SocialSigr - Your online profiles, pixelised.

[Dentafrice]

http://www.socialsigr.com/_images/clearLogo.png
http://www.socialsigr.com/

Well some people already know, and some don't.

Well mainly me and Matt Clarke (Source) [with help from JamieCassidy (original idea ;P)] have ventured into the online world with a new site: SocialSigr.

Surprisingly, there is an open market for this site.. unlike anything that I've put myself into.

What is it for?

Well you have probably heard of Twitsig.. the ugly blue site that tells you what your twitter status is? Well quite frankly.. we think it sucks.

So we're on the move to improve it, and support more of the sites you use.. based around the general idea.

What do we mean? Examples!

You may have seen them lingering around the forum.. but here they are.. compared to Twitsig's lovely version..

http://www.socialsigr.com/status/twitter/slim_dark/dentafrice

http://www.socialsigr.com/status/twitter/slim_light/dentafrice

http://www.socialsigr.com/status/twitter/default/dentafrice


Twitsig:

http://www.twitsig.com/dentafrice.jpg


Have any ideas?

Feel free to suggest them in this thread, with things you think will help benefit the site, and things you would like to see.

Preview of the site :]

http://www.tehupload.com/uploads/app-15107619279351456.png (http://www.tehupload.com/share/13155)


- SocialSigr team.

[Jaysun]

This is cool. For some reason on the site all I see is the logo.

[Dentafrice]

This is cool. For some reason on the site all I see is the logo.
Yeah, the site isn't open yet :) We're working on it at the moment, getting everything finalized, servers finished setting up and whitelisted, and working on the caching system and tweaking everything.

[Jaysun]

Oh ok. Well all the best to you and socialsigr.

[Dentafrice]

Thanks ^_^. Hopefully it can turn out as a "semi-success" for a weekend project.

[Turbocom]

nice idea, I don't see myself using it tbh

[Dentafrice]

nice idea, I don't see myself using it tbh
You have any ideas which could persuade you to use it?

Also for everyone's information, it won't only support Twitter.

We also have finished integrating Pownce, Rejaw, MySpace, Facebook, and soon Tumblr.

[Turbocom]

We also have finished integrating Pownce, Rejaw, MySpace, Facebook, and soon Tumblr.Should of said that sooner ;) that just made me wanna use it.

[Trinity]

Will there be an option to post to twitter/others from your site? Or are you focusing solely on outputting it to signatures?

[Awfy]

Does Calum know you're working on something which involves APIs? :P

[Minstrels]

Looks good, when is it open?

[friday]

Nice one :).
You have a release date/roughly?

[lSnowie]

I will use a facebook one.

[Kaveri]

Can you explain the reasoning behind the name?

[Dentafrice]

Will there be an option to post to twitter/others from your site? Or are you focusing solely on outputting it to signatures?

No, we won't be integrating site features into SocialSigr, as we are just outputting it from your social network sites (Twitter, Pownce, Youmeo, etc)


Does Calum know you're working on something which involves APIs? :P

Nope, why? Shouldn't interfere with Youmeo though, was hoping to integrate Youmeo's feeds (whenever they get done) into SocialSigr :P


Looks good, when is it open?


Nice one :).
You have a release date/roughly?

We don't have a set release date, BETA within the next week hopefully.

We have a few bugs to work out, and finishing the site.. and we're done ^_^.

[newWORLDorder]

I would use it but I only use twitter for the odd random message an replying to other people.

[Meti]

You should make one for www.PlayaHead.com

Many people use it too ;)

[Excellent2]

You should make one for www.PlayaHead.com (http://www.PlayaHead.com)

Many people use it too ;)It's foreign..

Looks good. If you want to make it extra special you should make some status updaters too, not hard to do :)

[Invent]

Looks good. If you want to make it extra special you should make some status updaters too, not hard to do :)If he's signed a contract with YMO, he's not allowed to.

[DarrenToogood]

One problem, it reads: Social Cigar

Might suggest it is about smoking :S

[Monopoly]

One problem, it reads: Social Cigar

Might suggest it is about smoking :S

Nah, you're wrong.

Very nice idea. I hate social networking sites now, but I would use it. :P

[Source]

If he's signed a contract with YMO, he's not allowed to.

Well then I would do it instead if we got to that stage.


One problem, it reads: Social Cigar

Might suggest it is about smoking :S

Its real meaning is Social Signature which is shortened to SocialSigr.

Anyhoo, I'll get around to designing more of the signature templates soon along with getting the rest of the site done.

Peace, also we are still seeing if anyone has any ideas they would like to see on the site - fire away.

[Awfy]

If Caleb makes anything under a YMO contract it is up to the Youmeo directors to choose what they do with it. So they could claim ownership of it and there's nothing that can be done, that's why he needs to have a word with Calum before going further otherwise it could turn out ugly. Every project I've started has gone past Calum before I started it, so he knows what it is and can then agree if he would be interested in the project or if I want it to stay mine if he'll ignore it.

[Source]

Not worth it, seriously.

Also I think its highly unprofessional to bring that sort of topic to the boards. Thats something to be discussed over msn or in other means of private chat.

[Agnostic Bear]

I coded all of it, it belongs to me, no contract here plz plz no hating.

I'm Jewish Bear and I endorse this message.

[Excellent2]

I coded all of it, it belongs to me, no contract here plz plz no hating.

I'm Jewish Bear and I endorse this message.You're Jewish Bear and you want to play games all day.

Did you sign a contract with YMO Denta?

[Dentafrice]

It's foreign..

Looks good. If you want to make it extra special you should make some status updaters too, not hard to do :)

Don't think we will bring any kind of updater into it ;) It's just a "viewing device".


If he's signed a contract with YMO, he's not allowed to.


To clear all this up, I have not signed a contract with Youmeo, only an NDA. ;) Which included nothing of the sort, just a general purpose non-disclosure agreement.

That's the reason this wasn't "passed by/through" anyone beforehand.

[Awfy]

Ah that's okay then, as it would be death if you built it all then lost it because you had taken 5 minutes to discuss it.

[Dentafrice]

I really don't think this should be discussed on the forum anymore, in public, it shouldn't have in the first place.

[Invent]

Well I did try to contact you on MSN but had no luck. I wanted to make sure you were covered so that you wouldn't just lose your project.

