EchoWho - an advanced social network content management system...

http://www.iaza.com/work/130311C/iaza12698144661400.png

What is Echowho?
Echowho is a unique, simple and beautiful content management system, designed to be the next 'social network' ideal for socialising with friends, family and other companions. The beautiful design has been created, with the user in mind. Making it beneficial around every corner of the network. Echowho is responsive and reactive, making it fun to navigate around the site and explore the world of the network itself. We are motivated to work on Echowho and have been developing and planning it for months and plan to resume this until the very end.

How is Echowho developed?
To develop Echowho we have used a variety of different languages for different sections of the network. The backend is coded in OOP PHP code. We chose PHP for the backend as our main expertise are in this language. We have great knowledge in PHP and can assure the best security techniques and complex safety procedures for the network. As we wanted the social network to be responsive, we had to use a jQuery. We feel and know from our research that jQuery is ideal for what we have/had got planned for us. This consists of fadeins, fadeouts, slide toggles and some timers also. Like most, the frontend is coded in HTML and CSS. We also have great knowledge of these languages therefore can produce an excellent and efficient outcome for the network.

Screenshots
Home
http://www.iaza.com/work/130531C/iaza12698138866200.png
Current Internal Draft
http://www.iaza.com/work/130531C/iaza12698130219800.png

Current Features
* Secure Login
* Secure User Registration
* Forgotten Password (Includes sending verification email)
* Language file system
* jQuery features
* Post a message
* Hashtags (May not be used but coded)

What about news and updates?
We have shared the development throughout forums, yet RaGEZONE is our main advertisement and development thread as this is the forums which I love the atmosphere the most in and where I've learnt so much in.

Thanks,
Sean and Lucca

This looks really good, the only thing I don't like is the logo but I don't know why I don't like it.
Overall I think you should concentrate on completeing it.

Sent from my beastly HTC Desire C

Thanks, I forget to mention that though. That logo isn't the final design, We never got around to the branding. We are still not sure about the name 'EchoWho'.

looks nice, but a demo would be nice.

Wow, this looks really nice! I cant wait to see a demo, or a release! :D

Thanks for the comments. I would release a demo, but It's simple to rip our HTML progress so far so until we have got further into the backend I don't plan to do that.

I'm coding the HTML and CSS, Lucca is doing the backend not me.

seems like you guys know what you are doing.

Wish I could create a design as well as you did *sigh*.

Keep up the good work.

yeah, that's just bad code, I can imagine the html to be just as bad, if you wanted to show off the design only, you should have done that in the design section

You don't sanitize anything (assuming $ticket is a variable provided by the user).
Look into using PDO or MySQLi.

The little bit of the web design we've seen is quite good. It looks like you've got a nice grasp on web 2.0 design. The biggest piece of constructive criticism I could give there is that the footer needs some more TLC.

I know you don't do the PHP code, but it's poor. As others have said, it doesn't look like the code is being secured at all from something called MySQL injection, wherein people abuse the text boxes that you have set up in order to mess with the database.

The mysql module that he is using is going to be deprecated very soon. He should instead use mysqli or pdo. This also allows him to use prepared statements, which, if used correctly, handle and secure you against all possible sql injections for you.

let's be honest, the design is nothing good either, it's in a little awkward aspect ratio, that bird on the background just doesn't make any sense, nor does the "tell your friends" text, share photos is for some reason position to the left and it looks out of the place, that header and "logo" is just bad, it simply doesn't fit the design, logo itself is too big, sign in button is again awkwardly positioned, it should have the right margin and logo have the left margin, same goes for footer.. there is so much wrong even on so few elements

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let's be honest, the design is nothing good either, it's in a little awkward aspect ratio, that bird on the background just doesn't make any sense, nor does the "tell your friends" text, share photos is for some reason position to the left and it looks out of the place, that header and "logo" is just bad, it simply doesn't fit the design, logo itself is too big, sign in button is again awkwardly positioned, it should have the right margin and logo have the left margin, same goes for footer.. there is so much wrong even on so few elements

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I agree with you on many of your points. The aspect ratio is arguably awkward, but in my opinion, not to the point where it would be detrimental. I agree that the bird doesn't make any sense. The content of the text is not technically part of a UI design (though the placement is). That being said, I do agree that the content of the text is poor.

