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How does this differ from DocType? Is that more for designers? – Casebash Jun 2 '10 at 3:21

Well, it's right on their homepage (doctype.com): "Doctype is a free question and answer site for web designers. You can ask questions about CSS, HTML, web design and email design". I think the distinction is obvious. – Dan Dumitru Jun 3 '10 at 10:45

Hmm, this suggestion looks like something I suggested. See here: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6307/… – Master Of Disaster Jun 6 '10 at 1:57

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added by Joel Spolsky♦ May 28 '10 at 22:20

Answering the question "Optimal for what?" indicates that this really isn't Webmaster related at all (unless a wordpress person is a webmaster). It's blogger/content/SEO related and largely subjective. – d03boy Jun 2 '10 at 4:26

There have been usability studies about readership habits vs article length. I'd say it's on-topic, considering the SEO component of this group. – Dougal Campbell Jun 3 '10 at 13:58

This isn't even slightly on-topic for webmasters. – Master Of Disaster Jun 6 '10 at 5:16

@Kinopiko - I think that understanding the attention span of your visitors and providing content that agrees with it is most decidedly on topic. But, this question is rather localized to blogging. If the question were more general, I'd vote it as on topic. – Tim Post Jun 6 '10 at 7:42

1) Off topic you can just be a user and write a blog not a WebMaster. 2) This is subjective. – David Basarab Jun 7 '10 at 18:20

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added by Joel Spolsky♦ May 28 '10 at 22:21

	possible, but a "pro" webmaster or operator wouldn't necessarily be asking this – Jeff Atwood May 28 '10 at 22:24
	This sounds like it's a StackOverflow question. – brainimus May 29 '10 at 3:43
	Voting no, based on Jeff's comment. – Dougal Campbell Jun 3 '10 at 13:53
	It's a programming question not a webmaster question. – Master Of Disaster Jun 6 '10 at 2:25

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added by Jeff Atwood May 28 '10 at 22:26

i use google.com/analytics and kStats Reloaded on my wordpress – Davodm Jun 15 '10 at 9:43

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added by Jeff Atwood May 28 '10 at 22:27

I'm undecided about this question. I'm not sure if it applies since you may not be a webmaster yet (as in you don't have a site up and running). Plus if you use a completely hosted solution you may not even have control of the parts of the site that would be webmaster controlled. For example you're only allowed to change themes and post items. This question to me is more like should I be a webmaster (I install) or let someone else handle those issues (use hosted solution). – brainimus May 29 '10 at 3:41

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added by Jeff Atwood May 28 '10 at 22:28

Poll/surveys are web-apps. Fits better there. – rlb.usa Jun 1 '10 at 22:49

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added by Jeff Atwood May 28 '10 at 22:34

Isn't this a subjective question? – brainimus May 29 '10 at 3:42

@brainimus Not necessarily. Depends on what type of weight search engines attribute to network domains, and commercial domains. – Jonathan Sampson May 29 '10 at 16:15

@Jonathan I did not know that. Looks like StackExchange is teaching me stuff already! Changed my vote to on-topic. – brainimus Jun 1 '10 at 13:26

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its help your seo and your vistor – Davodm Jun 16 '10 at 4:46

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added by Jeff Atwood May 28 '10 at 22:53

"Should I sell it?" seems like a daft question, so this is trying to deliberately get voted as "off topic example"? But "How much is my website worth?" seems like a reasonable query. – Master Of Disaster Jun 7 '10 at 10:16

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closed as off topic by DisgruntledGoat, David Fullerton, Brandon, Chris Lawlor, dagorym Jun 9 '10 at 22:49

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

not for programming topics, generally – Jeff Atwood May 28 '10 at 22:55

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Belongs on ServerFault? – Chris W. Rea May 30 '10 at 12:53

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added by Jeff Atwood May 28 '10 at 22:57

	this could work, as it's not programming per se, just editing config files. A bit overlappy, but nothing serious. – Jeff Atwood May 28 '10 at 22:58
	It'll be great to hash out where the line is now, to see if the FAQ can be worded to limit a SF-SO-PW question infinite loop. – Kara Marfia Jun 15 '10 at 14:04

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Not descriptive enough to know what is being asked -- SEO or howto from programming perspective? – d03boy Jun 2 '10 at 4:34

Belongs on SF. ;) – Kara Marfia Jun 15 '10 at 13:59

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closed as off topic by Jakub Šturc, Chris Lawlor, Chris Lively, Alconja, splattne Jun 15 '10 at 6:15

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

if you have wordpress , you can use optimization database plugin on wordpress , if you dont have wordpress , you can use phpmyadmin and optimize the tables – Davodm Jun 15 '10 at 9:41

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added by Jeff Atwood May 28 '10 at 23:09

	I don't really understand this question. What does it mean to edit many files at once? – Juan A. Navarro May 31 '10 at 6:46
	@Juan: I would probably assume that the asker wants to do a search-and-replace across multiple files. – Dougal Campbell Jun 3 '10 at 14:21
	Or maybe they need to learn about includes . . . In any event, a poorly worded question. – John Biddle Jun 9 '10 at 20:25

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closed as off topic by Joel Spolsky♦, Juan A. Navarro, David Fullerton, David Basarab, Brandon Jun 8 '10 at 18:01

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closed as off topic by Juan A. Navarro, Robert Cartaino, David Basarab, Jakub Šturc, alexanderpas Jun 13 '10 at 22:03

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I don't think this will be a site for web designers, per se.. – Jeff Atwood May 28 '10 at 23:16

