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We just got a good briefing on the post ume status. Get the details at "futocomm.com"

Ok! This is the best deal you'll ever get. Just to share with you here http://www.myshoppingcomm.com/item/?id=6

Pics pls

He said brand new! What do you need pix for

I just saw an advert placing the nokia x3 for 20,000 and thought you'll find it interesting.

Here; http://www.myshoppingcomm.com/item/?id=3

Hello Sellers,

We just launched out website www.myshoppingcomm.com, which is a FREE classified adverts website, Strictly for Nigerians.

We intend to create an online market place for Nigerians to buy and sell anything, anywhere.

One exceptional feature of our website is that it allows your potential buyers to instantly contact you, without necessarily creating an account or profile. This removes all the hassles and gives a 99% chance that you will be contacted right away, if the buyer is interested.

We also intend to embark on a heavy marketing campaign for the website and we'll like you to benefit from this action. Simply post your product (New or Used) on the website and it will be displayed on our homepage for a start. Then, when we embark on marketing, you'll be sure to sell your product.

YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE NOTHING TO LOOSE

Please read the site manual at http://www.myshoppingcomm.com/item/?id=1 for further information.
Happy selling.

Neptune, to be frank with you, I'm a CORE PHP Developer. Probably that's why I wanted to leave the whole banner/graphics thing so the user can quickly get to where he want to and leave.

you know that site that come out when your domain name has expired, it looks pretty much like it with that google ad on the left.

Immediately you pointed this out, I just saw it. ^{and laughed my a** out}

I think I need to add more categories. When I do that, the site should kinda change.

Remember, this is a classified adverts website. So it's supposed to have a directory-like structure.

Thanks Tho!

@alleno, Now that's the review I've been waiting for!

First of all, let me address this point

You ask for a website review on May 13th, 10:09am

And you decided to launch less than a day after! Interesting!

I actually wanted to extend the time for review even further but genuine adverts started coming in. Now since I had to reset the database, I had no choice but to sacrifice those ads and clean up the database. Please dont get me wrong, I asked for the review on May 13th, 10:09am and I launched on May 14th, 11:00pm. That's more than a day by the way. 

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.

I was actually waiting to get a counter to this so I will adopt the changes with PHP. Point Noted!

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

This was the reason why I wanted the review before I reset the database. With more contents coming into that section as users post, you'll get used to the price placement. At least every advert's price is clearly separated. The only thing I can do to at least keep the N500 company is to add a text underneath that says "Contact the Seller". I'll think about that anyway. The point again is that I actually didn't want want a user to be able to contact the user without viewing the item. That's just 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.

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

The phone number you placed at the bottom right amazes me because i really don't see what its doing there

Still working on the contact us page. Will remove the number tho. I get your point!

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.

Wrong!!! The only link that doesn't concern a logged user is "View Private Messages". As for Manage My Ads, even a user who doesn't have a profile should be able to manage (modify only) an ad. The difference now between a logged and un-logged user is that the logged user has a list of all the ads he's posted, making it easy for him to modify anyone he wants to.

This is funny! I'm actually still working on the un-logged user part,

5. Also forgive me but the grammar on the site is quite bad. Words that should be in plural form are not noted

If you can point them out, please do. If not, it will be reviewed as time goes on. I no too sabi english like that my brother 

i don't get why "EVERYTHING ELSE" is in the middle of the For Sale section.

It's arranged alphabetically and of course, there are somethings that a poster may not be able to classify or a category has not been created for.

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.

hmmm,  I'll only stick with this if some other person supports you. i don't really see the crammed area on the site

alleno, thanks for your review and the time you spent dissecting the site. I'll try to work on some of your points. Good One. More Please,

Okay that's it! The database has been reset and we are LIVE! Here's the real thing.

It's time to market this thing.

@ C++,
Website flow 60%? 
I should be able to do better than that. Any corrections to up it to 90% 

Thanks for the positive comments. I guess the site is ready to fly. It's actually an open site that allows you to post ads without need for registration or creating profiles. But of course if you need to create more than one ad, it'll be better to create one for easy management and modification (setting it to sold out or available). On setting an ad to sold out, your contact information is automatically removed so no one contacts you.

