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Post by Coaster on Apr 25, 2016 16:12:00 GMT -5
Alrighty, got an ettiquette question for everyone: If you give a small amount of money to somebody to let them buy a drink without ever expecting to be repaid and not saying anything about repayment, then the person brings you the exact amount of money later, what is more polite: insisting they keep the money or taking their money and letting them repay their "debt" so to speak? I'm only Canadian (so I know how to be sorry more than I know manners), but it seems like it would be nicer to offer to let them keep it, but thank them for remembering and offering back the exact amount. If they still insist, say that they don't have to bother paying it back right now, but that they can return the favor next time if you need it, or if they're superinsistenttakemymoneyNOW, then just take it and be grateful/gracious about it. and try to find out where they hid the body |
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Post by Thorn on Apr 25, 2016 16:14:42 GMT -5
Alrighty, got an ettiquette question for everyone: If you give a small amount of money to somebody to let them buy a drink without ever expecting to be repaid and not saying anything about repayment, then the person brings you the exact amount of money later, what is more polite: insisting they keep the money or taking their money and letting them repay their "debt" so to speak? I would personally tell them to keep the money, because I had no intention of them paying me back in the first place. But if they insist then I would accept the money and thank them. (This is just how I would personally do it, though). |
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Post by Twillie on May 17, 2016 10:56:57 GMT -5
Is it considered unprofessional to start up a website using a free host server? I'm building myself a little site, and since I'm not the most experienced in coding and don't want to pay for a domain yet, I'm using Wix. I'm a little worried though that what I'm doing is a no-no if you actually want to make an internet presence. It's not like this will be my website forever, though, and I know some businesses use sites like WordPress, but still. Just wondering X)
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Post by M is for Morphine on May 17, 2016 11:30:03 GMT -5
Is it considered unprofessional to start up a website using a free host server? I'm building myself a little site, and since I'm not the most experienced in coding and don't want to pay for a domain yet, I'm using Wix. I'm a little worried though that what I'm doing is a no-no if you actually want to make an internet presence. It's not like this will be my website forever, though, and I know some businesses use sites like WordPress, but still. Just wondering X) It looks like you can map a domain to a Wix site about as easily as you can a wordpress, so I doubt it matters. If you're launching a business, I'd get a domain from the start though. You can always attach a new domain later and do a 301 redirection through wix so people can get to your new domain from the old address. I think. Someone with more recent/extensive website building knowledge can confirm I'm sure. |
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Post by Twillie on May 17, 2016 12:48:35 GMT -5
Is it considered unprofessional to start up a website using a free host server? I'm building myself a little site, and since I'm not the most experienced in coding and don't want to pay for a domain yet, I'm using Wix. I'm a little worried though that what I'm doing is a no-no if you actually want to make an internet presence. It's not like this will be my website forever, though, and I know some businesses use sites like WordPress, but still. Just wondering X) It looks like you can map a domain to a Wix site about as easily as you can a wordpress, so I doubt it matters. If you're launching a business, I'd get a domain from the start though. You can always attach a new domain later and do a 301 redirection through wix so people can get to your new domain from the old address. I think. Someone with more recent/extensive website building knowledge can confirm I'm sure. I'm making this more as a personal site, as sooner or later I'll probably have to make one anyway. Something to display work and be used as a resource to let contacts know about me in the art world. I'm sort of just playing with it right now, but it'd be a good and easy way for me to start. Now, if I were to start up a webcomic, I suppose I should start with an original domain for that? I've figured out a way to display one on Wix, but I don't know if it's worth the effort or if I should look into paying for a domain for that. Now, it'll be a while before I'll actually need a site for that, but it'd at least be good for me to start looking into it. |
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Post by M is for Morphine on May 19, 2016 12:43:57 GMT -5
Now, if I were to start up a webcomic, I suppose I should start with an original domain for that? I've figured out a way to display one on Wix, but I don't know if it's worth the effort or if I should look into paying for a domain for that. Now, it'll be a while before I'll actually need a site for that, but it'd at least be good for me to start looking into it. I'd say a domain for a webcomic is really important. Especially if the comic has a non-unique name where googling doesn't bring up your site first. (ie-String Theory) Personally I think anything you intend to advertise should have a short, easy to remember URL. Not sure how the free urls on Wix look. |