The logo is... very simple, which I don't really have any problems with. It can definitely be improved in oh so many ways; Hotcut stated that the logo was far from done, which is good to hear. I personally don't feel the logo is too large. The left-margin spacing of the text snippet below "Tell your friends..." is not an uncommon trait, nor is it poor design in my opinion. It works fine in the current design.

The sign in button works kinda bleh where it currently is, and it would look quite a bit better centered under the large text, or perhaps even right-aligned.

The footer is definitely poor right now.

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The left-margin spacing of the text snippet below "Tell your friends..." is not an uncommon trait, nor is it poor design in my opinion. It works fine in the current design.

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There is a difference between not-an-uncommon trait and some fairly unexperienced designer randomly placing things..

http://i46.tinypic.com/24brk1k.jpg

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There is a difference between not-an-uncommon trait and some fairly unexperienced designer randomly placing things..

http://i46.tinypic.com/24brk1k.jpg

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The margin of the text below "Tell your friends" isn't a worry to me, though the Join Now button, Echowho logo, and "Tell your friends" text all being similarly but not perfectly left-aligned - that's definitely concerning, and would make me scared to look at the HTML. The alignment of the left/right footer section doesn't make sense either.

and it's all the same in register form..

foxx, the grumpy cat suits you ;).

No but seriously though, I must say at first glance it didn't look too bad, however I must agree with foxx.

But the biggest problem I have with this is, how are you guys planning on getting big enough? Considering the fact that facebook exists, twitter, and all other social networks, what is your plan?

And also, seeing as you guys are going to be a social network, it's safe to assume that you guys are planning on going big. Why use PHP? It's not very scalable, and therefore you could loose more money then you would have to if you went with a more scalable solution such as Ruby or w/e.

From looking at that code, your security is lacking in the code as well, why not use a framework? (if you wanna use PHP anyway).
At least it's going to help you with the security, and most likely going to be a lot better performance wise (considering I doubt you can make a better one yourself, by looking at your code).

App, have you done any research on apps? Why not use a solution such as Phonegap? I currently work as a CTO at a company that develops a web site, and seeing as we didn't want to outsource the app development, and didn't want to have to hire a app developer for android and one for iPhone or whatever, I did some research and now we are doing the app in Phonegap instead, inhouse, cheaper, and faster.

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But the biggest problem I have with this is, how are you guys planning on getting big enough? Considering the fact that facebook exists, twitter, and all other social networks, what is your plan?

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By not releasing a demo so their HTML doesn't get ripped, duh!

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By not releasing a demo so their HTML doesn't get ripped, duh!

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Oh yeah! Of course!
That's the hardest part, forgot! It's not like someone else could just code the same thing up in an hour, no, that would be impossible! :D

xD...

The picture in the background isn't even high res. It's blurry.

I will agree that just like others, my first glance made me think that it looked really nice, maybe that will catch all the suckers into thinking it's a good social network!

On further investigation, the code is messy (what you provided at least; I can't imagine what the rest looks like), the design lacks aspect ratio like already pointed out, and not only that but the grammar isn't even right on the homepage.

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And also, seeing as you guys are going to be a social network, it's safe to assume that you guys are planning on going big. Why use PHP? It's not very scalable, and therefore you could loose more money then you would have to if you went with a more scalable solution such as Ruby or w/e.

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I assure you that PHP can work quite well for very large applications, such as a social network. You have a ton of utilities at your disposal that can cache or in some other manner speed up/increase scalability of a PHP application. Remember, you aren't limited to Apache. I could even run PHP using node.js as a webserver.

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I assure you that PHP can work quite well for very large applications, such as a social network. You have a ton of utilities at your disposal that can cache or in some other manner speed up/increase scalability of a PHP application. Remember, you aren't limited to Apache. I could even run PHP using node.js as a webserver.

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I know that, I've designed, and worked on large scale websites(including a social network with about 1.000.000 concurrent users), using PHP, and I still use PHP every day for most of my projects.

However, I'm simply stating that PHP might not be the best option for his project, a thought I think should be put into every developers thought if you are creating a large scale network website, to actually think about how the website in itself is going to work.

