Theft, copies and clones on the web: I have cloned the site

Update of January 26, 2009

On January 26, 2009 I was contacted by the responsible staff Pixelfabrica that very honestly and with rare sincerity told me the reason of the incorrect "cloning" of the site, what happened, apologizing and giving immmediatamente beginning of the review "correct" Site Pixelfabrica . As already pointed out in my post, find inspiration in other Web work is not a crime, indeed. In some cases it may even be rewarding. What struck me most was how Google Analytics, which was absolutely not aware of the "double" in this User Code simultaneously on two different Web (for both IP Referer).

Anyway thank Pixelfabrica for adjustment and the honest admission and I swear that this is not a viral marketing : D

Original Post

Today I was browsing through the reports generated by Google Analytics when looking at some pages of my site E-lementi.com I notice a series of "strange" links:

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Who the hell is PixelFabrica? How on earth is over that link statistics? I have a virus?! So I search for on Google and I'm going to occur on:

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Unbelievable! I have copied the "old" (see also: Case Study ) ... Layout! Not only have they copied the layout in the graphical sense ... after all it is only normal inspiration from the work of others. But they have just copied the code! HTML to CSS. Among other things were not even aware, in fact, moving the mouse over the title "digitalcodices.org" of the three news shows "undolog.com born"!

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They also did not even understand the operation of "thin" in CSS. By clicking on the navigation menu to select the displayed page remains on the home, which did not happen with my layout: PixelFabrica dear, if you want my advice you can contact ! In short, if you really want to "copy" at least do well!

Some will say that I'm pointing all this by the "pure" a favor ... do a good viral marketing ... but it is the first time I've been "cloned" in this shameless manner, and the feeling I have yet to decipher! :) Here's how it was in fact E-lementi.com before the restyling of 2008:

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13 comments to "Theft, copies and clones on the web: I have cloned the site"

  1. August 12, 2008 Alan Coque:

    Well ... if I clone something of mine, I would draw me a little ;-)

    How did they copy the code?
    However, they make a miserable scene.
    Your fellow citizens are well :-)

    Hello.

  2. August 12, 2008 Giovambattista Fazioli :

    @ Alan Coque: copy HTML code and CSS is fairly simple, just select "View Source" menu function in all browsers commenrcio. And if you have Firefox with the Firebug extension you can do it even more accurate and fast! :)

  3. August 12, 2008 Julius :

    They copied (obviously ...)?

    It means you've done a job so well that other people have been willing to take it and use it.

    After all, most were not using, so, in fact, it is your own creation that still persists.

    A good laugh and later in tranquility. Design thousand more waiting for your hand to go digital by the mind to matter. For those who are doing, really?

  4. August 12, 2008 Giovambattista Fazioli :

    @ Julius: dear, how not agree with you?! : P
    What they do not know is that if you asked me I gave him the original code! :)

  5. August 12, 2008 Lolindir Faelivrin :

    Some people are really sad, at least good clone!!

  6. August 12, 2008 Frysky :

    At least you made a donation ....

  7. August 13, 2008 STID :

    Write them a mail, at least have the decency to remove the Analytics code ... there is no religion.

  8. August 13, 2008 akari :

    Bho clone a website for me is a shame if, as in this case, falsely that you are someone who "does websites" by craft. Now write a nice email insults!

  9. August 13, 2008 Julius :

    It copies the best ever! ;)

  10. August 13, 2008 mad :

    First of all congratulations for the graphics on your site .. I find it very beautiful.! I'm sorry a lot for what happened to you, you hear hundreds of these stories. However I would not wish on anyone. Maybe your were so beautiful and attractive that they could not help but steal it! For example, it will never happen to me!

  11. August 13, 2008 Giovambattista Fazioli :

    @ Mad: Thanks for the compliments! Fortunately, earlier this year I changed my layout and graphic-lementi.com, so they "copied" a layout that no longer exists! :)

  12. August 20, 2008 values:

    But then people misrepresent professionalism and compliance is "world standards W3C and the criteria of usability / accessibility" (quote). I feel sorry for their customers

    @ Mad: go quiet will never happen to you! : P

  13. April 7, 2009 Web design 2slides :

    I must say I was skeptical about the usefulness of these often post until this morning when typing http://giomac.com I found myself in front of the clone of our website.

    I felt an indescribable feeling. A total sense of injustice, violence against a disfigured piece of your cratività. An affront done in a hurry and without even a basic creative ke "exploits and copy" to improve, to "support". Just copy and paste code. Only a theft (among other things, discovered immediately through all'utlissimo google analytics) the result of a blunt unwillingness to engage in a real web project, albeit in a ke something behind the barriers of code and standards, however, gives great satisfaction when accomplishes.

    As written in the blog 2slides: "Take inspiration is not a crime and it is not wrong" but CLONING to colleagues and to the design of a graphic design agency creative than others, and so I think it is ke!

    Cm ². judge for yourselves: http://2slides.com/blog/design/giomac-copia-2slides-trova-le-differenze/

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