my first attempt at somethign serious
inm working on a financial website...im a stock trader, so im trying to do somethign i have knowledge in.... i want to eventually get stock quotes, and charts on it and what not, but its pretty basic now as i am just learning and still havent been able to teach myself how to layout a page the way i want, im still stuck on messing around with templates.....
but this is what i have done over the last 2 nights...any thoughts....
http://headstash.net/informedinvestor.htm
thanks
michael
Suzanne posted this at 19:54 — 21st May 2004.
She has: 5,507 posts
Joined: Feb 2000
Welcome to TWF, and thanks for taking a few moments to comment for others.
I think it takes more than two nights to be a success, but I think you also know that.
A few things, hold on, this may be painful.
1. Comic Sans is not a good font choice. Nor is a dark background, though blue is a good choice for financial information.
2. There is no original content, only links to newsfeeds, advertisement and links to other investment sites. Very bad.
3. Boy, does this ever make me want to trust your opinion! Oh, wait, no, it's having the opposite effect:
<!-- We're sorry. The number you have dialed, 9-1-1, is no longer in service. -->
<!-- Please hang up and try your call again. -->
<!-- We do not appreciate you trying to see what you should not see. -->
<!-- This view source code has been disabled by whitey. -->
<!-- I may consider putting this back up next week....but in the meantime go buy a book. -->
<!-- alright, alright you arent as stupid as you looked.....
here ya go...enjoy the code as i am enjoying the keylogger
i have installed on your machine.....mmmmmm. -->
Basically, I can't take this site seriously in its design, in its content, nor in its attitude. It looks fraudulent and, well, like it was put up in a couple of minutes.
If you want to take it seriously, you need to have original content, you need to apply are more appropriate design, and you need to lose the idea that your code is worth stealing...
Ditch the font tags, and take a few days to learn the basics, or buy a template and go from there.
whitey posted this at 20:29 — 21st May 2004.
They have: 8 posts
Joined: May 2004
yeah, i dont really know anything about all this...i think i was lucky to even get dreamweaver hooked up to my host..hehe.....
thanks for looking
Suzanne posted this at 20:35 — 21st May 2004.
She has: 5,507 posts
Joined: Feb 2000
If you're using Dreamweaver, check out sites for DW templates, and validate your code. You can turn out something better than this!
whitey posted this at 21:13 — 21st May 2004.
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Joined: May 2004
yeah, thnx, im going to take it down till i can figure out layout
thanks
AfterHim.com posted this at 22:11 — 22nd May 2004.
They have: 20 posts
Joined: May 2004
Whitey,
For a stock site, i would avoid tickers, people can get tickers anywhere, try to give something unique. I always like sites that give free stock advice, and have charts based on their past advice, both good and bad. Be careful though, you can get yourself into legal trouble.
Brandon
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Christian Men
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