Keep in mind that the site might not work well with caching, what if the content changes on it dynamicly every 3-4 minutes? Then caching wont be as effective as you would have wanted.

So yes, I have to correct myself, PHP can be scalable, if it's done properly and in the right situation. For a bigger website, such as a social network, I think you will most likely go with RoR or some other solution.
Just like Twitter, Shoppify, Basecamp.

But yes, just like you said, you can use PHP as well. Completely depends on the site in itself and requirements.

In the end, it's up to the project in itself, what's best for the project is what should be used to make it. I'm merely trying to encourage thinking about other options.

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In the end, it's up to the project in itself, what's best for the project is what should be used to make it. I'm merely trying to encourage thinking about other options.

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Meh, It's up to the developer. If facebook is stubborn enough to use PHP even though it forces them to create inhumane optimization, I'm pretty certain you can use any language you want for any project if you try hard enough. What ever's easier for you to do I guess is the most efficient choice (labor-wise). I agree with Justei because I don't like using PHP. Timebomb likes using PHP so he argues that PHP can do it. The truth is Node.JS, ruby on rails, and PHP can all do a social network.

The other truth is, these guys at EchoWho probably shouldn't make a social network in any language.. Not for any reason other than to learn, that is. If doing it for the money, disappointment will surely follow.

Also, i am pretty confused as to why you are using a theme forest theme for your site if you are a web developer...:blink:
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having a class called Session carring on objects that should be called User is pretty stupid. the snippet is enough i see, fail guys fail xD

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Oh yeah! Of course!
That's the hardest part, forgot! It's not like someone else could just code the same thing up in an hour, no, that would be impossible! :D

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i love your sacasm haha :D


whatever, sure u can do anything in any language if its built for it, the question is does it make sense. using php is like cutting wood with a hammer, dont hurt yourself Hotcut, the design is pretty, but beware of it.
s-p-n facebook isnt just stubborn, they are stupid. but np, lets all go mark zuckerberg hand in hand with exceptions. ^_°
however php is quick and feels handy for many ppl, but i will never go that line anymore, heil asp.net! ... xDD

We are resuming the development and taking all things into account, thanks.

This is purely educational for me and Lucca, as we no way have the potential to make a 'professional' network. It's good practice for communication and team work skills.

Obviously, It's not to the best standard but we are improving it.

Grenadier, That's completely off-topic.

I love this one if this will be opensource! :thumbup1: nice!

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whatever, sure u can do anything in any language if its built for it, the question is does it make sense. using php is like cutting wood with a hammer, dont hurt yourself Hotcut, the design is pretty, but beware of it.
s-p-n facebook isnt just stubborn, they are stupid. but np, lets all go mark zuckerberg hand in hand with exceptions. ^_°
however php is quick and feels handy for many ppl, but i will never go that line anymore, heil asp.net! ... xDD

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You're wrong. Plain and simple. PHP has a lot of faults, but optimization, scalability, and maintaining large applications need not be a worry if you're a true professional. PHP is a shitty language primarily because its API is horrible. But it's feature-rich, it's fast, it's community is large - which means lots of support and third-party libraries and it can technically be optimized and scaled. Facebook is a great example of that, and Mark Zuckerburg is a genius entrepreneur (and, from what I hear, somewhat of a douchebag as well as a meh programmer).

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You're wrong. Plain and simple. PHP has a lot of faults, but optimization, scalability, and maintaining large applications need not be a worry if you're a true professional. PHP is a shitty language primarily because its API is horrible. But it's feature-rich, it's fast, it's community is large - which means lots of support and third-party libraries and it can technically be optimized and scaled. Facebook is a great example of that, and Mark Zuckerburg is a genius entrepreneur (and, from what I hear, somewhat of a douchebag as well as a meh programmer).

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"fast" somebody has obviously never tried to scale vanilla PHP.

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You're wrong. Plain and simple. PHP has a lot of faults, but optimization, scalability, and maintaining large applications need not be a worry if you're a true professional. PHP is a shitty language primarily because its API is horrible. But it's feature-rich, it's fast, it's community is large - which means lots of support and third-party libraries and it can technically be optimized and scaled. Facebook is a great example of that, and Mark Zuckerburg is a genius entrepreneur (and, from what I hear, somewhat of a douchebag as well as a meh programmer).

