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Hi BigBash,

Am sure you really have a great product, but here are 2 reasons why i "may" not give you site a trial.

1. You forgot to mention that you own PROMPTSMS. Your tagline number and the numbers on your contact us page match. Hence 1 + 1=2
2. Below are your contact us info on your website.

Business Office beneyolent elect. works & services
suite 31/32, simbiat abiola way(former medical rd) off awolowo way ikeja
General Enquires promptsms247@ gmail.com
01-8263745

Sales Enquires promptsms247@ gmail.com
08065818124

Help Desk promptsms247@ gmail.com
08065818124

Obviously nothing may look wrong at first, but on closer look, i ask, why use gmail conatcts, when you have a domain name to yourself.
Even if the gmail platform is just "to die for", you can use google apps and get the same email interface.

When you have reconsidered all these, please get back to me, and if you want to impress people like me, just come out straight and say, I have setup my Bulk SMS site.
Please give it a try.

Hi,

I am about to start a service company and want to find out which is the best Online Payment Processor for Nigeria and Africa.
Which of the following would you choose and why?

Graphcard
Clickbank
AlertPay
2Checkout.

I want something that will keep my mind at peace, without fear of loosing money or damaging the company i have worked so hard
to get up and running.

Thanks for your answers

@schneid

I applaud your efforts your efforts but really, not impressed with interface design. Also the sms section of the site does not seam to have a lot of features.
I need a platform that you can setup a campaign on, monitor it, use Short Codes. Do STUFFS! You know!

But thanks for the reply! Keep up the good work.

@SYMA,

Thanks for the reply. And more thanks for replying not Reacting! Nice work!. Thanks

His animated series are the best!

No hard feelings mate! But i really get really angry when developers come online to say they don't care much about interface. the earlier you realize that interface is much more part of your work the better.
Do you think those who employ developers for Microsoft and Apple and other software giants would listen to that, maybe 20 years ago. but not in this century, as good as indians are, they remain behind because of this one thing.

Please ignore my rant if you have to, but YOU ARE NOT A DEVELOPER IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT HOW TO PRESENT YOUR WORK. Its like cooking pounded yam and serving it in a cup and saying, its the food that matters! GOSH.

Thanks anyways for your input, much appreciated.

Thanks, checked the sites, they are not as feature rich as i expected. The User interface, though simple is not really informative.
I am looking for an SMS platform in nigeria, one that is really feature rich, great interface, good customer sevice and above all great rates.

if i can't find one that meets these criteria, i will have to look for another option. Check out this site. http://burstsms.com
That's an SMS Platform, see the screenshots of their Platform, you will have an idea what i am looking for.

The report section is amazing! http://smslive247.com/, though good rates, interface is just no IT.
Thanks anyways, !

You are a great guy @Syma, i am checking them now! Thanks

HABA, someone else should comment now, Where are all those guys sef!

Interesting, don't people here use Bulk SMS, Common you guys! Please i need answers!

Nice, but i noticed to login, they redirect you to RouteSMS who obviously is the company where they get the bulk sms from.
So in other words, they don't have a custom SMS platform, and having used Route SMS, there really are no serious features there.

Apologies to Indians also, but they did not try at all in the interface design also.
So thanks @atampakoeg, but i want something better.!

Please for those of us who use Bulk SMS or offer the service. What is the best Bulk SMS platform in Nigeria at the moment.
I do not necessarily want the cheapest, i mean the best in terms of User Interface, Features, Support, Simplicity, platform compatibility.

Your answers would really be appreciated .

Chairman, i don't doubt you at all.
But if i save a bank and a country and an unstable economy 9.3 billion Naira.

An SMS every day of the week for the rest of my life would not be a bad idea.
As much as possible, even if it is just "Nice One", lets put here, for PUTS sake.

Who knows, one day down the line someone may publish a post saying when
Durojaiye did this in 2010, he recieved 8,000,000 replies/hits on nairaland.

