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[MRaverz]

Heylo peoples,

I've been working on a pro-free speech, pro-intelligent discussion website aiming to 'fight back' against the general misunderstandings of science, politics etc by the media by creating a website which allow users to contribute articles and comment of those of others. Thereby, allowing for no bias, promotion of factual information and encouragement of rational discussion.

Naturally, articles are moderated so that we don't get anything too racist, hateful, ignorant etc.


Anyway, the reason I'm mentioning this is because I gathered that there would be a large amount of people here who would be interested and I really want to create a lively community where issues can be discussed and work can be shared.

The catergories catered for are:
Politics & Society,
Gaming & Technology,
Science & Nature,
Creative Works,
Reviews & Interviews,

Submissions can be articles, images, videos etc.

I hope to build upon what I have at the moment and really make this a vibrant hub.

The website is: http://www.ponda.co.uk
So, if you're interested - sign up today and get involved in the discussion.
Also, if you have suggestions, queries etc - please post them here.

 

[Prolescum]

Hello.

If it's not set in stone, I'd recommend changing the colour of the green header to one that works better with the blue of the background. I'd also give some padding-left or margin-left to these lines or centre justify them.

I doubt you'd want my big mouth all over your pages so I'll just leave it at that

Oh wait, apart from being some place in India, what does Ponda mean?

Edit: I'd also add screenshots to the Mario Galaxy article

 

[nasher168]

Oh wait, apart from being some place in India, what does Ponda mean?

Presumably it's "ponder" but spelt differently.

MRaverz- I've got about halfway in the thing I said I'll write. I haven't forgotten about it.

 

[MRaverz]

Hello.

If it's not set in stone, I'd recommend changing the colour of the green header to one that works better with the blue of the background. I'd also give some padding-left or margin-left to these lines or centre justify them.

I doubt you'd want my big mouth all over your pages so I'll just leave it at that

Oh wait, apart from being some place in India, what does Ponda mean?

Edit: I'd also add screenshots to the Mario Galaxy article

I welcome all forms of constructive criticism.

The issue relating to the green has come up before, and I'd assumed it was darker than it is because my screen's brightness is always set fairly low. Do you think a darker, more 'forest' green would work better?

Padding has also come up but it's something which I personally have no idea of doing in php. I'll be sure to mention it to a web developer friend of mine and see if he has time to help me, unless anyone knows how to do it?


Ponda is a purposeful misspelling of the word 'Ponder', as in 'to think deeply'. We wanted a name which was easy to remember and easy to spelt, whilst also carrying some form of meaning. If you look carefully, the P in the logo is intended to look a bit like a question mark.

On the issue of images, we have to be careful when using them to avoid copyright etc. I think it's ok if we source them, and I'll get to work on doing that as soon as I am able. Images is a project which we will be working to improving, at the moment everything is a bit too 'wall of text'.


@nasher: Excellent! I can't wait to see the result, if you have time free - set up a user account and perhaps start commenting on some articles.

Once again, thanks to you both - every little helps and I endeavour to make Ponda as good as it can get.

 

[Prolescum]

I welcome all forms of constructive criticism.

The issue relating to the green has come up before, and I'd assumed it was darker than it is because my screen's brightness is always set fairly low. Do you think a darker, more 'forest' green would work better?

Probably not as your title font is black. I'll have a think and get back to you on that one.

Padding has also come up but it's something which I personally have no idea of doing in php. I'll be sure to mention it to a web developer friend of mine and see if he has time to help me, unless anyone knows how to do it?

php can contain html, but it's probably best to just add it to the CSS, save you some effort. I'll look at it presently and let you know what I think.

On the issue of images, we have to be careful when using them to avoid copyright etc. I think it's ok if we source them, and I'll get to work on doing that as soon as I am able. Images is a project which we will be working to improving, at the moment everything is a bit too 'wall of text'.

If you take the pictures/screenshots yourself, they are owned by you.

 

[Prolescum]

You need to add an appropriate margin (or padding) on your CSS @

<i>
</i>#nav li {
	list-style-type: none;
	float: left;}

and @

#menu li {
	list-style-type: none;
	float: left;}

I'd say margin-left: 10px; should do, like

<i>
</i>#nav li {
	list-style-type: none;
   margin-left: 10px;
	float: left;}

I'd also give a 10px margin-right to your copyright notice

 

[MRaverz]

You need to add an appropriate margin (or padding) on your CSS @

<i>
</i>#nav li {
	list-style-type: none;
	float: left;}

and @

#menu li {
	list-style-type: none;
	float: left;}

I'd say margin-left: 10px; should do, like

<i>
</i>#nav li {
	list-style-type: none;
   margin-left: 10px;
	float: left;}

I'd also give a 10px margin-right to your copyright notice

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

As you can probably tell, I've never been taught any of this - I should probably get a book on php or something.

If anybody has any other comments regarding improvement etc. Please let me know.
Next on the list is getting the category sections to work as pages, so that older articles can be viewed. =/

 

[Prolescum]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

As you can probably tell, I've never been taught any of this - I should probably get a book on php or something.

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If anybody has any other comments regarding improvement etc. Please let me know.
Next on the list is getting the category sections to work as pages, so that older articles can be viewed. =/

If you want me to look at it, I will. I'm no expert, though.

 

[MRaverz]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

As you can probably tell, I've never been taught any of this - I should probably get a book on php or something.

Show More Hide

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If anybody has any other comments regarding improvement etc. Please let me know.
Next on the list is getting the category sections to work as pages, so that older articles can be viewed. =/

If you want me to look at it, I will. I'm no expert, though.

I've managed to get pagination working, just need to work on the CSS.

Once again, if any issues come up - let me know (either here or by emailing complaints@ponda.co.uk) and if you want to write articles, just sign up and post them up for moderation.

So far this month, we've had over 200 unique visitors according to statpress.

 

[Prolescum]

Once again, if any issues come up - let me know

Same applies to you.