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Re: Have a fucking website

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Post by GreenWatermelon »

alsetmusic wrote: post #469
carlosjobim wrote: post #460

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> I think if you are half capable you should just adopt the project and do it for free. Why? A website is a standard business expense. Should their accountant work for free also? And their waiters and kitchen staff?

At first, I agreed with the sentiment that the earlier poster ought to do them a favor. But you're right. Business expense. Although, I suppose if they (the proprietors) had up-to-date creds and such, maybe offering to remove the one item from the menu as favor would be a nice way to become a favorite customer. The rest is clearly their problem. And I'm pretty sure from the description that they won't have all the ne…

That, and giving something nice to your local community ----- the place where you belong.

Like, if I have a skill, why shouldn't I use that skill in service of those around me? Especially when it's barely an inconvenience for me.

The western culture of individualism runs contrary to our biology.

Re: Have a fucking website

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Post by GreenWatermelon »

6510 wrote: post #497
carlosjobim wrote: post #460

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> I think if you are half capable you should just adopt the project and do it for free. Why? A website is a standard business expense. Should their accountant work for free also? And their waiters and kitchen staff?

Good question, I do such things because 1) web design is full of con artists 2) there is no money in restaurants, it is a horrible sector to be. I want as much of the business expenses on my plate. 3) I want a simple snappy website with a phone number, what time they are open and the menu. 4) I can do this in less than 10 minutes. 5) I love to code specially if the project isn't complicated. 6) It is hilarious to loo…

And in our day jobs we earn money for providing negative value to society. Least we can do is give a little something to someone everynow and then.

Re: Have a fucking website

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Post by oseph »

bananaflag wrote: post #154

In case anyone is wondering, the picture is from this book: https://www.amazon.com/Internet-First-Discovery-Book-Books/d...

Thanks, I was actually wondering why that image looked oddly familiar and pretty sure I remember seeing that book way back in my elementary years.

Re: Have a fucking website

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Post by GreenWatermelon »

gamerdonkey wrote: post #436
zjp wrote: post #23

Millennials delenda est. Or maybe Gen X. But definitely millennials. I am stockpiling champagne for when performative profanity goes to the grave with the silent generation against which it is still rebelling 70 years later. I do not want to order the sloppy toppy burger at BURGERSLUT. Just give me a cheeseburger. But yes, you should build a website.

What do you want the title to be? "Have a Website"? No, that's missing the emphasis. "I Strongly Encourage Businesses to Have a Website"? There we go. That sounds bland enough to be regurgitated by your LLM of the week. Enjoy your war on adjectives, I guess. It's certainly going to make the world more interesting. Jesus fucking christ.

It could be "Please, I beg of you, have a website" or "For the love of God, have a website" or even "AAAHHHHH JUST HAVE A WEBSITE ALREADY"

Many ways exist to cover all ranges of emotions without resorting to a purely cosmetic "fuck"

Re: Have a fucking website

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Post by brettermeier »

dazc wrote: post #205
brettermeier wrote: post #163

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Most people hired someone for handling WordPress. Rally, most people are overwhelmed with that complexity.

Most people are indeed. Many of these people will also be able to complete very difficult tasks that you can't.

Sure, thats why people hire others... I just wanted to say that even with WordPress it's not easy to build a website.

Re: Have a fucking website

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Post by techterrier »

MrDOS wrote: post #433
techterrier wrote: post #67

Good idea, I did just such a thing myself, deleting all my socials and only posting my photos to my own website: https://dombarker.co.uk/ Was fun to make 'just a website' for a change too.

Great photos. I love your Norfolk robins. I also love that you've taken the time to set up browsing by species! If you're at all interested in feedback: - When scrolling through a gallery grid, the multiple fixed-position headers eat up an awful lot of screen real estate. On my MacBook Air (effectively 1280x800), I can only see one full row of photos at a time. Feels very cramped. - Navigating to a photo from a galle…

im very interested, thanks so much!

- gallery photos now open in lightbox

- gallery lightbox has view photo button

todo: make fixed header a bit shorter

Re: Have a fucking website

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Post by techterrier »

tristanMatthias wrote: post #72
techterrier wrote: post #67

Good idea, I did just such a thing myself, deleting all my socials and only posting my photos to my own website: https://dombarker.co.uk/ Was fun to make 'just a website' for a change too.

Great photos! Thanks for sharing!

no worries, glad you liked them

Re: Have a fucking website

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Post by techterrier »

zuzuleinen wrote: post #91
techterrier wrote: post #67

Good idea, I did just such a thing myself, deleting all my socials and only posting my photos to my own website: https://dombarker.co.uk/ Was fun to make 'just a website' for a change too.

Your photos are amazing!

you are very kind :)

Re: Have a fucking website

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Post by duskdozer »

lleu wrote: post #490
duskdozer wrote: post #419

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I wouldn't have the highest confidence in the results if I open up the homepage and my fans rev up tbh.

I’m not sure what you’re trying to say. I’ve tested it personally out on some real clunkers. Maybe the animations on the landing page don’t play nice with every browser… Hard to know without more details, but I guess I appreciate you checking it out either way.

Yes, it's the animations. They're very intensive in general but especially the ones that AI-generated sites like to use to get around the basic attempts to block them. I was admittedly a bit hostile because the frequency, intensity, and hiddenness of animations is becoming an increasing aggravation across the web, and more and more frequently they're disregarding my OS/browser settings to disable animations.
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