Its those kind of things that matter in the future, besides it will encourage others.
Wait till i save a bank, when i come in, the MD has to jump to my aid o. LOL

@Blank, @Denony, Nice One!

I used to love this guy. But whoever his publicist is should be SACKED.
You don't do this, You DON'T.

9ice, if you care to listen, shut up and go into hiding. Come back later and talk some sense.
Point to all the successful people you know and tell me how many are SINGLE 4 LIFE!

God, the fact that you are popular does not mean you are intelligent o!
The Gongo has spoken!, but its spoke BAD!

Nice, i think the guy would be better off eventually.

Now to the reason why i am replying this post.

This post made front page.
As at the time of writing this post, its the 4th topic on Nairaland homepage.

Am sure someone is asking "Where is this going to?"

Isn't it funny that there are no comments or replies on this topic. For God's Sake this is a commendable effort by a young man. The truth is "THIS" is the reason why our country is still in the same hole. bad people do things, WE Shout, Good people do thing and we go silent. I trust that were this in the US, the guy would have an accountant and manager now, because every radio, tv and media outlet would be looking to praise his effort.

My people say something o. At least the guy may be on nairaland also. So encourage him, ABEG

Lastly, the only reason i can see why there are no comments on this is probably because there is another post on it somewhere else. Did not bother to check sha!

@oluwabamis, Thanks

Nice.

Thats a big compliment from me sha. Its simple and just ok. I like the sunset like thingy with the other services. Good colours also maybe not the exact combo i would use as it looks a little dark but its ok mate!

Best of luck mate! Next one, YOU'RE UP!

I read on the internet that the North Koren team who performed badly were sent to prison camps.
And that the coach coach Kim Jong-Hun was made to work on a building site and expelled from the Workers' Party of Korea.

What is FIFA doing about this and why is it that they make noise about some things and keep quite about others.
Nigeria now, they screamed and made a public show, now North Korea, they are keeping quite. What does that say
about them? Are they afraid there headquarters may be bombed?

Roaches!

priceless mate! priceless!

How come no one has posted any site for reviews here lately. Is it that no one is designing websites or you are afraid of criticisms? Am waiting o!

The gal has issues, ! I won't be surprised if its all false.

Like one reply said clearly,
LET THE GIRL GO AND HUG A TRANSFORMER!

If she feels that the best way for you to show that you value her is to distract you when you just need 90 minutes. Hugging a transformer will definitely knock some sense into her.

I like football, if i watch a match that my team looses and i feel sad, i cannot apologise for it, Yes sometimes we guys go to the extreme when things don't go our way but a sensible woman would learn to use such opportunities to help us better channel our positive or negative energy or emotions.

Please @poster, you better be careful and not lead yourself into a trap. Sooner or later it will go from football to a variety of other things and you can be sure, if she has a way now, other things will become a norm, she will even tell you to leave your phone on in a plane, or in church, LOL

make i stop here, the thing don dey vex me personally!

why?

Yakubu Aiyegbeni

Hi,

Here is my review:

www.intergratedprojectsng.com:

Always endeavor to check your websites on various screen sizes, attached is how it displays on my 17" mac.
Always space out objects so they can "BREATHE" the images look clustered.
Make sure to use your design to direct the visitors attention by using colors to create an "EYE PATH" for the visitor to follow.

www.allanogunkeye.com

Not sure thats how you want the rollovers to display when you rollover them.
Also try to pad the top of the text. Also never stretch images vertically or horizontally.
You don't have to display an entire picture to pass accross a message.

www.dreamhomeslimited.com

Not properly arranged. Look into the arrangement and placement of items.

www.whitestoneattorneys.com

Links not displaying properly. Displaying on two lines actually, bad.
And use CSS to consistently display your text on all pages.

Firefox can't find the server at www.gerogeoniomohandassociates.com.

