Built first full website!

[JD159]

Built my first full website for my dad's company! Well I bought the template but really only used the top navigation bar. Moved everything else around and did all the behind the scenes getting everything linked together properly on the server end. Getting more and more involved in all aspects of the fam business as I get closer to finishing uni (April).

Any thoughts, tips or suggestions would be appreciated! *Made it a shortlink, thread took a nasty turn don't want it indexed...*

goo.gl/Lml1W5

I built this with a working knowledge, desire to learn new things, and an interest in computers. I study philosophy

At my university, all the courses for any kind of subject outside of my faculty, engineering courses, sciences, computers, all required enrolment in the program or a prerequisite that I probably already understood if it was computers related. The required courses would also slow me down a year, so I never bothered in changing fields.

Sorry for ranting, but as I get closer to finishing university, I like it less and less for all the limits they put on what I can learn. Did great my 1st and 2nd year because it was new, but as my interest fades my grades have slid as well. This is why I did so bad in grade school and highschool...

Anybody else feel this way about post-secondary education today? I joined the curriculum committee for my department to get a better idea of why they make certain changes, and boy did I find out it's political and money driven. All they want is enrolment for THEIR department and couldn't give a rats about what the students want to learn.

[RonDent]

Nice job! Well done! Time for a beer.

[biosurfer1]

Looks good...one tip I learned about content though, I would stay away from things like "25 years of XYZ" instead stick with just the intro of "Since 1997..." that way you don't have to keep updating the number of years

[JD159]

Haha I made it just to help out, but I did work that into the billing

biosurfer1 - Good call, made that change in the content. Will work that into a page about the team later on.

[PushingMyLuck]

Don't arrogantly drop out of uni yet just b/c you copied and pasted your first HTML page.
A middle school kid can do this, or you can get that website built for $100.

[billybek]

Originally Posted by PushingMyLuck

Don't arrogantly drop out of uni yet just b/c you copied and pasted your first HTML page.
A middle school kid can do this, or you can get that website built for $100.

Your responses just make you oh so welcome in every thread you appear in....
Whattadick.

[mikesride]

looks great and easy to use....double win, good job.

[plumb4u2]

Originally Posted by PushingMyLuck

Don't arrogantly drop out of uni yet just b/c you copied and pasted your first HTML page.
A middle school kid can do this, or you can get that website built for $100.

Seriously how have our Moderators not banned this guy yet

give the kid a break he is excited about being productive

the only thing you are productive at is trolling our forums

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Originally Posted by plumb4u2

Seriously how have our Moderators not banned this guy yet

give the kid a break he is excited about being productive

the only thing you are productive at is trolling our forums

He created a thread on Technical the other day just to attack an extremely well-respected member who is also a Porsche part supplier.

I wrote to Wayne and he deleted the thread.

I suppose if enough people write to Wayne, he would be banned, but will also likely just pop-up again. Most think he's one of the MotorMeister a-holes.

[stomachmonkey]

Looks good.

Ignore the troll.

My comment is the grey text in the homepage banner.

A little tough to read against the snow both in the logo and the fly in text.

[Reg]

Looks good JD.

Our website will 20 yrs old this June, something my cousin and I, plus a friend set up as DIY'ers/students back in the day. I was told once from a client that you should place a couple key words along with your name in the title. Line 4 in the source code.

I'm not so sure the word Home will help you there. You may want to place your target market or location in that line and/or main aspect of your business. This could help you in traffic building.

[Laneco]

Nice job JD!!!!

angela

[JD159]

Thanks everyone!! Aside from that one nut who posted lol. Someone should take away his keyboard.

Great suggestions! The text in the banner could definitly be changed to something easier on the eyes. Maybe make it darker. As well as the source code suggestion of adding some critical key words and author, I'll be looking into that. Ive been using google webmaster tools and analytics to monitor traffic and link backs to the site. Really cool tool for anyone who has a webpage and doesnt currently monitor traffic. Very simple to validate ownership of your page and start tracking data.

Dropping out of school was never in the plans, just pointing out some things ive observed after 4 years. College/university needs to allow for greater diversity in the courses students can take

[PushingMyLuck]

Kid spends half his post bashing college.

Well, he's the one who foolishly decided to study Philosophy.

Then he's complaining he couldn't switch into a more technical major b/c of prereqs?
Well, play by the rules, like the rest of us.
Like entitled brats, he just assumed he knows the prereqs.
Yea, what the hell do the professors know?
Just let him take Engineering 401, b/c he wants to.
Calculus 101? Who needs that crap?

Kid gets crappy grades in college, so he blames the college for being too restrictive.

Kid then thinks he can do anything b/c he edited a HTML template?
Wow, you know how to use MS-Word. I bet he wants a CEO job now, at 22.

This is typical Millennial entitlement.

You don't need to like me, but that's how I see it.
No need to go crying to Wayne like a 4th grade tattle tale.
I am going to write to Wayne later today myself.

[PushingMyLuck]

Originally Posted by JD159

Anybody else feel this way about post-secondary education today? I joined the curriculum committee for my department to get a better idea of why they make certain changes, and boy did I find out it's political and money driven. All they want is enrolment for THEIR department and couldn't give a rats about what the students want to learn.

I would love to know what a 21 year old with bad grades is going to tell PhD faculty members about how to run their own curriculum. Was this the Philo dept. you were "advising", or the engineering and tech majors?

And he's shocked they decided his ideas weren't the most brilliant proposals they've ever heard!?! Please tell us what your platform was, and how they were only political. What were your ideas for change? How did they not give a "rats ass" about student learning?

[Amail]

I'm guessing you come by your username honestly. Seems you just don't know when to S. T. F. U.

[crustychief]

Originally Posted by Amail

I'm guessing you come by your username honestly. Seems you just don't know when to S. T. F. U.

My thoughts exactly.

[crustychief]

BTW great job on the website. Very clean and easy to find info.

[JD159]

You are CRAZY.

Your ignorance of what Philosophy actually trains you to do shows that you have either never studied it or taken it seriously. Philosophy is what has helped me learn new skills, like the skills I learnt and applied in building and managing the site, as well as server issues.

I didn't say switch into. If you studied philosophy you would have the comprehension skills to understand that my gripe with University is its limiting you in taking electives. I have many friends in the business program, who took for instance applied economics. I had already researched economics, had minor training in it and thought I could figure the course out myself. Instead I couldn't take it at all. It was an interesting course because it discusses current economic issues.

My point is, and I'd like to know if anyone else agree's, why can't I take a course and be the one who decides if i fail it or not? Secondly, PushingMyLuck, their was a few second year web design and photoshop courses I wanted to take, but could not, because it was not in my faculty. I wanted to take those courses as electives to enhance my skills. What about situations like that? Seriously this guy needs to get banned.

Not sure why I'm justifying myself this morning, but a neighbours dog woke me up so I'm a bit pissed off. I got A's in every philosophy course until the end of third year, when I decided I don't want to go to grad school. Your a real POS.

[kennykimk2]

I didn't realize PML went to College. I thought this whole time he was some kid in high school. Oh well.

JD159, Congrats!