mallorymaloney Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Yay, the site's finally up! I freakin' love it, it came together quite awesomely, if I may say! However, I do have my qualms with it. For one thing, the designer really should have considered using something other than Flash for the entire site ... I have a top of the line Sony Vaio CS with three gigabytes of RAM and the latest Intel processor, and it's still running insanely slowly. Flash should have been used for the home page only, not the entirety of the site! x_x; Imagine how the site would run on a mobile device, if at all ...? Eeep ... Also, the site returns 22 markup errors using the W3C's markup validation service, ((The W3C is a group of organisations from around the world that actually created the World Wide Web as we know it today, with a man named Time Berners-Lee leading the pack,)) Which is not a good thing at all. This means that the site won't display in all browsers and all computers. Heck, it might not even show up at all for some people! And this is not a good thing ... Plus, while all the information the site holds is sweet as Hell, the way it's displayed is less than satisfactory ... The text is so blurry and hard to read against all the busy backgrounds, and some of the pictures are slightly stretched horizontally or vertically, most notably the site's title across the top of every page. x_x; I feel bad saying this, but damn, I expected something perfect, or near perfect, for the price you paid, Dawn. I could've created something along those lines for free for this project if I had've known you were planning to launch a site awhile back ... The web designer should fix all of these issues, and for free --- You should demand this, Dawn, you paid enough for the damn thing! Edit: Just found out that your webdesigner, Renee N Chamberlain, ((User rchamberlain417 on Wix.Com,)) used Wix.Com's Flash generator to create the entire site ... This is shocking to me, as I assumed Renee would be creating the whole thing from scratch! I found this out by clicking on the 'Donate' link under the description of the site on the Home page, and then clicking on the 'Return to donations coordinator.' link on the bottom of that page. As you can see, it forwards you to an error page hosted on Wix.Com, which, of course, means the entire site is hosted on Wix.Com. A quick viewing of Wix.Com and the services they provide only solidifies this fact. However, if you really want to continue use Wix.Com's services, you needn't rely on Renee to do so --- Check out this page, click on Wix Premium Plans, and you'll see what I mean! You should be paying no more than $16.17 a month for your site. That's under $200 a year, and anyone could do it --- It's a Flash generator, so no techinical knowledge is required! You were swindled, Dawn, you were swindled very badly, and this angers me. I despise rip off artists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellenkc Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 There's a few things here and there that need touching up, but overall the site looks great I'd recommend going for higher quality pictures/writing. Edit: Mallory beat me to it Edit 2.0 : Just noticed the music restarts itself when you change the page, even if you previously switched it off I'd strongly recommend changing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likearollingstone Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Site content is amazing. It could look so much better, especially for the price you paid :/ Even the front pages headline is blurry. The music restarting (as said above) was quite annoying, and the site does take way to long to get from page to page. I'm loving all the info on it though, you seem to have done so much work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallorymaloney Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Oh my God. I just found out that your webdesigner, Renee N Chamberlain, ((User rchamberlain417 on Wix.Com,)) used Wix.Com's Flash generator to create the entire site ... This is shocking to me, as I assumed Renee would be creating the whole thing from scratch! I found this out by clicking on the 'Donate' link under the description of the site on the Home page, and then clicking on the 'Return to donations coordinator.' link on the bottom of that page. As you can see, it forwards you to an error page hosted on Wix.Com, which, of course, means the entire site is hosted on Wix.Com. A quick viewing of Wix.Com and the services they provide only solidifies this fact. However, if you really want to continue use Wix.Com's services, you needn't rely on Renee to do so --- Check out this page, click on Wix Premium Plans, and you'll see what I mean! You should be paying no more than $16.17 a month for your site. That's under $200 a year, and anyone could do it --- It's a Flash generator, so no techinical knowledge is required! You were swindled, Dawn, you were swindled very badly, and this angers me. I despise rip off artists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musse Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Oh my God. I just found out that your webdesigner, Renee N Chamberlain, ((User rchamberlain417 on Wix.Com,)) used Wix.Com's Flash generator to create the entire site ... This is shocking to me, as I assumed Renee would be creating the whole thing from scratch! I found this out by clicking