Part 2 My Ongoing Mistakes

My first experience of creating free dating site was a shambles. I decided to add a database so that users could add their own details automatically. The big problem was that I do not know a great deal about creating online databases and I ended up modifying templates from a program I purchased. None of the templates really suited my needs so I selected what I thought was the nearest.

Well it worked people where able to add their own details automatically and even upload their own photos automatically. The problems I had with this approach were.

1. The cost of the program and the additional expense of an online MYSQL database.he
2. The type of people that were uploading profiles and the pornographic photos they were uploading.
3. I soon found out that my database was not secure and indeed the way I had created it anybody could delete anybodys profile, there own or indeed somebody elses!

I decided to ask for help with the creation of a database but despite lots of good intentions a working database never materialised. I was about to give up on the idea when I decided on this latest idea in that people now have to email me their details, I will vet them and I now upload the profiles. This gives me total control but it is also very time consuming or will be should I receive a high volume of new applicants. Further in order to keep the project managable I have had to make a few compromises, the biggest being that there is no search facility. This means that the only distinguishing feature between the members is that they are broken down into only two categories, they are either male or female.

This means that the only way a visitor could find a potential partner would be to either select the male or female pages and then sift through the members manually. On a positive not this does offer an element of fun in that it allows you to read member profiles that you would not normally consider. Visitors now have to use their common sense and find out the old fashioned way if someone is compatible or not by getting to know them slowly and then deciding to end or explore the possibilites further.

This method does appear to be working but you will soon find out by visiting the site it is very slow to take off if you would like to see for yourself visit

www.able2date.co.uk

As always if you would like to offer any constructive criticism or help then contact me via this blog by posting a comment or at least leaving an email address for me to contact you.

Further episodes of this ongoing saga to follow.

Bye for now

Able2