Hey people,

My girlfriend started reading on her Kindle and kept converting PDFs and getting books she couldn't read properly. I am a software developer, so she always told me to make her a better conversion tool. For the past month, I dug into why other tools failed, researched how EPUB works, and how I can make it work.

So I built convert2epub.com. It’s free, and no account is needed for normal text conversions, only for the work done converting scanned pdf's. I posted the first version on r/kindle and got 500 upvotes, improved the first version based on the feedback, and now people are saying it's the best tool they have ever used.

Scans that were already read

Publishers often leave recognised text sitting invisibly on top of the page image. Most converters ignore it and hand back a book of photographs. This one finds that layer and uses it.

I tested this with a 300-page novel. The PDF had 426,904 characters of clean text inside it. Other converters ignored those characters and converted it to an EPUB that contained 637. It was a 20MB book of pictures.

That same book now comes out at 1.4MB with real, resizable text.

Formula/Code recognition

Mathematics is set in two dimensions and extraction reads in one, so a fraction arrives as a column of fragments. Equations are kept as drawn while the prose around them still reflows.

Your typography back

The first page becomes the cover, and the title and author are read from the file rather than left as a filename.

Removing watermarks and repeated title/footer.

Every page of a book repeats its title, author and page number in the margin. On paper, you never notice. Extract the text, and those become ordinary lines, so your reader flows them straight into the prose. Same for watermarks and adverts stamped onto free PDFs. In that same book, it was 778 stray lines across four repeating patterns. I added a feature to remove them.

When there is no text to recover, OCR reads the pages instead, in eight languages and only the pages that actually need it.

I’m working on a landing page for a personal development/community brand and would really appreciate some outside perspectives.

Website: https://r3-up-website.vercel.app
I’m not looking for compliments—I want honest, constructive criticism.

A few questions I’m hoping you can answer:
Within the first 10 seconds, what do you think this business does?

Is anything confusing or unclear?

At what point, if any, would you leave the page?

Does the messaging build trust, or does anything feel too vague or overly promotional?

If you were my target customer, what would stop you from signing up?

If you could change just one thing to improve the page, what would it be?

Feel free to be as blunt as you want. I’d much rather hear the hard truth now than launch something that doesn’t connect with people.

Thanks in advance—I genuinely appreciate anyone who takes the time to help. Willing to returned the favor

www.onlinescreenruler.com

I created this website as a new web developer , kindly suggest any feedbacks. Thank you.

I’ve asked a professional to help me make a website and he’s quoted £1,300.
This is their reply:
Phase 1 – Main Website & Raffle System: £850 Estimated timeline: 7–10 business days This would cover the main website, raffle/competition functionality, easy multi-ticket purchasing, purchasing from multiple raffles, certain area postcode/eligibility checking, online payments, automated customer emails, winner/non-winner notifications, prize management and the local business discount/coupon functionality. Phase 2 – 3 Membership Options: £450 Estimated timeline: 3–5 business days The membership system can be added once Phase 1 is live, meaning you can start with the core website and introduce the memberships later when you’re ready.
Just wanted to know is that reasonable?

For some reason the songs quality keeps getting ruined and kind of sounds like you’re hearing it underwater. Any ideas on how to fix this? I have no idea what the problem is

I have a Bluehost WordPress hosting plan for my current website, and I recently realized that my plan allows me to host additional websites. I didn’t know this when I purchased a new domain through GoDaddy for my business website.

I have not started building the business website yet, so I wanted to see if it would make more sense to host it through my existing Bluehost account instead of keeping it with GoDaddy.

Would I be able to use my Bluehost hosting for the business website and connect/transfer the GoDaddy domain to Bluehost? If so, would there be any additional cost to add another website to my existing Bluehost plan?

I’m trying to determine whether it makes more sense financially and technically to:

1. Host both websites through my existing Bluehost account and move/connect the GoDaddy domain to Bluehost, or
2. Keep my current website on Bluehost and have the new business website hosted separately through GoDaddy.

Since I haven’t started building the business website yet, I’d rather figure out the best setup before I get started.

Thank you!

My website is getting a good amount of traffic, but visitors aren't turning into customers. People are visiting my pages, viewing products or services, and sometimes spending time on the website, but very few are making a purchase or contacting me.

What could be causing this problem? Is it because of poor website design, slow loading speed, weak product/service presentation, complicated navigation, lack of trust signals, pricing, poor mobile experience, weak calls-to-action, or an ineffective checkout process?

How can I identify exactly where visitors are dropping off and optimize my website to turn more of that existing traffic into leads, inquiries, and actual sales?

trying to avoid buying things i don't actually need.

there are premium templates, plugins, design services, marketing tools, stock photos... the list keeps growing.

what ended up being a complete waste for you?

Just a video and that’s it. From YouTube. But nothing else

want to know the latest updates in memes and streaming, go to thedailyunemployed.com You can even submit your own articles, feedback is appreciated

I have created a website which basically compresses videos to fit stuff.

so let's say you are a gamer and you have this really cool clip that tou want to send to your friend on discord but when you send it suddenly discord tells you you cannot send any file which has more than 10MB unless you pay them money. 💵

You can just simply upload your clip on the website and it compresses everything for you and spits out a fully compressed video for your specific situation.

the website currently doesn't charge anything and you can send files upto 1GB of size for absolutely nothing.