[Dentafrice]

Well I did try to contact you on MSN but had no luck. I wanted to make sure you were covered so that you wouldn't just lose your project.
Private Message? :P (no, not a visitor message either)..

I just think there could have been other ways to do it.

Anyways, thanks :) Although I would have read the contract, and if it said anything like that, wouldn't have signed it.

[HabSound.com]

Sounds Great! I like the Logo :D

Good Luck with it!

[Excellent2]

When abouts will the site open? :)

[Dentafrice]

We will probably have a BETA session either this week or next week, to test the system out, and finalize all the bugs.

[Excellent2]

Ace! Perhaps the site can get popular as the only real "competitor" if you can call it that is TwitSig :P

[Dentafrice]

Ace! Perhaps the site can get popular as the only real "competitor" if you can call it that is TwitSig :P
Yeah, there is a market for this.. and considering we are supporting more then one service (Unlike twitsig.. just twitter).. we have a bigger chance of a wider fanbase.

We just need to get the word out.. and we have some pretty great ideas with that ;)

[Excellent2]

Google will help you get the word out too :P

[Source]

Here's a better preview of the site:

http://www.tehupload.com/uploads/app-737732731229407830.png

A nice ajaxy/javascript generator system, if people wanna use it on IE6... tough ^_^ - its about time people stopped caring about the worst browser in the world.

Anyhoo, as denta said we should be releasing a beta this week/next week.

[Johno]

Looking amazing, I can't wait for this! :)

[friday]

Nice preview

[Dentafrice]

Thanks! :) If anyone has any ideas.. feel free to let us know.

We're setting up the development blog now, I'll post the link later.

[friday]

youre welcome :]

[Meti]

Looks great!

Looking forward to it!

[Dentafrice]

We're excited about opening it up, and progress has gone pretty far considering it is a "weekend project" between the two of us.

I'll be spending the rest of the day integrating Tumblr, and probably a few other services.

[friday]

whens it opening again?

[Source]

Within 2 weeks as a beta.

[friday]

Nice one ;]

[Dentafrice]

It said so earlier in the thread.. multiple times ;P

[friday]

Sorry :]
good luck however

[jackass]

This actually looks quite amazing.

Well done guys, i'm looking forward to it. :)

[Dentafrice]

^_^.. we are too.

[friday]

I'm well excited aha

[Source]

Excited because all these posts of saying your looking forward to it are getting your postcount up?

We're just working out the best way todo Tumblr at the moment, due to the diff types of media.

[friday]

Nope, just can't wait aha

[sgraham]

Here's an idea, why not allow the user to automatically style their SocialSigr to match their Twitter page?

That way, everything is a little bit more personalized, and everyone can feel a little bit more special.

Nevertheless, loving what you've done so far guys, superb work.

Thanks.

[jackass]

Excited because all these posts of saying your looking forward to it are getting your postcount up?

Why even say that? :S

[Source]

Here's an idea, why not allow the user to automatically style their SocialSigr to match their Twitter page?

Alot easier said than done. Main reasons been we dont just support twitter and we are going to work on a javascript based design area for people to make their own designs, but thats a long way down the line.


Why even say that? :S

Because I feel that maybe he is over-reacting? It was a witty comment, no real meaning behind it.. chill.

[Source]

http://socialsigr.tumblr.com/

^ Development blog now online.

[Calon]

Loving your design for it, it looks amazing.

nice one, I will be using this.

[Source]

Well we are hoping to raise the benchmark of services like this to a new, much higher level than twitsig.

Not that hard tho is it! ^_^

[Trinity]

I remember seeing a couple of sites like yours, who aimed to be like twitsig but for other sites too, but they never really took off.
Obviously their sigs weren't as sexy as yours though ;)

[Source]

Remember any of the names? Be good if we can find out why they never really took off to make sure ours has a higher chance of being popular.

[Trinity]

Remember any of the names? Be good if we can find out why they never really took off to make sure ours has a higher chance of being popular.

Nope, sorry :(
I tried googling to find them before I posted, but obviously as they're not around anymore, they didn't show up.

The closest things that came up were postreader.com and tweetsnap.com

[Source]

Good, tweetsnap is also pretty ugly so we dont have to worry about them too much ^_^.

Thanks anyway.

[Trinity]

Good, tweetsnap is also pretty ugly so we dont have to worry about them too much ^_^.

Thanks anyway.

It still looks better than twitsig though :)
Also, I just went back onto tweetsnap and your 'tweet' was on the homepage :)

[Dentafrice]

Working on integrating MySpace now :)

Includes my picture, so I can't post it directly.. but here's the link to the image:

http://www.socialsigr.com/status/myspace/slim_light_myspace/famouscaleb

[iJoe]

Looks pretty good :)

And you can directly post them now can't you?

[Dentafrice]

ahh well then:

http://www.socialsigr.com/status/myspace/slim_light_myspace/famouscaleb

[Rapidshare]

how do i get them?

[Dentafrice]

how do i get them?
Read the thread mate.. it's not done yet :\ -REP for not reading.

[Rapidshare]

Read the thread mate.. it's not done yet :\ -REP for not reading.


I gonna read 7 pages while hxf is loading slow? :rolleyes::rolleyes:

[Dentafrice]

Even the first page says that we are still working on it.. and we've said it on about 4 pages..

[Rapidshare]

Well sorry :rolleyes: oh and a thank you to your mates who joined ya with ya "rep-"

[kk.]

the logo goes above the page on chrome. im guessing thats not normal?

loooks good but i never use them. good luck and the sites looking good

[kk.]

the logo goes above the page on chrome. im guessing thats not normal?

loooks good but i never use them. good luck and the sites looking good

[Source]

Yea but it is just the placeholder, we have tested the main site on Chrome/IE8/Firefox2-3/IE7 so it will work on release.

[kk.]

great. was just checking

[wsg14]

Seems like a good market to get into, good luck.

[Dentafrice]

Thanks! :)

Just a few updates, working on the facebook integration now (why do they have to be so difficult when integrating.. please provide feeds! ugr)

Hopefully we'll get it sorted soon.

[wsg14]

Now just have to figure out a way to fix my DNS updaters; atm I can't view any of your sites.

[Dentafrice]

your gay ISP :p can you view it through a proxy?