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there are competitions thats feature rich too, thats not the point, can express any language with features. the point on PHP is, that the "features" are horrible classified, without php.net u are unable to track any function, there are no namespaces (ok there are, but not like i want them, i still have to import my files, the current used namespace seems to be useless in most cases), there arent similar name conventions. (look at the array functions, they arent named "array_*" all, but almost lol.)
there are even constants that are still totaly messed up. the problem of PHP is the team doesnt care optimizations of their libs, they are prolly working on it without even holding (online) team meetings, thats ridiculous. (looks like every developer does his shit how he wants it on PHP, without any right general direction)

now u tell me PHP ist fast? by loading all existing libs of the php team in runtime automatically, its not for sure (but's neither slow to be fair).
then, this language isnt able to compile. i.e. ASP.net is a way faster (except for the first compiling).
mightful third part libraries are fine and ok, but the shit will never end by working with PHP, its not even able to debug in a detailed case. i wonder how mark finished his project without freaking out.

dont get me wrong, i dont say PHP is the worsest ever u shouldnt program, everybody is free to do how he feels like. i myself have to give a big thanks to PHP, cuz without PHP i never found out programming is so much fun, it gave me the right direction in my life. but after 2 years of noob programming and finally learning professional programming with professional layers'n'models, i would rather stop programming than returning back to PHP.

srsly ...

if ("456" == 456) { echo "fuck you php!"; }
if (strpos("Hallo", 'H') == FALSE) { echo "fuck this shit!"; }
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the problem isnt we lack of third libs, never, never. the problem is how php is ...
- full of surprises
- inconsistent
- no boilerplates
- flacky
- opaque

my fav article about php: PHP: a fractal of bad design - fuzzy notepad
thx to you RZ for giving me this link few months ago, it helped me to stop clip on PHP like an insane bish.


sincerely, VibeTribe

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I've been forced to deal with ASP.NET a couple times (Specifically DotNetNuke; terribly slow), and have found it to be noticeably slower than the majority of other PHP applications I've dealt with. That being said, the speed of a language obviously depends not only on the structure and overall quality of the code, but also on the server setup; you can make almost any website blazing fast with enough setup and resources.

PHP is poorly designed, I probably know this better than most people on this forum. I personally overcome that primarily via building and using components to be used when building applications. Similar to the idea of a framework but more of a toolkit or library than a framework. Doing this means you deal directly with PHP's API less while making PHP applications that much more predictable, usable, and so on.

That being said, from a programming point of view, PHP's API has a painful amount of flaws. I've participated in a bit of PHP's internal discussion - primarily about PHP 5.5, but had to stop. The language's API really is too far gone. Nevertheless, from a business point of view, PHP is still a very usable, viable language for even enterprise-level applications.

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I've been forced to deal with ASP.NET a couple times (Specifically DotNetNuke; terribly slow), and have found it to be noticeably slower than the majority of other PHP applications I've dealt with. That being said, the speed of a language obviously depends not only on the structure and overall quality of the code, but also on the server setup; you can make almost any website blazing fast with enough setup and resources.

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Well, when you say that I'd like to quote something written earlier in the link that VibeTribe sent.

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Do not tell me that “good developers can write good code in any language”, or bad developers blah blah. That doesn’t mean anything. A good carpenter can drive in a nail with either a rock or a hammer, but how many carpenters do you see bashing stuff with rocks? Part of what makes a good developer is the ability to choose the tools that work best.

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HOWEVER I would still like to say that I agree that PHP isn't worthless, I still use it in day to day work, BUT I'm looking to migrate away from it as much as possible (to the extent that my work allows me to). PHP is good for pumping out prototypes if you're fast and good at PHP, but I merely think that if you're planning on making a huge application, PHP might not be the best choice.

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Well, when you say that I'd like to quote something written earlier in the link that VibeTribe sent.


HOWEVER I would still like to say that I agree that PHP isn't worthless, I still use it in day to day work, BUT I'm looking to migrate away from it as much as possible (to the extent that my work allows me to). PHP is good for pumping out prototypes if you're fast and good at PHP, but I merely think that if you're planning on making a huge application, PHP might not be the best choice.

