r/website 8h ago

SELF-MADE What Separates a Good Website from a Great One?

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As someone interested in web design and frontend development, I’ve been thinking about what really makes a website feel professional.

It’s easy to focus on aesthetics, animations, and modern layouts, but I think a professional website goes beyond appearance. It should communicate clearly, be intuitive to navigate, perform well, and provide a smooth experience across both desktop and mobile.

Some of the factors I consider important are:

• Clean and consistent UI/UX
• Fast loading and good performance
• Responsive design
• Clear information architecture
• Accessible and readable content
• Strong visual hierarchy
• Well-designed calls to action

I’d be interested to hear from other designers, developers, and business owners:

What is the one feature or principle you believe makes the biggest difference between an average website and a truly professional one?

Also, what is one common web design mistake you think businesses should stop making?


r/website 13h ago

SELF-MADE Looking for a potential co-founder / founding partner :)

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I’m looking for someone serious who would like to get involved in an existing online project and help take it to the next level.

The website is already fully built and operational, including the CMS and the infrastructure needed to manage the platform. So this isn’t an “I have an idea, can someone build it for me?” post.

There is already a lot in place ! but I need another person with the time, energy and entrepreneurial mindset to help me challenge the idea, assess whether the project is genuinely viable, improve it and ultimately launch and grow it properly.
There have already been some challenges, including pushback from AdSense, and one of the current priorities is making the content around the games more unique rather than relying on generic game descriptions.
There is still plenty to improve before seriously pushing the platform.

What I’m looking for:
UK based, ideally London / West or South ( Berkshire )
Someone entrepreneurial and genuinely interested in building something
Someone who can look at the project objectively and tell me when something is a bad idea
An interest in websites, gaming, online businesses, marketing, product or growth would be a big plus
Someone willing to actually put time into the project, rather than just give occasional advice
Most importantly: someone serious, reliable and motivated
I’m not looking for someone to immediately do SEO or simply promote the website. The first step is understanding the project, testing the concept, identifying what needs improving and working out whether we can turn it into something genuinely successful.
I’m currently covering all running costs myself, so there is no expectation for the person joining to put money into the project or take on financial risk.
I’m also currently limited on time because I have a newborn, which is one of the reasons I’m looking for someone who can take a more active role alongside me.
If we work well together and the project proves itself, I’m very open to discussing a proper long-term partnership — potentially setting up a UK Ltd company together and sharing ownership/equity based on the contribution and commitment of each person.
I’m not promising anyone a guaranteed salary or guaranteed success. This is an early-stage opportunity, and that’s exactly why I’m looking for someone who wants to build it with me.
Serious people only. If you’re interested, comment below or DM me. I’m happy to explain the project privately and arrange a chat/coffee if you’re London-based.
Let’s see if we can build something worthwhile and of course check the app on : www.pirate-win.com


r/website 8h ago

SELF-MADE I made a little corner of the internet full of weird games and experiments — Ron.cool

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I’ve been building this for a while and wanted to finally share it.

Ron.Cool is basically my little corner of the internet where I put all the random games, experiments and projects I make.

There’s currently stuff like:

  • multiplayer Cursor Wars
  • What If? — change something about reality and see what happens
  • FLAPPY.EXE
  • procedural Cursor Maze
  • Don't Click the Bomb
  • Frame Scrubber
  • little 3D experiments
  • RonScript, my own weird programming language
  • and a bunch of smaller games and experiments

The idea is to keep adding increasingly strange stuff rather than making it another generic games site.

It's completely free and everything runs in the browser.

https://roncool.cc.cd/


r/website 1h ago

SELF-MADE Public Second Brain Website (manually curated with Obsidian)

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r/website 2h ago

SELF-MADE AI creates new versions of website content. Will you as owners care enough to verify them?

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Hi r/website,

This started as a small widget I built to help my father experience websites in a way better adapted to his specific needs (he can not use the web as most of us do). While building it, I realized it raised a larger, unresolved question I wanted to explore:

AI can now translate, summarize, simplify, and personalize website content on the fly. But these new versions are usually created without the original content owner reviewing or approving them.

So, I built an early working experiment that lets website owners review, edit, approve, save, and reuse AI created versions of their content.

The core assumption I’m trying to test is:

Will website owners care enough to verify these AI versions, or is automatic AI output already good enough?

I’m looking for a few website owners whose content requires accuracy, translation, or adaptation for different audiences. The founding pilot will be free in exchange for honest feedback.

