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[Rebecca800]

Just found this free HTML editor - apparently its the simplest, most powerful online editor. Looks good on the outside although I havent tested it... Leading ASP.NET Online HTML Editor

[Curtis2011]

Originally Posted by Rebecca800

Yep, for sure. He made those other 3 contest entries to SBI's CSS sheet and template, but if you want a bespoke one, he is still happy to make more.

I don't know which entires you are talking about. I stopped keeping up with the contest threat when it reached 45 pages.

I'll go look through the thread again.

[stevo75]

Thanks for all the info Rebecca!

Just to give a bit of background, I'm not a techo-phobe. I'm an engineer who uses a lot of complicated engineering software and I've done a bunch of computer programming. But as far as web technology goes, I knew nothing before SBI. I didn't know how to buy a domain name, how web hosting worked, what RSS was, etc. Never even been on a forum. So in the web world I'm a little slow...

So my understanding is, that if I wait for the SBI templates, I can stick with bockbuilder and the conversion of my current website should be automatic - regardless of how many pages I have.

But if I use someone else's template, I'll need to switch to an HTML editor. And it would be better to do that sooner than later to make the conversion easier. Does that sound right?

I'm already sick of the block builder (I've only built 3 pages) so I definitely want to use an editor. My concern with using one of the new SBI templates is that 1) who knows when they'll actually be ready, and 2) I still might be constrained if I want to do something that isn't included in the template.

So that said, Rebecca I'll probably be contacting you regarding one of your parter's templates.

A couple more questions...

So to copyscape, is that just something you made up and stuck in your footer? Or was that an existing program of some sort?

How did you come up with your disclaimer and privacy policies? The part about cookies, do all SBI sites use them?

Do you even have Tier 2's anymore? It seems like your home page links to all your articles. I was wondering if you even follow a tier sturcture anymore...

Thanks!!!
Stevo

[Rebecca800]

Originally Posted by Curtis2011

I don't know which entires you are talking about. I stopped keeping up with the contest threat when it reached 45 pages.

LOL me too... Our first one is around page 69 I think?? Or you could search the thread for my name or site, as I only posted to make entries.

[Rebecca800]

Originally Posted by stevo75

So my understanding is, that if I wait for the SBI templates, I can stick with bockbuilder and the conversion of my current website should be automatic - regardless of how many pages I have.

But if I use someone else's template, I'll need to switch to an HTML editor. And it would be better to do that sooner than later to make the conversion easier. Does that sound right?

Yes... Although it may even be possible to edit external templates with BlockBuilder too - if they follow the SBI CSS format specified for iDesign3, as Curtis mentioned. Ours will, so I guess that opens us up to BB users too, when the new version is implemented by SBI.

Originally Posted by stevo75

I'm already sick of the block builder (I've only built 3 pages) so I definitely want to use an editor. My concern with using one of the new SBI templates is that 1) who knows when they'll actually be ready, and 2) I still might be constrained if I want to do something that isn't included in the template.

So that said, Rebecca I'll probably be contacting you regarding one of your parter's templates.

Agreed. Go with HTML, it is definitely worth it!! And you can PM me if you need to talk templates.

Originally Posted by stevo75

So to copyscape, is that just something you made up and stuck in your footer? Or was that an existing program of some sort?

Go to the Copyscape website and it will search your site for duplicate content on the web. Then click the "defend against plaigarism" link and they give you lots of graphics to use. I must have read about this is SBI's TNT section.

Originally Posted by stevo75

How did you come up with your disclaimer and privacy policies? The part about cookies, do all SBI sites use them?

I copied and pasted the legal bits from a similar site, then changed the names and references to my site. It's the done thing, apparently

Originally Posted by stevo75

Do you even have Tier 2's anymore? It seems like your home page links to all your articles. I was wondering if you even follow a tier sturcture anymore...

Ah.... yes, kind of! For instance: Lucid Dreaming Techniques: A Guide To Lucid Dream Induction is a Tier 2, with T3s linking off. I just like to link to my T3's on the main menu as well to give people a full flavor of the site without having to dig. I haven't heard any wisdom to the contrary (yet) and think it's still easy enough to navigate with the drop down element.