on the 'Donate' link under the description of the site on the Home page, and then clicking on the 'Return to donations coordinator.' link on the bottom of that page. As you can see, it forwards you to an error page hosted on Wix.Com, which, of course, means the entire site is hosted on Wix.Com. A quick viewing of Wix.Com and the services they provide only solidifies this fact. However, if you really want to continue use Wix.Com's services, you needn't rely on Renee to do so --- Check out this page, click on Wix Premium Plans, and you'll see what I mean! You should be paying no more than $16.17 a month for your site. That's under $200 a year, and anyone could do it --- It's a Flash generator, so no techinical knowledge is required! You were swindled, Dawn, you were swindled very badly, and this angers me. I despise rip off artists. Okay that sounds a bit not good. I thought that web designer was going to actually build the site him/herself, not just use some flash generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punx89 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 the site is really good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solongfromthestars Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 The website looks great so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCC Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Ok, I am posting this for Katy (GD_MS_Lover) because her phone is acting crazy and won't let her post anything on GDC right now. Dawn the site really does look great but Mallory is right. You were ripped again just not as badly as last time. I have a friend that would have done it for free to 250, which was what she charged you by the hour. And I don't mean to insult, I honesty don't. I'm behin this project 100% I just wish you would have talked with us more about it before you did it. I know it's exactly how you wanted it, but..idk... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katarina. Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Oh my God. I just found out that your webdesigner, Renee N Chamberlain, ((User rchamberlain417 on Wix.Com,)) used Wix.Com's Flash generator to create the entire site ... This is shocking to me, as I assumed Renee would be creating the whole thing from scratch! I found this out by clicking on the 'Donate' link under the description of the site on the Home page, and then clicking on the 'Return to donations coordinator.' link on the bottom of that page. As you can see, it forwards you to an error page hosted on Wix.Com, which, of course, means the entire site is hosted on Wix.Com. A quick viewing of Wix.Com and the services they provide only solidifies this fact. However, if you really want to continue use Wix.Com's services, you needn't rely on Renee to do so --- Check out this page, click on Wix Premium Plans, and you'll see what I mean! You should be paying no more than $16.17 a month for your site. That's under $200 a year, and anyone could do it --- It's a Flash generator, so no techinical knowledge is required! You were swindled, Dawn, you were swindled very badly, and this angers me. I despise rip off artists. Wow, that is awful. Really awful. Too bad Dawn didn't know anything about that, so she could stop it in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtdscape Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Oh my God. I just found out that your webdesigner, Renee N Chamberlain, ((User rchamberlain417 on Wix.Com,)) used Wix.Com's Flash generator to create the entire site ... This is shocking to me, as I assumed Renee would be creating the whole thing from scratch! I found this out by clicking on the 'Donate' link under the description of the site on the Home page, and then clicking on the 'Return to donations coordinator.' link on the bottom of that page. As you can see, it forwards you to an error page hosted on Wix.Com, which, of course, means the entire site is hosted on Wix.Com. A quick viewing of Wix.Com and the services they provide only solidifies this fact. However, if you really want to continue use Wix.Com's services, you needn't rely on Renee to do so --- Check out this page, click on Wix Premium Plans, and you'll see what I mean! You should be paying no more than $16.17 a month for your site. That's under $200 a year, and anyone could do it --- It's a Flash generator, so no techinical knowledge is required! You were swindled, Dawn, you were swindled very badly, and this angers me. I despise rip off artists. I noticed this too. Dawn should get all her money back from the designer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sara_gd Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Oh my God. I just found out that your webdesigner, Renee N Chamberlain, ((User rchamberlain417 on Wix.Com,)) used Wix.Com's Flash generator to create the entire site ... This is shocking to me, as I assumed Renee would be creating the whole thing from scratch! I found this out by clicking on the 'Donate' link under the description of the site on the Home page, and then clicking on the 'Return to donations coordinator.' link on the bottom of that page. As you can see, it forwards you to an error page hosted on Wix.Com, which, of course, means the entire site is hosted on Wix.Com. A quick viewing of Wix.Com and the services they provide only solidifies this fact. However, if you really want to continue use Wix.Com's services, you needn't