[wsg14]

your gay ISP :p can you view it through a proxy?

Yeah; that's what I've been doing for tehupload. Rogers is suppose to take over the ISP, I can't wait.

[reeana]

This looks good.
Good luck with it :)

[Dentafrice]

maybe then you can view our sites!

anyways.. good night! heading to bed.. maybe I'll have some logic by in the morning..

[wsg14]

hopefully, g'night.

[NN-Dom]

Edit the hostfile?

[Dentafrice]

Edit the hostfile?
What are you talking about?

[Glasses]

your gay ISP :p can you view it through a proxy?
I'm sorry but I fail to see how an ISP can be homosexual. That's just like saying "Your ISP is black". It's not very nice is it? :/

[Source]

Slight wittle update, hopefully we can release a limited service beta out to some people tomorrow, if you fancy helping us out by testing then post your namedizzle here.

[L?KE]

*Posts 'namedizzle' here* :)

[Joe!]

Yeah, my 'namedizzle' is Joezo? I assume that is what you mean by 'namedizzle'.

[Trinity]

*Posts 'namedizzle' here* :)

Ahem, *Posts 'your namedizzle here'* ;)


Yeah, my 'namedizzle' is Joezo? I assume that is what you mean by 'namedizzle'.

Ahh well in that case, Matt you're already following me on Twitter, so you should know it :)

[edgates]

*Posts 'your namedizzle here'*

Hi. My namedizzle is EdTrist.

[Source]

Jolly good, hopefully I will get off my backside to code these other pages tomorrow morning / tonight.

[Dentafrice]

Hopefully tonight :) I need to do some things as well on the backend of things ;P

[Trinity]

Jolly good, hopefully I will get off my backside to code these other pages tomorrow morning / tonight.

Haha, but just think, once it's done, you get to rest :)

Edit: Are you going to put your site url on the images (like twitsig and tweetsnap do)?

[HotelUser]

Interesting idea. Good luck!

[Jackboy]

I don't get twitter :P

Why use twitter just to say what you are doing when you can do that on facebook?

Is it because twitter is supported by loads of things and can be built into sigs and stuff?

[Source]

We will not just support twitter, so far we support:


Twitter
Rejaw
Pownce
Myspace
Facebook
Tumblr

Also, after ive gotten myself something to eat (getting late) I fini the site off sirs/madams.

Also in response to trinity, they will be unbranded for the near future.

[Dentafrice]

Something cool I just integrated in.. for people that use Twitpic (will probably support others later..)

If you submit something from twitpic.. (from your mobile or web) your status signature will change:

http://www.socialsigr.com/status/twitter/slim_light/dentafrice

As you can tell, the tweet is still the same, with the added << Preview:

but, the display picture changes to be a preview of the image you submitted :)

[Trinity]

We will not just support twitter, so far we support:


Twitter
Rejaw
Pownce
Myspace
Facebook
Tumblr

Also, after ive gotten myself something to eat (getting late) I fini the site off sirs/madams.

Also in response to trinity, they will be unbranded for the near future.

Won't that severely reduce site hits?
Although I guess you could have a few unbranded templates, and just a couple of branded ones in case people want to help advertise the site.


Something cool I just integrated in.. for people that use Twitpic (will probably support others later..)

If you submit something from twitpic.. (from your mobile or web) your status signature will change:

http://www.socialsigr.com/status/twitter/slim_light/dentafrice

As you can tell, the tweet is still the same, with the added << Preview:

but, the display picture changes to be a preview of the image you submitted :)

Now that's just showing off.

[Dentafrice]

I fixed it, sorry :P

[Source]

Awesome denta, wuv it.

[iEljay]

Looking great guys. I can't wait to test it :)

[Dentafrice]

I do too ^_^. hehe.

[Shankney]

Cool, I'm starting to use Twitter now for what I do on my Xbox so I guess it'll be sort of good for me to keep in my signature and as I post around the Microsoft forum I could inform people and such, great idea. :) How long will it take?

[Hypertext]

I love it. But I hate the motto, last time I checked, fonts were pixels.

[Source]

Actually hypertext you are wrong, again, like you always are - thank god.

Fonts are actually a collection of vector based mathematics which make them easily scalable. Images are stored by the color of each pixel (in a very basic term). So don't moan about that.

I'm working on getting some of the other pages on the site done now.

[Pyroka]

Source, I would've actually responded that any person who would think into it that deeply is either stupid or has too much spare time on their hands. I'd also have said that it may give it more publicity, if people are discussing what a pixel is in the context of SocialSigr's slogan then hey, that may be more publicity for them.

You gotta think big, even small errors make a big difference - for the good!

[Invent]

Actually hypertext you are wrong, again, like you always are - thank god.

Fonts are actually a collection of vector based mathematics which make them easily scalable. Images are stored by the color of each pixel (in a very basic term). So don't moan about that.

I'm working on getting some of the other pages on the site done now.

lol and people say Charlie says things to try and sound smart.

[Source]

I went off on one because... well charlie is charlie and hacks me off to the next degree. End of the day, I don't care if people think I'm thick as 2 planks of wood, and you will find that's the only time I've ever said anything to outsmart anyone.

Back on topic: Delay in the beta as I had a server HDD crash on another site of mine so I have been pre-occupied. If anyone else fancies squeezing the bugs out with us then as stated either post here, or feel free to PM either myself or dear old caleb.

[Hypertext]

LOL? It was a tiny joke-like remark. I wasn't hating. Chill... I was talking about how monitors have pixels. :/ I really like the site actually...

[Dentafrice]

LOL? It was a tiny joke-like remark. I wasn't hating. Chill... I was talking about how monitors have pixels. :/ I really like the site actually...
If you don't like the site, then you suck ^_^.

[Hypertext]

No, no, it's really good, if the navigation is a bit virb-y. :)

[Dentafrice]

Soooo?

Edited By Meti (Forum Moderator): Please don't post pointless

[RYANNNNN]

Okay so apparently I always give out bad criticism.

My feelings on this project? The status image designs look good and the functionality is probably at its maximum right now but I think you will have a hard time getting other forums/message boards (i.e. not habboxforum) to use it.

[Josh-sama]

LOL? It was a tiny joke-like remark. I wasn't hating. Chill... I was talking about how monitors have pixels. :/ I really like the site actually...


