Cingo.com: What psi29a and killfile have been working on.

Post by **psi29a** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:52 pm

Hey guys,

We have finally launched our application which we have been working on for nearly 1.5 years. The entire application is written in PHP Fusebox with a couple of custom tweaks to make things run a little faster.

Cingo (rhymes with Bingo) is a "family friendly" web portal. It costs nothing to use and there are no advertisements (and we do have a business plan and we are making money). I'll be honest, most of the people here aren't our target audience, but right now I'd just like to get people on the site and get some constructive feedback. We've been in Beta since Sept 1 and we've gotten rid of the most obvious bugs, but there are still a few hanging around. We do want to know about them if you find them.

I know there are a good number of people here that aren't from the US. Our portal is really meant for US customers and requires a valid five-digit zipcode to register. If you're not from the US, use 23060 as the zipcode. That is Glen Allen, Virginia which is in the Richmond area where our company is based.

You can go here to create an account:

http://www.cingo.com/register/PS29A

And the obligatory blog is here: http://blog.cingo.com/

I would appreciate honest feedback. I've got a lot of myself invested in this project and while negative feedback hurts, at least it gives me an excuse to drown my sorrows in beer. Ummm, beer.

Thanks!!!

-- psi29a & killfile

Post by **LordMune** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:29 pm

My strictly 4-letter alphabetical password contained an illegal character. Bypassed this by just using numbers.

Post by **psi29a** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:39 pm

LordMune wrote:My strictly 4-letter alphabetical password contained an illegal character. Bypassed this by just using numbers.

You mind PM or IMing me the original 4-letter password? Feedback like this is great. thanks.

Bossman says that passwords should be 5 characters in length. Designer is fixing javascript to warn the user that password must be at least 5 in length.

edit: nvm, solved.

Password should be between 5 and 16 characters long, and we are now making the users more aware of that and produce better error messages.

Post by **Femto** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 4:56 pm

I registered, but I don't have much time to mess around with it right now.

I do have to say though, that it looks very professional.

Post by **Buzkashi** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:36 pm

When I put buzkashi as my username is says its invalid.

Post by **psi29a** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 8:28 pm

So k, someone (who will remain anonymous) has decided to 'fix' the username login, and then go grab lunch. So we are working on it right now. Trust me, someone will be shot.

Edit: not shot, castrated, and issue should be resolved.

Alrighty, Cingo.com is back up and kicking ass. We have been listed and rated by two places thus far that have given us kudos. Yay!

Post by **Sortep** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:59 pm

damn bossman... very nice indeed.... i should be online more often... that is a nice site

Post by **Vicissitude** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:47 pm

Neat. Now I have another browser to recommend to customers who call in and bitch about porn popups.

Post by **Sandman** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 7:40 pm

Cant wait to see what this is all about... hurry and send me my Username and password PSI

Edit: WOW that was fast although I changed my username and password in the settings but I still cant loggin

Post by **psi29a** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 7:45 pm

Vicissitude wrote:Neat. Now I have another browser to recommend to customers who call in and bitch about porn popups.

Huh? We are a non-popup site, unless you have spyware.

BTW, no user accounts can be created just yet... as we are waiting an agreement AP news contract to go active.

However, I'll keep an eye on your request though sandman.

Post by **Sandman** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 7:51 pm

I changed my settings in My Cingo is that a problem?? So I cant check out your cingo

Edit: Where in the hell is my sig!!!!!

off with your head!!

Post by **psi29a** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:07 pm

Sandman wrote:I changed my settings in My Cingo is that a problem?? So I cant check out your cingo

Edit: Where in the hell is my sig!!!!! off with your head!!

english, do you speak it?

So, you have an account and can't sign in... or you can't even get an account?

BTW, I see your sig just fine. Perhaps you changed your settings, here... in mindwerks.

Post by **Killfile** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:08 pm

Sandman wrote:I changed my settings in My Cingo is that a problem?? So I cant check out your cingo

I have no words.....

Post by **Sandman** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:16 pm

Thats strange

oh yeah I cant speak english thanks for reminding me

I got it all sorted out I was using the wrong pass and user name.
I am on cingo and you guys are cool... pod link is not active, but all in all look very useful. I will comment more after I have messed with it a little.

Post by **psi29a** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 4:16 pm

Registration is now live again, have at it.

Post by **dialdfordesi** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:00 pm

The format looks real good and I like how much of what people use the Internet for is right there. You may also want to create a section for favorite websites and have logins for other emails, such as hotmail and yahoo.

Post by **psi29a** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:35 pm

favorite websites, already done... just look around, its there

'import your booksmarks'.

if you want that feature, leave site feedback... the form is there for that reason. thanks for trying it out

spread the word.

Post by **ryusenka** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 7:30 am

This looks awesome

!! I can see where that hard work went into

.

Post by **Brainpiercing** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:18 am

Well, it has nice layout, it's actually truly uncluttered, and I suppose the services are useful.

I'll still never use, because it's pretty much for US citizens only.

Post by **psi29a** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:06 pm

*nods* it is US centric for a reason, however... should things turn out well, we can expand out beyond the US. Gotta start small.