[url]https://education.github.com/pack[/url]
Github's set up some awesome free stuff for high school/college students. Notable things include:
- [b]$100[/b] DigitalOcean credit
- Free Micro GitHub account (5 private repos) while you're a student
- That free .me domain from namecheap posted earlier
- Additionally, a free 1-year SSL cert from Namecheap
- [b]FREE UE4 license[/b] while you're a student.
- Waived Stripe transaction fees up to $1000
Plus other stuff I guess.
[QUOTE=jmazouri;46175949]
- [b]FREE UE4 license[/b] while you're a student.[/QUOTE]
To be fair, UE4 is only like $20/mo, and you don't need to renew it to keep using the same version.
Probably the best licensing system I've used.
[QUOTE=jmazouri;46175949][url]https://education.github.com/pack[/url]
Github's set up some awesome free stuff for high school/college students. Notable things include:
- [b]$100[/b] DigitalOcean credit
- Free Micro GitHub account (5 private repos) while you're a student
- That free .me domain from namecheap posted earlier
- Additionally, a free 1-year SSL cert from Namecheap
- [b]FREE UE4 license[/b] while you're a student.
- Waived Stripe transaction fees up to $1000
Plus other stuff I guess.[/QUOTE]
I signed up yesterday just for fun
[t]http://upl.kittehcat.org/1412761392.png[/t]
[URL="upl.kittehcat.org/1412761476.png"]Shieet[/URL]
You guys seen this?
[url]https://thegrid.io[/url]
[QUOTE=xmariusx;46187171]You guys seen this?
[url]https://thegrid.io[/url][/QUOTE]
Video sounds good, but before anything can concretely be shown, I remain sceptical. I probably would do so until any code behind the scenes can be displayed.
[QUOTE=mastersrp;46190685]Video sounds good, but before anything can concretely be shown, I remain sceptical. I probably would do so until any code behind the scenes can be displayed.[/QUOTE]
Their site is supposedly generated by it, besides that the FAQ mixes were, we're, youre, you're, youll and you'll. They seriously couldn't invent some kind of spell check module?
Also wtf is this shit:
[t]http://i.imgur.com/7wEspEW.png[/t]
And why is their index 1.2MB. You're using SPDY there's no reason to inline everything
I think it looks cool and it's totally feasible. It's obviously not targeted at developers so it doesn't really matter if the code it produces is human readable because their target audience is not going to be digging around in there in the first place.
[QUOTE=xmariusx;46187171]You guys seen this?
[url]https://thegrid.io[/url][/QUOTE]
My question is who is going to use this?
People - even non-developers/designers - actually [i]like[/i] to control their website design. Who would be down to use something that just plops everything anywhere and hopes for the best? (OK it's obviously not that rudimentary, but hopefully you get my point).
While it is really cool and awesome, I don't see where you're going to market this kind of thing...
[editline]10th October 2014[/editline]
And at $100/year - why wouldn't you just get a WordPress theme for $20 all-in...
I think you're underestimating the number of people who have websites purely because you have to have a website now and really don't care about it that much. There's also a lot of small businesses that can't really afford to hire a web designer/developer.
[QUOTE=KmartSqrl;46195804]I think you're underestimating the number of people who have websites purely because you have to have a website now and really don't care about it that much. There's also a lot of small businesses that can't really afford to hire a web designer/developer.[/QUOTE]
If they don't care about having a website, why would they spend $100/year on one. They need a free package to make this feasible to that market. Otherwise that market is just going to go to wordpress and get a idontgiveafuck.wordpress.com website.
I didn't say they don't care about HAVING a website I meant they don't care that much about the layout/etc of the website. They just want one that has their info and looks professional. If they can get that for $100/year (which is what cheap hosting would be around already anyways) instead of hiring a designer/developer and paying for hosting, why wouldn't they? There's some fairly attractive value-adds here as well, especially if the e-commerce side of things is well executed.
Those are good points. And with [url=http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/rituwall]3.1 Million[/url] in initial funding, I would hope they have their e-commerce down pat.
It will be interesting to see if this takes off.
Yeah if they manage to fuck that up with investor back in in will be sad haha
[QUOTE=xmariusx;46187171]You guys seen this?
[url]https://thegrid.io[/url][/QUOTE]
Hehe doesn't work on safari.
Working on a website for my so called "company."
[t]http://i58.tinypic.com/106ijk0.jpg[/t]
Its really just a name to release Android apps under. Anyways I built everything from the ground up in about a week. I'm pretty happy with it, I learned a lot while making a forum and blog. It was the first time I had ever used PHP and SQL.
Let me know what you think! I have a temporary DNS name for it.
[URL="http://ray.melonmesa.com/"]http://ray.melonmesa.com/[/URL]
[QUOTE=Rayboy1995;46203874]Working on a website for my so called "company."
[t]http://i58.tinypic.com/106ijk0.jpg[/t]
Its really just a name to release Android apps under. Anyways I built everything from the ground up in about a week. I'm pretty happy with it, I learned a lot while making a forum and blog. It was the first time I had ever used PHP and SQL.