Charlie, I'm sorry to say... Brown nosing doesn't work. I hate bringing old jokes/insults back up. But, why don't you copy the divs for the $5000 a week in your pro company and unbox your iPods.

[Hypertext]

Charlie, I'm sorry to say... Brown nosing doesn't work. I hate bringing old jokes/insults back up. But, why don't you copy the divs for the $5000 a week in your pro company and unbox your iPods.

Evidently.

[friday]

i cant wait for it to open !!

[Josh-sama]

Evidently.

Note the "But"

[friday]

aha lol.

[Dentafrice]

Okay so apparently I always give out bad criticism.

My feelings on this project? The status image designs look good and the functionality is probably at its maximum right now but I think you will have a hard time getting other forums/message boards (i.e. not habboxforum) to use it.

That's constructive :)

It may take on a new challenge in getting others to use this service, but from what we've seen.. Twitsig has been widely talked about and is a wide-spread service...

We believe our service is a *tad* bit better then their service.. which is what we are going to use during our "campaign" :P

[Hypertext]

Note the "But"

Those are the only insults you ever throw at me.

*One* is old, one is true, the other is exaggerated.

[Dentafrice]

Those are the only insults you ever throw at me.

*One* is old, one is true, the other is exaggerated.
Quit fighting and whining, if you want to do that, take it to MSN or private message, and quit taking over my thread ;)

[wsg14]

Josh-sama, unless you have a new account you weren't even around when Charlie 'tested the divs' (I don't know what happened, hence the quotation marks).

Anyway, I like the design for it, sexy. (found the url...)

[Dentafrice]

Josh-sama, unless you have a new account you weren't even around when Charlie 'tested the divs' (I don't know what happened, hence the quotation marks).
He was around ;)

[Hypertext]

My bad.

[Excellent2]

Wasn't it Zedtu? :P

And do you have beta sessions coming up? I'd sure love to try it :)

[Source]

Maybe.... :)

[Dentafrice]

If you want to take part in the BETA, please Private Message me :)

Matt is quite busy at the moment, so I'll handle the BETA requests.

If you don't want to private message me, drop me an e-mail at: [email protected]

[Josh-sama]

Josh-sama, unless you have a new account you weren't even around when Charlie 'tested the divs' (I don't know what happened, hence the quotation marks).

Anyway, I like the design for it, sexy. (found the url...)


I've been around a long tiiiimeeee.

[wsg14]

oh, ic. what was your old account?

[Josh-sama]

oh, ic. what was your old account?


I can't say. It'll reveal my true identity!

[Excellent2]

If you want to take part in the BETA, please Private Message me :)

Matt is quite busy at the moment, so I'll handle the BETA requests.

If you don't want to private message me, drop me an e-mail at: [email protected]'d :) And Josh it isn't hard to notice who you are :P

[Josh-sama]

Pm'd :) And Josh it isn't hard to notice who you are :P

To certain people. ;)

[Excellent2]

Just looking at your signature I'm sure a few would recognize it :P

[Source]

What the plux?

Anyway, im working on some templates now to add to the list, and also to fix with overly wide dark wood one atm.

[Source]

What the plux?

Anyway, im working on some templates now to add to the list, and also to fix with overly wide dark wood one atm.

[Excellent2]

Lmao! :P Will users have an option to add custom bg's to their sig? :)

[Source]

We plan to allow that eventually

[Dentafrice]

We're working right now to get all the bugs out of the system :)

[Excellent2]

Great :) Would be easy to code in I should think? Just use the standard text boxes which fade into the background :)

[kk.]

I can't say. It'll reveal my true identity!
not really hard to guess

What the plux?

Anyway, im working on some templates now to add to the list, and also to fix with overly wide dark wood one atm.
lmao

anyway, theyre looking better. Just tell us when the sites up and ill have a look around it

[Dentafrice]

The BETA is now open :) If you want to explore around, and create your own.. just follow:

http://twitter.com/socialsigr and reply to our latest tweet! :)

[Excellent2]

The BETA is now open :) If you want to explore around, and create your own.. just follow:

http://twitter.com/socialsigr and reply to our latest tweet! :)Done :)

[Joe!]

The site is looking very good :)

[Excellent2]

Looks lovely, well done :)

[Josh-sama]

Just looking at your signature I'm sure a few would recognize it :P


Yeah haha.

[Dentafrice]

I just fixed the <>'s and other special characters bug! If you experienced this in the past, it should now be fixed! :]

Also, if you would like to ignore replies from your twitter (@blabla replies..) then add /ignore to the end of your URL.. and it should update at the next cache.

Example:

Normal: http://www.socialsigr.com/status/twitter/default/dentafrice
Ignored Replies: http://www.socialsigr.com/status/twitter/default/dentafrice/ignore

:]

[kk.]

is it possible to add a second box to your signature and have the latest reply show on that? i think i read that you can see replies? but i dont know if its incorporated.

if that makes any sense

[Dentafrice]

is it possible to add a second box to your signature and have the latest reply show on that? i think i read that you can see replies? but i dont know if its incorporated.

if that makes any sense
Explain that a little bit more, that confuses me ;P

[Excellent2]

I think he means have another content box next to the main one with the "@Username" in :)

[Josh-sama]

I think he means have another content box next to the main one with the "@Username" in :)

Maybe have the sigs, linked to the Twitter page?

[Excellent2]

You can already do that in your sig Josh :)

[Josh-sama]

You can already do that in your sig Josh :)

shhh! :P

[Dentafrice]

you can already do that :) Just replace http://www.socialsigr.com in the URL bbcode ;)

[Josh-sama]

you can already do that :) Just replace http://www.socialsigr.com in the URL bbcode ;)

I r t3h silly. LOL.

[Hypertext]

Ignores don't work.

[Josh-sama]

Ignores don't work.

Why do you have to follow me on Twitter? :rolleyes:

[kk.]

shhh! :P

lmao josh. not with it tonight or something?

i meant like u know on facebook, you get comments on ur status, you have the choice to add another box under your status with the latest comment on whatever? so rather than having to go to that site when ur on here, you know when uve had a comment?

[Josh-sama]

lmao josh. not with it tonight or something?

i meant like u know on facebook, you get comments on ur status, you have the choice to add another box under your status with the latest comment on whatever? so rather than having to go to that site when ur on here, you know when uve had a comment?