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What I'm trying to emphasize is that PHP is still very capable of being used (often while avoiding many of the language's design flaws by using a high quality framework or tool set) to build large or even huge applications. Because PHP wasn't initially developed with scalability in mind, it is often much less straight forward to scale PHP (rather than a more scale-friendly language) for huge applications, but that doesn't mean it's anywhere near impossible. Website speed of a huge application doesn't need to be a worry, even with PHP, if the code is high quality and you know how and are able to spend the time to set it up efficiently.

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whatever, sure u can do anything in any language if its built for it, the question is does it make sense. using php is like cutting wood with a hammer,

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PHP isn't simple.. Sorry but a hammer for PHP makes no sense. Think of using something far too complex for a simple task. PHP is like using a chainsaw to cut a 2x6. The cut won't be clean, it's quite dangerous, and the only reason you're using a chainsaw is because you're a terrible carpenter and chose a chainsaw over a skil saw.. Believe it or not, PHP was actually designed for dynamic web-sites- like how a chainsaw was designed to cut all different varieties of wood. I've seen some nasty ass cuts on factory lumber- they use a chainsaw. So whenever we get lumber we order it long and shave off both ends so it's a nice clean cut we can use. Now, it wouldn't be that easy to run a factory with a cleaner saw- as it would bind with large lumber and the blade would get dull faster- it's really not worth it. So a chainsaw is probably the most practical "one-tool-cuts-all" saw, but that doesn't mean it's better for everything. In conclusion, PHP is very popular and useful because it plays a very broad roll in web development. It's probably the most efficient way to ship out unique, dynamic web-sites to several clients with a variety of needs. You don't even have to be a good carpenter to use a chainsaw, nor do you have to be a good programmer to make something useful in PHP.

Okay time to make fun of PHP is over.. :(

Timebomb has a point though. PHP Comes with all the tools you need, and if you know what you're doing, you can make wonderful tools. PHP 5.4 is a ton of fun better than PHP 5.3. I can't say I like everything about Apache2 and PHP, but I can say for people who develop sites for Apache2, that PHP 5.4 is a good option. If the topic has turned into a debate on which of the 4: ASP.net, PHP, Node.JS or Ruby on Rails will make a better EchoWho web application, I completely disagree with all claims. Languages are not bad software engineers, bad software engineers are are bad software engineers... Not to be confused with languages that were coded by bad software engineers....

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PHP isn't simple.. Sorry but a hammer for PHP makes no sense. Think of using something far too complex for a simple task. PHP is like using a chainsaw to cut a 2x6. The cut won't be clean, it's quite dangerous, and the only reason you're using a chainsaw is because you're a terrible carpenter and chose a chainsaw over a skil saw.. Believe it or not, PHP was actually designed for dynamic web-sites- like how a chainsaw was designed to cut all different varieties of wood. I've seen some nasty ass cuts on factory lumber- they use a chainsaw. So whenever we get lumber we order it long and shave off both ends so it's a nice clean cut we can use. Now, it wouldn't be that easy to run a factory with a cleaner saw- as it would bind with large lumber and the blade would get dull faster- it's really not worth it. So a chainsaw is probably the most practical "one-tool-cuts-all" saw, but that doesn't mean it's better for everything. In conclusion, PHP is very popular and useful because it plays a very broad roll in web development. It's probably the most efficient way to ship out unique, dynamic web-sites to several clients with a variety of needs. You don't even have to be a good carpenter to use a chainsaw, nor do you have to be a good programmer to make something useful in PHP.

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i rly like your chainsaw example, u got some right points on it, and your story is funny :P
indeed, PHP is easy and fast to use, but its very dangerous in many aspects. in the first case, php was just a non programmer language, something to get done very fast. i see there are good points for newbies in programming, who just want to have alittle dynamic tasks in their web presence. this is the reason its so popular, it doesnt require so much work to get into it, and its even the better solution for quick projects that require a little piece of whatever. now my mad point on this is, php is still strict to its own code style behaviour. after 4 months learning asp.net on my company i did a little php project for a nice amount of money in few hours, and i got pissed. not just cuz php seems to be the unholy crap of everything if u program in higher language again, just cuz i couldnt program saver with it. my first turn was to try to force php to be type save, to tell this stupid language im not a newbie, i want to be strict, i want this value stays int forever, and that value stays string. forget it, it forces u to be unsafe, it brang depressions to be, its like eating a cold soup.