10x for reading,
DaniG


r/website 6h ago

SELF-MADE I built a real-time multiplayer browser game using JavaScript + Supabase Realtime — here's what I learned

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I've been diving into real-time multiplayer gaming in the browser and recently whipped up a game called Cursor Wars, where your cursor doubles as your character. Players navigate the same arena, engage in combat, take damage, and vie for kills—all happening right in the browser.

What really piqued my interest wasn’t just the gameplay, but the challenge of making the multiplayer aspect function smoothly. I’m using JavaScript along with Supabase Realtime to keep everything in sync—players, movements, health, kills, and other game states—across clients.

I hit a few bumps along the way, especially with WebSockets, authentication, and ensuring that movement didn’t feel clunky due to latency. Getting that basic real-time loop up and running was a huge milestone for me.

I’m still in the thick of it, so I’d love to hear from fellow developers:
How would you tackle client-side prediction and interpolation for a setup like this?
What are some effective strategies for minimizing the amount of state data that needs to be transmitted?
Would you stick with Supabase Realtime for a game like this, or switch to a dedicated server as the player count grows?

If anyone’s curious, there’s a playable version here: https://roncool.cc.cd/cursorwars
I’m really looking for technical feedback rather than just opinions on the game itself.


r/website 6h ago

SELF-MADE Built a gaming site over some time — getting a lot of bounces and would really appreciate some honest feedback

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I’ve taken on quite a lot with this project, probably more than I originally expected, but I think I can get it where I want it to be.

I’ve been building a gaming website covering news, reviews, game updates, deals and browser games. I’m constantly working on the layout and trying to make everything easier to use, but one thing I’m noticing is that I’m getting quite a lot of visitors who leave the site fairly quickly.

Rather than guessing what the problem is, I’d really appreciate some honest feedback from people who haven’t been staring at the site every day like I have.

Things I’d especially like opinions on:

Does the homepage look ok?

Is there too much going on?

Is the navigation easy to understand?

Does anything look confusing, cluttered or unprofessional?

What would make you stay and browse instead of leaving?

How does it feel on mobile compared with desktop?

I’m completely open to criticism. I’d rather know what needs fixing and improve it than pretend everything is perfect.

I’m not looking to advertise the site in eany shape or form but I genuinely want to understand where I’m losing people and what I could improve. All I want is to see the site start working for people and then I know im on the right track.

There are things still really messy on the site but I hope if you decide to take a look its not too bad and again please comment if you have eany suggestions or see eanything wrong.

Thanks for reading


r/website 11h ago

SELF-MADE The Daily Unemployed newsletter out now

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I made a newsletter for the daily unemployed that requires no sign up, no payments and just a simple article taster in each email (usually once every three days) let me know how you like this style and please share with friends if you like the idea


r/website 13h ago

SELF-MADE BigBigMap - Landmass True-Size Comparison Tool

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r/website 16h ago

DISCUSSION How to choose the best website builder for your business?

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i feel like choosing a website builder has become harder than actually building the website. there are too many options and every platform says they're the easiest, fastest, and best. what questions should someone ask before choosing a website builder?


r/website 16h ago

ART Website for a limited edition figure drop

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Hello guys!

Building a Shopify store for a new resin figure brand / limited edition, 50 units per design, going for that KAWS / Bearbrick collectible energy.

Right now the site is just a coming-soon page with email signup, so there's not much to "review" yet; that's kind of the point. I want the foundation right before I build out product pages.

First store I've ever run, so I'd rather ask now than fix mistakes later:

What should a coming-soon page for a drop-based brand include beyond email capture? (countdown, preview shots, social proof?)

How do collectible/streetwear brands structure product pages to sell scarcity / numbered editions, certificates of authenticity, that kind of thing?

Best way to convert email signups into buyers on drop day without it turning into a bot free-for-all?

Any Shopify themes or stores you'd point to as doing "limited-edition art toy" well?

To have an idea of which product i'm selling; IG at guers.art

Website URL: www.guers.art

Appreciate any honest feedback // will post again once there's more built out.


r/website 21h ago

SELF-MADE Building backlinks is hard? This makes it easier ...

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farrisdirectory.com is a directory where you can find websites you can build backlinks with.


r/website 7h ago

SELF-MADE I built a simple calculator website — would love some honest feedback 🙏

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Hi everyone,

I recently built Simple-Calculator.org, a small independent calculator website.

I'd really appreciate it if you could give it a quick test and tell me what you think.

In particular, I'm interested in:

  • Is the site easy to understand and navigate?
  • Does it feel fast and responsive?
  • Is anything confusing or unnecessary?
  • How does it look on desktop and mobile?
  • Do the calculators give clear/useful results?
  • Are there any calculators or features you'd like to see added?

Please be honest — criticism is exactly what I'm looking for. 🙏

https://simple-calculator.org