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I’ve gotten the functionality to periodically pull the data and manipulate it into the form I want to present.
Now, I want to create a feed / listing single web page which presents the data I’ve transformed.
An example would be OpenQuant.co. This is a site which aggregates quant jobs and displays them by recency. I want to do something similar, but not for quant jobs.
Any ideas / recommendations for where to start and tools / stack to look into? I have a CS degree but no experience actually building websites / web apps. Ideally I’d like to build out a quick proof of concept which I could test, then transition to a more full fledged web service which can be purchased.
Thanks!
Looking for other's input... We are having an internal discussion when using all uppercase with a sub-title on a website and includes product names, should the product name be uppercase as well. We have two products: FLEXChannel and WxVision. How would you write the sub-headings -- Option #1 or #2 below:
LEARN MORE ABOUT WXVISION CAMERAS
OR
LEARN MORE ABOUT WxVision Cameras
I help run an online art supply shop and I wanted to add a guestbook where artists that visit and/or buy supplies from our shop can do a simple drawing and save it to a gallery that other visitors can browse...like a sketchpad guestbook. I did some digging but couldn't really find a whole lot. Any leads or ideas on making this a reality?
The domain I want is for sale on GoDaddy. Is it worth contacting them for the price and potentially buying through them, or should I just try to come up with a different domain?
Hello world, is everyone ok?Maybe it's a long shot, but here we go: couple of years ago a colleague who i don't have contact anymore showed me a book, i can't remember the main subject of the book, but it had a session dedicated to showcase old experimental websites (old like late 90's, i think). All the sites had incredible crazy design and even crazier url (something like "dfgdvdfhsfbfdfg.com"). I don't even know if those sites are still online (probably not), but I'm looking for any information about. Does anyone here knows something about those ancient pearls of the internet?
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Hi guys, so I have multiple years of managing wordpress and designing etc but the bit that's really stopping me from going out there and trying to get some clients etc, is I really have no idea about the managing of the servers themselves.
DNS records, migration best practices, email routing, etc etc. Anyone got any good resources and can point me in the direction to learn this side of web design?
There's also not a whole lot of call to action with this foundation. The site is just informational, so there aren't lots of opportunities to add variety with buttons. (I just added this sentence mainly because body text is required.)
I'm looking at etsy and I'm finding 80% of what I need, and am tempted to contact one or two of the artists for a request if I don't find another place to look.
specifically I'm looking for svg files themed after appliances (I need a microwave, stove, washing machine, and a dishwasher) The dishwasher is rather difficult to find. As I look closer to the other appliances I found they could certainly be more uniform which is why I'm tempted to contact one of the artists that best suits the style I'm targeting.
Before I reach out to them, are there alternative sources I can check out? I don't want to pay a subscription fee I'd rather just pay for the select svg files I'm after.
I'm working on a landing page for a car repair shop and so far I've come up with those 3 examples but I can't decide on one, I have only 4 or 5 photos and in the text it says see my shop below, which one do you think will look and function the best and if you have other suggestions I'd love to hear about it. Thank you.
*Forgot to mention that the pictures shared above aren't the final ones, they were just temporary, and there's already a hero section above it.
I’m just curious
Just starting out - and curious. Thanks!
Is it worth the effort to make a “wireframe” version of a design first? It seems to me like it almost always makes sense, since you make sure everything is accounted for and properly prioritized and at least somewhat placed before filling in colors and all that.
Do you always do a wireframe first? Never? How do you decide when and when not to use a wireframe/grayscale version first?
I'm sharing a question from my thesis research survey. I'm 115 people short of my 200 target. If you've got a spare 3 minutes, I'd love your input! SURVEY HERE
Fingers crossed it fits the sub rules and sparks a cool conversation in comments!
By pages/content etc.?
My agency currently charges by pages. But if I have an information dense page and a sparse page, it doesn’t make sense to charge by pages does it?
If I start something from myBB or PhpBB, can I easily migrate to Xenforo or IPB later?
I am little confused which one to choose, I can afford the starting costs, not into recurring cloud hosting plans. I am going to Self Host one of them by buying one of them with one time cost.
Please guide which One I should choose for my forum.
It will be a personal finance related community forum.
First, as some context, check out this link where you can input predicted voting trends to forecast a UK election: https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/userpoll.html
A very standard feature on websites, I guess an interactive input interface that utilises an algorithm to output some manipulated data. Just very plainly to a complete newbie, how is this done? I’m quite proficient in python, so I hope to be able to create similar input-output models for various applications, but how is it built-into the website? Can it be built-in using python? If I want a website built, what do I tell the webdev team? In general, is this simple or complicated? Thanks a ton!
Hey, I've worked with Webflow for past 3 years and I would like to have more Webflow projects. Right now I work in UX agency and I like the job, but I have free time and weekends I would like to fill it with work.
Where is the best place to land a Webflow development job, with budget from 1000-2000 USD?
Have you ever tried something like Facebook/Instagram AD?
I am an entry-level web designer and currently learning CSS and creating some mock designs and websites in my free time. I have a question regarding CSS unit - percentage (%).
Everywhere I read people saying, use relative units (rem and em) and use px occasionally. But percentage is also relative unit, why it's not commonly used and talked about?
So, I just want to know, if you use percentage unit in your projects, for what & how do you use it?
I'm 20 now, and I've been making websites since I was around 13. Through high school I used almost exclusively plain HTML/CSS with some additional systems, but right now I've been learning webflow and really enjoying it. I'm going to college for an unrelated major, and my goal is to eventually start my own creative agency (realistically start as a web agency, branch off over time into logos, brand guides, collateral, packaging/product design, copywriting, etc.) With this somewhat ambitious goal in mind, how would you recommend tackling it? I've heard conflicting reports, some people I've talked to have said to get a job at an agency and try to work your way up to a senior level for necessary experience, while other people I've talked to have said it's best to freelance, so you really learn the ins and outs of client onboarding, working on your own, running a company, etc. Any advice on the matter?
Something I just wanted to share.
So I work for an aerospace company that makes small passive components for military, aerospace, medical, etc. We've had our website run on wordpress for years now (it was just easier for everyone to work off of...were not THAT big of a company). Recently I wanted to explore different hosting options
I wanted to see what was offered out there as we originally have used GoDaddy and Dreamhost in the past. I was happier with GoDaddy and Dreamhost was just super slow. So I wanted to explore AWS. They do seem to offer something that looks like webhosting? But i went a different route instead.
Made an Ubuntu 20.04 server with about 4 GB ram, 2 core CPU and 30 GB of storage (we do not need that much storage) and installed nginx, wordpress, configured everything and WOW! I honestly thought it was just wordpress that sucked in how slow it was. But like anything in computers - the hardware is what drives the software and if you have better hardware - the software runs so much better. Not the case all the time, but it is in Wordpress's case. I kept searching reddit as to why I always thought wordpress itself (the console) was SOOO SLOW! And the answer was just always "because wordpress sucks!" and while i agree wordpress isn't the greatest - going this route on hosting was literally night/day difference. And if I did the math right, this should actually save us a ton of money on hosting because of how AWS charges vs fixed rates.
*EDIT*
When I meant Wordpress was "faster" - I didn't mean the site itself. I meant the Wordpress console. I always felt trying to navigate different tabs and windows, uploading media, etc was like a snail no matter what hosting I used
Hi everyone. I’m looking for a nice website builder platform that has the draggable objects feature you can see at this link: https://www.instagram.com/p/C5EJCKZt0Xp/?igsh=a3FndWozc2lob3o1
Thank you!