(O.T.) My 'Links to Freeware' page

[Henk de Jong]

I'll expect that I reach the number of 1800 links on my pages within a
few weeks. At this moment I'm worried that that number of links
decreases the usability of the site. A problem in this is that my ISP
(where I have my pages for free) doesn't support PHP, MySQL, CGI, PERL,
and so on. The only things they support are Javascript, DHTML and HTML.
As far as I have seen there are no other ISP's anymore that carry PHP,
MySQL and so on, for free and without any advertising. So, improvements
of my site are limited. And I don't want to move my site to an other
location.

But, nevertheless, a few questions:
- does somebody have any ideas for improving the site?
- does anybody know of a easy-to-use search-possibility for my site?
- does anybody have any ideas for the design and/or layout of the site?

I like to hear your comments.

With kind regards,

--
Henk de Jong
The Netherlands
(e-mail address removed) (Remove _NO_SPAM_)
'Links to Freeware'
http://www.linkstofreeware.nl/
http://www.linkstofreeware.vze.com/
http://home.hccnet.nl/hmdejong/

 

[Romain Petges]

- does anybody know of a easy-to-use search-possibility for my site?

Maybe you can include an external search engine to your site. A friend of me
uses Atomz Free Search (http://www.atomz.com/applications/search/).

An improvement could be to include a listing by category (Games, Tools,
Wallpapers etc.), not only an alphabetical one.

Best regards,
Romain

 

[MLC]

_Henk de Jong_, domenica 22/ago/2004:

- does anybody know of a easy-to-use search-possibility for my site?

I use JavaScript Indexer:

http://www.iuliu.as.ro/projects/javascript/search.html

It works great. I changed it a little, but if you want to have an idea of
it, look at my site:

http://fido.altervista.org/index.php

 

[POKO]

But, nevertheless, a few questions:
- does somebody have any ideas for improving the site?
- does anybody know of a easy-to-use search-possibility for my site?
- does anybody have any ideas for the design and/or layout of the site?

I like to hear your comments.

With kind regards,

Henk - you have a very excellent site as is, but a search can be easily
added with Google's free onsite search script. For an example, look at:
http://manitoulinislandwebdesign.it-mate.co.uk/andmore.html
Best,
POKO
--
P. Keenan - Webmaster
Web Page Design
Manitoulin Island, Canada
http://manitoulinislandwebdesign.it-mate.co.uk/
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Jimmy Merrild Krag]

I'll expect that I reach the number of 1800 links on my pages within a
few weeks. At this moment I'm worried that that number of links
decreases the usability of the site. A problem in this is that my ISP
(where I have my pages for free) doesn't support PHP, MySQL, CGI, PERL,
and so on. The only things they support are Javascript, DHTML and HTML.
As far as I have seen there are no other ISP's anymore that carry PHP,
MySQL and so on, for free and without any advertising. So, improvements
of my site are limited. And I don't want to move my site to an other
location.

But, nevertheless, a few questions:
- does somebody have any ideas for improving the site?
- does anybody know of a easy-to-use search-possibility for my site?
- does anybody have any ideas for the design and/or layout of the site?

I like to hear your comments.

With kind regards,

--
Henk de Jong
The Netherlands
(e-mail address removed) (Remove _NO_SPAM_)
'Links to Freeware'
http://www.linkstofreeware.nl/
http://www.linkstofreeware.vze.com/
http://home.hccnet.nl/hmdejong/

Have you ever considdered to use another web-hoster than your ISP? Here in
Denmark we have some quite good ones that supports PHP, MySQL and if you
don't want to pay for hosting and don't need a domain of your own, there are
free alternatives.

My HP is placed on a sub-domain of www.frac.dk, and it doesn't cost me a
sqrimp

Write me a mail if you want me to help you finding some good stuff.

 

[Henk de Jong]

Maybe you can include an external search engine to your site. A friend of me
uses Atomz Free Search (http://www.atomz.com/applications/search/).

I tried that one before, but that gave no good results of the search of
my site. I would like a search possibilty that also gives the name and
the url of the site the visitor is looking for. The Atomz search only
shows the page where you can find what you are looking for.

An improvement could be to include a listing by category (Games, Tools,
Wallpapers etc.), not only an alphabetical one.