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Post by Twillie on May 19, 2016 13:19:21 GMT -5
Now, if I were to start up a webcomic, I suppose I should start with an original domain for that? I've figured out a way to display one on Wix, but I don't know if it's worth the effort or if I should look into paying for a domain for that. Now, it'll be a while before I'll actually need a site for that, but it'd at least be good for me to start looking into it. I'd say a domain for a webcomic is really important. Especially if the comic has a non-unique name where googling doesn't bring up your site first. (ie-String Theory) Personally I think anything you intend to advertise should have a short, easy to remember URL. Not sure how the free urls on Wix look. Free Wix URLs start with your username and then /whatever you want. So for me, if I wanted to put my Blossoms comics on their own site, it could look like twillieblossom.com/blossoms. And then I could make a million other similar URLs like twillieblossom.com/portfolio and whatnot. You could also become a paid member on Wix and get a normal looking domain, i.e. twillieblossom.com, or in the case of my future webcomic, greenlessrainbow.com. This would probably be a better option for the future, as I believe if I get a domain through Wix, I would still be able to use their site construction features and receive tech support. I know there are other places made solely for registering domains such as GoDaddy, but I don't know if they come with support as well, or if they're basically making sites from scratch. Does anyone know the difference between just registering a site versus getting a domain through sites like Wix or Wordpress? Is there a visual difference to an outsider, or is it mostly just what kind of package you get when you sign up for a domain? |
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Post by Tiger on May 19, 2016 13:33:49 GMT -5
I'd say a domain for a webcomic is really important. Especially if the comic has a non-unique name where googling doesn't bring up your site first. (ie-String Theory) Personally I think anything you intend to advertise should have a short, easy to remember URL. Not sure how the free urls on Wix look. Free Wix URLs start with your username and then /whatever you want. So for me, if I wanted to put my Blossoms comics on their own site, it could look like twillieblossom.com/blossoms. And then I could make a million other similar URLs like twillieblossom.com/portfolio and whatnot. You could also become a paid member on Wix and get a normal looking domain, i.e. twillieblossom.com, or in the case of my future webcomic, greenlessrainbow.com. This would probably be a better option for the future, as I believe if I get a domain through Wix, I would still be able to use their site construction features and receive tech support. I know there are other places made solely for registering domains such as GoDaddy, but I don't know if they come with support as well, or if they're basically making sites from scratch. Does anyone know the difference between just registering a site versus getting a domain through sites like Wix or Wordpress? Is there a visual difference to an outsider, or is it mostly just what kind of package you get when you sign up for a domain? Really, wix doesn't do something like add a .wix to the URL of the free version? Well, that's one-up on free Webs URLs for sure (which would be at greenlessrainbow.webs.com ) Just buying a straight-up domain would almost certainly require you to build a site from scratch. If a domain-registering site doesn't mention something like a "content builder", then it probably doesn't have what you're looking for. Something like Wix or Wordpress or whathaveyou would be easier. To an outsider, it shouldn't look different - though depending on the quality of your webhost, their website-building tool may or may not have issues with things like mobile view and file size (if it puts a lot of junk code in there). I think most of them should be pretty aware of mobile design now and be somewhat catered to work with it (though viewing a webcomic on a phone is maybe not ideal, so maybe that's negligible in this case XP) |
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Post by Twillie on May 19, 2016 14:14:08 GMT -5