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Timebomb has a point though. PHP Comes with all the tools you need, and if you know what you're doing, you can make wonderful tools. PHP 5.4 is a ton of fun better than PHP 5.3. I can't say I like everything about Apache2 and PHP, but I can say for people who develop sites for Apache2, that PHP 5.4 is a good option. If the topic has turned into a debate on which of the 4: ASP.net, PHP, Node.JS or Ruby on Rails will make a better EchoWho web application, I completely disagree with all claims. Languages are not bad software engineers, bad software engineers are are bad software engineers... Not to be confused with languages that were coded by bad software engineers....

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i like your last statement, all i do say to this:
"choose the best for u", like i never said "nobody should use php", go ahead, but do it right or i start laughing :P

Updated and fixed all of them issues,

http://www.iaza.com/work/130215C/iaza12698132332700.png

Still improving on this daily with Lucca.

Updates -

* Compatible with all browsers except Internet Explorer
* Login and Register complete
* Fixed Background positioning and quality
* Works with all screen sizes
* Added JavaScript checks for the alerts
* Fixed register redirect

* Forgot password complete
* Email sends out etc

http://www.iaza.com/work/130215C/iaza12698150512000.png

Seems like a project that will be finished, Good luck Sean (topman).

We removed the Gender part for the registration to make it faster registration for the members.

The JavaScript checks to see if any of the fields are empty, and if they are it uses a alert with a msg variable alerting you that the field is empty.

http://www.iaza.com/work/130216C/iaza12698121084000.png

Site looks very nice, hope you complete it as it appears to be focused on a lot which is good.
I'm working on something too, hopefully I could share it with ragezone eventually.

Thanks, I am currently waiting on the internal designs.

Looks nice, good luck.

It looks pretty good, it reminds me of another site which looks EXACTLY the same o.0 i just cant remember what website >.<

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It looks pretty good, it reminds me of another site which looks EXACTLY the same o.0 i just cant remember what website >.<

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I really doubt that. But thanks.

Whether or not it's similar to a different project, you've stuck with it thus far and not abandoned it. That alone is commendable to say the least.

It's not hard to make websites compatible with IE if you know the right tricks. What are you having problems with?

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Whether or not it's similar to a different project, you've stuck with it thus far and not abandoned it. That alone is commendable to say the least.

It's not hard to make websites compatible with IE if you know the right tricks. What are you having problems with?

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Thanks, We have both motivated each other while losing hope. Since we plan to invest so much money into this and already have invested some it must proceed. The dropdown box doesn't seem compatible and general spacing either. I really need to look into it but with my poor CSS skills I doubt I'll succeed.

I'm very interested in this project. I feel like this could be something that becomes big eventually.

If you're still looking for help with it, let me know. I have a creative and open mind and some programming skill that I can use to help you out.

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I'm very interested in this project. I feel like this could be something that becomes big eventually.

If you're still looking for help with it, let me know. I have a creative and open mind and some programming skill that I can use to help you out.

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Add me on skype - earth.3

We are still waiting on the internal designs, but so far it is looking really nice. As soon as the final designs are completed we will be importing the backend which is already mostly coded.

I just added you. Hoping to come into contact with you, soon! :)

I'll add you on skype when I get home. I more than likely can fix your css problems.

That would be great, Thanks!

Good, It's nice to see people are interested in our project. We are planning to hire some people to help us develop it. We would be grateful if you contact is you're interested!

- EchoWho

Tonight I plan on fixing some minor problems with the Index and a few small adjustments to the registration form. We should have the internal designs soon.

EDIT:
I've adjusted the height of the registration box so it didn't look fixed to the footer bar in certain screen resolutions. I've removed the autofill from the registration form. I've also removed the border radius from the login box, which I completely forgot about.

Little changes but I don't know what else to do on the Index/Registration. The internal designs are almost done.

http://www.iaza.com/work/130228C/iaza12698133207500.png

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Sorry for the lack of updates. We are updating it It's just we are finishing the internal designs before we release screenshots of that.