I have already a Games section on my pages. The other sections are:
Screensavers, Programming, Mac, Linux, Win 3.xx, PDA and DOS. I used to
have a Graphics section in the past, that also contained wallpapers,
but according the counter of the number of visitors, there was almost
no interest for that.

With kind regards,

--
Henk de Jong
The Netherlands
(e-mail address removed) (Remove _NO_SPAM_)
'Links to Freeware'
http://www.linkstofreeware.nl/
http://www.linkstofreeware.vze.com/
http://home.hccnet.nl/hmdejong/

 

[Henk de Jong]

MLC wrote on 22-8-2004 :

_Henk de Jong_, domenica 22/ago/2004:


I use JavaScript Indexer:

http://www.iuliu.as.ro/projects/javascript/search.html

It works great. I changed it a little, but if you want to have an idea of
it, look at my site:

http://fido.altervista.org/index.php

This looks interesting. Thanks. I'll check it out!

With kind regards,

--
Henk de Jong
The Netherlands
(e-mail address removed) (Remove _NO_SPAM_)
'Links to Freeware'
http://www.linkstofreeware.nl/
http://www.linkstofreeware.vze.com/
http://home.hccnet.nl/hmdejong/

 

[Henk de Jong]

POKO wrote on 22-8-2004 :

Henk - you have a very excellent site as is, but a search can be easily
added with Google's free onsite search script. For an example, look at:
http://manitoulinislandwebdesign.it-mate.co.uk/andmore.html
Best,
POKO

That reminds me that I have a page with the Google search on it
somewhere on my HD.

Thanks for reminding me

With kind regards,

--
Henk de Jong
The Netherlands
(e-mail address removed) (Remove _NO_SPAM_)
'Links to Freeware'
http://www.linkstofreeware.nl/
http://www.linkstofreeware.vze.com/
http://home.hccnet.nl/hmdejong/

 

[*ProteanThread*]

But, nevertheless, a few questions:
- does somebody have any ideas for improving the site?
- does anybody know of a easy-to-use search-possibility for my site?
- does anybody have any ideas for the design and/or layout of the site?

What about "farming" out the links pages ?

 

[512/udp]

does somebody have any ideas for improving the site?

yup. shut it down and don't quit your day job.

--
"I've had a total recalibration of my mind, you know. I mean, it's
like, I've been banging my head against this 19th century type, um,
what? Thought mode? Construct? Human construct? Well, the wall doesn't
exist. It's not there, you know. I mean, they tell you, look for the
light at the end of the tunnel. Well, there is no tunnel. There's just
no structure. The underlying order is chaos."

-Richard Linklater's "Slacker" (1991)

 

[Henk de Jong]

*ProteanThread* wrote on 25-8-2004 :

What about "farming" out the links pages ?

Yes, that is already on my to-do list. But my first priority is to add
all the links I have 'in stock' and after that I'll review the links
pages, add the usable links to the regular pages, and delete the links
pages from the site. I'm also thinking of a 'redesign' of the site, but
my brother-in-law just returned from vacation, and I didn't have time
to talk to him about this. But it is also on my to-do list.

With kind regards,

--
Henk de Jong
The Netherlands
(e-mail address removed) (Remove _NO_SPAM_)
'Links to Freeware'
http://www.linkstofreeware.nl/
http://www.linkstofreeware.vze.com/
http://home.hccnet.nl/hmdejong/

 

[Henk de Jong]

Have you ever considdered to use another web-hoster than your ISP? Here in
Denmark we have some quite good ones that supports PHP, MySQL and if you
don't want to pay for hosting and don't need a domain of your own, there are
free alternatives.

My HP is placed on a sub-domain of www.frac.dk, and it doesn't cost me a
sqrimp

Write me a mail if you want me to help you finding some good stuff.

Yes, I have considered a change of ISP, but the one I use now is for
free. I even have the domainname for free with them. Another point is
that they support my freewaresite completely. That is a thing that
cannot be said by other ISP's. I once lost my account with another ISP,
that accused me of offering illegal software. For now, I'm very happy
with my current ISP and I like to stay there. In spite of their
limitations....

With kind regards,

--
Henk de Jong
The Netherlands
(e-mail address removed) (Remove _NO_SPAM_)
'Links to Freeware'
http://www.linkstofreeware.nl/
http://www.linkstofreeware.vze.com/
http://home.hccnet.nl/hmdejong/