[Midnight]

Hi,

Today I started making my own website
It's the first time I do this, it's a free website on webnod and I have a question (only one question at this moment ) ; can I freely add links from websites?
I mean without asking permission first to the owner of the site?

[Cassiebsg]

Normally ppl want/wish others to link to they sites, so no you don't need to ask permission to link to a site. However, if you want to direct link to pictures or articles, then ask, as many don't look too kind at that type of linking, and some even block that possibility (since you are directly "stealing" the sites bandwidth).

Some sites provide banners and such that you can use when linking to that site, so do use those if the site you are linking too provides that. Also the author of the site might wish to know that you have linked him, and wish to add a link back to your site as a gesture of "thank you for the link".

In short: You don't need to ask permission to link to the main page of any site.

[Midnight]

Normally ppl want/wish others to link to they sites, so no you don't need to ask permission to link to a site. However, if you want to direct link to pictures or articles, then ask, as many don't look too kind at that type of linking, and some even block that possibility (since you are directly "stealing" the sites bandwidth).

Some sites provide banners and such that you can use when linking to that site, so do use those if the site you are linking too provides that. Also the author of the site might wish to know that you have linked him, and wish to add a link back to your site as a gesture of "thank you for the link".

In short: You don't need to ask permission to link to the main page of any site.

Thank you for the information
I've got already a few sites in mind and blue cavern will surely be part of it.
Maybe I will wait until the pictures of our collection are on the website ; I don't think people will enjoy much of it without any pictures
However, if any one wants to take a look, you can find it at www.littleblueones.webnode.be
Suggestions are always welcome and anyone can feel free to correct my spelling (english is not my mother language).

But now first, I'm going to look if I can share links with this free version of webnote.
I hope I can use the banners as links that looks better.

[Midnight]

Yes!
I can add links with the banner

[Smurfysmurf]

I like it a lot...and thanks for the banner exchange. I will add your banner to my website as well as the links page on here

Just one little hint....I noticed when I clicked on the link to BlueCavern on your website, that it did not open a new tab, but took me directly to the forum on the same page.
If you can, try to make a link that opens in a new page, this way your visitors stay on your website when opening up the link to another one.

Here is a link to my link page...if you click on any banner on there, you see it opens in a new tab while you also stay on my website

http://www.hiddeninthewoods.com/links.html

[Midnight]

I like it a lot...and thanks for the banner exchange. I will add your banner to my website as well as the links page on here

Just one little hint....I noticed when I clicked on the link to BlueCavern on your website, that it did not open a new tab, but took me directly to the forum on the same page.
If you can, try to make a link that opens in a new page, this way your visitors stay on your website when opening up the link to another one.

Here is a link to my link page...if you click on any banner on there, you see it opens in a new tab while you also stay on my website

http://www.hiddeninthewoods.com/links.html

Thanks for liking it, it's fine to hear that, especially because it's just in a beginning fase for now.
I'm so happy to read you will add my banner too

I'm gonna check this ; it should take people to the homepage instead of the forum.
I don't know if I can fix it to open in a new page (free version of webnode), but it's a very good hint.

[Midnight]

It's possible and seems to work
Wouldn't have thought of that myself at this stage ; thanks

[The Smurf Collector]

All the best with your website Midnight. I really admire people who create a website around their smurf passion. Most mornings while I have breakfast I will have a look at a few different smurf sites to see if they have added something new. It's a very relaxing way to start a day!

[Arno]

Actually, that is a big problem of the forum : when you click on a link, it does not open a new window, so you leave blue cavern... except when you think to open in a new tab, that I never think of

[Midnight]

All the best with your website Midnight. I really admire people who create a website around their smurf passion. Most mornings while I have breakfast I will have a look at a few different smurf sites to see if they have added something new. It's a very relaxing way to start a day!