This one looks so amazing. Actually it is really nice. I would like to see this project on the spotlight and also killing the facebook. Well maybe not so fast but I hope you will finally finish this.
Looks really good ^^

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This one looks so amazing. Actually it is really nice. I would like to see this project on the spotlight and also killing the facebook. Well maybe not so fast but I hope you will finally finish this.
Looks really good ^^

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Thank you. Comments like this really motivate me and Lucca! :)

We have now done a Profile system which generates a nick name when a account has been made. For example,

http://www.iaza.com/work/130306C/iaza12698160707000.png

and it works as an url,

http://www.iaza.com/work/130306C/iaza12698195606800.png

We are now working on the Language system.

The language system is now coded and we have done two languages so far. English and Portugues. If anyone would be interested in doing some language files for us that would be appreciated.

Our language system works a lot like Twitters except it saves and doesn't show the url at the top. It just changes the content.

http://www.iaza.com/work/130306C/iaza12698166716200.png

We have fixed a few bugs

* The account sign in box was only able to become in a 'active' state if the text on the dropdown menu was clicked. You can now click anywhere in the box.
* The share photos, videos and news... text was originally an image and we never got around to replacing it, It is now text so we can translate it in the language files. This will also speed up how fast the site loads.
* We configured the CSS code image links now to work on any url, so we can host Echowho in a secret directory for development... like we have been doing but now with the images working which consists of the cross and the logo only.
* Fixed a few minor language system bugs where some text was missing from page. Soon we will be releasing the language files so people can do translations for us, I might pay people I'm not sure.
* On the dropdown, there was a small border-radius on the actual button when clicked making it not look smooth when dropping and not in placement. This has been removed now so it looks like it fits perfectly.
* Removed the drop shadow on the login as it didn't fit in the design.

I've been working on increasing the site load-up time.

http://www.iaza.com/work/130307C/iaza12698139853600.png

I've had to do various things to do this, and we are still going as I've not yet optimised the code. Once I've cleaned the code I'll post the final result. Right now it's at 1 second.

Seem to be talking to myself on this thread haha but I'll resume.

We have completed the Language files so we are prepared to send them out if anyone is willing to do translations for us in any language we will accept. So far we have done English, French and Portuguese.

English:
http://www.iaza.com/work/130309C/iaza12698131054500.png
Portuguese:
http://www.iaza.com/work/130309C/iaza12698147403700.png
French:
http://www.iaza.com/work/130309C/iaza12698192549900.png

Main post has been updated. Please check it out!

Sean and me are working a lot for that. We never will give-up from this project. By the way, more languages like 'Italian' can be soon. Keep connected, and share :)

Waiting patiently for the internal designs.

Our designer has let us down therefore while we organise a whole new design I created a draft for us to start development on the main part. We are now making fast progress improving the posting system and adding new features.

I'm really looking forward to this. I can't tell you enough.

Actually really exited for this project.. Its looking good. Your designer has let you down eh? I would be happy to help you with the design, im good at simplistic design.. So you know were i am if you need me, i do everything for free..

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Our designer has let us down therefore while we organise a whole new design I created a draft for us to start development on the main part. We are now making fast progress improving the posting system and adding new features.

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I'm kind of glad, as I wasn't a fan of the design in your current screens.

Well if anyone is interested in doing some design work please do contact my Skype earth.3

and Ron, Do you mean the Index design?

I will be contacting you soon.. I would be happy to do some design work..

i see this going no where

not to mention no backend code updates, do you code the frontend before you even think about the system? o_0

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i see this going no where

not to mention no backend code updates, do you code the frontend before you even think about the system? o_0

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Just because I'm not constantly updating the thread doesn't mean we are not working on it. The majority of the backend is actually coded.

Looks nice to me, i hope this will be take the social networking to a new level and have the unique environment!

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Our designer has let us down therefore while we organise a whole new design I created a draft for us to start development on the main part. We are now making fast progress improving the posting system and adding new features.

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I had explained my situation prior to starting and you were made fully aware that I would not be able to dedicate 100% of my time to the designs. You would both (yourself and Lucca) message me on an evening persistently, to ask if I could continue. You seemed to expect me to run Join.me sessions every time - and was under the presumption that because you couldn't see what I was doing, I wasn't working.

