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Old 05-25-2008, 08:20 AM Your Media King
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Hi guys,

http://www.yourmediaking.com

this is my site. it's where you can download movies and music (through links) for free. it is for private, non-commercial use.

i have just finished a site rededign for three of the five pages.

i must include i have only got five pages (that you see) in my site. this is because there are many sites out there that make you go page to page without getting what you wanted in the first place. so making it SOOOO simple means it is easy to use. for example, if you want movies go to the movies page etc.

i still need to sort out the blog and feedback pages. but the main pages are done. hopefully, you will be able to give me good advice, bearing in mind i have done a big redesign. but even little thing help.

so thank you.

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Old 06-03-2008, 02:38 PM Re: Your Media King >> Download the latest movies and music, FOR FREE!
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Guys,
it's been a week yet and still no reviews. I see this thread has had some views, so if you do visit my site, please make a post.

Thank You, you response is valuable.
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Old 06-03-2008, 03:22 PM Re: Your Media King >> Download the latest movies and music, FOR FREE!
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I think you may need a little more work on the site. It's a great idea, but my first impressions of the site itself didn't make me want to come back or even use the site. Here are some of the things I found:

Pros:
  • The front page validates.
Cons:
  • Gradients aren't used properly. They should be subtle, not the focus.
  • Too much text for a media site.
  • No pictures above the fold.
  • I couldn't easily tell what your site was about at first glance.
  • Ads have too prominent a place.
  • Recommending which browsers the site should be viewed in isn't a sign of professionalism, especially considering that anywhere between 50-75% of the market uses Internet Explorer.
  • No movies were featured on the front page.
  • I could only get one movie to play, everything else didn't load and one took me to partypoker.net. The one that did play had Japanese? subtitles.
  • Not all of the music worked for me either. I tried 4, 2 worked.
  • Each movie and music video should have its own page, not open up in a modal window.
  • The album pictures on the front page weren't hyperlinks.
  • The directory should be split into separate pages.
  • Your navigation isn't going to help you at all for SEO because there is no actual text, just images of text with a background.
  • Having a scrolling marquee is generally a bad idea.
  • Your text needs to have some margin on the left side otherwise it's too cramped and unreadable.
I know you said you wanted to make everything easier by having it all on one page, but it's really not a good idea and it doesn't actually make things easier. If you're concerned about AdSense revenue, having more pages is better as well. Also, you may want to consider topical grouping in addition to alphabetical.

Don't be discouraged or overwhelmed, though. Keep making improvements and you'll find a way to make it work.

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Old 06-03-2008, 04:59 PM Re: Your Media King >> Download the latest movies and music, FOR FREE!
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Here are some points:
1) Underlining should not be used so much, it makes things look like links.
2) Your margins need redoing, I suggest you use a fluid liquid template.
3) Your use of BLOCK CAPITALS puts off the reader, it makes it sound like a cheap horrible site.
4) Are you sure about the legal position of your site? Anything close to illegal will never be that big, because they start to attract the wrong sort of attention.
5) The black and white design is uninspiring, lacks contrast or any real style.
6) Many of these simple errors are typical of people used to freewebs websites (which I have a sneaking suspicion yours is), check out some really cool sites (eg. Apple)
7) Use a better font, or at least use it better
8) Marquees were great in the '90s, they stopped being cool in the '90s
9) You have overused a script from DHTMLGoodies, which ties you down, and no big site uses other people's scripts.
10) Use Google Analytics for visitor assessment, you'll find it better than the one you are using.
11) Tables are behind the times, use CSS where possible. Lady'n'Red will, most definitly back me up on that one.

I suggest you use Kuler (by Adobe) or find some inspiration for colour, or you should harness the power of black and white. If possible, I think that books such as this one to gain some key web design skills.

If you find a way to make this work it will, and constant refinement could make it happen. Don't be disheartened; if you think it looks good now, think how good it could look! They are opportunities, not problems.
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Old 06-03-2008, 06:48 PM Re: Your Media King >> Download the latest movies and music, FOR FREE!
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Firstly, can I say a huge thank you to both VurtuosiMedia and Foundationflash. I always had a feeling that it is not that right. To be honest, I haven't had enough time to put into it. But a slot of time will come up in a few weeks which will help me implement the suggestions. I know you get what you put in. So I shall try to put in a lot more work and hopefully make a success of it.

As far as the legality of the site, watch-movies is one of the most popular movies websites and that is legal as they only contains links to streams. I do the same so I am pretty sure I am legal. In summary, I would like to say that no content is hosted on my server, therefore isn't illegal.

But I know what you mean. You think movies site and think "dodgy?" But I want to give people an entertaining service and will do so while staying within the law. I obviously don't want to give up and that is the worst sin, for me. I shall use the clever advice of people like on this forum and try to better myself and the site.

Once again, thank you for your help.
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Old 06-04-2008, 08:33 AM Re: Your Media King >> Download the latest movies and music, FOR FREE!
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Although there hasn't been a precedent, you're obviously acting contary to the mrol position.
See http://www.webtvwire.com/linking-to-...gal-in-the-us/, and http://www.webtvwire.com/linking-law...pirated-video/
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