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#1 2006-02-19 19:58:43

sominty

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Registered: 2005-12-27

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SoMinty.com

Hey, I am Azeem Azeez and I am the Senior Editor of <a href=“http://www.sominty.com”>SoMinty.com</a>, which runs on TXP 4.

Last edited by sominty (2006-02-19 20:09:14)

#2 2006-02-19 20:07:42

Jeremie

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From: Provence, France

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Re: SoMinty.com

I like the overall design and layout. Not that common, which is always good. The html code is perfectible, but not that bad either. Good job :)

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#3 2006-02-19 21:56:32

squaredeye

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From: Greenville, SC

Registered: 2005-07-31

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Re: SoMinty.com

SoMinty.
Well done. I echo Jeremie’s sentiment, that the design is not common. I like it.

One thing: the comment | continue reading —> links: You may consider making a comment div on your individual article page an giving it an ID so that when you click “comment”, you are taken to the form immediately, rather than taken to the top of the indi_article page. Unless you want people to read more before they comment, in which case I’d remove the comment link from the front page altogether? Just thoughts.

On another note. Do you care to share how you structured your author section / articles? You’ve done an excellent job on that.

Thx.

Matthew

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#4 2006-02-19 23:09:16

sominty

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Registered: 2005-12-27

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Re: SoMinty.com

Jeremie and ma_smith: Thanks so much for your comments.
ma_smith: You are right, I somehow managed to overlook the part where you jump to the comment section. Its fixed

And what part did you mean when you said the “author section / articles” ?

#5 2006-02-22 16:46:19

szac

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From: Detroit-ish

Registered: 2004-09-18

Posts: 50

Re: SoMinty.com

VERY nice. Have you considered adding a “Prev | Next” feature While in article view.

#6 2006-03-03 07:01:57

vicco

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Registered: 2005-12-07

Posts: 21

Re: SoMinty.com

Great design, minimal and powerful

#7 2006-03-31 04:16:56

sominty

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Registered: 2005-12-27

Posts: 16

Re: SoMinty.com

Thanks everybody. I’ve added a few more features (like the ‘+’ sign on the home page on each section, which will give you recent posts) and also some modifications on the posts page itself. If you have any more comments, please let me know.

#8 2006-04-06 21:01:31

ragger

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2005-04-10

Posts: 82

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Re: SoMinty.com

I like the design in general and I like how the different subjects are set up, BUT (referring to the frontpage):

• I think overall it’s a bit cold. Too many black text on a very very very white background. I think that your themes – the “three most important things in life – music, food and movies” – demand a warmer, more ‘comfortable’ design that might make people feel at ease.
• There’s too much text on the frontpage I think. I wonder if anyone is ever reading everything. Maybe you could consider limiting it to a few lines and then present a link to the rest of the article. Or a bit of text and a small image.

But hey, that’s only my opinion.

BTW: I want to thank you for the background image I found on your site, grey.gif. It’s the perfect background for my site. Thanks, I hope you don’t mind :)

#9 2006-04-06 21:29:37

xrussox

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Registered: 2006-03-05

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Re: SoMinty.com

nice and fun. its a shame to run clunky phpbb on that site
might wanna check out vanilla for the msg board :)

#10 2006-04-08 17:45:09

sominty

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Registered: 2005-12-27

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Re: SoMinty.com

umm…sure ragger….go ahead….

Last edited by sominty (2006-04-09 07:29:31)