I have other priorities - and more so when I'm coming to the end of the second semester at College. I really think you've too high expectations for this project - and you're painful to work for. I do not believe you were patient - if anything, more of an irritation. I do understand that you were pushing to proceed - but you can't say you weren't aware...

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I'm kind of glad, as I wasn't a fan of the design in your current screens.

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The design differed greatly to the outcome (I didn't write the HTML/ CSS on the index). I had planned to re-design the external page(s) to match the new internals.

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I had explained my situation prior to starting and you were made fully aware that I would not be able to dedicate 100% of my time to the designs. You would both (yourself and Lucca) message me on an evening persistently, to ask if I could continue. You seemed to expect me to run Join.me sessions every time - and was under the presumption that because you couldn't see what I was doing, I wasn't working.

I have other priorities - and more so when I'm coming to the end of the second semester at College. I really think you've too high expectations for this project - and you're painful to work for. I do not believe you were patient - if anything, more of an irritation. I do understand that you were pushing to proceed - but you can't say you weren't aware...



The design differed greatly to the outcome (I didn't write the HTML/ CSS on the index). I had planned to re-design the external page(s) to match the new internals.

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Actually, we yes asked to you everytime, because you said it would be finish to the weekend (on the week that we are making some real progress), so, some day you disappear, don't back for finish the job, and be three weeks off, and we start persisting more every day. That isn't true pal?

Btw, we are backing to the services soon. :)

Daily updates now on our facebook page, check it out

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Echowh...28935147302614

Trying to build up an audience.

i like how your promoting your new social network on another, that takes some balls.

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i like how your promoting your new social network on another, that takes some balls.

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I have no idea where else I can develop it or gain an audience :'(

Updates -

Started front-end development on deleting posts. It currently has hover features and uses jQuery effectively to close/delete the post on request.

http://www.iaza.com/work/130514C/iaza12698123766100.png

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I don't think we really need help, But thanks for the offer.

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I have no idea where else I can develop it or gain an audience :'(

Updates -

Started front-end development on deleting posts. It currently has hover features and uses jQuery effectively to close/delete the post on request.

http://www.iaza.com/work/130514C/iaza12698123766100.png

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You know what that reminds me of?? Those annoying popups you get on porn sites which say there is horny girls waiting for you in your town.

Thanks :D

Anyway, Notifications area front-end has now been coded.

http://www.iaza.com/work/130516C/iaza12698132817200.png

Looks amazing! Keep it up :) I hope this goes well !

Thanks, Just handed the HTML work to Droppy. He will now add the PHP to it.

Would be an honour to translate this into swedish, can you send me the language file?
Skype: codiaczille

Releasing images of the current progress on the internals

http://www.iaza.com/work/130530C/iaza12698165701800.png

http://www.iaza.com/work/130530C/iaza12698146331800.png

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Releasing images of the current progress on the internals

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http://www.iaza.com/work/130530C/iaza12698146331800.png

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Wow amazing! Keep it up man! I love this work :D

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Releasing images of the current progress on the internals

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JUST EPIC Keep Going!

tbh it looks worst.
but nvm that's how stuff works at first.

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tbh it looks worst.
but nvm that's how stuff works at first.

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It's a development, It will be changed a lot.

I like the "flat" UI style. Keep it up!

Updated main post with the latest screenshots and features list.

http://forum.ragezone.com/f86/echowh...ontent-894726/

This site better be extraordinary and nothing like Facebook because if you settle with the same features as facebook but less functionality well.. all I can say is GG.

New ideas is what attract people, sure the design will for a few moments but if you have some secret idea planned your good to go.
I've been building my own site for over 6 months now but have not shown anything as it's a completely different idea that what anyone has thought of yet.

In conclusion your website looks great so far.

what happend with this project? was it just: "mycket snack och lite verkstad" or?
(swedish saying for then someone talks alot but dont anything)

I think the project is dead, Mr Swede

This was more than obviously.

Nope, This project is still ongoing slowly.

the pictures provided are down, they turn into ads.

I noticed that this thread and I think development has ended, so I was wondering if I could have the honor of continuing this project. Please reply back.

Still looking to continue this project for you.