thread for when you have computer problems

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > YOSPOS > thread for when you have computer problems

«‹›252 »

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

ok so am trying to make a website and I started using webflow because looks easy.. but I am not sure if it can do what I want it to do

so from main page you go "create new" and itll create a blank template (thats where the magic happens) with a new random url like website.com/4dMuJs8qTrP4 and so you copy/paste that url to your friends so they can then all go to the same page and do the collab work that needs to happen (the collab work is relatively simple)

so can webflow allow me to do that? create a blank set to work with like that?

I am having trouble getting around the idea of CMS, because it seems like you can only have X amount of CMS entries, and do I understand it correctly that one of these CMS entries would be one of those pages? so if even with huge tier plan with 10,000 CMS entries, if my website every actually got popular, 10,000 would be a puny number

or is webflow more like squarespace? i made a site with squarespace and it was pretty good, but I didn't need anything more than static pages..

I wonder if I am just going to have to learn how to do this by hand.. hmm.. like learn how to make a database or some poo poo. difference being that this isn't a website for a business, but a website that actually is the product

echinopsis fucked around with this message at 22:21 on Oct 20, 2018

# ? Oct 20, 2018 22:15

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ? May 30, 2024 07:59

Achmed Jones: Oct 16, 2004

use a google doc

# ? Oct 21, 2018 00:10

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

mate idk how I can turn that into money

# ? Oct 21, 2018 00:31

Bhodi: Dec 9, 2007; Oh, it's just a cat.; Pillbug

that's a wiki, you're wanting to invent a wiki

alternatively: pastebin.com

# ? Oct 21, 2018 05:24

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

echinopsis posted:

ok so am trying to make a website and I started using webflow because looks easy.. but I am not sure if it can do what I want it to do

so from main page you go "create new" and itll create a blank template (thats where the magic happens) with a new random url like website.com/4dMuJs8qTrP4 and so you copy/paste that url to your friends so they can then all go to the same page and do the collab work that needs to happen (the collab work is relatively simple)

so can webflow allow me to do that? create a blank set to work with like that?

I am having trouble getting around the idea of CMS, because it seems like you can only have X amount of CMS entries, and do I understand it correctly that one of these CMS entries would be one of those pages? so if even with huge tier plan with 10,000 CMS entries, if my website every actually got popular, 10,000 would be a puny number

or is webflow more like squarespace? i made a site with squarespace and it was pretty good, but I didn't need anything more than static pages..

I wonder if I am just going to have to learn how to do this by hand.. hmm.. like learn how to make a database or some poo poo. difference being that this isn't a website for a business, but a website that actually is the product

use wix

# ? Oct 21, 2018 18:22

Farmer Crack-Ass: Jan 2, 2001; this is me posting irl

you'll probably need to setup your own custom database. your backend is gonna need to be fairly robust if you want to take on a bunch of customers and make money off this. think about it how much do you think people are going to be willing to pay for this service and how many people are going to have to pay in order for you to see a return? so you need to make a pretty big database.

# ? Oct 21, 2018 18:32

Farmer Crack-Ass: Jan 2, 2001; this is me posting irl

also if you roll your own that's less money you have to pay out to vendors. more profit for you.

# ? Oct 21, 2018 18:33

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

also if you roll your own you'll gently caress it up

# ? Oct 21, 2018 18:35

Farmer Crack-Ass: Jan 2, 2001; this is me posting irl

fuckin up's just another way to learn. knowledge is wealth too.

echi don't forget when rolling up your server to use the right amount of RAID. some people say five is good but ten's probably what you need here

# ? Oct 21, 2018 18:37

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

echinopsis posted:

mate idk how I can turn that into money

you can't turn a website into money either so no real difference

# ? Oct 21, 2018 18:38

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

Farmer Crack-rear end posted:

fuckin up's just another way to learn. knowledge is wealth too.

echi don't forget when rolling up your server to use the right amount of RAID. some people say five is good but ten's probably what you need here

Raid 6 is the correct raid

# ? Oct 21, 2018 18:40

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

yospos: redundant array of independent dumbasses

# ? Oct 21, 2018 18:42

Farmer Crack-Ass: Jan 2, 2001; this is me posting irl

Captain Foo posted:

Raid 6 is the correct raid

bruv that might do for your animes and your ghost music albums but that is definitely not enough for a commercial money-making website business operation. i'm sorry

also echi if you skip out the encryption you can squeeze out some more performance on the ol' web server. old industry secret :ssh:

# ? Oct 21, 2018 18:44

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

Farmer Crack-rear end posted:

bruv that might do for your animes and your ghost music albums but that is definitely not enough for a commercial money-making website business operation. i'm sorry

