HELP!! Im building my website ALONE, any pointers??

[TsVanessa69]

Well guys I am building a website.
I guess its called a vanity site.
I call it answer guys questions before they call so time wont be wasted.
It has generated income but the guy who started the site and his ts girlfriend duped me and a few other girls of our money and went back to her home country.
So I'm trying to work on it myself.
I am learing html coding and this is what I have so far:

http://www.TsVanessa69.com

[GroobySteven]

Instead of building a website with html you might want to just to a wordpress blog style site. You can easily add pages for the different areas and it makes it simple to run and update.
Let me know if you need any help installing it - or a graphic or something.

Here's an example of what can be done:
http://pkvegasvod.com/
http://www.buddywood.com/vod/
http://cams.tgirls.com/

[TsVanessa69]

Constructive criticism is welcomed.
As well as any links to teach me how to improve.
The pics are outdated but I have not learned how to swap them out for newer better pics.

[shemale-411]

If you have an escort site, you can exchange links with http://www.theeroticreview.com/

you have to add their banner, and they will list your site, as well as a description that you give in their escort sites section.

I also would highly recommend listing yourself and site on www.ts-dating.com (http://www.ts-dating.com) Its free and a monster site as far as TS traffic.

Good luck!
http://www.shemale-411.com

[TsVanessa69]

Instead of building a website with html you might want to just to a wordpress blog style site. You can easily add pages for the different areas and it makes it simple to run and update.
Let me know if you need any help installing it - or a graphic or something.
There was a blog added, but I dunno how to make it visible on the site.
I dont have enough content for a pay portion yet

[ARMANIXXX]

I'm not a website builder at all,

But I'd like to offer some helpful advice or a tip, if you will...


On your front page, don't make your home page too busy with music and moving flash images and stuff like that.

It's, annoying, needlessly bandwidth and resource consuming, and causes alot of people to turn away before even getting past the first page.

Keep it nice simple.......1 nice, solid pic and and clickable topics for them to traverse further.

Lots of people, lots of professional and corporate site make this mistake....they are trying too hard to make it look nice...but all they did was make going to their site a headache.

Good luck.

[shemale-411]

Vanessa, while you school yourself, save a copy of your site somewhere on your harddrive. Then if you make some mistake, you can always upload the original page, and you are back to where you started.

On your browser, is the "view" button. If you go View>Source it will open a page showing all your html for that page. Copying and pasting is how we all probably got started!

[TsVanessa69]

Vanessa, while you school yourself, save a copy of your site somewhere on your harddrive. Then if you make some mistake, you can always upload the original page, and you are back to where you started.

On your browser, is the "view" button. If you go View>Source it will open a page showing all your html for that page. Copying and pasting is how we all probably got started!
Well what do you think of what I've ttempted so far??
Just joined ts-dating

[shemale-411]

The site looks good, I dont mess with flash, so I cant be much help to you there. When you get ready to link and market your site, let me know I can send you plenty of stuff to check out then!

http://www.shemale-411.com



Well what do you think of what I've ttempted so far??
Just joined ts-dating

[ARMANIXXX]

lol

I didn't even notice you had a link.

Site looks fine and you did exactly what I was recommending already.

nice

I'm glad you took my advice

;)

[TsVanessa69]

lol

I didn't even notice you had a link.

Site looks fine and you did exactly what I was recommending already.

nice

I'm glad you took my advice

;)
Thats old, done in 2007, but the dude ran off and I did the inside stuff
text on the pages, the pics, well i have no clue how to swap those

[Faldur]

You have a great start to the site Vanessa, very nice look to the pages you have done.

I would second Senachi's recommendation on Wordpress. I use it for my photography site and it is a breeze to use. Wordpress is well supported, and the add-on products and features are amazing.

[ARMANIXXX]

Thats old, done in 2007, but the dude ran off and I did the inside stuff
text on the pages, the pics, well i have no clue how to swap those

There's nothing wrong with your site....it's solid.....you've always taken good pictures too, btw.

Good luck with it.

[TsVanessa69]

There's nothing wrong with your site....it's solid.....you've always taken good pictures too, btw.

Good luck with it.
Those pics are old and outdated, I have newer fresher ones.
So i guess I'm off to a good start huh??

[ARMANIXXX]

Those pics are old and outdated, I have newer fresher ones.
So i guess I'm off to a good start huh??

Yes.

In fact,
I must insist you send them all too me, video's too, so I can examine and critique them.......















