No true, this site is all about being open and honest.  If you want someone to look at your website/blog then just ask as people will give you feedback.

Its been done many times before.

If you consider that a 'slap down' Offroad Shoe (whoever you are), then I think you need to grow a slightly thicker skin

Writing in the third person when it's so obviously the first person doing the writing (and a plug) is a tad ridiculous in my book. Each to their own.

And they're size 11, not 12.

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Writing in the third person when it's so obviously the first person doing the writing (and a plug) is a tad ridiculous in my book. Each to their own.

If I need to know about thin skins Mikey, I'll study yours. Let's not forget your self imposed, sulk induced leave of absence from this forum because others disagreed with you. I believe you have since threatened further to deprive us of your valued contributions for similar reasons. If you are looking for a thin skin, start with the man in the mirror.

It's a pity you won't understand, "different folks, different strokes". We all approach things in different ways and what is ridiculous is your continued refusal to understand and accept that fact while, at the same time, dishing out flak and refusing to accept it in response.

There, I've said what I wanted to say and, you'll be glad to hear, I'll add nothing further.

Is there actually anything wrong with plugging one's own website?

If it's the commercial aspect and the avoidance of paying advertising fees that's being questioned then what about those (brands/businesses/shops) that simply tag their domain name onto their username?

Mr Shoe, you really seem to have some deep-set issues, my friend.

My 'leave of absence' was not 'sulk induced' (would it be sulk induced anyway, or just sulking?), nor was it because people disagreed with me - my leave of absence was simply because I was fed up at people getting the hump over trivial comments, which required my having to waste time writing pointless explanations.  Much like I find myself doing here...I don't mind people disagreeing, but I do get fed up of people blowing things out of proportion, and labelling tame comments as being a "waspish...slap down".

Look over the thread above: you'll notice that you seem to be the only person to be so horribly offended by my comments.  You may wish to re-read them (my comments) in a different frame of mind; perhaps then you'll realise that, in all honesty, they really were rather tame.

You drivel on about my inability to accept flak, and that I can't understand that different people approach things in different ways.  How have you come to that conclusion?  When have I ever said "I'm right, you're wrong"?  I think what you'll find is that I have stated my opinion/views, and when people like you have unnecessarily got the hump, I've had the decency to attempt to explain or justify my comments.  As I said in my last post:  "...is a tad ridiculous in my book".  Not everyone's book, my book. And anyway, look at your second post in this thread: Simon posted his opinion, and how did you respond?  By beginning "No it's not..." - if that's not refusing to accept that people have different points of view, and that some of those may go against your own, I don't know what is!!

Anyway, like I say, you seem to have some 'history' with me; I suspect I know who you are, but I can't be sure (and can't be arsed searching the fora to find out).  Oh, and the use of patronising nicknames is always a good sign of some kind of ongoing resentment, Offroadey/Malley.  I'm perfectly accepting of the fact that some people are just waiting for the slightest opportunity to kick off at certain other people. Don't really expect it from the more, ahem, 'mature' members though...

Oh, and adding winking smileys at the end of an abusive post isn't the equivalent of some kind of abuse disclaimer.  So, until you next are unable to resist the urge to kick off at one of my posts, I guess that's the end of our chats for a while.

Back OT, now that the OP has been game enough to explain the opening post, I've had a look at the website, and I think it looks very good.  Recipes look quite interesting (although Sean is right about some the amounts of ingredients; carrying 1kg of mussels up those hills doesn't sound too appealing!). I love the colour scheme, and that 'add to menu' thing was quite cool touch.

Glyn, absolutely nothing wrong with plugging one's own website/blog IN MY OPINION, ALTHOUGH I ACCEPT THAT SOME PEOPLE MAY DISAGREE WITH THAT (that bit just for you know who).

I just wish that people would say "I've just finished building my website about [whatever], please take a look!", rather than pretending to be some third party who's 'independently' recommending it.  It's usually so darned obvious that it's the website creator/owner making these posts that they might as well just be open and honest anyway.

I'm with you, Michael; promoting one's own website using the third person does seem faintly ridiculous to me.

As you say, it's fairly obvious that the OP is from the website creator.

As for the website itself, well, it looks okay, and seems to work.

My only comment would be that the 'dinner' recipes seem to be on a single page, accessed by # section markers from the LH side panel.  The menu title is listed at the side panel, but doesn't appear in the main body of the recipe section.  At least not in IE6.0.

It's obviously aimed at car campers, though.  Lamb neck fillets, tin of this, tin of that...