rely on Renee to do so --- Check out this page, click on Wix Premium Plans, and you'll see what I mean! You should be paying no more than $16.17 a month for your site. That's under $200 a year, and anyone could do it --- It's a Flash generator, so no techinical knowledge is required! You were swindled, Dawn, you were swindled very badly, and this angers me. I despise rip off artists. Oh god... that's a rip off, another one! I know nothing about websites, but the title of the page is "Wix.com GreenDayAcrossTheWorld created by rchamberlain417 based on Blank Website"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawn71 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Oh god... that's a rip off, another one! I know nothing about websites, but the title of the page is "Wix.com GreenDayAcrossTheWorld created by rchamberlain417 based on Blank Website"... we chose to do it that way to save money. i'm not computer smart so i couldn't have done it and i think the site looks awesome just like i wanted. plus the firm said that they will be making a nice donation to the cause. they did good most places wanted so much more. i love it i'm sorry you don't i did my best to please everyone. Also I don't have to pay the monthly cost its all taken care of for the year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawn71 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 She chose to do it that way to save money. i'm not computer smart so i couldn't have done it and i think the site looks awesome just like i wanted. plus the firm said that they will be making a nice donation to the cause. they did good most places wanted so much more between 5 & 10 grand. i love it i'm very sorry you all don't i did my best to please everyone. Also I don't have to pay the monthly cost its all taken care of for the year. I was so excited about the site i worked so hard with her on it and now i feel like shit, like the site is somehow tainted and isn't great anymore. you have no idea the work and the effort i put into this and the actual pain i went through physically being in my wheelchair hours on end getting this site as perfect as i can. Renee and the others were so awesome and helpful to me there were a lot of hours they worked on this site with me that they all put in because i kept adding and changing things to get it just like my vision for it. . and please don't put any bad messages on the the GDATW website it's negative and some people may not think its legit and wont want to get involved. (negative needs to stay off off the GDATW site please. i'm sorry you guys i feel like i failed or something. i did the best i could Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallorymaloney Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Dawn, we're not trying to bring you down, we're merely stating facts. Please try to be open minded about this! It's extremely frustrating the way you go on and on about your physical and mental pains everytime we do anything less than pat you on the back. You said it yourself, you don't know much about computing, so when others who do know lots about computing tell you that your 'webdesigner' royally fucked you up the ass, well, it means that your webdesigner has just royally fucked you up the ass. If we want to be taken seriously with Green Day Across The World, the website Renee tossed together for you with that childish Flash generator is not the way to accomplish this. You may think it looks awesome, but to be perfectly honest, the large organisations and companies you want to sponsor you aren't going to share that opinion. Seriously, Dawn, can't you contact this Renee swine and demand your money back? I'll create a website ten times better better than the one you have now for free if you want me to! I swear on Green Day's music I will! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawn71 Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Dawn, we're not trying to bring you down, we're merely stating facts. Please try to be open minded about this! It's extremely frustrating the way you go on and on about your physical and mental pains everytime we do anything less than pat you on the back. You said it yourself, you don't know much about computing, so when others who do know lots about computing tell you that your 'webdesigner' royally fucked you up the ass, well, it means that your webdesigner has just royally fucked you up the ass. If we want to be taken seriously with Green Day Across The World, the website Renee tossed together for you with that childish Flash generator is not the way to accomplish this. You may think it looks awesome, but to be perfectly honest, the large organisations and companies you want to sponsor you aren't going to share that opinion. Seriously, Dawn, can't you contact this Renee swine and demand your money back? I'll create a website ten times better better than the one you have now for free if you want me to! I swear on Green Day's music I will! i'm trying to explain how much i put into this. and no I do not want you to build me another site i like the one i got, everything in that site is exactly what i envisioned and it looks like i wanted it to . everyone was saying how great it was earlier and now everyone is done a 180. I signed a contract with this firm Renee wasn't the only one that worked on this other people from the design firm that helped she was just the main one i worked