My new website

I would be wary of putting email addresses on websites in plain text or mailto code.

Far better is to use a web form, and have the website send a message to you from there.

That way you won’t receive any junk mail. There are tools that go scanning websites at random just looking for plain language email addresses, which then get added to spamming lists.

It’s very easy to set up in FrontPage, and other website editing tools can do this too.

Nice site.

One small thing that i did for my own site:
I saw you had an email – [email]outflankeduk@aol.com[/email]
With google apps (www.google.com/a/) you can get addresses at your own domain, e.g. [email]you@outflankeduk.com[/email] – and it’s free.

Nice site though, i like the design.

Hi
Thanks for the info and comments. I think that I will try a new format when I start at the shows in May.
The larger image is definatly the way to go!
Any more hints and tips are very welcome.

Phill

www.outflankeduk.com

Hi Phill

Yes, its a worry about having people use your pics without your permission and with anything on line it is always a risk – however, there are a couple of things you can do to minimise this:

1) Post the images at low resolution – for example I post mine at 96dpi 800 pixels on the longest length and then save them at around 80kb. This does not prevent someone using them on line but the image will be far too small/low quality to be of use to anyone to print/publish

2) Use photoshop or another photo editing program to write your name and web details and a copyright note on the image itself so if anyone does use it and someone else sees it they will know where it came from and in some instances it may give you free publicity!

3) Something I do not do but which is possible is to set your site so that no one can download anything. If someone right clicks they just get a message saying the site is for viewing only – best to google for this software though

4) Add metadata to the image itself again possible in photoshop for example so your name and contact details are saved within the image and no one can claim they do not know where it originates from

At the end of the day you just have to weigh up the pros and cons and I reckon with larger versions of your images available on your site you will keep people coming back to visit!!

Cheers
Andy

All sensible stuff, and pretty much what I do myself.

I do have to say that perhaps everything is either too big or a bit too small, though.

There is free gallery software, which runs on your webspace, available to handle images so that visitors can choose any single image, watch a slide show and displays your pictures in a thumbnail view. (Well actually viewers browsers “run it”, but that’s too techy to go into here.)

I use Coppermine (which is free), but you do need access to an SQL database on your webspace.

An alternative option, if you use Frontpage, is to use the gallery tool, which will allow you to display thumbnail images of individual pictures which, when clicked on, expand to their full size. You control what “full size” means, by editing copies of your photos with an image editor, such as PS Pro or Photoshop.

Of course, if you use Frontpage, you’ll need to have FrontPage extensions enabled on the webspace. Most webspace hosts have it as an option, usually for free.

Take a look at my site, if you like. I can help if you need it.

Hi Phill

Yes, its a worry about having people use your pics without your permission and with anything on line it is always a risk – however, there are a couple of things you can do to minimise this:

1) Post the images at low resolution – for example I post mine at 96dpi 800 pixels on the longest length and then save them at around 80kb. This does not prevent someone using them on line but the image will be far too small/low quality to be of use to anyone to print/publish

2) Use photoshop or another photo editing program to write your name and web details and a copyright note on the image itself so if anyone does use it and someone else sees it they will know where it came from and in some instances it may give you free publicity!

3) Something I do not do but which is possible is to set your site so that no one can download anything. If someone right clicks they just get a message saying the site is for viewing only – best to google for this software though

4) Add metadata to the image itself again possible in photoshop for example so your name and contact details are saved within the image and no one can claim they do not know where it originates from

At the end of the day you just have to weigh up the pros and cons and I reckon with larger versions of your images available on your site you will keep people coming back to visit!!

Cheers
Andy

Hi Phill

Like the site although I could not click on any of the pictures to see bigger versions – not sure if this is my browser though – if not I think being able to see bigger versions (say 800 pixels at least) would add value! Some nice images!

Andy

www.aviationphoto.co.uk

Hi Andy
Glad like the site! Its not your browser, I havn’t worked out how to do that yet. I still have alot to learn as far as websites go:D .
I will look into it, but im also worried about my images being used without my consent as i have heard so many bad stories regarding this.
I think I have a looooong way to go match your site and the larger images certainly make a difference!
Phill

www.outflankeduk.com

Hi Phill

Like the site although I could not click on any of the pictures to see bigger versions – not sure if this is my browser though – if not I think being able to see bigger versions (say 800 pixels at least) would add value! Some nice images!

Andy

www.aviationphoto.co.uk

Thanks for the comments!
Yeah RIAT is on its way,should have some shots on by the end of the week.

Phill

www.outflankeduk.com

Good website mate, nice and easy to use and you have some stunning shots on there as well.

Couldnt see the RIAT ones though.

when jehoviahs witnesses knock on your door, do you stop and have a cosy chat or do you tell them to knob off? (serious question)

Me? Well, every time they’ve come round I’ve taken the opportunity to listen to their opinions & then question them. Relentlessly. I’ve asked them about every single one of their ideas & asked them to explain it simply.

I’ve also taken the opportunity to question them on the obvious points regarding religion. How do they really know & why take it on just trust? After 30 – 45 mins of questioning (while keeping them at the front door) they seem to become tired & irritated.
That’s when they pull out the free propaganda & try to get away quickly by saying “well, just read it if you have more questions & then we’ll come back & discuss it”.

Strangely enough, they never do. :confused:

but then again that our morale decission only helps our own consucense to feel better after we have killed the deer, Not particularry to the deer who gets killed anyway…
but guess its rather pointless to argue whit the matter. If I ever came cross to killing an animal, i would do it as fast as possiple and wouldnt leave to think that maybe its more ‘natural’ way to kill it slowly like the wolves do…like you siad, its a matter of feelings…

when jehoviahs witnesses knock on your door, do you stop and have a cosy chat or do you tell them to knob off? (serious question)

Oh and what does propagandar mean?