Free Wix URLs start with your username and then /whatever you want. So for me, if I wanted to put my Blossoms comics on their own site, it could look like twillieblossom.com/blossoms. And then I could make a million other similar URLs like twillieblossom.com/portfolio and whatnot. You could also become a paid member on Wix and get a normal looking domain, i.e. twillieblossom.com, or in the case of my future webcomic, greenlessrainbow.com. This would probably be a better option for the future, as I believe if I get a domain through Wix, I would still be able to use their site construction features and receive tech support. I know there are other places made solely for registering domains such as GoDaddy, but I don't know if they come with support as well, or if they're basically making sites from scratch. Does anyone know the difference between just registering a site versus getting a domain through sites like Wix or Wordpress? Is there a visual difference to an outsider, or is it mostly just what kind of package you get when you sign up for a domain? Really, wix doesn't do something like add a .wix to the URL of the free version? Well, that's one-up on free Webs URLs for sure (which would be at greenlessrainbow.webs.com ) Just buying a straight-up domain would almost certainly require you to build a site from scratch. If a domain-registering site doesn't mention something like a "content builder", then it probably doesn't have what you're looking for. Something like Wix or Wordpress or whathaveyou would be easier. To an outsider, it shouldn't look different - though depending on the quality of your webhost, their website-building tool may or may not have issues with things like mobile view and file size (if it puts a lot of junk code in there). I think most of them should be pretty aware of mobile design now and be somewhat catered to work with it (though viewing a webcomic on a phone is maybe not ideal, so maybe that's negligible in this case XP) Oh yeah, I forgot about that XP So yeah, a free domain would look like twillieblossom.wix.com/portfolio X) Not sure if paid domains are the same, I'd have to look further into that. Mobile view and file size are also things to watch out for, definitely. I think reviews and just plain experimentation are where I'll start with those. What I'm using seems to be pretty up to date on website design and practicability, but there's always a catch, I'm sure  In my reading experience, some webcomics show up fine on mobile, others not so much. Not sure right now how to avoid/fix problems like that, but I may just test Wix out on that to see what I'm dealing with X) Thanks to everyone so far for the advice! |
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Post by Mostly Harmless (flufflepuff) on Jul 13, 2016 6:50:48 GMT -5
I've been biking on and off for months but last week decided to supplement that with weightlifting. Nothing crazy, mind you, just 5 pounds for 20 minutes each day, including arm switches. I've biked every single day since pokemon go came out so yay motivation. XD
My arms are fine apart from a small bruise and tightness but my performance in biking is starting to decline--I can tell because I get to the point where my head starts to droop and I can't quite pick it up sooner than usual.
I don't wanna stop biking...what's going on? Do I need to eat more, not less? Do I absolutely have to stop...?
Edit: I guess what I'm trying to say is how do you know when you need rest as opposed to a change in diet or to work harder?
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Post by Jae on Jul 26, 2016 16:10:07 GMT -5
Okay old person question: how do I get pictures from my phone to my computer?
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Post by Twillie on Jul 26, 2016 16:15:13 GMT -5
Okay old person question: how do I get pictures from my phone to my computer? Your phone charger It might depend on the type of phone you have, but I'd imagine most smart phones have chargers with a USB end. If so, you would just use plug your charger cord into your computer, plug in your phone, and there'll either be a pop up telling you that your computer has recognized a new device, or if you go to Files, you should be able to find a folder for your phone  |
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Post by Ian Wolf-Park on Jul 26, 2016 16:32:38 GMT -5
Yeah, it depends on the phone itself, but I'd imagine that if it was either iOS or Android smartphones, the process should be similar. Either you follow the instructions on your phone after you plug it in to the computer via USB or just follow what you would normally do for a computer file.
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Post by Jae on Jul 26, 2016 17:01:58 GMT -5
Okay old person question: how do I get pictures from my phone to my computer? Your phone charger It might depend on the type of phone you have, but I'd imagine most smart phones have chargers with a USB end. If so, you would just use plug your charger cord into your computer, plug in your phone, and there'll either be a pop up telling you that your computer has recognized a new device, or if you go to Files, you should be able to find a folder for your phone and Ian Wolf-ParkWell, it's charging, but there was no pop-up and my device isn't on my desktop (new devices usually get put there) or on my list in Finder. My phone also says it's charging but the option to be used as a media device is not available. To paraphrase South Park, I think Apple and Android DNA just won't splice. :s |
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Post by Twillie on Jul 26, 2016 17:08:14 GMT -5
When you say desktop, do you mean the literal desktop on your computer, or the folder Desktop under Files? If it's the former, I'd suggest skimming through Files, maybe under Computer, to find it. And it might not display as Phone, but perhaps just Removable Disk.
If not, another option may be to take the SIM card and put it into a flash drive that has an insertion slot.
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