Ok guys (gals)...great site. I mean it, I am really happy with all the information that I am coming across. I just ported over from www.flashkit.com, which is a similar site devoted to Flash. FK is superb and I have been spoiled so I am really happy to find UDZ. I noticed that there are hardly any members posting to the boards tho'. Any reason why interaction is so low? I would have thought that people would be yelling over the top of each other at such a kewl site!

-glad to be here!
-Kr0m3

There are no "webmasters"...only "webstudents". Now, snatch the floppy from my hand, grasshopper.

you know i'm pretty good with them search engine i bet we could work something out <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle>
hey you chromehedge are you following me <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle>



Edited by - vampstko on 11/13/2001 22:20:31

There are two reasons why FlashKit.com has more visitors than UDZone.com.
1. FK is much older site
2. More 'web developers' are using Flash then UltraDev 'couse it's much easier to use, more 'flashy'... People are trying to avoid programming if they can so they think that Flash is the best way. Make site quickly, let it move, play some music... There is an army of 'I want to be web developer but I don't want to learn how to programm'.

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Ok guys (gals)...great site. I mean it, I am really happy with all the information that I am coming across. I just ported over from www.flashkit.com, which is a similar site devoted to Flash. FK is superb and I have been spoiled so I am really happy to find UDZ. I noticed that there are hardly any members posting to the boards tho'. Any reason why interaction is so low? I would have thought that people would be yelling over the top of each other at such a kewl site!

-glad to be here!
-Kr0m3

There are no "webmasters"...only "webstudents". Now, snatch the floppy from my hand, grasshopper.
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hey vfarcic if you build a html doorway/info page strictly html with a htm/html extension and send me the url i can get ya in the search engines ...i wouldn't mind helping ya any post here or emmail me i think i put my email in here..i can send you specifics if you want

i gotcha.
I understand the lack of userbase because the site is younger, after browsing around I have noticed that a lot of the areas are either really light on content or have a large amount of external links to fill the "meat" of the topic. I certainly did not mean the comment as a bad thing. In fact, I am hoping to help change the issue by participating as much as I can.
UDZ "feels" right. Even if a lot of the content is still coming "on-line", I think that is a perfect time to hop on. I get to be a part of that experience, and that's great!
I don't believe that the lack of userbase is what I was referring to however. Of the users you have, I believe them to be a less, uh..."verbose" crowd than what we find at FK. I noticed that a lot more of your users have member names that closely mirror their "real" names. I have also noticed a more "down to business" approach to the posts. I think that the UD crowd in general is possibly a bit more "serious" than the "Flasher" community. However, as light as FK posting can be in nature, try hard-coding 50 frames of "swarm" behaviour to 150 instances of a firefly clip that is reactive (conversely) to mouse or keyboard input and I think you will have a new appreciation of ActionScript's/Flash's depth (although not necessarily FK member's depth!) <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
Anyway, glad to be here! I already learned new things and hope that I can contribute in some way.

peace;
-Kr0m3

There are no "webmasters"...only "webstudents". Now, snatch the floppy from my hand, grasshopper.

Exactly.. it's not really a 'forum-based' community that we are serving. To be honest... I do have weeks that I forget to take a look here. I'm glad that there are some enthousiastic moderators that do! <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle> But let's hope that more people will be using this forum soon, cause it means more page hits for UDzone <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle>

(I know this from experience: our dutch site www.FlashFreaks.nl has a very active forum and it really pushes the pagevie numbers up)

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right on! i really enjoy the tutorials and the resources...it's why I am here.
But it is also good to know some of the other members that you are sharing space with. I would love to help promote more forum postings, it'll definitely increase hits!

heck, ya'll got david petley in the house for a visit and if ANYONE around here is busy....

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--and Waldo, I REALLY am sorry for that "boring" comment! <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle>

There are no "webmasters"...only "webstudents". Now, snatch the floppy from my hand, grasshopper.

Wow a real live active topic!

Just kiddin <img src=../images/fwzone/forum/icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle>

I have to agree though. This site is fantastic and is one of the few places I have found useful Fireworks information.

I'm doing my best to keep the Fireworks forum alive...which is actually a joke considering how much I know. But happy to help a newbie out.

Any more info on customising Fireworks would be great <img src=../images/fwzone/forum/icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle>

Keep up the good work <img src=../images/fwzone/forum/icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle>