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think what you want to think - but I don't do drugs

if you didn't create it - since you posted it - hopefully you have some type of input on its creation and you can make some suggestion to whoever did create it - (is that better wording for you?) - the point is it is too convoluted and overcrowded - the content is great but its presentation is not good.

@shy-one thanks for the compliments

@all4naija I have been struggling with where to put that FB icon. Maybe I should move it to directly below the church logo, on the left?

@all Please stop diluting this thread. Let it focus on the nigeria.gov.ng redesign project until it is launched. Moderators, wey una dey?

@yawa-ti-de

Placing the Facebook icon beneath the logo at left the handside of the header doesn't actually make any difference. Just make a bigger footwrapper as big as the header and make a list which will include the facebook, twitter,etc icons close the texts.

all4naija:

@yawa-ti-de

Placing the Facebook icon beneath the logo at left the handside of the header doesn't actually make any difference. Just make a bigger footwrapper as big as the header and make a list which will include the facebook, twitter,etc icons close the texts.

How about after the Contact Us ?

You could also place small FaceBook, Twitter and Youtube icons beside Church Schedule or under the picture before Rosary

^^^
Close to the contact looks odd. If there is search engine maybe they can be placed above it in texts with very small icons close by.

You can easily make it a popup! It comes up as one hover mouse on any images on the page.

^^^caramba! You guys should make person hear word naa? una dey disturb my sleep jare

@yawa, your email address is not displayed on your profile. pls make it visible so i can mail you asap or email me at hiddentreasure2k5@yahoo.com and i will mail the info as requested . I will like to work as an SEO.

@databoy, nddc.gov.ng is a very nice, its a very good work. oyostate.gov.ng is a money miss road project. just accessed it and it sucks, complete image, no navigation, where there exist one. its a deadlink, the graphics is perfect, but how can the designer be so (, ). You will be amazed by the time to hear the cost at which the contract is awarded. EFCC should go after the state government and the contractor.

@all4naija: Didn't quite get you on your last post. As for the 2nd to the last one, if I understand you, I would rather it be in the header as many might not bother scrolling to the bottom.

@yamakuza: If I put it where you suggest, then it will only be on the home page. I need the icon (they only have FB for now) to be global

@all: Thanks for your input regarding the church site.  As you may know, I seldom post stuff that I do but I was compelled to, to make a point about where this tangent started off from.

@web_prof: your request has been granted

@yawa-ti-de

I probably wrote that comment while multitasking or when I was feeling sleepy.

However,you should try to add a search engine with about 80 to 100 px  just below the nav  and place the Facebook, twitter, etc links with small icons horizontally at the opposite direction.

Okay, I see what you mean now. A picture speaks a thousands words, as they say

The client doesn't need a search function but if he does, I will definitely take you up on your suggestion.

Thanks once again.

@yawa-ti-de

Notwithstanding, you can create a bar for announcement with the social network links in that area if search bar is not needed by your client.

Yep, and there are other ways of skinning the cat as well.

The "Problem"? Graphical mock up and site features were approved in advance. Anything else I do would end up being done for free. So, unless he brings it up and a change order is approved, I am compelled, as greedy as it may sound, not to do anything else to the site. I am je-je-ly awaiting final approval so I can move the files to the root and get my remaining balance

Once again, thanks for your observations and suggestions. I will use them for my future clients

So we now have even cats on this thread? Na wa o - do i have to apply for backend development again? Since i seem to have a hyper-dynamic NL handle.

@yawa, am still waiting for your approval on the facebook group page and for your reply on what to do next. pls fill me in as appropriate.

web_prof:
You've been added. Sorry about that. Please bear in mind that there is a -6 hour difference b/w us so my responses might seem "delayed".

Thanks,

Weekly Update:

clementcro is currently coding the html for the 3 needed pages. If all goes well, the code can be submitted to the back end developers by October 25, 2011.

Caramba! At long last. Hmmn, i wonder if. . . .

Guys check out my website, http://chizony.com

With regards to the designer of Oyo State Website, You are (or going to make) a very good UI designer, but please outsource the front-end development to a very good Front-end developer to turn that to a functioning website.

Leaving it that way offends the practice of web design and hinders the accolades you're supposed to receive.


My opinion.

When is the project commencing

Which project? If you are referring to the nigeria.gov.ng redesign project, it is at least 50% complete. Where have you been hiding?

I have been following this thread for a while as if na Twitter, but i have to give a thumbs up for u guys especially yawatide, dhtml n all d gurus in da house. How i wish to support una but am just starting out in Html, so my contribution will not have any real impact on the project.
At yawatide n Dhtml, hope u dont mind me having your mail or kindly mail me at pelumiv@yahoo.com. i wanna take a lit part of your time n i hope u dont mind. GBOSA FOR SLL YA.

WeI mind. Thank you.

Pelumiv,

Check your inbox. . .

yawa-ti-de:

Pelumiv,

Check your inbox. . .

i will check it now. Thanks.
@ Dhtml, no wahala if u mind, lol

Ave mailed u as well. U could ave clickd on ma site and contact me through it.

dnative:
Get real. What happened there is VERY unprofessional. No matter how much perfume you pour on a pig, it's still a pig.

If the site isn't ready for prime time, either (as I suggested) put it in a subfolder and use your robots.txt file to stop the spiders from reaching it or set it up on a local server.

You NEVER put up an incomplete site on the root. Look at it this way: Supposing you are an investor with a lot of cash and heard Oyo has massive potential. You then google it and find the link and click on it, then see what is there currently. Be honest and tell us if you would have any faith in the state's government based on what's there.

Though I am not a fan of "under construction pages", that would definitely be better than what is there now.

Hello yawa-ti-de!

This is a great patriotic step.

I can help in submission to search engines and backlinks to over 200 sites.

Thank you.

2helpu:
Thanks for the kind gesture but I am afraid this won't be necessary - we aren't out to compete with the current FG website but to prove to the powers that be that, despite some people criticizing about stuff, there are those who can offer a (proven) solution. . .assuming we can't manage to convince same that they would be better off replacing what they have now with our own solution. This explains why, despite many calls for an immediate call creation of a url, I wasn't on that train.

Besides, we don't want our effort to be branded as 419 on account of duplicate url/content. We intend to put our effort on blast in the media after we are done. The hope is that if the FG doesn't see the need to go with our (better) solution, those in the private sector will hopefully see our efforts for what it is and utilize our services. In the end, I am hoping for a win-win situation. Eventually, a robots.txt file will be created with the sole instruction of not including the site for indexing. I hope you understand where I am coming from.

Thanks once again for your kind gesture.

This is the point where we all got up and applauded yawatide loudly for a speech well said at the rite place, at the rite time.
It looks good, it feels good, it sounds good, and it is good. Tres bien y muy encantado at the same time.