Actually no. I hit my head wrong in Rugby.

[Dentafrice]

Ignores don't work.

They don't work instantly, wait until next cache.

[Source]

http://www.tehupload.com/uploads/app-305149044495977774.png

Coming soon ^_^

[Dentafrice]

When we say coming soon.. we mean soon :) Released on BETA site now.

http://www.socialsigr.com/status/twitter/grunge_wide/Dentafrice (http://www.socialsigr.com)

[Trinity]

http://www.tehupload.com/uploads/app-305149044495977774.png

Coming soon ^_^

I like it, it isn't as nice as the slim (dark) template, but I like it :)

[Dentafrice]

Just fixed the bugs with it.. I really need to work on some more of the math and positioning tomorrow :)

[friday]

I really want to register on the first day init

[Funya Chin]

I really want to register on the first day init
your thing is wrong, you are in no way a funny person.

[Dentafrice]

You do not need to register :)

[Josh-sama]

I really want to register on the first day init

The more you spam, the smaller your penis gets.

[Johno]

Also, if you would like to ignore replies from your twitter (@blabla replies..) then add /ignore to the end of your URL.. and it should update at the next cache.

Example:

Normal: http://www.socialsigr.com/status/twitter/default/dentafrice
Ignored Replies: http://www.socialsigr.com/status/twitter/default/dentafrice/ignore

:]

Woo :] I don't really like the blue on this new layout (The like new slim dark one that was posted up there a bit)

[Dentafrice]

You don't like the blue on the grunge_wide? Is that what you mean? :PO

[Awfy]

I must admit after seeing the site on a whole I'm rather disappointed. I was expecting something much more "flashy" and something that made me go wow. The design at the moment just seems over-typed and rather dull. I think the way it works is pretty good, just missing the ability to see previews of all the designs before actually picking one then having to wait for it to load.

Still will be interesting to see where it goes.

[hamheyelliot]

I think it's going to be quite a success, seeing how people are already figuring out how to use it on the Forum =)

[Source]

It does more than it needs too, and serves its purpose.

[Dentafrice]

I think it's going to be quite a success, seeing how people are already figuring out how to use it on the Forum =)

We've released the BETA site to a few people, and letting them explore/use it..

I've submitted the site to Alex Payne (API Director for Twitter) and let him explore the site, and he said it sounds pretty cool and looks great, and he'd be glad to use it.

Hopefully we can get the service on the Twitter blog on launch :)

[Joe!]

I must admit after seeing the site on a whole I'm rather disappointed. I was expecting something much more "flashy" and something that made me go wow. The design at the moment just seems over-typed and rather dull. I think the way it works is pretty good, just missing the ability to see previews of all the designs before actually picking one then having to wait for it to load.

Still will be interesting to see where it goes.

I actually quite like the design, it does what it was made for.
It would be nice to see a preview of each of the designs though, I think this should definitely be implemented;)
Overall though, it's great (Y)

[Source]

I'm more than happy to change the design at a later date, but this is a place where people will only visit the site a certain amount of times plus I dont really have that much spare time :(

I will try and do some JS for switching a preview on hover or w/e now.

[Awfy]

All I think is needed is the creator itself, you don't need to flood the page with text. A nice big editor with inputs like Tumblr would be awsome.

[Dentafrice]

A lot of people will not understand what it actually is though.. there are some stupid people in this world who need explanations about things ;P

[Wootzeh]

why can i just see the splash page?

[Dentafrice]

why can i just see the splash page?
It's still the "coming soon" for most people, if you want to try out the site, and generate a signature beforehand.. let me know, and I'll give you the link to the site :)

[kk.]

can you post a print screen of the layout?

[Dentafrice]

Picture I took the other day with my camera phone, cba to screencap at the moment:

http://media.tumblr.com/5NHMAQ1MwfwuptevW7kFvdYJo1_500.jpg

[Excellent2]

With regards to the layout. There is nothing that can be added to it because it has only one evident purpose which is to produce signatures via a little generator. The text just explains about the site.

[Joe!]

I've just noticed there is more writing in the very top on your picture, presumably links, that isn't in the beta. What is this? :p

[hamheyelliot]

The layout is looking top notch. I saw a preview of a new layout for TehUpload, is that still an open project?

Using Chrome also I see =P. Not for me, too many 'Sad Tabs'.

[kk.]

i know what your saying, both sides of the arguments are fair but i have to agree with the one that said theres too much text. looking at it now, i was liek whoah, thats a lot to read. is it the actual site or is it going to be different. as ina user area, saving signatures etc.

if not, then i would suggest having just a small snippet of what youre about but make the main point about the actual sig, making it etc. add a navigation to the top and add links like what? how? and whatever else you want. this way it breaks things up and people who use the site often can just go ahead and make the sig.

if youre having a user area then do what i said above so they dont have to create a user but stress the benefits of it. So saving designs when user generated comes in, and all the other features they get.

As for previewing the designs, why not jsut show all the designs, actual size? so like
2 next to each other and when they click it, using JS i think, it opens up a box giving the code?

[hamheyelliot]

I've found the link to the Open BETA, and all of the text is relevant and helpful, so there isn't too much bother.

[Dentafrice]

I've just noticed there is more writing in the very top on your picture, presumably links, that isn't in the beta. What is this? :p

Those are just nav links, we haven't finished all the pages yet :P


The layout is looking top notch. I saw a preview of a new layout for TehUpload, is that still an open project?

Using Chrome also I see =P. Not for me, too many 'Sad Tabs'.

Yeah TehUpload's still an open project, a lot on my plate atm.

I just had Chrome open because Firefox 3 kept freezing :P


i know what your saying, both sides of the arguments are fair but i have to agree with the one that said theres too much text. looking at it now, i was liek whoah, thats a lot to read. is it the actual site or is it going to be different. as ina user area, saving signatures etc.

if not, then i would suggest having just a small snippet of what youre about but make the main point about the actual sig, making it etc. add a navigation to the top and add links like what? how? and whatever else you want. this way it breaks things up and people who use the site often can just go ahead and make the sig.

if youre having a user area then do what i said above so they dont have to create a user but stress the benefits of it. So saving designs when user generated comes in, and all the other features they get.

