l i n k d u p - Web design & technology Stimulus - Issue N°30
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In this issue...
1. VOTE FOR LINKDUP!
2. NEW MONTHLY COMPETITION
3. NEW HOME FOR LINKDUP?
4. MORE SYSTEM TWEAKS
5. LINKS BACK-LOG
6. THIS ISSUE'S FAVOURITES
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<< 1. VOTE FOR LINKDUP! >>
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We're up for the people's choice award at the 2001 SXSW Web Awards!
To stand a chance of winning we need *your* support, so if you think
we deserve it, please stop by the SXSW voting page and do a good deed.
http://www.sxsw.com/vote/
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<< 2. NEW MONTHLY COMPETITION >>
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We've got 5 sets of books from the kind people over at friends of ED
to give away this month. We've personally vetted these books and they
come highly recommended. Stop by the site to find out how to get your
hands on the desirable prizes...
http://www.linkdup.com/compindex.html
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<< 3. NEW HOME FOR LINKDUP? >>
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Some of you may have noticed that linkdup disappeared for a few days
recently. This was due to the heavy bandwidth demands placed upon our
current server, far beyond our current hosting agreement.
We're trying to negotiate a new deal now, but would appreciate any
further suggestions for a suitable home for our baby. We'd need the
support of a dedicated UNIX machine, a serious bandwidth allowance
(about 15GB a week) from a company that sees the value in what we
are trying to do at linkdup and would appreciate the benefits in
kind from sponsoring our site. If you can suggest a company, or can
help yourself, please get in touch... hosthelp@linkdup.com
In the meantime we'd like to sincerely thank Media Temple and the
K10k crew for allowing us to piggy-back off their system. Without
their support we wouldn't be online now.
http://www.mediatemple.net | http://www.k10k.net
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<< 4. MORE SYSTEM TWEAKS >>
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We've put in place DHTML Info-Popups throughout the site which will
hopefully help you around it more, explaining functionality and
offering other additional useful information. Look out for the
"i" icons featured in the pages to try it out.
Gone are the spindly text headers: we're using a much clearer header
font which should finally dispel any remaining legibility issues.
Finally we've completed all the FAQ sections at the site, so if you
want to know how and why we pick sites, or anything else for that
matter, check the WHY, HOW, WHO and WHAT sections.
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<< 5. LINKS BACK-LOG >>
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We did manage to get through the huge links back-log, only to
discover that, regrettably, there were a lot of poor sites in there.
Out of 1800 sites, only 45 actually made it - not good. Many thanks
go to the sub-editors who helped us out and sorted the few pearls
from the many swine...
We've reopened submissions and there are already over 500 new links
now waiting to be checked out. Sorry to say this, but if these aren't
of a better standard than the last batch, we'll be closing down
submissions permanently - we can serve you better by concentrating
on finding you the best sites ourselves. Let's see how it goes...
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<< 6. This issue's favourites >>
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Bang Olufsen
Center of the World
C.O.M.
Design Graphik
Evil Pupil v.4
Habbo Hotel
Holodeck73
Modify Me
Monica Eskedahl
Mutabor
One Man's Eye
Paprika
Ultrashock
Zanpo
[225] other new links at => http://www.linkdup.com/newindex.html
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