For professional purposes, of course.
:tongue:

[GrimFusion]

I'm not a professional web designer, but I'm pretty well-versed with color theory, design concept, HTML, and CSS. I've been trying to move into PHP with a lot of confusion.

Anyway, your site is more-or-less ok. I'd suggest changing your text colors, though. That lime green and dark blue don't match with your pink and red theme very well and the color clash makes reading a tad challenging.

If you want to further improve readability, make a DIV with a white semi-transparent background (PNG file) and pop it in back of your text blocks.

If you're looking for a basic re-design, let me know. I can't promise to do it for free, but I don't charge an arm and a leg for basic web design either.

[TsVanessa69]

I'm not a professional web designer, but I'm pretty well-versed with color theory, design concept, HTML, and CSS. I've been trying to move into PHP with a lot of confusion.

Anyway, your site is more-or-less ok. I'd suggest changing your text colors, though. That lime green and dark blue don't match with your pink and red theme very well and the color clash makes reading a tad challenging.

If you want to further improve readability, make a DIV with a white semi-transparent background (PNG file) and pop it in back of your text blocks.

If you're looking for a basic re-design, let me know. I can't promise to do it for free, but I don't charge an arm and a leg for basic web design either.
I mixed the text colors cuz EVERYTHING was purple and it was overkill, but i can pic a different text color, thanks

[AmyDaly]

I think www.tsvanessa69.com is pretty decent as well. If I were you, I would remove the 69 background so that the text is easier to read. Then you can make the text any color and it will look better.

If you want something brand new, I would totally go with Wordpress. If you sign up on GoDaddy and purchase the cheapest hosting account, you can use their automatic setup to install wordpress. Then you just choose a theme and customize it.

[TsVanessa69]

I think www.tsvanessa69.com (http://www.tsvanessa69.com) is pretty decent as well. If I were you, I would remove the 69 background so that the text is easier to read. Then you can make the text any color and it will look better.

If you want something brand new, I would totally go with Wordpress. If you sign up on GoDaddy and purchase the cheapest hosting account, you can use their automatic setup to install wordpress. Then you just choose a theme and customize it.
i have the hosting and all and its installed on my host site I think already, I got this email the other day and i dunno what the hell to do now:

WordPress 2.9.2 has been successfully installed on your hosting account. To launch this application, click on the URL below or copy and paste it into your browser window:
http://tsvanessa69.com/blog/
To view the installation details and launch this newly-installed application, click on "Your Applications" from the Hosting Control Center. From there, click on the tab "My Applications" and you will have access to all the applications that you have installed on your site.
WordPress Tip: there are hundreds of WordPress plug-ins that can greatly enhance your site. However, be aware that some plug-ins can slow down the site performance. If you notice slow response from your site after installing a plug-in, try removing it to see if performance is restored.
If you have any questions, please contact us any time:

[TsVanessa69]

so can I keep the first pages of my site the same, then do the blog as well.
So escort info will be available for guys who want to book an appointment
then the blog will be odds and ends so to speak, ie Tranny palooza pics, NYC pics, etc, etc??? That wordpress stuff has been up for 2 months I jus have to fugure out how to work it.

[AmyDaly]

Cool, so add link to your blog on your main site.

Then go here to log in to your blog to edit it: http://tsvanessa69.com/blog/wp-login.php

Once you are logged in, go to Dashboard, then click on appearance. This should expand a new menu. Now click on add new themes. Then click search. Now you can search through all the free themes. Click install on the theme that you want to install.

Once you installed the theme you want to use, click on "themes" again on the left hand menu. You will see a list of available themes. Click activate on the theme that you want to use.

Once your theme is activated, you can go from there and edit the theme if the theme comes with editor options. It will take a bit to learn if you have no experience, but its pretty easy if you stick with it. Hope that helps a little bit.

[TsVanessa69]

Okk I pushed some buttons and Im at : Pending patch status, what does that mean???

[AmyDaly]

It may mean that you installed wordpress a while ago and there have been updates. Now the updates are installing? Just a guess.

[TsVanessa69]

Cool, so add link to your blog on your main site.

Then go here to log in to your blog to edit it: http://tsvanessa69.com/blog/wp-login.php

Once you are logged in, go to Dashboard, then click on appearance. This should expand a new menu. Now click on add new themes. Then click search. Now you can search through all the free themes. Click install on the theme that you want to install.