As for previewing the designs, why not jsut show all the designs, actual size? so like
2 next to each other and when they click it, using JS i think, it opens up a box giving the code?

We're not having a user area, or any registration at all, we just provide the signature, and the link to it for each individual service.

[kk.]

in that case go for my first suggestion. :rolleyes:
its too much text and it hits you in the face.

i can see (and read lol) that you are having other pages, im jsut saying you need to take a whole lot of that text off of that home page. maybe like a tabbed div that rotates through them. Make the main thing on the page about the signature. Irt was the last thing i noticed tbh

[Dentafrice]

The point being, we don't want too many pages.. and there's no point in making a page for the FAQ.. and a page for "what it is" and all that stuff..

Which is why there is four text boxes.. not that much if you actually look at it.. it saves wasting space and bandwidth on un-needed pages ;P

[kk.]

read the edit btw,

the FAQ and what it is can go on the same page. and nobody really cares how many pages their are. they cant take up that much bandwidth. theyll only be read once if at all by every user. your bandwidth wont shoot up with 2 extra pages.

[hamheyelliot]

I think it's all useful text, plus it's obviously giving Twitsig a run for their money, they're desperate for new designs right now :/ Plus it's only 4kb for the whole page, which is pretty neat.
Might give it a spin for a little while...

[Dentafrice]

I agree.. the text explains what it is all about.

http://www.socialsigr.com/go/openbeta

I can pick out the "generate" part pretty easy myself.. and it's one of the first things I notice.

Yeah Twitsig is pretty desperate.. we've bene contacting all the people who have supported them in the past, and are letting them know about our service :)

[kk.]

what i mean is, i look at that then see the text. ic ant explain lol.

I just think that you need to re-work the design and a few words to the navigation. its very... narrow, as well.

twitsig is twitsig.com? omg tahts horrendous lol

[Trinity]

twitsig is twitsig.com? omg tahts horrendous lol

I bet the SocialSigr design isn't looking too bad now, eh? ;)

[kk.]

i never said it was bad? Point out where i did please...

all im telling you are suggestions which will improve the design yet, as per usual as far as i have seen, you take no criticism on board and change it or at least look at new designs. so in future, ill keep suggestions to myself in future :)

[Source]

I cant quite grasp your mentality kk. you start going off on one about us not listening to your "suggestions" when we havn't said your wrong... or that we wouldnt.

I was saying that I dont physically have the time to be making whole layout changes as you are suggesting, making it wider would also = more whitespace which would also get people into a tiff. We are explaining the service, not the site which only generates the code... I can understand your arguement/points but they just don't seem visable to us yet until the main system is up to where we want it to be.

What may not be clear is, we do appreciate all feedback - just we have to look into factors such as time etc...

[kk.]

from what ive read, caleb doesnt give a flying **** what i think :) he just argues or at least gives an excuse as to why not to do it.

Im not saying a whole layout change? The design you have now is good its just it can be better and i want it to be as its a good idea. all you had to do to make it wider was to change the widths of things and the padding.

as for the home page, you just have one box for the creation tools and one for what its about, possibly going across most (about 70%+ of the page rather than just half.) you just have to fidle about a bit with it, its hardly much work and if u want it to be a success then youre going to have to get rid of all that text! actually, can u show me a good site that has that much bulk text on and its succesful? im just intrigued to see what they look like

just a side note, how can making it wider = more white space, it would reduce it, thats why ive said it, theres too much already

[Source]

Its not changing. Thats as far as im going to go, this is a project... not a huge business. Both myself and caleb have other projects to up-keep... sorry.

[kk.]

typical response tbh, i expected that but oh well. as i said, for both of your future projects ill keep my nose out of them as no criticism is taken. You may have other projects to do but a small design change would take up very little time? and im sure you want projects to be succesful. anyway, im off for tonight, got work at 7

[Source]

Its not a typical response darling, starting to wind me up now.. I have apollogised (even though I have nothing to say sorry for) about not changing it, we will when we have the time.

[Dentafrice]

typical response tbh, i expected that but oh well. as i said, for both of your future projects ill keep my nose out of them as no criticism is taken. You may have other projects to do but a small design change would take up very little time? and im sure you want projects to be succesful. anyway, im off for tonight, got work at 7
We never once said your criticism is bad, and it all is taken into consideration.

This is still a BETA phase, we are still working out bugs in the site and system, and not every little detail is final..

You have to understand we've made this all possible in just a matter of a few working days (all together).

[kk.]

once again i didnt mean typical exactly, i meant that youre gonna just repeat what youve said before. . yeh, youre beginning to get on my nerves too,

EDIT: hmm, i remember people having a moan at youmeo and probably other sites about how they shouldnt have opened until everything was finalised and it was in top condition. I never said you said it was bad either, i was clearly stating that you never take anything on board.

[Source]

Then stop worrying about this thread then? We will announce layout changes when they are done in the future... Again thanks for the critism/feedback anyhoo.

[Dentafrice]

Just thought I'd show you, integrated Last.FM into it :) Displays your most recent track..

you can see an example on the left side of my signature..

[Coheed&Cambria]

Just thought I'd show you, integrated Last.FM into it :) Displays your most recent track..

you can see an example on the left side of my signature..

Using the last.fm one now :D Looks a really cool idea xD

[Dentafrice]

@above:

Awesome! :) Hope you enjoy it!

-------------------------------------------

I'm also working on integrating brightkite right now :]

Preview:

http://www.socialsigr.com/status/brightkite/grunge_wide/chin4me

[J0SH]

Nice idea. :)

[Dentafrice]

Nice idea. :)
Which one? :P

[J0SH]

Adding the Last.fm :)

[Awfy]

Okay, if you want all the text on the page why not do a design similar to the old Zedtu? Where we had the main objective at the top of the page, then columned text underneath. That way if people really wanted to read it all they had to do was scroll, if not it wouldn't bother them.

[Josh-sama]

Okay, if you want all the text on the page why not do a design similar to the old Zedtu? Where we had the main objective at the top of the page, then columned text underneath. That way if people really wanted to read it all they had to do was scroll, if not it wouldn't bother them.

Point is, the template now is great. I don't see any point in changing it.
People don't have to read the text, but if they do it's a general synopsis of the project and FAQs.

[Awfy]

The template isn't great in my opinion. It's rather boring and too wordy.

