MikesPhotos Posted June 14, 2009 Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 Since so many people from this board/game utilize my website, I've decided to throw this question out to all of you as well as the rest of my userbase...Hey there, I've sort of reached an impasse of sorts, and I'd like to reach out to everyone and ask their opinion on where to go from here.I'd really appreciate it if you go to my website @MikesPhotos.usand vote on the poll on the front page. It'll help greatly!As some of you know, I'm currently working on a brand new version of the site that will incorporate only minor outside changes (like google map integration), more pics on a single page, faster loading, and less spam. The biggest changes are more behind the scenes which should allow me to add photos quicker and easier then before. Right now it's almost an 800 step process to do a single event, and that's just the uploading side of things, not the editing or tagging or anything. The new site will drop that down to 4 steps! So please vote and let me know what you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundking Posted June 14, 2009 Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 I think you should start fresh, but I would hate for all those pictures to come down, and have to wait for them to come up again, so would it be possible to keep like an archive of the current one up, until the new one has all the pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikesPhotos Posted June 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 I think you should start fresh, but I would hate for all those pictures to come down, and have to wait for them to come up again, so would it be possible to keep like an archive of the current one up, until the new one has all the pictures?I might, and I seriously stress might be able to, but because of the size (nearly 20k pictures), and the convoluted database issues, I'm not quite sure it'll be possible, especially since the new site uses so much of the old code, naming conventions for folders and such. Afterall, the original page is still up and available, with nearly 40k pics on it that never got moved over to the 2nd one. Hopefully, with the ease of doing this new way, it won't take too long to merge both the original and the current to the new in a few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundking Posted June 14, 2009 Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 Well that sounds like a good plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim_Wizard Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Who does your hosting? I imagine that you have a lot of space on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppah Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Indeed. A fresh new website might be a good idea. I don't know where the server of the website is located, but the website is a bit slow here and I get alot of script pop-ups when I enter the website. When you're going fresh it might be a good idea to use/find a better menu without thumbnails in them. For example: The Action/On Scene Photography. I prefer a simple list without thumbnails like this. Album: Law EnforcementAlbum: Fire - EMS Album: Incidents - Law Enforcement and Fire/EMSAlbum: Events, Shows, and Demonstrations Album: Military Album: City/County ServicesAlbum: Lifeguards The titles are basically enough to provide all the information people need.Other important things might be a less complicated and user-friendly interface. Keep it simple.The photos are already on the server. There should be a way to keep them there and just use the new coding (which should find the photos automatically) without adding them 1 by 1 again. You can always add the information to the photos later. People mostly care about what's in the photo anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernt Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 You site is good,But the hosting is slowly:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