with. i'm just trying to tell you how many hours went in to this, if i hired her and paid her by the hour i'd owe her lots more than i paid. A lot of hours went in to this I kept getting them to change stuff on the site many times. they worked hard for their money. I signed a contract with them. I'm happy with the way the site looks. off subject to MALLORY I'm not asking for a pat on the back and please stop saying mean things when i mention stuff going on with me from my deployment injury. It is something you can't comprehend and I live with this everyday I consider you all on here my Green Day family am I not allowed to talk about things I;m going through without being made feel like shit, sometimes when i'm writing I say it without realizing I have TBI traumatic brain injury which effects my short term memory It infuriates me when you jump on my ass for talking about that stuff and all this happened not to long ago so it haunts me so i am sorry if it makes you mad. I didn't know I shouldn't speak to you as friends and explain what is going on and when i mention it most of the time it is me explaining and yes sometimes my health happens to part of the reason. i promise when i say those things its not for sympathy its just my life and the way it is I don't feel sorry for myself and I definitely am not trying to get anyone else to feel sorry for me. You seem to be the only one thats always giving me shit why? i never did anything to you mean but you have no problem being mean to me and this isn't the 1st time you have done this so please stop doing that Mallory please I am begging you ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sara_gd Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I agree almost completely with Mallory, but it's true that if you have this contract with this woman and she did everything as you told her to do it, you just can't say "Okay, now I don't want it this way" and tell another person to do it, even if it's for free. Don't start another argument here please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallorymaloney Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Judging by the shoddy and shady 'work' this Renee Chamberlain woman does, I highly doubt the 'contract' Dawn signed was in any way legally binding. In fact, I wouldn't doubt it if Chamberlain herself isn't even legally allowed to resell hosting and her 'designs' using Wix.Com's services! I'm thinking about contacting Wix.Com directly about Chamberlain. Even if Dawn likes the site as is, ((Which, by the way, isn't fair at all, since I thought this event was about what all of us were doing, not just Dawn ... But whatever,)) If Wix.Com kicks Chamberlain was out of the picture, Dawn would likely get most, if not all of her money back, and be able to keep the site for a very reduced cost, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawn71 Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Judging by the shoddy and shady 'work' this Renee Chamberlain woman does, I highly doubt the 'contract' Dawn signed was in any way legally binding. In fact, I wouldn't doubt it if Chamberlain herself is even legally allowed to resell hosting and her 'designs' using Wix.Com's services! I'm thinking about contacting Wix.Com directly about Chamberlain. Even if Dawn likes the site as is, ((Which, by the way, isn't fair at all, since I thought this event was about what all of us w.ere doing, not just Dawn ... But whatever,)) If Wix.Com kicks Chamberlain was out of the picture, Dawn would likely get most, if not all of her money back, and be able to keep the site for a very reduced cost, as well. please dont do that leave the site alone please.i am supposed to leave for NYC tomorrow and now I don't even feel like going. Please don't try to ruin everything I have worked so hard at PLEASE I BEG YOU. Why are you trying to ruin my site? I think everyone is missing the point of what this is all about, its about honoring Green Day. hate me mallory don't take it out on the site and ruin everything I've worked so hard for. Mallory are you wanting me to drop out of all of this I don't understand what your trying to do here. I have spent thousands on prizes and items to auction out of my own pocket. are you wanting me to quit and just drop it all and cancel the auctions and prizes or what? why are you trying to destroy this what did i ever do to you? what are you wanting me to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sara_gd Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 please dont do that leave the site alone please.i am supposed to leave for NYC tomorrow and now I don't even feel like going. Please don't try to ruin everything I have worked so hard at PLEASE I BEG YOU. Why are you trying to ruin my site? I think everyone is missing the point of what this is all about, its about honoring Green Day. hate me mallory don't take it out on the site and ruin everything I've worked so hard for. Mallory are you wanting me to drop out of all of this I don't understand what your trying to do here. I have spent thousands on prizes and items to auction out of my own pocket. are you wanting me to quit and just drop it all and cancel the auctions and prizes or what? why are you trying to destroy this what did i ever do to you? what are you wanting me to do? For fuck sake. Nobody's trying to ruin anything. Mallory is only saying that she thinks that this woman ripped