Azam.biz — Mon, 29 May 2006 11:39:04 +0000

Yes, I'm a convert from SitePointism to Webmaster-Forumism too. And it's for the reasons given above. SP used to be wonderful but it is way too commercialised now. WF is so much better for many reasons, including the friendliness of the people here and the superior site design.

JeevesBond — Wed, 24 May 2006 09:00:04 +0000

WebMaster94 wrote: I used to like SitePoint! This site is better though.

Why, thank you! We're trying our best, but don't always have the resources Sitepoint does.

WebMaster94 — Tue, 23 May 2006 21:18:09 +0000

I used to like SitePoint! This site is better though.

JeevesBond — Tue, 23 May 2006 20:18:01 +0000

balkanboy wrote: I stoped visiting SitePoint just because every tread in Marketplace cost 9.95

They certainly seem to be very commercial! Perhaps their books just weren't providing enough profit, anyone ever read one of their books?

We have limitations on our Market Place, but not monetary ones. Welcome to the forums balkanboy. :wave:

Abhi wrote: Perhaps if we locked Mark and his Stilton cheese away...

LOL, we have had him locked away in the TWF server room for months now, only paying him in Californian cheese. He seems quite happy in there though. But seriously, we don't see enough of the old people around anymore. Good to have you "back" too Abhi.

balkanboy — Tue, 23 May 2006 19:37:03 +0000

I stoped visiting SitePoint just because every tread in Marketplace cost 9.95
It's ok to give limitations with number of posts to that forums but paying is not good option, at least not for users

Abhishek Reddy — Thu, 18 May 2006 14:40:31 +0000

I ran into a SitePoint article a few hours ago, and happily discovered that Google likes its print-friendly pages. No ads, and easy reading! It's a good way to read an article on that site, without distractions, especially if you're an anonymous user looking for a quick reference.

JeevesBond wrote: Not that there's anything wrong with that, TWF is probably not to everyone's taste either.

Perhaps if we locked Mark and his Stilton cheese away...

JeevesBond — Thu, 18 May 2006 12:29:23 +0000

Quote: We hope to someday be able to run this site with no advertising at all

Quite right, am looking forward to the day when we can convert to a business model that doesn't require ads and can be more community driven.

We've got some good ideas, it's just a matter of getting the time to execute them. Same story as ever!

As for Sitepoint, am glad I'm not the only one to have noticed this. Went and read an article there a minute ago Tim, exactly the same result, I could only see the title because of the ads!

They are competition for us, but we do target slightly different markets. They're business-like while we're a bit silly and weird. They cater for hardened professionals where we cater for less experienced people. Our "vision" - sorry for middle-management terminology - is one of a community, sharing work and profit collectively. I couldn't comment on what Sitepoint intends, but it doesn't *seem* to have any concept of "caring" about it's visitors experience, Sitepoint just want to sell their books.

Not that there's anything wrong with that, TWF is probably not to everyone's taste either.

Roo — Thu, 18 May 2006 05:42:35 +0000

SitePoint once was really, really great. But since they implemented stupid popup ads I rarely go there anymore.

Mozilla's popup blocker doesn't seem to be able to stop them.

demonhale — Thu, 18 May 2006 01:13:28 +0000

I also visit sitepoint, and yes they have been really bad with using advertising space with their pages, although I heared on a grapevine they are on a major advertising plan also in print media...

Megan — Wed, 17 May 2006 13:17:28 +0000

I've noticed that they colour all their ads yellow. Zoom out on one of the article pages and look at how much is yellow. I hope we never get to that point! If we do, somebody please tell us We hope to someday be able to run this site with no advertising at all