Since I learned HTML and how to use Photoshop and all that jazz, it's been a goal/dream of mine to have my own website. Ive been trying to think of an idea for a website that: people would need, it wouldnt be complicated to make, it would be easy to maintain and I could have some advertising.
I finally thought of an idea and made a layout in Photoshop, showed it to my friends and for the last two days I've been coding it together in Dreamweaver.
The idea is basic. A one page website with a list of all useful freeware programs in categories ranging from Web Browsers to Drive Cleaners and a link of where you can download it.
The way I see it is, I'm always searching for free programs when I dont have the cash to put out and It's quite a hassle to search Google. I always end up at some website, get all excited and realize I have to pay 20 dollars after 30 days or so. This way, people can come to this website, look at the category they need and download a program within a few minutes. No more hassling around with download.com or MajorGeek.com.
Ok, enough talking, here the layout is:
http://img22.imageshack.us/my.php?image=idea26ce.jpg
After seeking advice from a few friends, I've realized it looks similar to one of those generic ad-pages when you misspell a popular website.
As for the name - I dont know, I just put that up there after hearing the name "Craigslist", a popular classifieds website. Thats just there for now.
As for the size, the image was shunk, so the real website is probably twice as big, ie: only the first two columns are visible at 1024 x 768. I may make it smaller.
Would you guys find this website useful?
Think its a good idea?
How can I make it look more user friendly and less like a generic ad page?
Any help would be much appreciated!
I finally thought of an idea and made a layout in Photoshop, showed it to my friends and for the last two days I've been coding it together in Dreamweaver.
The idea is basic. A one page website with a list of all useful freeware programs in categories ranging from Web Browsers to Drive Cleaners and a link of where you can download it.
The way I see it is, I'm always searching for free programs when I dont have the cash to put out and It's quite a hassle to search Google. I always end up at some website, get all excited and realize I have to pay 20 dollars after 30 days or so. This way, people can come to this website, look at the category they need and download a program within a few minutes. No more hassling around with download.com or MajorGeek.com.
Ok, enough talking, here the layout is:
http://img22.imageshack.us/my.php?image=idea26ce.jpg
After seeking advice from a few friends, I've realized it looks similar to one of those generic ad-pages when you misspell a popular website.
As for the name - I dont know, I just put that up there after hearing the name "Craigslist", a popular classifieds website. Thats just there for now.
As for the size, the image was shunk, so the real website is probably twice as big, ie: only the first two columns are visible at 1024 x 768. I may make it smaller.
Would you guys find this website useful?
Think its a good idea?
How can I make it look more user friendly and less like a generic ad page?
Any help would be much appreciated!