[Josh-sama]

The template isn't great in my opinion. It's rather boring and too wordy.

Lets face facts here Greg, I'll be as nice as possible. You're arrogant and can only like what you or whoever you decide to kissass creates.

Everything else is boring, crap, dull whatever you want to call it.

[Awfy]

I'm not arrogant plus I never kiss people's ass about whatever they create. I'm the only person who doesn't take sides when someone makes a design no matter how much I like the person. So "ass kisses" doesn't even come into it with me, so don't even try it :)

[Josh-sama]

I'm not arrogant plus I never kiss people's ass about whatever they create. I'm the only person who doesn't take sides when someone makes a design no matter how much I like the person. So "ass kisses" doesn't even come into it with me, so don't even try it :)

You bring up references to your designs, as if they're a God send and everyone loves them. Any design you didn't do. You dislike, unless as I said it's someone better or more respected than you, but I believe Matt has far passed your level of skill in web dev.
But you'll deny that.

[Awfy]

I'm not mentioning anything to do with Matt's abilities, but if what you said was true why am I disliking Matt's design then? With your theory I should be ass kissing him just now, no?

Also I never refer to my designs, I've referred once to a layout I produced interms of how it was setup not how it was designed. As I think having the main feature of the site right and the top and prominent would be much better than it being surrounded by text. I'm not saying design it like mine, as it wouldn't suit the style that social sigr needs. I was merely using it as an example to explain my theory, I never said it was perfection design wise.

[Josh-sama]

Okay, if you want all the text on the page why not do a design similar to the old Zedtu? Where we had the main objective at the top of the page, then columned text underneath. That way if people really wanted to read it all they had to do was scroll, if not it wouldn't bother them.

That's how you designed it.


And yes, I made a flaw then. But I need a coffee. :P
My point remains, you're arrogant and yes, wow! You got a job with a SN and did a good job of it, but get your head out of your ass about it, yes you haven't posted about it in God knows how long but still your ego is making you look like a ****.

And, what a surprise! SocialSigr gets brilliant reviews, what does Youmeo do?

Copy it. :rolleyes:



We now support 11 new services and this time round we've trial and tested them individually to make sure they were working perfectly for you! They are...

<img alt="" border="0"> BrightKite <img alt="" border="0"> Facebook <img alt="" border="0"> Friendster <img alt="" border="0"> LinkedIn <img alt="" border="0"> MySpace <img alt="" border="0"> Plaxo <img alt="" border="0"> Purk <img alt="" border="0"> Pownce <img alt="" border="0"> Rejaw <img alt="" border="0"> Tumblr <img alt="" border="0"> Twitter (http://agent.notifire.com/email/18455@49602@6196570@)

Here's a quick guide for all those who want to get straight into the swing of things and update their services.

[Awfy]

How in anyway are we copying SocialSigr? :S

Youmeo has been working with APIs way before I even joined the team in June this year. We don't make signatures if you haven't noticed, we post to the services from Youmeo. So please make sure you get your facts correct first :)

[Nli.]

That's how you designed it.


And yes, I made a flaw then. But I need a coffee. :P
My point remains, you're arrogant and yes, wow! You got a job with a SN and did a good job of it, but get your head out of your ass about it, yes you haven't posted about it in God knows how long but still your ego is making you look like a ****.

And, what a surprise! SocialSigr gets brilliant reviews, what does Youmeo do?

Copy it. :rolleyes:
I'm not taking sides here, but youmeo has had great 'reviews'

http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/business-entrepreneurship/2008/04/08/youmeo-takes-on-facebook-and-myspace-65233-20738047/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2008/sep/24/1

http://indiestartups.com/startups/solid-social-networking-with-youmeocom

If that's what you meant... :D

[Josh-sama]

How in anyway are we copying SocialSigr? :S

Youmeo has been working with APIs way before I even joined the team in June this year. We don't make signatures if you haven't noticed, we post to the services from Youmeo. So please make sure you get your facts correct first :)

Well that's what I'm percepting from the E-Mail. :rolleyes:

[Awfy]

You obviously haven't used Youmeo, we just released all the 11 services (some updated from old) which allow you to post statuses to them from the Youmeo site. We in no way use the APIs to create signatures, that isn't what Youmeo does. Also you might like to know that Caleb actually developed APIs for use on Youmeo and this was before SocialSigr was even an idea.

[Excellent2]

Josh, YouMeO's main objective is social aggregation which means they collect data from a bunch of SN's worldwide. I am also not taking sides but if you want to talk about copying, YouMeO was out there way before Socialsigr so they can't have copied anything?

Socialsigr's main objective is to provide social signatures which their service allows.

YouMeO doesn't provide signatures but allows you to UPDATE your status on one of the corresponding websites linked to their service. To me both websites are totally different in reference to their goals.

[Nli.]

Josh, YouMeO's main objective is social aggregation which means they collect data from a bunch of SN's worldwide. I am also not taking sides but if you want to talk about copying, YouMeO was out there way before Socialsigr so they can't have copied anything?

Socialsigr's main objective is to provide social signatures which their service allows.

YouMeO doesn't provide signatures but allows you to UPDATE your status on one of the corresponding websites linked to their service. To me both websites are totally different in reference to their goals.
I agree, and I suppose both websites work together, It's like I just updated my status on Youmeo on Facebook, Twitter & MySpace and SocialSigr shows that I have.... In a way (:

[Awfy]

Josh, YouMeO's main objective is social aggregation which means they collect data from a bunch of SN's worldwide. I am also not taking sides but if you want to talk about copying, YouMeO was out there way before Socialsigr so they can't have copied anything?

Socialsigr's main objective is to provide social signatures which their service allows.

YouMeO doesn't provide signatures but allows you to UPDATE your status on one of the corresponding websites linked to their service. To me both websites are totally different in reference to their goals.
That's what I was trying to say :P

[Excellent2]

I agree, and I suppose both websites work together, It's like I just updated my status on Youmeo on Facebook, Twitter & MySpace and SocialSigr shows that I have.... In a way (:Yeah, I mean both are great websites and have some pretty cool features for you to use. I think I contradicted myself in the last post where I talked about social aggregation.. Socialsigr obviously uses social aggregation to grab data :P

[newWORLDorder]

Loving the Sigs. Trying to think of any other services to use them for but I cant.