Raid 6 and backups is fine

# ? Oct 21, 2018 18:57

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Farmer Crack-rear end posted:

also echi if you skip out the encryption you can squeeze out some more performance on the ol' web server. old industry secret

cheers bruv this is the industry insider knowledge they don�t teach you at harvard medical school for information technology

Endless Mike posted:

you can't turn a website into money either so no real difference

the internet might be going the way of horses and carts but there�s dozens of dollars left in it yet

# ? Oct 21, 2018 19:38

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

so realistically i would need to learn how to database

like sql?

and then can i do the rest in python

also if something was worthwhile wouldn�t ya host it on something not my home pc

like trying to straddle the zone where i�m gonna have to learn all but the most basics from scratch but also don�t feel exactly like i need to learn the latest and greatest methods

just need a rough prototype that words until that sweet vc cash flows in and then i can hire come code monkeys

# ? Oct 21, 2018 21:26

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

i need to spend my evenings learning not drinking

for a while at least

# ? Oct 21, 2018 21:27

Samuel L. ACKSYN: Feb 29, 2008

Raluek posted:

hey i dunno if you still need the thing, but i was at a surplus store over the weekend and i found connectors that might work for you

(apparently i suck at focusing a photo)

i think they're for universal laptop power adapters to work with g3 i/powerbooks, but a connector is a connector. they might not be wired right for your app, but you can cut the rubber off and just solder to whatever's on there if you want i guess.

do you want me to stuff some in an envelope or something?

wow, that's a real nice offer, thank you very much, but i've already hacked in a different connector so it's no longer needed.

But thank you for the offer!

# ? Oct 21, 2018 23:14

Raluek: Nov 3, 2006; WUT.

Samuel L. ACKSYN posted:

wow, that's a real nice offer, thank you very much, but i've already hacked in a different connector so it's no longer needed.

But thank you for the offer!

cool, yeah i figured you already had a solution in place. i love that store, they have all sorts of random wtf items like that. like a bin of mini-DVI pcb-mount jacks.

# ? Oct 21, 2018 23:29

SO DEMANDING: Dec 27, 2003

Captain Foo posted:

yospos: redundant array of independent dumbasses

# ? Oct 22, 2018 02:22

bobbilljim: May 29, 2013; this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me

echinopsis posted:

so realistically i would need to learn how to database

like sql?

and then can i do the rest in python

also if something was worthwhile wouldn’t ya host it on something not my home pc

like trying to straddle the zone where i’m gonna have to learn all but the most basics from scratch but also don’t feel exactly like i need to learn the latest and greatest methods

just need a rough prototype that words until that sweet vc cash flows in and then i can hire come code monkeys

what you described is Google docs. if you want to make easy money by doing software the easiest way is to just get a day job at it

# ? Oct 23, 2018 03:25

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

idk how i managed to describe what i have in mind as google docs but that�s wrong. i moves this over to the programming thread anyway coz it�s not really a computer problem it�s more a human problem (me) with a computer solution

# ? Oct 23, 2018 03:44

spankmeister: Jun 15, 2008

First let me talk about the sponsor of this post, Squarespace. With Squarespace you can set up your web presence quickly and easily.

Thanks to Squarespace for sponsoring this post.

# ? Oct 23, 2018 07:41

Agile Vector: May 21, 2007; scrum bored

spankmeister posted:

First let me talk about the sponsor of this post, Squarespace. With Squarespace you can set up your web presence quickly and easily.

Thanks to Squarespace for sponsoring this post.

go to squarspace.com/offer and enter promo code 'spunk' for 5% off your first website

# ? Oct 23, 2018 23:29

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

# ? Oct 24, 2018 00:25

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

echinopsis posted:

this emote sucks and should be deleted

# ? Oct 24, 2018 00:31

Schadenboner: Aug 15, 2011; by Shine

echinopsis posted:

I would like to know when in the "Louie CK performative jerking-off" saga this was purchased.

# ? Oct 24, 2018 00:32

Salt Fish: Sep 11, 2003; Cybernetic Crumb

There has never been a good post which included the word "performative".

# ? Oct 24, 2018 00:38

Bhodi: Dec 9, 2007; Oh, it's just a cat.; Pillbug

someone saying smoka being "performative hardscrabble" was a p good post

# ? Oct 24, 2018 01:00

graph: Nov 22, 2006; aaag peanuts

Captain Foo posted:

this emote sucks and should be deleted

this has been brought up

# ? Oct 24, 2018 02:21

graph: Nov 22, 2006; aaag peanuts

e: i guess that didnt happen, nm

# ? Oct 24, 2018 02:23

Notorious b.s.d.: Jan 25, 2003; by Reene

Bhodi posted:

someone saying smoka being "performative hardscrabble" was a p good post

# ? Oct 28, 2018 18:27

President Beep: Apr 30, 2009; i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)