Qualities required in Design Portal
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- muidlatif0
ok.. I will fully launch my website January 2004, meantime you guys can comments and give feedback on my 'web art' installation:
http://www.digitalmalaya.com/muiā¦
I did 2 flash work there... thanks in advance!
cheers.
- paulrand0
muidlatif, do you mean to be a design portal , or to be linked on one?
- agent_lulu0
Thanks for sharing your work.
What I observed from your website is, you seem like trying to fit in some kind of trend. There's no focus point of your strenght. You're trying to show you can do every trendy thing out there. it's not a bad idea but that shows you don't have your own direction. if you want to stand out you need to have a unique concept.Do what's not done.
- JazX0
well that's a funny question and I don't think there is a right or wrong answer, but you will need to have good design skills, back end integration using something like PHP, CFML or ASP or JSP tied in with either a MySQL or MS SQL DB for starters. Plus hosting concerns such as bandwidth and total space. :)
- muidlatif0
btw, does it have to be phonography? is that it?
- jevad0
Phonography? The study of records?
- muidlatif0
whoops..my bad... I mean pornography... ?
- jevad0
ha ha
- jevad0
sorry for pissing about!
I think it has a LOT to do with the editors and link quality - if both suck - you're screwed.
K10K, pixelsurgeon, NT, threeoh, linkdup (although badly needing some attention) are all great portals because of the quality of the design and editors.
Nothing to do with being famous or what clients you work for...helps to know people who are running in the right circles....
- muidlatif0
but then again, what exactly the kind of quality there are into? Aren't unique is one of them? you do we have to be so stereotype in design?
- i3i2and0n0
content.
but thats obvious?
- agent_lulu0
Designer Superstar wanna be ?
- agent_lulu0
BTW, I don't understand the pornography part. Do you mean use porno as part of sucking people into a design portal ?
I don't see any porno here thou beside Transfatty half naked pic.
- agent_lulu0
Good Content will draw the traffic.
To be famous is not to be famous.
- muidlatif0
thnx Jevad & Agent Lulu.
I get what you mean... but anyway, any more that me or we should know?
- unknown0
fresh content with regular updates
and do everything a little different and keep it interesting
oh and always keep it honest
- muidlatif0
whoa... much respect from all of ya guys! all opinion make sense.
I mean, some of the reason i started this post is because I did submit some work at a design portal and they totally rejected my work and give some excuse of 'high and quality of work needed' ..something like that. So, I wonder, what kind of quality they want? I mean I did full research on Asian based culture elements for almost 4 month, come up with some different flavor and visual approach, been working real hard to give something unique and still disqualify. So that's why I ask NT citizen, what kind of quality they want, cause I'm not a pro, and I cannot do something like Joshua Davis or what Onyro did, it will take years to do work like that. I really admire their enthusiasm and creativity.
I'm not saying that my work really that unique, but I manage to stay far a bit from the stereotypes.. so what's wrong being unique rite?
Thanks for your opinion guys.
- jk0b0
Too many design portals around anyway, if you wanna do the community a real favour you should find an existing one to contribute to instead. There are plenty of em that could need a little more attention (and/or content)
- rasko40
you can never create another dreamless, that was THE best ever forum or whatever you wanna call it, it had The best people, The best crits, The funniest shit (08), The most genuine chaos, The most genuine userbase and will Always be the legend... other than that look at NT for the best forum because its the quickest/easiest to use and nothaving different sections means that sections like "technical' dont get ignored but for pure linkage look to pixelsurgeon for being the best because the guys are genuine and maintain a sense of humour - they post random shit aswell as design, they take it easy and its cool like that.
- muidlatif0
Thnx rasko4, that was truely awesome. I felt the same way cause I never get pissed of with NT Citizen either for crits or exchanging ideas, or giving their 2 cents..
You guys been giving me so much rational and reasonable opinion. I mean, I get more exposure for arts, creativity, career, all at one package here at NT.
I do hope hangin' here will make my skills, creativity increase.
Again...thnx for the support.
Cheers.'