Once you installed the theme you want to use, click on "themes" again on the left hand menu. You will see a list of available themes. Click activate on the theme that you want to use.

Once your theme is activated, you can go from there and edit the theme if the theme comes with editor options. It will take a bit to learn if you have no experience, but its pretty easy if you stick with it. Hope that helps a little bit.
Im actually going to work on this now so I can get it up. I only have Colleen Stewart and she is at work, but If you look the blog was installed on April 22nd and its STILL not in use.
Im an Aries and my mind wonders and i leave one prodject and go to another. Now I'm in the mood to get this up and running!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:wiggle:

[TsVanessa69]

It may mean that you installed wordpress a while ago and there have been updates. Now the updates are installing? Just a guess.
Okk, yea it was installed in April

[TsVanessa69]

My blog is up and running!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks guys for the GOOD advice!!!!!!!!!!

[TsVanessa69]

here is the link, duhh!!

http://tsvanessa69.com/blog/

[AmyDaly]

My blog is up and running!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks guys for the GOOD advice!!!!!!!!!!

yay : )

you are very welcome!

[AmyDaly]

Don't forget to add a link to your blog on the main site too : )

[TsVanessa69]

Don't forget to add a link to your blog on the main site too : )
OMG I dunno how to make a banner. :C

[tsparisangelline]

im paying a guy to do mine he is just taking so long egh

[Colleen_Stewart]

Hiya Girl:

Im back from Detroit and ready to go to work on your Blog Page to you site, let me know when you are ready, I got the page built now have to bring it to your site.

Colleen

[TsVanessa69]

Hiya Girl:

Im back from Detroit and ready to go to work on your Blog Page to you site, let me know when you are ready, I got the page built now have to bring it to your site.

Colleen
my phone is wett!
But the blog is up, but not linked to the site!
http://TsVanessa69.com/blog/

[deepthroater]

Got to say that if any money has changed hands at any time for either this website or the blog it's shocking!

Vanessa just delete the entire thing and put up a decent wordpress site yourself. Can be done in a day, complete with everything you want, including static pages, galleries and blog, even intergrate a formspring page to have guys submit questions you can answer directly.

[TsVanessa69]

Got to say that if any money has changed hands at any time for either this website or the blog it's shocking!

Vanessa just delete the entire thing and put up a decent wordpress site yourself. Can be done in a day, complete with everything you want, including static pages, galleries and blog, even intergrate a formspring page to have guys submit questions you can answer directly.
Just your opinion.
I make money off the site.
It is NOT a porn site, but a vanity site.
The blog is fine as well. You are the first person to say all that.
Oh and the blog is wordpress 3.0

[hippifried]

If you need to come in here to ask for pointers, maybe you shouldn't be trying to build the site "ALONE".
Just a thought.

[deepthroater]

Just your opinion.
I make money off the site.
It is NOT a porn site, but a vanity site.
The blog is fine as well. You are the first person to say all that.
Oh and the blog is wordpress 3.0

Sorry, I think you got the wrong idea.

I meant that if you'd exchanged money with someone to design/build the site for you it would be shocking.

[bat1]

Nice as is I think. Could you get in trouble with the Law?
It's easy to see you site is about selling Sexual one on one products.
Hate to see you end up in Jail for Prostitution over the internet.

Just being open here...

Ed

[TsVanessa69]

Nice as is I think. Could you get in trouble with the Law?
It's easy to see you site is about selling Sexual one on one products.
Hate to see you end up in Jail for Prostitution over the internet.

Just being open here...

Ed
Well the site has been up and i know many escorts with sites like this.
soo
I dunno how that works.
I just put stuff on my site that others have on theirs.

[TsVanessa69]

If you need to come in here to ask for pointers, maybe you shouldn't be trying to build the site "ALONE".
Just a thought.
Well I had somebody, he started the job and his ts girldfriend took the money and used it to move them back to phillipenes. He got a few other girls too.
Id rather learn a new skill and handle my business, than pay others for something I could do myself, if I took the time to learn a new skill.
So far I'm learning html which i use on my website, back page ad and alot of there stuff.
Plus people here on HA are smart too!
Now thanks to HA member Colleen Stewart, my blog is now a part of the actual site!!!

[tstishadupree]

Hey Vanessa,
I'll help u as much as i can.I use Dreamweaver.If I can't help with something, I know someone who can.Here is my personal e-mail tishadupree@transbeauty.com . xoxo Tisha