Let me know what you think! I have a temporary DNS name for it.
[URL="http://ray.melonmesa.com/"]http://ray.melonmesa.com/[/URL][/QUOTE]
So far my only specific criticism: on the "Games" page, in a smaller window the first 2 games list horizontally (forcing me to scroll sideways) even though just about every other element I can find on the site shrinks to fit the screen size. If they listed vertically in smaller windows I feel it would flow better. I haven't tried it on a mobile though: does this have a mobile specific version that avoids that?
[QUOTE=FlakAttack;46204492]So far my only specific criticism: on the "Games" page, in a smaller window the first 2 games list horizontally (forcing me to scroll sideways) even though just about every other element I can find on the site shrinks to fit the screen size. If they listed vertically in smaller windows I feel it would flow better. I haven't tried it on a mobile though: does this have a mobile specific version that avoids that?[/QUOTE]
Thank you for your feedback. I noticed that but I'm not entirely sure what to do about it, I might try listing it vertically like you said. Also no it doesn't have anything specific for mobile.
[QUOTE=Rayboy1995;46204845]Thank you for your feedback. I noticed that but I'm not entirely sure what to do about it, I might try listing it vertically like you said. Also no it doesn't have anything specific for mobile.[/QUOTE]
I just looked at the source: instead of formatting the game list with a table, try using an unordered list and formatting it via CSS instead.
Here is an example: [url]http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic/horizontal01.htm[/url]
You should probably do the same with your nav buttons at the top.
[QUOTE=FlakAttack;46204883]I just looked at the source: instead of formatting the game list with a table, try using an unordered list and formatting it via CSS instead.
Here is an example: [url]http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic/horizontal01.htm[/url]
You should probably do the same with your nav buttons at the top.[/QUOTE]
Thank you, I've recently been criticized for using tables. That was what I learned when I was younger and just starting out a few years back. What exactly is the reason for using that and not using tables though?
[QUOTE=Rayboy1995;46204894]Thank you, I've recently been criticized for using tables. That was what I learned when I was younger and just starting out a few years back. What exactly is the reason for using that and not using tables though?[/QUOTE]
Yeah years ago I got taught the same thing, but now it's considered bad practice to format with tables due to the need for more flexible designs. You can't count on everyone having 800px (or more) screen width anymore. CSS formatting is more reliable anyway.
[QUOTE=FlakAttack;46204912]Yeah years ago I got taught the same thing, but now it's considered bad practice to format with tables due to the need for more flexible designs. You can't count on everyone having 800px (or more) screen width anymore. CSS formatting is more reliable anyway.[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the info, I'll be sure to update it when I get the chance!
[QUOTE=Rayboy1995;46204931]Thanks for the info, I'll be sure to update it when I get the chance![/QUOTE]
Forgot to note since I've actually done some work on making web pages "Accessible" to screen readers (for handicapped users): tables are a BITCH to read properly.
[QUOTE=xmariusx;46187171]You guys seen this?
[url]https://thegrid.io[/url][/QUOTE]
Uugghh.. it looks horrible. The whole site is like every hipster site put together into one.
The product looks interesting but everything else... bleh. Even the registration page is overdone.
[QUOTE=benbb;46213535]Uugghh.. it looks horrible. The whole site is like every hipster site put together into one.
The product looks interesting but everything else... bleh. Even the registration page is overdone.[/QUOTE]
Those hipster sites are what's hitting today, gotta follow the flow sometimes.
Something being designed in a modern style doesn't instantly mean it's "hipster" at all. How dumb..
Bootstrap
Making your website looking like 50% of everyone elses
[QUOTE=Scratch.;46215860]Bootstrap
Making your website looking like 50% of everyone elses[/QUOTE]
Bootstrap isn't a wordpress theme, it's a framework. Not Bootstrap's fault if everyone makes the same page (though I'd hardly say that's happening anyway)
[QUOTE=Scratch.;46215860]Bootstrap
Making your website looking like 50% of everyone elses[/QUOTE]
use [url=http://purecss.io]pure css[/url]
Anyone else tired of people filling up their websites with absolute BS like custom scrolling? (i.e. you scroll down once and it switches to the next page in a way that fits your display) I want to see as much content as I can with the ability to scroll at my own leisure, and I like things to be as static and with as little animation as possible.
That's not to say animation and "BS" is bad, but I feel like people go so above and beyond they break the expectations of how things should work for the user. I view those designers as absolutely pompous.
[QUOTE=wauterboi;46220180]Anyone else tired of people filling up their websites with absolute BS like custom scrolling? (i.e. you scroll down once and it switches to the next page in a way that fits your display) I want to see as much content as I can with the ability to scroll at my own leisure, and I like things to be as static and with as little animation as possible.
That's not to say animation and "BS" is bad, but I feel like people go so above and beyond they break the expectations of how things should work for the user. I view those designers as absolutely pompous.[/QUOTE]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/LWiFS11.png[/img]
:(
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