In conslusion,

USE CSS, learn to space out items in a manner that helps direct the users
attention, so that you can help maximize their time on your site. Also preview
your sites on different browsers and screen size before launching a site.

I have attached screenshots of your pages. Review them well. If you are using tables
always create a fixed pixel table of maybe 960 and place all your other % tables inside
so that whatever happens, your site does not look different from what you have
be it on a big screen or small one.

Have fun, next site please!

Thanks for "WHICHing" to encourage us! LOL.
Yeah, its a good thing but like you said, DIVs can look clumsy and difficult at first.

Thanks mate!

Today i am a very good web designer all thanks to the following people;

Gboyega Shitta
Enahoro Asikia
Onome Eghaga
Ranti Familusi
Segun Ogunjimi

Thanks to them, one way or the other, these people have influenced my decisions to continue, challenged me further and helped out with advice.
Most of all to the Almighty for unlimited inspiration! and not forgetting the most important person ever, MOMMY!

Eemmmmnnn thanks PIXAR, DISNEY etc for those exceptional bouts of inspiration and fun!

Too much, RIP! Dagrin. Great tribute by everyone.

Just there!

Interesting @Neptune, Me told tha boy same thin' man. He reply!

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3. There is no flow to the design. Opening the page, here is how i see the contents, First your big Logo jumps at the me, followed by the orange free ad thingy, before you see the Nigerian Classified text, next is the Green location bar. Not until you have looked over the site twice do you eventually come to see the top grey bar with its contents.

That's exactly the flow I had in mind. It's a new site. We can make changes later.


I knew tha type me guy, me told him, he claim developer not designer later. Now he do this. Nigerian man very confusin'

@CMON, just step up your game and stop with the excuses, i was beginning to like you before but with this your code switching thingy, i may just have to pass. Being a core developer does not imply that you should have no idea about design, pulease. Get to work Man!

We waitin'

@CMON

Even though i could definitely pick up on your points and criticize further, i like the approach you have taken. You will go far.
Have fun and let me know when the next update has been done.

Ok, i am ready for the next site review, bring it up people!

Please if you don't like the comments, kindly express your own opinion. These are mine.

Really, i am sure you put in a lot of effort into your site, but let me get this very clear. You ask for a website review on May 13th, 10:09am
Three people gave comments:

Albato
cnario
c++

And you decided to launch less than a day after! Interesting! Anyways here are a few thinsg i have to say, you may eventually come up with
the excuse that you are not a graphic design person, but i guess you asked for it init!

1. First thing i notice on your site is why the state names are all in Lower Caps. A simple CSS property would have ensured otherwise.
2. There is no visual path to follow as the contents of your site are not organized. Let me explain this, What exactly does the N500 on the site stand for? Its lost in the white expanse of land you assigned to it.
3. There is no flow to the design. Opening the page, here is how i see the contents, First your big Logo jumps at the me, followed by the orange free ad thingy, before you see the Nigerian Classified text, next is the Green location bar. Not until you have looked over the site twice do you eventually come to see the top grey bar with its contents. The phone number you placed at the bottom right amazes me because i really don't see what its doing there and what it is for and i don't understand the duplicate names in the footer also.
4. The top grey bar has this links "Activate Profile | View Private Messages | Manage My Ads", but they are not accessible unless you login, don't get the logic behind that, why not show that to only those who are logged in.
5. Also forgive me but the grammar on the site is quite bad. Words that should be in plural form are not noted, i don't get why "EVERYTHING ELSE" is in the middle of the For Sale section.
6. The contents of the site all look crammed up, you should use cell padding to properly align and display web objects and give them breathing space on the site. Visitors may find the site gets boring after a while because content is placed too close together.

Above all this, even though i did not sign up, i think you may have a lot of work to do, but you are definitely off the start line. if you need more comments and critic views, do let me know. I will stop here because some people will add other comments, preferably the ones i omitted.

Cheers