[Idea][Website]Pyrate web

[Allstar .ιllιlı.]

Well, it started as an idea and a private project to improve my html, php and JavaScript skills.
But it seems the project is growing too large for me to handle on my own.

Anyway, the idea was to create a high quality Warez website.
Why would I do that? Like I stated above, it was merely a private project to improve my skills. I never intended to release it to the public. It seemed like a good practice project.

The pro's about creating your own website is that you can add as many features as you want. Most Warez websites use a bulletin board or forum, but this limits the features you can use.

My idea was to add my own features to make the website easier to navigate and easier to use.

But first, let me show you a screenshot of my website:


As you can see, I've used as less images as possible and as much CSS as possible to improve the overall speed of the website. The website is compatible with all browsers, including IE 6.0.

Some features that I've already included:
* Optimized for speed using minimal images and maximum CSS
* Dynamic pages using AJAX
* Simple, yet rich and elegant design
* Detailed info about an "item". (e.g. Filetype, filesize, author, etc.)
* The option to customize your details page with a backdrop and some colors (e.g. a wallpaper or a screenshot as background)
* iTunes scraper that scrapes album info from iTunes as well as preview songs of an album
* Secured login system
* Step-by-step registration

And much more features in due time.
More scrapers will also be added later. (Maybe IMDB for movies)

Features yet to add:
* Contribution reward system (probably Pyrate points)
* A rank system that works similar to a "Thanks" system from a forum.
* More scrapers
If there is a feature you'd like to add, please tell me.

So the thing is.. do you think I should release this to the public? If so, I can open up an alpha soon and select a few persons to be an alpha tester to see if everything works.

~Allstar

[Rock Lee]

Is there any way for us to beta test the site?

[Allstar .ιllιlı.]

Is there any way for us to beta test the site?

By simply hoping that others find this project interesting enough for me to release a sneak peek version to the public

[Zeroi9]

The website looks much better than the big ones, and it seems very interesting. I think you should try to make this public!
I can beta test it.

[Allstar .ιllιlı.]

The website looks much better than the big ones, and it seems very interesting. I think you should try to make this public!
I can beta test it.

I'll try to create a public version soon, It's currently "read-only".
You can't add an item yet, unless you do it directly into the database.

Though before I can release anything, I will have to work out my Container idea.
A Container is basically just a 'product' category. For example, if you have uploaded a crack for Bad Company 2 then that crack's Container will be Bad Company 2.
It's basically just like a group that has multiple items with download links that are related to the container it's in.

[Sonic Waffle]

Sounds like quite an interesting project.
I like the way you tried to optimize the site with CSS instead of images and I do think it looks nicer like that. Problem is, CSS can be buggy and new browsers/updates/whatever will cause problems.

As for the Engine part, are you just doing "mysql_query(...)" or are you going around doing it another way for security? But as for the project, I would be interested in participating in it if possible. Looks very well thought it so far.
Good luck on it!

[Allstar .ιllιlı.]

Sounds like quite an interesting project.
I like the way you tried to optimize the site with CSS instead of images and I do think it looks nicer like that. Problem is, CSS can be buggy and new browsers/updates/whatever will cause problems.

As for the Engine part, are you just doing "mysql_query(...)" or are you going around doing it another way for security? But as for the project, I would be interested in participating in it if possible. Looks very well thought it so far.
Good luck on it!

I use multiple browsers and Adobe's test platform to see what my website looks like when using different browsers.
I can guarantee you that my website works in all popular browsers (Opera, Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer. Even IE 6.0!)

As for the engine part, I simply use "mysql_query()" for now, but I can assure you that it's quite safe. I will probably change to a more secure solution before I release the project to the public.

[Allstar .ιllιlı.]

UPDATE:
I've added the container system, but I'm going to refer to them as "entities" from now on, rather then "containers".