you off, and that's for your own benefict and for all of us. Nobody is telling you drop out of anything, don't be so melodramatic. It's true that if you're OK with the site, well, then everything's fine, because you paid for it. But if this woman was trying to put money into her pocket for doing illegit things, then I think we should know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallorymaloney Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Sweet fucking fancy Moses. Yeah, I'm just gonna echo what Sara said, otherwise, this will just turn into another insane argument you'll have a mod delete all evidence of. I'm going to be contacting Wix.Com shortly about Chamberlain and the way she's ripped you off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawn71 Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Well if anyone cares to read the blog on the website renee left a few comments After all the commotion My daughter had to call the ambulance and they wanted to bring me to the hospital because my heart was at 198bpm and blood pressure was 202/105 but I refused to go I have a trip to NYC at 8:40am so hey had me take another valium and then Renee came by to bring my flash drive she made me feel better about all of this so I am doing better she and felt so sorry that this was happening and cared enough about me to donate all the money except 200 for the what wix charges for hosting for a year. I just felt bad she deserved to be paid but she thought that the cause and my health was more important. She didn't do it because she is scared she has a huge firm of Graphic designing, and website designing and all of her licenses are in order. Mallory she said call who ever you want she is a professional and been doing all types of web and graphic designing for the past 12 years. I feel bad that her character was questioned She has a very kind heart to donate it back to GDATW. Now with all the drama out of the way lets all get to the business of this event. Don't worry if the site isn't state of the art it will not hurt us getting help and donations because I got lots of items donated to auction off worth mega money before the site even launched. I'm good at helping other people I will have no problem getting donations and auction items. I actually just got the very 1st record Billie Joe made when he was 5 yrs old "Look For Love" and she is donating the sheet music with it, I'm going to try to get Billie to sign them both while I'm in NYC, keep your fingers crossed you all. I'll do my best... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musse Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I'm going to be contacting Wix.Com shortly about Chamberlain and the way she's ripped you off. Do that. If that designer hasn't done anything wrong no one will get hurt but if she has done something wrong (which seems quite likely to me) it's good to let Wix.com know about it. I mean, I'm not complaining about the way the site looks, just saying it could look better and I'm a bit suspicious about that designer woman. I feel bad saying this but it's true. Dawn, please don't freak out, no one here is against you/blaming you/hating you, we all want this event to become as awesome as possible and we should do it together Anyway, at the moment there are 68 Finnish people that are going to participate in GDATW. That's fucking huge, I honestly never thought it'd get this big here in Finland. Even if all those people didn't show up (it's easier to click 'Yes' on Facebook than to actually get off your ass and attend the event ) it's going to be BIG. And I'm very excited about it But I still have no idea what environmental stuff we could do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCC Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Renee came by to bring my flash drive she made me feel better about all of this so I am doing better she and felt so sorry that this was happening and cared enough about me to donate all the money except 200 for the what wix charges for hosting for a year. Like I said on the phone, I'm glad she did that Dawn. That was nice of her. I'm sure there are people who will question her motivation for donating the money back to GDATW but it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things. I say we all put yesterday behind us and look towards the future because there is so much left to plan and organize if we want this day to be as big as it can possibly be. It's time to unite and plan rather than bicker amongst ourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnowYour_Enemy Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I agree with Mary. let's just move on and worry about this project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anja Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I've got an idea of what we could do (on the day of the event) to raise money. Might sound a little stupid but I want to share it anyway. How about playing street musicians for a while and donate the money we can make by that to organisations like NRDC and such? I think it'd be fun to actually play Green Day's songs instead of just listen to them. It's a way of honoring them (and we can get people out there to here their music) and at the same time, we make money for a good cause. ALSO: How far the the flyers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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