very basic bitcoin news overview site, feedback welcome

[bitpump]

very basic bitcoin news overview site, feedback welcome

http://21bitcoin21.info/

Responsive design: optimized for all devices: desktops, tablets and smartphones.

[Possum577]

I like it, there's a lot of links and it's VERY clean looking.

How did you get the name "Bitcoin 21"?

[bitpump]

I like it, there's a lot of links and it's VERY clean looking.
How did you get the name "Bitcoin 21"?

thanks!
it's also lightweight and responsive, try it on a smartphone

21 -> 21 mio existing BTC

[jacktheking]

This thread should be posted in Service Announcements instead of here. Anyway, I like that you actually have a simple design. Maybe underline the link when we hover? So we will know it is a link. Rather than looking at the mouse..

[Possum577]

I like it, there's a lot of links and it's VERY clean looking.
How did you get the name "Bitcoin 21"?

thanks!
it's also lightweight and responsive, try it on a smartphone

21 -> 21 mio existing BTC

Thanks man, I also just figured out what 21e6 means, hahah...slow but catching up!

[bitpump]

Maybe underline the link when we hover? So we will know it is a link. Rather than looking at the mouse..

Thanks! Just fixed this

[jacktheking]

Maybe underline the link when we hover? So we will know it is a link. Rather than looking at the mouse..

Thanks! Just fixed this

Great! It look better now! You use PHP to fetch the content right?

[bitpump]

You use PHP to fetch the content right?

correct, php fetched content is cached for performance (and using cloudflare, so it could be used by a kazillion users), i will increase frequency of cache now to each 10 min for frequently updating sources

[nextgencoin]

Looks good, I wonder if you could cut the number of links down seems a bit too much for me, prioritise bigger stories. Maybe have a most popular/trending section.

[bitpump]

Looks good, I wonder if you could cut the number of links down seems a bit too much for me, prioritise bigger stories. Maybe have a most popular/trending section.

Thanks!
Ok, limited to max 12 per source, prioritisation is dependent on source.
Will think on how to make a nice popular / trending section..

[bitpump]

1 BTC = $ 290.29 (+0.74% in 24 hours)

OK, how about this: 1 BTC = $290.60 (285-299) where 285 is 24h low and 299 is 24h high, see http://bitcoin21.info/

[Small]

I like the concept! simple and clean yet informative.
keep it up.

[Bitcoin Explorer]

You should probably ask the admins of the websites permission before scraping stuff from there, they might nt want it(or the may want it). Either way, on the front end, you need to make it better, because I feel the website is just too simple. Try to add some unique content, because using these feeds will not give you any optimisation for SEO.

[SFMiner]

I like the concept, but I agree; if you could find a way to prioritize the stories, it would help focus attention. 

Keep up the good work!

[bitpump]

thanks for positive feedback

new feature added: generate mobile friendly links, see http://bitcoin21.info/?d=m
target pages (after clicking a link on this 'special mobile' website) are now very well readable on smartphones with small screens

scraping no problem, I use RSS feeds which are public and used to generate traffic,
it's just a simple rss overview site, no ambitions to add new content,

[Cryptowatch.com]

Bitcoin News

Warning: file_get_contents(): php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known in /home3/connecty/public_html/bitcoin21.info/index.php on line 89

Warning: file_get_contents(http://p.b.gw.gd/pricefeed/bitcoin_price_feed.php?format=fullticker): failed to open stream: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known in /home3/connecty/public_html/bitcoin21.info/index.php on line 89

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'String could not be parsed as XML' in /home3/connecty/public_html/bitcoin21.info/index.php:96 Stack trace: #0 /home3/connecty/public_html/bitcoin21.info/index.php(96): SimpleXMLElement->__construct('') #1 {main} thrown in /home3/connecty/public_html/bitcoin21.info/index.php on line 96

You might want to disable error display on the live system. I've seen sites that actually display usernames and passwords for mysql-database this way.. Also, there's always the danger of feeds becoming unavailable when working with a 3rd party, so you might try to check for this in the code, so there's a proper message in cases where third party info is not available.

[bitpump]

oops ..
thanks !
will look into this asap

[noobtrader]

it would better if you add date and time, also coloring red the hot news ?  

PS: reddit link doesnt work ---> This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.

[bitpump]

PS: reddit link doesnt work ---> This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.

Fixed! Thanks

[ikydesu]

very basic bitcoin news overview site, feedback welcome

http://bitcoin21.info/

Responsive design: optimized for all devices: desktops, tablets and smartphones.

For design: 5/10 maybe add more css and combine with flat design
content: 8/10 i like the content, especially show news on reddit and bitcointalk too, although just direct to reddit or bitcointalk forum.


~iki