Needing practice, give me some websites to clone

[chiloanerk]

Hi all, I am teaching myself web development, currently 2nd year at UNISA. I would like to get challenged a bit, so far I know HTML and CSS and a bit of JS. I will try to do some website clones for now and see how it goes and figure out how they work. For today I will attempt a MyBB article posted today https://mybroadband.co.za/news/smar...ens-going-pink-apple-says-its-just-a-bug.html

Will check back in a few hours.

 

[gregmcc]

Rather that cloning a website (Which is probably not legal / very questionable) rather check through the tutorials here

W3Schools.com

W3Schools offers free online tutorials, references and exercises in all the major languages of the web. Covering popular subjects like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, SQL, Java, and many, many more.

www.w3schools.com

 

[maxxis]

Pick one of the banks

 

[randomcat]

https://www.typescriptlang.org/download

 

[Agent67]

Hi all, I am teaching myself web development, currently 2nd year at UNISA. I would like to get challenged a bit, so far I know HTML and CSS and a bit of JS. I will try to do some website clones for now and see how it goes and figure out how they work. For today I will attempt a MyBB article posted today https://mybroadband.co.za/news/smar...ens-going-pink-apple-says-its-just-a-bug.html

Will check back in a few hours.

Hey, welcome to the forums fellow UNISA student (I'm in my first year this year)!

But anyway back on topic, um here are some sites:

• Google Search
• The myModules22 portal of UNISA
• https://www.w3schools.com/w3css/w3css_templates.asp (Some random templates)
• Perhaps something like this from Youtube?
• You can try myBB Forum itself if you want?

 

[B-1]

Try some of the popular ones. Netflix, instagram, twitter, bloomberg or whatever you kids are interested nowadays.

 

[_kabal_]

Pornhub

 

[chiloanerk]

Going to sleep will finish tommorow, thanks for the suggestions, in order will do a banking site next!

 

[chiloanerk]

Hey, welcome to the forums fellow UNISA student (I'm in my first year this year)!

But anyway back on topic, um here are some sites:

• Google Search
• The myModules22 portal of UNISA
• https://www.w3schools.com/w3css/w3css_templates.asp (Some random templates)
• Perhaps something like this from Youtube?
• You can try myBB Forum itself if you want?

I have done google yesterday please have a look at my github https://github.com/chiloanerk/GoogleClone
The myModule22 I cant access yet, getting an error, the others will attempt once i've had a proper look. Thanks for the suggestions again

 

[chiloanerk]

Managed to complete the page, I learned a few things with the attempt. Will start on the banking site tonight, now going to celebrate my daughter's 4th birthday.
Here's a screenshot and the page is available here https://chiloanerk.github.io/NewsSiteClone/

 

[saor]

Managed to complete the page, I learned a few things with the attempt. Will start on the banking site tonight, now going to celebrate my daughter's 4th birthday.
Here's a screenshot and the page is available here https://chiloanerk.github.io/NewsSiteClone/
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Hovering over the headers causes the content below to shift.

 

[chiloanerk]

Hovering over the headers causes the content below to shift.
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lol yes thanks just updated that, fixed to make the before transition to be white border-bottom so it doesn't cause that weirdness. Thanks for pointing it out.
How do you record a gif?

 

[charlieharper]

Try some of the popular ones. Netflix, instagram, twitter, bloomberg or whatever you kids are interested nowadays.

Ditto.

I love watching these kinda videos.

 

[MagNorthDigital]

Bro, cloning a site? Really?
Firstly, if you're going to clone from the source, get the fonts right. Secondly, you are second year at unisa. Clearly you haven't done the module on responsive web layouts yet. They should really have taught you responsive design in first year...

You don't build a portfolio by copying existing designs, also one page does not make a site.

If you really want "practice" pick a non profit and help them in some way with your web skills. Lord knows there are many companies in ZA that could use some flavour.

I ain't hatin, you do you. Just sad to see young talent use time for practically zero growth.

If you really want to break into the web game, and add to your portfolio, pick an api, any api, crypto, cat pictures, weather, forex, food anything and build a site around the data from that api.

That is how you buff up a portfolio!

Use the skills you are learning to make your life easier, and by that I mean, build something that you find interesting, something you care about.

Keep on keeping on! Web ain't easy, but do it well enough, and it will take you anywhere you want to go.

 

[gregmcc]

Treading on some sketchy ground here. I would be careful about cloning bank/any other sites as you are looking for trouble.

If you want to learn rather start from scratch. Cloning a website and getting it working will not really teach you anything useful unless you are planning on turning into a cyber criminal and going to host phishing sites.

 

[MagNorthDigital]

Just to make it crystal clear why everyone is saying no clone.

In no uncertain terms, you are duplicating intellectual property. The guys n gals who built the sites you are copying did it as part of their job, which means someone owns the design, layout and codebase.

Hosting a cloned version breaks quite a few IP laws, unless the site, and it's source code is properly open source.

Mybb is not open source and neither is FNB.

Here is an idea for you, one that can help not only build your skillset, but actually help you manage your time.

Build a kanban board.

 

[chiloanerk]

Bro, cloning a site? Really?
Firstly, if you're going to clone from the source, get the fonts right. Secondly, you are second year at unisa. Clearly you haven't done the module on responsive web layouts yet. They should really have taught you responsive design in first year...

You don't build a portfolio by copying existing designs, also one page does not make a site.

If you really want "practice" pick a non profit and help them in some way with your web skills. Lord knows there are many companies in ZA that could use some flavour.

I ain't hatin, you do you. Just sad to see young talent use time for practically zero growth.

If you really want to break into the web game, and add to your portfolio, pick an api, any api, crypto, cat pictures, weather, forex, food anything and build a site around the data from that api.

That is how you buff up a portfolio!

Use the skills you are learning to make your life easier, and by that I mean, build something that you find interesting, something you care about.

Keep on keeping on! Web ain't easy, but do it well enough, and it will take you anywhere you want to go.

Noted, as stated in my initial post it's to improve on my skills not trying to infringe or profit off of anyone's work. I have included in my readme file dated this morning that the page isn't responsive, wasn't meant to be. I am working on learning how to manipulate these elements to the best I can. Unisa is very dated, most of the html formatting doesn't pass with today's standards.

Apologies if I have offended anyone it wasn't my intention. I'm still a novice at this, been working underground as a mechanic for the past 10 years and registered at UNISA to better myself. I also study 10 modules like a full time student and try to get some practice in whenever I get to.

 

[Desig]

What's wrong with downloading a site for browsing offline? Especially those with galleries hint hint

 

[Agent67]

Noted, as stated in my initial post it's to improve on my skills not trying to infringe or profit off of anyone's work. I have included in my readme file dated this morning that the page isn't responsive, wasn't meant to be. I am working on learning how to manipulate these elements to the best I can. Unisa is very dated, most of the html formatting doesn't pass with today's standards.

Apologies if I have offended anyone it wasn't my intention. I'm still a novice at this, been working underground as a mechanic for the past 10 years and registered at UNISA to better myself. I also study 10 modules like a full time student and try to get some practice in whenever I get to.

Btw what qualification are you studying for?

 

[chiloanerk]

Btw what qualification are you studying for?

I am registered for a Diploma in IT