Thanks very much

[Midnight]

Yesterday I had some trouble with the pictures I add ; suddenly a few dissapeared and even if I inserted them again, all I saw was a black frame
I logged out and in again ; the pictures came back
I have a lot to learn and I think Webnote has its troubles now and then, but I'm happy that in the meantime the 42 first pictures are on the web
I must admit that the funniest part is analizing each of the smurf singulary looking for the markings and taking pictures of them

[Smurfysmurf]

Just a word of warning....my collection increased rapidly after I started with my website and started looking at the markings and color variations

[Midnight]

Just a word of warning....my collection increased rapidly after I started with my website and started looking at the markings and color variations

Don't say that or I will have to delete my website LOL
There is no place enough in our living room for placing so much smurfs

For the moment I have a lot of work with taking pictures and anilyzing each smurf for the markings = less time to look out for more smurfs
Last week we ordered a lot from a second hand site in our country and it seems we got corrupted ; smurfs are paid but not sent
As we can proove (by the shipment compagny) they are not sent I went to the police station and they're making work of tracing the owner of the account number, hopefully we'll get our money back either the smurfs will still be sent (if this persons really owns those smurfs).

That said, it's the first and hopefully last bad experience ordering smurfs from second hand sites.
But we keep our head forwards : in fact we've seen a pretty astronaut smurf (we still don't have him) we're on.

Next step is also making a banner for my website

Greets from Belgium

[Midnight]

I have some problems with my website.
As I wanted to put pictures which can be shared on facebook and other media, I had to create a "list" in webnode.
So they told me at least, because each picture gets its own page this way + a share button.

Creating a list was no problem, but the pictures are looking too small.
This is a picture of 471 kb and look at the result : http://littleblueones.webnode.be/products/test/
Only when you click on the picture the size is acceptable
And facebook shares the small picture, that doesn't help.
I even tried with picures of over 1mb but the result stays the same.

I contacted the helpcenter of webnode, they answer my mails but it seems they don't know the answer to my question/problem.
Always referring on the fact that facebook chooses itself in what size pictures are shared, not really seeing the problem that the pictures are already too small on the website.

Meanwhile I haven't updated my webite since a few weeks.
I hope to do that soon but been trying everything to fix the other problem.

I don't know if anyone could help me here? If anyone has an idea how to make those pictures look bigger?

I had so much ideas for pictures which I would photoshop to write a quote on to share on facebook and other media.

Smurfy hugs from Belgium...

[Cassiebsg]

Seems like that "webnote" is designed to look like that. A small thumbnail picture that links to a bigger picture.

You could open an account on a dedicated photo website, like imgur, flirk, photobucket... they are free and you can then show the picture on it's proper size by just linking directly to the picture there.

EDIT:
Just a test to see if I can link directly to your picture:


EDIT 2: Guess they block outside linking.

EDIT 3: PS - You picture is way over too big, btw. A good internet size is about 800x600 at 72 to 150dpi.

[Midnight]

Seems like that "webnote" is designed to look like that. A small thumbnail picture that links to a bigger picture.

You could open an account on a dedicated photo website, like imgur, flirk, photobucket... they are free and you can then show the picture on it's proper size by just linking directly to the picture there.

EDIT:
Just a test to see if I can link directly to your picture:


EDIT 2: Guess they block outside linking.

EDIT 3: PS - You picture is way over too big, btw. A good internet size is about 800x600 at 72 to 150dpi.

Thank you for trying
I'll adjust the size and try this on my website.

[Midnight]

Seems like that "webnote" is designed to look like that. A small thumbnail picture that links to a bigger picture.

You could open an account on a dedicated photo website, like imgur, flirk, photobucket... they are free and you can then show the picture on it's proper size by just linking directly to the picture there.

EDIT:
Just a test to see if I can link directly to your picture:


EDIT 2: Guess they block outside linking.

EDIT 3: PS - You picture is way over too big, btw. A good internet size is about 800x600 at 72 to 150dpi.

Thank you for trying
I'll adjust the size and try this on my website.

EDIT : I tried it with tinypic (can adjust the size there) but the website only shows the name of the link, not the picture. Only the picture when clicking on link. But thanks anyway!

[Midnight]

But you helped me think also, Cassie
On a normal page (not list) it's not a problem to show the pictures in a good size.
The problem is that I can't share them from there.
But if I create a page on facebook with the same pictures and I hyperlink those to the pictures on my website then it will be possible for me & my visitors to share those
Didn't try it yet, just thinking for the moment.
Someone from webnode told me they would contact the technical support and ask for a solution.

[Midnight]

Even with the support of webnode I didn't succeed to make the pictures look better on the website, so I created a facebook page with the same pictures and hyperlinked those to the ones on the facebook page. Now we can share them
Here are the first pictures & Quotes on my website : http://littleblueones.webnode.be/pictures-and-quotes/