A month or two ago I saw a video someone had made of an exchange they had with a customer at work. The video had two cutesy CGI dog-like animals talking with very basic gestures and motions. It googled the watermark in the corner of the video and it took me to the site the guy had used to create the video. The name was four letters long but it wasn't a real word. There were multiple themes or scenes you could select, enter dialog, etc. Most of the themes were very cutesy- animals, flowers, etc. The speech seemed to be rendered by some typical voice-to-text software as it was very flat with no inflection. Overall it was a pretty easy to use website.
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posted by _DB_
on Apr 16, 2013 -
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I have a computer science degree so I know (or can learn) the technicalities of web programming, serving a site, etc. I'm looking for high level advice. If someone asked you to make them a business website today, how would you go about it?
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posted by htid
on Apr 5, 2013 -
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I'm looking for a recipe organiser where I can write my own recipes and clip recipes from the web. I can google with the best of them, and I can see there are lots of sites that can potentially do what I need, but I don't want to create a gazillion accounts for testing, so please give me your tried and true recommendations. Details inside :
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posted by snakeling
on Apr 4, 2013 -
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I need to write a privacy policy for my commercial website. There are a number of online tools for this, I am looking for specific recommendations for such a tool or links to good boilerplate. The site is primarily providing information about a product (iPhone app). It does not collect any information but does have a contact form.
posted by cosmac
on Mar 6, 2013 -
3 answers
I want to create an intra-company website for my co-workers to rate/review widgets. It will not be a commercial venture. Is there is a free or free-ish way to do this?
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posted by vidur
on Feb 19, 2013 -
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Is there a tool that I can use to test my website's various pages across multiple platforms (different mobile devices, different browsers etc) without having to, you know, manually get hold of each mobile device and open up each browser and test it?
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posted by HopStopDon'tShop
on Jan 18, 2013 -
11 answers
I can't find a standard term used on websites to mean "impermanent link", but I need one.
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posted by Creosote
on Nov 19, 2012 -
22 answers
SSL, licences, and migrating a website. Old server has an SSL certificate. New one has not. Not using HTTPS. Will visitors see any warnings or otherwise perceive the change?
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posted by alasdair
on Nov 15, 2012 -
13 answers
Where can I host videos for my Shakespeare play comparison website that won't a) cost me tons due to hosting and b) be YouTube knee-jerky on copyright violation?
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posted by John Kenneth Fisher
on Oct 21, 2012 -
7 answers
Blog/website tech support needed!
How can I move my newly designed Wordpress site from a subdirectory to the root, while somehow archiving the old indexhibit site which currently dwells on the root? I only have a couple of days in which to do this!
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posted by betsbillabong
on Oct 18, 2012 -
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I want to make a web-page which will track if UK political parties' election manifesto promises once they are in power. I don't want to devote my life or income to this and i'm only doing it because i think i ought to=i am lazy. Comments? Suggestions? Need to know? Sarcasm? Thanks^_^
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posted by maiamaia
on Oct 6, 2012 -
2 answers
Is there a community web site for sewers that is comparable to what Ravelry is for knitters? This means, in case you're not familiar with Ravelry, that I can use it to document my sewing projects, look at other people's sewing projects, search for patterns (or pattern reviews), and share information with other sewers in the forums.
posted by orange swan
on Aug 29, 2012 -
10 answers
How do I ask for help and where do I look for intelligent, experienced help in creating a user-controlled website for a wholesale company based in NYC? Any ideas about the ballpark cost to create a wholesale company website?
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posted by nickyskye
on Aug 1, 2012 -
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I just want to put a draft website up for a client for a few days. I have created it locally in a few directories and I want to put it somewhere, preferably for free or a few quid and without signing some year-long contract. I just want to FTP my files in and have done with it. Just HTML and CSS for now. It can expire in a month and can have whatever weird URL it wants. What's the best suggestion?
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posted by By The Grace of God
on May 28, 2012 -
8 answers
I'm trying to find a French food website that I used to use a lot but seem to have lost. What details I remember are inside...
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posted by ninazer0
on May 24, 2012 -
3 answers
Does including a "welcome to my website" statement on your homepage invite or legitimize hackers?
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posted by jeoc
on May 10, 2012 -
13 answers
I'm looking for a website I found years ago that combined prose and pictures to create a series of puzzles, but I do not remember what it was called. The notable thing about it was that it had 12 puzzles, and they are dispensed to you weekly, with a story and master puzzle arcing across all twelve, leaving you with a 3 month interactive experience. Does this ring any bells?
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posted by shovel_mage
on Apr 11, 2012 -
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Seeking suggestions/examples of websites of individuals (not firms or companies) that incorporate a blog but provide a showcase or platform for the individual and their expertise. A few more details and examples given inside.
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posted by infini
on Mar 29, 2012 -
3 answers
Is there a China-based Amazon-style shopping website that I use to send a gift to someone in Shanghai? One that I can use from the US and is in English?
thanks!!
posted by Bwithh
on Mar 12, 2012 -
3 answers
Hello, brightminded and helpful mefi's.