I am currently working on making every feature better.

after I am done with adding features I will start developing a software so if you have a file that is bigger than 1GB or if you don't want to wait for the server to compress your file you can just simply use your own machine and it would probably be faster and fully local

after you use it please give me feedback on the website so that I can try to turn this into something bigger

my bf says he uses a site called looksmac.org wat is dat site does anyone know ?

Hey everyone,

This summer I started InfaWeb, a web design and development business, after getting accepted into Ontario's Summer Company program.

The program gave me funding and mentorship to get the business started, and over the summer I've gone from basically starting from scratch to working with real paying clients and launching websites for small businesses.

I'm looking to take on a few more projects now, especially from businesses around Ontario.

I build websites for businesses that either don't have one yet or have an existing site that's outdated and needs a redesign. I can handle the design, development, mobile optimization, contact/quote forms, basic SEO, domain setup and launch. I can also add more specific features depending on what your business needs.

If you've been thinking about getting a website made or updating the one you already have, feel free to send me a message. You can also send me your current website and I'll take a look at it.

You can see my work here: infawebdesign.com

Quote form: infawebdesign.com/contact.html

Thanks!

I’m looking for old website called

ayna.com

I need the latest version of it.

Thank you.

I hired agencies and worked in one so I know how they work. And most people do the first mistake is they only compare prices. In my opinion that's the last thing you should look at

Start with checking their real work. Dribble shots, case studies are wrong things to check. Ask for URLs of websites they built and open them. Does the website exist? Does it load fast on your phone? Is it a real business or just a demo done for portfolio? If half of the links don't even open or super laggy it means they are a bad agency.

Then ask who actually writes the code. Most agencies are 2-3 sales guys who resell the work to freelancers they never met. Not saying it's bad but you should know. Ask if you can talk directly to the person building it

After that ask them to explain the stack in normal words and why they chose it. Good devs can explain wordpress vs custom coded without making you feel stupid. If they just throw a bunch of buzzwords at you they hide something

Also ask for the ownership. Who owns the code? Do you get the repo? Is the domain and hosting in YOUR account or theirs? Seen all the time how businesses stick with bad agencies just because they have access to their domain

Red flags are full payment upfront, no contract, no discovery calls, promise a custom CMS in a week, portfolio is full of template websites

Green flags if they ask you a bunch of questions about your business before quoting. They push back on stuff you ask for or they tell you when something is a bad idea

then about AI. it's not that bad when agencies use AI to speed up the process, everyone is using it now. Just make sure they actually know the coding. Ask a random question about the page they built, they should answer instantly without problems.

What you can do if not sure, u can pay for a small piece of the work to see how they communicate, work and hit deadlines. One landing page, a small feature. Will cost you a few hundred and you can make a final decision

For local vs remote choice, local helps with trust and meetings since you can meet up in human and talk to people face to face. But a good remote is way better than a bad local one. Just make sure u check if timezones are good and sign an agreement that's legally valid

That's all you need to ask I think. I hope u found that valuable!

From January, I’m working on a site called feecalculator.us. I was getting traffic for about 270 visitor day now I’m getting 20 visitor. Please go through and roast my site. I want the best and the most Harsh truth that I can ever receive.

Project type: Freelance / Fixed project

Budget: £150 fixed fee

Business: Flamingo Dating

Flamingo Dating is looking for a freelance WordPress developer/designer to help finish, improve and prepare our existing website for launch.

The website is already partially built, so this is not a website build from scratch. I'm looking for someone who can take what is already there, improve the design and user experience, fix technical/layout issues, and leave the website polished, responsive and easy for me to maintain afterwards.

What the project involves

I already have a list of what final work is needed for the website (some we may work on together due to accessibility and input) including:

• Polishing an existing WordPress website
• Improving the homepage, event pages and overall layout
• Improving mobile/tablet responsiveness
• Tidying the header, footer, buttons, spacing and branding
• Checking plugins, forms, backups, cookies and basic security
• Fixing obvious technical issues, broken links and 404s
• Final testing before launch
• Providing a short handover guide so I can make basic updates myself afterwards

I will provide the website copy and brand direction, so you will not be expected to research or write these from scratch.

What I'm looking for

• WordPress page building and responsive design
• Website layout and UX
• Mobile optimisation
• WordPress plugins
• Basic performance optimisation
• Forms and cookie consent
• Reusable page/templates
• Basic WordPress troubleshooting

Experience with Eventbrite embeds/integrations would be useful but isn't essential.

Budget and Full Brief

• The budget is £150 fixed for the agreed project scope.
• Those shortlisted will be sent the full task project brief so you can review exactly what is involved before committing.
• If we're both happy to proceed after you've reviewed the scope, we'll have a short 15-minute introductory call to discuss the website, access and priorities before work begins.
• This would particularly suit a junior WordPress developer/freelancer with strong WordPress skills, or someone looking for a smaller freelance project.

How to apply

DM me on Reddit with your application.

• Wordpress websites you have worked on/portfolio and CV or explanation of your experience/skills.

Please only get in touch if you have reviewed the scope