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Cool1Net6 · May 22nd, 2006, 3:32 AM

Good Evening Everyone.

For months now I have been trying to develop a website. I had one in the past that acted sort of as a blog or personal site, but it was taken down due to lack of maintenance and I wanted to revive it again. Unfortunately, I have ran into numerous problems on its path to rebirth, and I dont quite know what to do to get on track.

First off, the last site used a complicated system powered by HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and stored in a single HTML file. As the site grew over the months, everything started to bog down; the HTML file grew to almost 300k, in-page transitions were terrible, and the user experience just went downhill. This time around I wanted something that was coded by me, or mostly by me, to avoid having unneeded features slowing the site down.

I started from scratch, scribbling site designs and ideas on paper, but the past 4 months have just left me with a big trash bin of crumpled paper. Each design was either too complex, too bland, too 'copyright-infringing', too inflexible, etc. I cant seem to pin down whats wrong with the design, or what is missing from the design.

In fact, I am not even sure what I want this site to do. Web sites need content, and thats the one thing I cant seem to find without posting redundant links to articles or blogging internet crap like the 2 billion other web sites out there. I wanted to build something lightweight, unique, interactive, and at least interesting/useful enough to be somewhat successful.

What do you think is the problem, and how do I get past this developers block? Any insight would be appreciated.

-Cool-

May 22nd, 2006, 3:32 AM	#1
Cool1Net6 Newbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida, U.S.A. Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0	Developers Block Good Evening Everyone. For months now I have been trying to develop a website. I had one in the past that acted sort of as a blog or personal site, but it was taken down due to lack of maintenance and I wanted to revive it again. Unfortunately, I have ran into numerous problems on its path to rebirth, and I dont quite know what to do to get on track. First off, the last site used a complicated system powered by HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and stored in a single HTML file. As the site grew over the months, everything started to bog down; the HTML file grew to almost 300k, in-page transitions were terrible, and the user experience just went downhill. This time around I wanted something that was coded by me, or mostly by me, to avoid having unneeded features slowing the site down. I started from scratch, scribbling site designs and ideas on paper, but the past 4 months have just left me with a big trash bin of crumpled paper. Each design was either too complex, too bland, too 'copyright-infringing', too inflexible, etc. I cant seem to pin down whats wrong with the design, or what is missing from the design. In fact, I am not even sure what I want this site to do. Web sites need content, and thats the one thing I cant seem to find without posting redundant links to articles or blogging internet crap like the 2 billion other web sites out there. I wanted to build something lightweight, unique, interactive, and at least interesting/useful enough to be somewhat successful. What do you think is the problem, and how do I get past this developers block? Any insight would be appreciated. -Cool- __________________ "Give a programmer enough pizza and coke they'll do anything you want."