What about letting the people suggesting their own designs for the sigs? I know MyGamerCard did that a few months back every few months they would let people send in the best designs and one or two would get picked to be used. 'Sup to you!

[Excellent2]

Loving the Sigs. Trying to think of any other services to use them for but I cant.

What about letting the people suggesting their own designs for the sigs? I know MyGamerCard did that a few months back every few months they would let people send in the best designs and one or two would get picked to be used. 'Sup to you!I think this is because somewhere along the line they will be introducing a generator so you can add your own background etc :)

[hamheyelliot]

Looking forward to seeing these 'VIP' Donators Signatures personally.

[Nli.]

Loving the Sigs. Trying to think of any other services to use them for but I cant.

What about letting the people suggesting their own designs for the sigs? I know MyGamerCard did that a few months back every few months they would let people send in the best designs and one or two would get picked to be used. 'Sup to you!
Google Orkut and YouTube maybe? Not sure how you would do it because YouTube don't have status updates, but you could do latest video or something and a hyperlink? and Orkut I'm not sure if that had a status thing, But if they do you could do that.

[Dentafrice]

Just to clear this up ;P Read through the big "argument" this morning.

SocialSigr hasn't copied Youmeo, and Youmeo hasn't copied SocialSigr.. both are two different types of websites.

SocialSigr "grabs" data from websites, and displays them in a nice little image..

Youmeo actually "posts" data to these websites.. which updates them, and eventually appears on our signatures.

I'm actually working with Youmeo in integrating Youmeo with SocialSigr, and have sent the information needed to get it to work ;)

Just to clear that up..

[Excellent2]

So have you been working with YouMeO on Socialsigr, Denta?

[Dentafrice]

Reword that, it doesn't make sense :P

[Excellent2]

Sorry :P Are you and youmeo working together on this project?

[Dentafrice]

Nope, not at all.. youmeo isn't involved in SocialSigr, other then being an expected "service" to be included.

[RichardKnox]

Loving it Caleb and Matt. Looks pretty nice, works really well.
Josh, Greg may have been arrogant in the past but recently he hasn't been at all? I've also never seen Greg saying someone's design is fantastic because he's ******* them up or vice versa. Show me examples and i'll admit I'm wrong.

[Dentafrice]

Loving it Caleb and Matt. Looks pretty nice, works really well.
Josh, Greg may have been arrogant in the past but recently he hasn't been at all? I've also never seen Greg saying someone's design is fantastic because he's ******* them up or vice versa. Show me examples and i'll admit I'm wrong.
Thanks Richard! :)


--------------

Just an update, I've noticed that some of your Last.FM signatures were displaying a "purple errored image" with some text on it.

I misjudged that Last.FM returned their default avatar is none other was provided, I've now fixed it and recached Richards.

Your image should update on the next recache! :)

Thanks.

[Source]

People are going on how youmeo was moaned at (sorry to bring youmeo up, its always causes more arguements due to the mentality of forum users) for releasing before we were finished and now they are moaning we are doing the same... we have released a beta which is anything but finished and is not easily accessable (you have to be accepted), we will not release the site until everything is finished.

If I get a spare half hour from coding some other things then I will look into doing a new design withs lots of JS, so we can fade / scroll through the information. Just we are having mixed opinions about it, the majority love it and other think its dull - hard to please everyone these days.

[Awfy]

Difference is Youmeo had to release as we are a business not a project. You have a tonne of pressure from people who have put their savings on the line. Where as with a project like SocialSigr you can do what you want, there is no one setting you any deadlines.

[Source]

I never said that your didn't have to release it Greg, I know you have pressure from investors because they want to start saying a return on their money asap, I was just making a point that we are not releasing until everything has been finished - as currently people think we have release with just a single page or something?

[Awfy]

What I think you should do is streamline the whole thing, as I'm not interested in the text and I'm the kind of person who is normally interested in reading abouts, faqs or whatever else when a new site releases as that's the kind of person I am. However because it almost seems "forced" upon me I'm feeling a little overwhelmed and think that if you made the editor more prominent at the top of the site they you could have something really nice.

I would love to see something that was big and airy like Tumblr on this project like I said before, it's the perfect project for it.

[Source]

I agree completely, just the time factor is always an issue. The original idea (before I showed this design to Caleb/anyone) was very minimalistic and a lot darker but needed alot of JS for it to work how I envisioned. I am currently redoing that design to see how I can integrate everything I need into it (including support for the full JS editor).

I'll see how things pan out and post relevant updates in this thread as and when needed.

Also on another note: Josh-sama turn it down a bit... my backside is actually beginning to get sore.

[Awfy]

Nice, nice will be interesting to see how it goes.

[kk.]

just to say i still stand byu what i said last night. I agree with what gregs saying too.

i quickly deisgned something to which mainly explains what i was trying to say.

http://www.tehupload.com/uploads/635924142c4ce6dsocial_copy.png (http://www.tehupload.com/share/14333)


http://www.tehupload.com/uploads/23244142c4ce6d1social_light_copy.png (http://www.tehupload.com/share/14332)

i havnt put links in the top as i cba'd. you could just have a template of one so like with lorem ipsum text and no image available. Then when u click it shows generating and shows the second image

[Josh-sama]

Uh, just to cut further arguements, I made a mistake, and was inappropiate towards Greg.

And Matt, implying I'm kissing arse or whatnot, I'm not rofl. If I was the previous designs you've shown me I would've been exaggerating, but I've pointed out the flaws and suggestions. :P

[Jackboy]

I like socialsigr its gd

[Dentafrice]

I've improved the positioning of the "Last updated" text today majorly.

It is now aligned, and will not continue to "bump around" depending on the length :)

I have also fixed the MySpace one to include status as well..

http://www.socialsigr.com/status/myspace/grunge_wide_myspace/famouscaleb

I've also added the Election 08 and Grunge Wide to the MySpace templates.

Working on BrightKite now.

[Source]

just to say i still stand byu what i said last night. I agree with what gregs saying too.

i quickly deisgned something to which mainly explains what i was trying to say.


We dont need your feedback anymore, we have heard enough fgs. Can we not discuss the god-damn layout anymore and move onto the service at hand.

edit // Bit harsh I know, but I do understand where you are coming from - just we want opinion on the service rather than the site as the site is a 1 time usage type of thing.