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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:36 pm
by kasrak
Alright logo aside, I finished the messaging system today! Tell me what you think.

Oh and if you have some time, send me a test message so I know it's working properly (login, click Inbox, click "Compose Message". My username is kasrak)

And I apologize for the intervals of downtime. DreamHost has really been sucking lately. If it continues, I'll buy a cheap computer and run the site from my house for a while until a better alternative is found.

Thanks!

Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:34 am
by matthijs
The speech bubble's are way to busy, in my humble opinion. Without them, the logo would be very nice and clear.

Another design consideration:
As the design is now, all areas have about the same visual weight and (lack of) contrast. While reading the black text on green background, my eyes are attracted to the white border around the area. Would it be an idea to get rid of the green box in the main content area and just use dark grey/black text on a white background? That would let the main area stand out more and direct the attention of a viewer to that main-content area. Which is a good thing, since that's the most important area, isn't it?

(sorry for not commenting the message system, i'll leave that to others)

Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:27 am
by thiscatis
Kasrak, i'm automaticly logged out when I browse away from my inbox.

Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 10:49 am
by kasrak
Thanks matthijs, I'll try it out tommorow to see if it looks better.

@thiscatis: That's odd. I (and some other people) haven't had this problem. What browser/OS are you on. I apologize for the issue. Anyone else having similar problems?

Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 11:11 am
by thiscatis
I updated Firefox, removed cookies & cache, rebooted and it works fine now!

Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 8:19 pm
by kasrak
Awesome, I was begining to panick (a bug?? oh no!) =). Well, I asked DreamHost to switch me to another server today and it seems to be going better, no downtime yet. But I don't want to speak too soon. :D

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 1:20 pm
by kasrak
Ok, I'm going to start working on a Block feature so if someone keeps spamming your PMD inbox, you can bounce their messages =)

By the way, if you like the site and have some time, could you please digg it? Thanks!

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:48 pm
by wtf
OMG.... bastard got DUGG!!!! I'm diggin' it....
Good luck man, hopefully your host holds up.

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:51 pm
by wtf
OMG... he's getting a digg almost every 3 sec.

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:01 pm
by Luke
You should allow users to report a listing as "suspected spam"... once this thing gets around, it's going to be hard to keep it clean of that crap.

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:24 am
by kasrak
Mhm..I'm getting some Digg love =)
My DreamHost help up surprisingly well, kudos to DreamHost.
The "Suspected Spam" idea just went on my todo list ;)
Thanks

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:25 am
by Luke
I would really try to rely on your users for as much maintenance as possible. That's the beauty of the internet these days.

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:37 am
by kasrak
Last night, I finished release 3 of the site. Tons of new features, including:
* Sexy new skin (at least I think so)
* Skill level — filter out the jobs that are too hard/easy for you
* Now when you accept an offer, you can still see all the other offers
* Email updates: you can have "us" email you everyone a new message gets delivered to your inbox
* Fixed tagging system
* Better (read: works now) RSS feeds
* Multi-search: search for people looking for designers and entrepreneurs (example) at the same time.
* User search: find other users on the site
* A lot of bug fixes

'Mark as Spam' is coming soon!

Check it out (http://programmermeetdesigner.com) and tell me what you think!
Thanks.

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:41 am
by Luke
found a bug...

if you click on a tag in your tag once you log in, it takes you to http://programmermeetdesigner.comlisting/whatever

Should be
http://programmermeetdesigner.com/listing/whatever

Also... site looks a little too wordy. I'd break it up with some icons/images or something

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:59 am
by matt1019
@kasrak

Hi, quick question: The "Tags" feature.... is it custom made or did you use a script that is available somewhere?

Thanks.

Great Site Design by the way ;)

-Matt