sites like Amazon and half.com put them out of business. Too bad, they had a good site. I haven't purchased anything from them in long time, but they always had a good selection.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Mike Bettes

« on: March 03, 2008, 03:37:26 PM »

I'm sorry, but no

No, he's not his favorite OCM?

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General Discussion / Re: need help with PHP stuff

« on: March 02, 2008, 10:57:28 PM »

Oh, sorry. I don't know NetWare.

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TWC Today News / Re: Site News

« on: March 02, 2008, 10:55:45 PM »

Why? its just HTML. its one of the easiest web development languages.

HTML is a markup, not a language.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: I got a response from Chris Hoitsma about my complaint...

« on: March 02, 2008, 10:53:17 PM »

TWC has been showing lame shows in place of severe weather analysis (unless the weather is affecting their top market(s)) for years now. I have to agree with Gary. Chris' response sounded very corporatey and forced.