Soldato
- Joined
- 18 Apr 2004
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I am a regular user of a site called saynoto8070.com and while its a great site, it has not seen any improvement in the last couple of years, and it seems the be gradually getting more and more ad ridden.
I have and so have others repeatedly offered for free to help improve the site, with a wap version, and iphone apps and he has ignored, or refused every time, the site is very much for the site owners own benifit, which is his choice however I would like a site which is there for the users, and only uses ad revenue to help reclaim the costs.
Given the current economic down turn and peoples need to save money with rising costs of living, I though now might be as good a time as any to create a new site, run by my self with my own researched content, not just stealing his work.
My housemates are interested in supporting me and I would see an inital basic setup where users can submit numbers and search for them, with a wap / basic html site for mobile use as well, later evolving into an API for mashups and a iPhone app/web app for people to use.
I would like to know...
a. Is this a good idea?
b. Where do I stand legally (its not an original idea - yellow pages for example)
c. What things do I need to consider?
d. PHP or Rails? I know PHP but I have dabbled with Rails and in terms of hosting its fine, but Rails would probably allow for a more AJAX'y site which is what I am going for, search suggestions etc... (DO NOT read web 2.0 btw).
Feedback appreciated, again I am not looking to clone or steal his content, only to provide people with a better alternative, which is more community driven and better maintained, and more open.
I have and so have others repeatedly offered for free to help improve the site, with a wap version, and iphone apps and he has ignored, or refused every time, the site is very much for the site owners own benifit, which is his choice however I would like a site which is there for the users, and only uses ad revenue to help reclaim the costs.
Given the current economic down turn and peoples need to save money with rising costs of living, I though now might be as good a time as any to create a new site, run by my self with my own researched content, not just stealing his work.
My housemates are interested in supporting me and I would see an inital basic setup where users can submit numbers and search for them, with a wap / basic html site for mobile use as well, later evolving into an API for mashups and a iPhone app/web app for people to use.
I would like to know...
a. Is this a good idea?
b. Where do I stand legally (its not an original idea - yellow pages for example)
c. What things do I need to consider?
d. PHP or Rails? I know PHP but I have dabbled with Rails and in terms of hosting its fine, but Rails would probably allow for a more AJAX'y site which is what I am going for, search suggestions etc... (DO NOT read web 2.0 btw).
Feedback appreciated, again I am not looking to clone or steal his content, only to provide people with a better alternative, which is more community driven and better maintained, and more open.