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no , you can use one adress as mirror ! – Davodm Jun 16 '10 at 4:46

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closed as off topic by Juan A. Navarro, Jakub Šturc, mmyers, John Biddle, Jeff Atwood Jun 15 '10 at 0:12

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closed as off topic by DisgruntledGoat, Jakub Šturc, Noctrine, Tom Morris, Matthew Jones Jun 15 '10 at 22:59

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	too general - this needs more details. – Good Person May 29 '10 at 18:02
	Perhaps "What are the pros and cons of using OpenID?" would be better. – John Biddle Jun 9 '10 at 20:19

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Would reword "send" to "upload" .. at first glace I didn't understand this. – Chris W. Rea May 30 '10 at 13:04

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This might be on-topic, but I'm not sure. – ChrisF May 30 '10 at 13:17

you can use authorization on the directory with cPanel or user Password Protecting with .htacsess – Davodm Jun 16 '10 at 4:43

@Davdom - we're not after answers at this stage - just what are on and off topic questions. – ChrisF Jun 16 '10 at 8:55

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added by Juan A. Navarro May 31 '10 at 6:52

You can use twitter widget for that twitter.com/widgets – Farhad Jun 15 '10 at 10:01

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added by Tobias Kienzler May 31 '10 at 12:24

Why is this not a good topic for a pro webmaster site? Are webrings "sooo 1999" or are people just voting "no" because they don't believe in webrings, like the toothfairy? There are a few (precious few, but a few) cases where joining a webring would be a good idea. – Adam Davis Jun 1 '10 at 4:01

I feel the answer will be either subjective or pointless. What could be the answer to this question? "Yes. why not?" – Juan A. Navarro Jun 2 '10 at 5:59

This seems like an OK question to me - with the answer "NO" unless you want links to dead geocities pages on your website. – Master Of Disaster Jun 6 '10 at 2:32

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It's a programming question not a webmaster question. – Master Of Disaster Jun 6 '10 at 2:22

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closed as off topic by Joel Spolsky♦, Chris W. Rea, Juan A. Navarro, Robert Cartaino, David Fullerton Jun 7 '10 at 15:20

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added by Casebash Jun 2 '10 at 3:24

Should be on doctype. – Gelatin Jun 2 '10 at 20:51

There's enough programming in there for SO. – DisgruntledGoat Jun 4 '10 at 23:27

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closed as off topic by Joel Spolsky♦, Chris W. Rea, David Basarab, Sam Cogan, mmyers Jun 10 '10 at 20:19

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It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

(belongs on stack overflow) – Dan Dumitru Jun 2 '10 at 17:55

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added by Gelatin Jun 4 '10 at 1:04

I don't agree, if they block ADS maybe they don't want to buy things... – Farhad Jun 15 '10 at 10:10

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added by Arvinje Jun 4 '10 at 9:58

closed as off topic by DisgruntledGoat, Tim Post, Jarrod Dixon♦, Dougal Campbell, Dan Dumitru Jun 16 '10 at 12:44

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

	Sounds like a programming question to me. – DisgruntledGoat Jun 4 '10 at 21:36
	It might be programming if there is no standard way to connect the two, but if there is it would be on topic. I'd say keep it. – John Biddle Jun 9 '10 at 20:06

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closed as off topic by John Biddle, balpha, Kara Marfia, ChrisF, Dan Dumitru Jun 16 '10 at 12:44

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This is a design question – John Biddle Jun 9 '10 at 20:02

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added by Master Of Disaster Jun 6 '10 at 2:34

	I think this just invites a long standing debate to pick up again on yet another site. On topic, but it really invites a (potentially heated) discussion. – Tim Post Jun 6 '10 at 3:04
	If it's on-topic then why is it not a good example? – Master Of Disaster Jun 6 '10 at 3:46
	On topic and appropriate are two different things. I feel that the question is on topic (hence not voting it off topic), but not appropriate. – Tim Post Jun 6 '10 at 4:01
	It helps search engine detect keywords and help SEO – Farhad Jun 15 '10 at 10:33

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added by Tim Post Jun 6 '10 at 3:00

Or even "Should I use version control software" if we want the question to actually make any sense - if the person hasn't even considered using version control software, then they wouldn't have asked the question. – Master Of Disaster Jun 6 '10 at 3:48

@Kinopiko - I'm a little confused by your comment. The question was an example of someone giving some consideration to using a VCS. A substantial number of people (individuals and companies) use VCS to manage changes to static pages, or changes to scripts that produce dynamic pages. – Tim Post Jun 6 '10 at 3:59

This is nitpicking on my part, but if you're considering doing something, you ask "Should I do ..." not "Should I consider doing ...". – Master Of Disaster Jun 6 '10 at 4:08

@Kinopiko - When you open a comment with "This is nitpicking" you should probably not post it. – John Biddle Jun 9 '10 at 20:01

Ah, thanks for info John. Got to choose five questions! – Master Of Disaster Jun 9 '10 at 20:54

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added by Tim Post Jun 6 '10 at 3:02

	I'm not sure if this is one of your deliberate off-topic things, but writing a privacy policy which meets Google's criteria is a headache for webmasters. – Master Of Disaster Jun 6 '10 at 4:20
	I'm not sure if this is on or off topic for the proposed site. Any time you touch on 'legal' stuff the answer usually ends up being 'talk to a lawyer'. I'm quite interested to see if other people think that this is on, or off topic. – Tim Post Jun 6 '10 at 5:00