But thats just it, How do you know its free-range?

Aah, “PETA” propaganda. They tried to convert me before. It’s like a religion. And there lies the problem. Vegetarianism tries to fight one extreme with another.
It goes from the extreme of showing the worst treatment of animals to the other of saying people shouldn’t eat not only meat, but animal products like cheese or eggs.

While I agree it is bad how many farm animals are treated & killed; it is not a reason to go to the extreme of becoming a vegan. For all the propaganda, there is no legitimate reason not to eat meat, in principle. The real point is how, not stopping completely.

There is nothing wrong with the principle of eating meat, as there is plenty of organic & free-range stuff to buy.
That’s why I won’t risk my health by not eating meat.

Death is death…there is no excaping form it…

…but lets imagine a pac Wolves chasing a deer..exhausting it to it’s very end, biting little pieces of the deers legs and haemorrhage causing the strenght of the deer to run out even faster…then this broken down animal is either choked to death or let to bleed…should we say, “hey, use sniper-rifles instead…far more “human” way of killing the poor deer..” to the wolves??

I agree that if we slaughter animals, why not doing it fast…but then again isen’t thats the way that is done?

Western people, living so long in the urbanised enverioment that they have lost completely their own part in that bigger picture and therefore in sudden fondes to this ‘alien’ and ‘foreing’ complex

Good point (no offense heslop01).

and saying like there is a human way to kill somebody or something is just big pile of BS that i have ever heard

I disagree. Although the outcome is pretty much the same, I think there is a substantial difference between a quick and painless death and a death following a lasting state of deep pain and suffering. Define it as you wish.

well sorry to brake it up to you like this….

…but Humans are animals, part of nature as well as all other orgasm in this planet. We are created by the nature and therefore what we do, cannot be anyhow ‘against’ nature in such manner that it should be considered. We can think it shortsighted that woods and animals present some other way of extince opposite our urban consicuonse, and cutting down trees and killing cute whales is somehow anti-nature by nature. Nature have made us capaple of dominating our surroundings as well it has hinted of this quality among other animals that have inteligent better than average. Western people, living so long in the urbanised enverioment that they have lost completely their own part in that bigger picture and therefore in sudden fondes to this ‘alien’ and ‘foreing’ complex have made them to came up whit sillyness like vegetarism and ideological enveriomentalism…But in the end its only sillyness… logic thats behind eating only plantfood should lead to eating completely synthethic goods…concrite and plastic. Harventing and agriculture are as just ‘bad’ and ‘evil’ way to destriy natural ecosystems as are kiling of animals. How many plants have faced extinsion, how many ecosystem lost for good by hands of human harvesting?

Im not saying that humans should just waste the nature as fast as they can, but that the motives of the naturefriendlyness should rise from the needs of humans, not nesseserily from imagined need of the nature. Living par whit the nature is the best way of assuring our own survior that we have all rigth to worhsip as does all other spieces in this planet. Morale and ethics are funny things when you start mengeling them to things where they simply dont aply…

This is all really deep stuff and my parents are saying “you’re only 14 you shouldn’t be getting involved in things like that” What do you guys think?

So you ask our advice over this here is something to think about first:

1)Animals are not ours to eat

So whos they are to eat? Why can other animals eat them then? Why can we eat them if human race eat them while we evolped into apes into bit more clewer apes?

2)Animals are not ours to wear

Why arent them? Whitout wearing them, regions like europe and north america would have never been habited. Many native people still live out of fur and coat economy in northern regions of eurasia. Should we send them to jail over it?…Ok there is difference in raising foxes for furcoats to western rich people, but in the end We raise animals for food…and saying like there is a human way to kill somebody or something is just big pile of BS that i have ever heard

3) Animals are not ours for entertainmet

Based on what? Do we affect deep menthal traumas for them by doing it? We amuse us selves whit humans who are beyond reason and understandment, what makes animals somehow better? Do you outclude pets aswell whit this statement?

4) Animals are not ours to experiment on

Cosmetics aside, but have you ever thougth about the medical reach of this? Many centrall asian street dog would have killed from the opportunity to be part of Soviet space project in 50’s. Beeing a test animal gives average animal lot more better changes of good live and conditions to the majority of animals in the world.

Im myself wery fond of nature and animals But i have always thougth this sort of thinking that you presented as urban kids nonsense that has no clear morale basing and severly underminds human long history of living as part of nature that only few last centuryes have raised away from our collective memory. If you want to exploid your fondes of nature, there are better ways of doing it than beeing part of political pressure groups and other ‘urban’ and ‘unnatural’ ways…Beeing enveriomental friendly, being ecoist or vegan is priviledge for rich brats and I think it almoust offends the great sorrow and missery that most of the world humans currently live.

Thanks, It reflects what PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) sre saying and there beliefs are the same as mine in which 1)Animals are not ours to eat, 2)Animals are not ours to wear, 3) Animals are not ours for entertainmet and 4) Animals are not ours to experiment on. This is all really deep stuff and my parents are saying “you’re only 14 you shouldn’t be getting involved in things like that” What do you guys think?

Hey heslop01, a very interesting website with a strong argument. I’ve seen video’s on animal cruelty before but that one was just shocking, absolutely unbelievable what we as human beings think we can do to animals.

I still think people can eat meat but at the same time the animals should be killed in a humaine way, some of the practices shown were just dispicable and it’s mad to think that is going on right now.

NO human would be subjected to that, it’s mad that we still think it’s acceptable for animals. A very interesting website all the same, well done.