Cubewhiz

[timeless]

anyone tried godaddy? heard some good and not so good about it.

 

[Lucas Garron]

I've used VisualCube to generate the pictures for the notation page, and will do the same for the rest of the algs (TBH the current pictures are horrible compared to VisualCube)

Horrible in what sense? They get the point across just fine, and they have a reasonable style.

http://thezcuber.webs.com/cubewhiz/

*PLEASE* not. At least Bob's old site has a certain charm and is *usable*.

anyone tried godaddy? heard some good and not so good about it.

I suggest not. I've moved to Namecheap for registration and Dreamhost for hosting.
GoDaddy does have some good prices, but their approach to the whole thing is not worth the cost to anymore, especially after SOPA.

 

[cubernya]

Horrible in what sense? They get the point across just fine, and they have a reasonable style.

They're just really blocky and out of proportion. It's not much of a difference, but I just felt like it needed updating.

*PLEASE* not. At least Bob's old site has a certain charm and is *usable*.

Can you explain how this site is not usable?

1) You're in quirks mode
2) Oh God. Bright background image
3) Why are you embedding all the Javascript / CSS?

I don't feel like spending my night writing this post so I'll stop there.

1) Of course there are bugs to work out, there normally are. I'm just getting the base down first.
2) Well yeah, I have to take the time to create a background image that will repeat.
3) That's just for now, I'll take it out of the files and onto the page soon.

 

[Stefan]

I'll take it out of the files and onto the page soon

What does that mean?

 

[cubernya]

I'll place the files onto the page (for some reason I didn't type the key word)

 

[Stefan]

I'll place the files onto the page (for some reason I didn't type the key word)

Doesn't make any more sense to me. I still don't get what "onto the page" means. And are "the files" the same as "the files"?

 

[insane569]

They're just really blocky and out of proportion. It's not much of a difference, but I just felt like it needed updating.

It's a cube. They get the job done and they're great. No need for new pics.

 

[cubernya]

It's a cube. They get the job done and they're great. No need for new pics.

It really doesn't matter. If Bob doesn't like the updated pictures, he can tell me and I'll use the old ones.

Doesn't make any more sense to me. I still don't get what "onto the page" means. And are "the files" the same as "the files"?

The scripts that are loaded from external pages. Those scripts won't be loaded from external pages anymore but rather placed in the normal document (which is the main page)

 

[Stefan]

The scripts that are loaded from external pages. Those scripts won't be loaded from external pages anymore but rather placed in the normal document (which is the main page)

Ah, ok. Sounds like you have no clue what Ryan suggested and intend to do the opposite (making it much worse instead of good).

 

[RyanReese09]

Definitely don't use godaddy. Horrible service. A client wanted that due to the price. Never again.

I find bluehost.com to be one of the better ones. I've hosted all my sites on there and always amazing service, both for my website, and as a customer.

 

[Bob]

Service is still crappy so it might not load until you refresh a bunch of times and the style needs a lot of work, but I'm thinking about something like this:

http://www.cubewhiz.com/index.php

(Note that none of the links work yet and things will still be moved around...it's just a very basic general idea.)

Thoughts? Sections I should take out? Sections I should add?

 

[balloon6610]

Service is still crappy so it might not load until you refresh a bunch of times and the style needs a lot of work, but I'm thinking about something like this:

http://www.cubewhiz.com/index.php

(Note that none of the links work yet and things will still be moved around...it's just a very basic general idea.)

Thoughts? Sections I should take out? Sections I should add?

It is much better than your old one really
My opinion you Home - Contact bar on the left and put some like contact me on FB or other instead at least it's look awkward for me but pretty good
And also Make a group of level like for beginner you put beginner method and how to get faster tip or notation ete. On Intermediate level you put F2L OLL and PLL in it and on Advance level you put some hard algorithms like COLL or ZB this way will make it easier for people to choose the level that suit them You shouldn't take anything out in my opinion everything is pretty much set up now

Hope this help

 

[Eazoon]

if you need some professional looking 3d pictures for the site, then i can make some.

 

[Bob]

if you need some professional looking 3d pictures for the site, then i can make some.

What do you mean? Do you mean pictures in general or cube graphics? Can you show me an example?

 

[Bob]

Also, it seems that the server issues have been resolved (or at least that's what they told me and I haven't experiences any issues with it yet). If anybody notices this not to be the case, please let me know.

 

[Bob]

The server issues are definitely NOT resolved, but I've made some great progress. I rewrote everything as .php pages with a uniform navigation bar, new menu options, some sections removed, a few to be added, etc.

If anybody is curious to take a look, http://www.cubewhiz.com/index.php is the link. I still have pages to create so some links are broken, but it's much better than it was.

I need to update that banner on the top of the page. Man, that thing is ugly. :\

 

[RyanReese09]

Wow good job Bob. The code isn't all that bad. :tu

 

[Kirjava]

Are you willing to offer information on other things? 2x2x2/Bigcubes/methods?

 

[Bob]

Wow good job Bob. The code isn't all that bad. :tu

Thanks. I've been reading a lot of PHP and CSS tutorials over the past week or so. This should also help keep algs up to date. I'm storing algs as variables in a separate file. This will mean that if I make the change in one place, it should carry over everywhere so I don't have to update algs in separate locations. It's pretty fun.

@Kir: I do plan on adding other info, but first I'm adding the content that I had originally. If I offer Big Cube stuff, it will most likely be a beginner tutorial or something since I'm pretty crappy at big cubes. I would like to add my Pyraminx method on here and I was going to do a page for Ortega 2x2.

 

[RyanReese09]

Thanks. I've been reading a lot of PHP and CSS tutorials over the past week or so. This should also help keep algs up to date. I'm storing algs as variables in a separate file. This will mean that if I make the change in one place, it should carry over everywhere so I don't have to update algs in separate locations. It's pretty fun.

Are you referencing PHP include()'s? Those are quite nifty. I store my base skeleton of my site in some files and build my content around that. My actual files for my site aren't huge at all, due to the include()'s given. They make it so easy to do site wide changes . Love 'em.