I have an idea for (IMO) an awesome new website that I believe will be huge. Is it still feasible in this day and age for a person to buy a stack of books and learn the coding skills needed for a website with very robust features, to say the least? Or will I have to acquire the funding to hire the people to do this? Funding is non-existent at the point in time.
posted by DesmondDoomsday
on Mar 5, 2012 -
11 answers
I love wordpress but I am finding that it seems to be very unsecure when it comes to viruses and hacking. What do other Wordpress users do to keep their sites secure and safe?
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posted by hellodonna
on Mar 2, 2012 -
14 answers
MeFi academics: imagine you're attending a conference. Describe the your dream conference web app/website.
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posted by Deathalicious
on Feb 14, 2012 -
35 answers
I am looking to design a custom Ecommerce site and from talking to people it looks like the way to go is Joomla. I have an idea what I want my site to look like and it will need to have coverflow. Is this something I will be able to include in my Joomla site? A google search was not very helpful with this for some reason.
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posted by kmurray24
on Jan 11, 2012 -
5 answers
Does anyone remember a list of logins and passwords, for a myriad of sites, published online for all the world to use? Its advertised purpose was to allow one to use a website without having to register for access... so you didn't have to go through all the steps, nor receive spam in your inbox later... I think it's been several years since I've even thought of this -- also, I feel it had some form of 'gator' or other reptile in its name.
posted by Tandem Affinity
on Jan 9, 2012 -
9 answers
Best practice advice for overhauling the Information Architecture of a large website. For various reasons, we are looking to drastically overhaul the IA of a large (many 1000s of pages) site, to reflect a change in purpose. I'm interested in practical considerations and best practice ways to ensure the transition is as seamless as possible for users, search engines and wotnot.
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posted by Sparx
on Dec 18, 2011 -
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What was that "please invent this" website I saw a few months ago? Yeah, that's basically the premise; people would just submit ideas for software or physical products. As I recall, the postings were listed in a grid format, and the layout of the page was quite elegant (simple, clean elegant, not baroque elegant).
What was that site?
posted by holterbarbour
on Nov 9, 2011 -
5 answers
I'm a PhD student with an academic blog and a personal blog, thinking about my future marketability as either an academic or a postdoc style researcher. Should I host it all under myname.net, keep my catchyname.com for the academic blog, or something else?
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posted by Apropos of Something
on Oct 25, 2011 -
19 answers
Is there some way (maybe with javascript?) to track how much of an embedded YouTube video someone has watched on my website?
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posted by 256
on Sep 20, 2011 -
1 answer
I seem to recall a site run by some guy that noted pundits' and analysts' forecasts. If an analyst said Vista was going to flop, this was the type of site to record that. I think I saw this site mentioned a couple years ago on daring fireball, or perhaps waxy. It definitely had the "claim chowder" vibe.
posted by Monochrome
on Aug 23, 2011 -
9 answers
I run a small website for a sport I enjoy and am passionate about - traffic is good (at least I'm happy) and in the last few weeks I've been starting to get some press coverage. All good so far...
A PR company have asked me to submit a 'media pack' - I have no idea what that is, or what might be included in there - I have asked the contact, but I'm thinking I should try and get ahead of the game.
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posted by mattr
on Jul 3, 2011 -
5 answers
I have a few domain and host questions and were unable to get a straight answer from neither provider. Mefi to the help?
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posted by Sentus
on Jun 28, 2011 -
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I (think I) am capable with HTML and CSS, but I've been asked to create an interactive, flowchart-based website and I'm not sure where to turn. (Similar to the specs described
here - No one answered this question.) --- What do I need to learn to make this happen? Any tips or suggestions would be welcome.
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posted by brackish.line
on Jun 24, 2011 -
6 answers
Is there a simple solution for logging into one website under two identities simultaneously using the same (preferably Firefox) browser window during the same session?
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posted by fire&wings
on Jun 20, 2011 -
12 answers
I am looking for design inspiration for the recipe search engine that I'm working on. Specifically, how do I jazz up the recipe pages with graphics when I cannot use the original recipe text or dish photos? It has to be something generic to food/cooking.
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posted by Foci for Analysis
on Jun 4, 2011 -
14 answers
Argh, someone linked to a web host that happened to have a $10 a year price for basic hosting (Like ASmallOrange's $25 yr plan.) I can't find that link after looking at a bunch of answers! Not pay as you go like NFS. Anyone know that $10 year host that was mentioned? Or an alternative with PHP and MySQL for similar price?
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posted by SantosLHalper
on May 28, 2011 -
12 answers
I am looking to design a web site with shopping cart functionality and I have no real experience, but I know what looks good. Is there anyway to find out who designed a website like "Etsy.com" so that I may implement something similar? and is there a product I would purchase to do this Thanks for any help with this.
posted by kmurray24
on May 25, 2011 -
8 answers