What's really bothering me is how I'll get this site to the four corners of Nigeria  . I know google adwords will work but mehhhn,  That thing go drain my cash sha,  . Any alternatives 

Two thumbs up man. I love the site. Very Original.

Cheers!

Unlike the Nairaland I know, not much comments are coming in. I'm guessing the app is water proof   

For once somebody did something different!
For not having "naira" or "naija" in the site name, I award you pass mark.
The design is excellent and looks like a proper directory.
I found it very fast also while browsing
Wish you all the best.

Thanks man! The site was actually design with speed in mind. Anybody should be able to post an advert without necessarily signing up or registering and get out. I'm not really a fan of those domain names with "naija" and the "naira" word seemed to have been overwhelmed by "naira"land. Anything you do with "naira" feels like a copy work.

Watch out sha. You may get banned on NL. They hate competition.

I get your point. Looking forward to that when I try to drive traffic to the site

Hi fellow designers,

I just totally designed and developed a classified adverts website for Nigerians, www.myshoppingcomm.com , This is quite different from the normal thing so you should just check it out. Like I said, it's brand new and I just intend for designers, programmers and software engineers and users to test the entire website for final corrections.

KEY POINT:
1. Security
2. Usability
3. Design and Layout
4. Website Flow
[s]
Since we'll  just testing, the database will be reset by 2pm for actual commencement of use.[/s] Please what ever you can drop in to make the site better, please do.

[s]NOTE: We're still running tests,  Whatever that's on the site will be removed and the Database will be reset and cleaned up by 2pm from time of this post..[/s] ^{Still need user inputs. extended till further notice}

Go to www.myshoppingcomm.com now!

Will be updating this thread from time to time.
Drop your comments on what we can add now and how you see the idea!!!

Yahoo ID: coliccmon

Portfolio and other details will be given during the chat session

i need a 5:1 woofer set from creative or logitech. please state your price and how you can be contacted. thanks

ornshould we call it post UTME?

just curious!

To ensure transparency, due process and that legible graduates benefit from the special 10,000 jobs intervention programme, the state governor Chief Ikedi Ohakim today [21-04-10] inaugurated a standing committee, More Information; http://www.imostate.gov.ng/news/483

Is it that thug governor that descends so low as to beating citizens or another person?

If you were a governor, would you do that?

Am very sure you are one of is agents on NL

Does this look like my first time on NL. Watch your tongue bro!
and even if I'm one of his agents?

@all other negative statements, where is the proof?

From what i can see (no propaganda) on the website, This guy has actually achieved something. See it for yourself at http://imostate.gov.ng/gallery/

Then you can verify if the projects were carried out or not.

Some leaders they say are born, others are made. If on August 4, 1957 when His Excellency, Sir Ikedi Ohakim was born it was not clear to his parents Chief and Mrs. Maxwell Nwachukwu Ohakim of Okohia, Isiala Mbano, Imo State of Nigeria that he,

Read the full Biography: http://www.imostate.gov.ng/info/IkediOhakim

Another very important step we must take is to sanitize Igbo land and Nigeria of saboteurs. I completely agree with Dim Odumegwu-Ojukwu when he spoke of “Authority structure and Sanction Mechanism”. We must stop those adept at engineering loss of confidence in our leadership and all those who are making it difficult for people to have confidence in their government. We must not blame our leaders alone. We must also blame those who plant injurious stories, smear the image and assassinate the characters of our people in public office. It is disgraceful that some of these smear campaigns are sponsored by those who themselves were in public office. We must uproot those poisonous fungi among us and the renegades who talk before they think!

Read the full blog post: http://www.ikediohakim.com.ng/blog/full/?blogPost=6

A positive and monumental political event of 2009 took place on 25 July. That day, in deference to the wishes of the majority of Imo people, your Governor, a founding member of PDP, returned to the PDP. Many critics, indeed many Nigerians, did not understand why we made that political move. We broke a habit of insularity that is not the true political character of our people, and which began at the end of the civil war, when it was considered a sellout to engage with the government at the centre. Thus our leaders who belonged to the National Party of Nigeria were regarded with suspicion. The consequence of the politics of isolation was the absence of Federal presence in the entire South East. Curiously enough, some of our people made political career out of crying marginalization without a strategy to end it.

Continue reading here: http://www.ikediohakim.com.ng/blog/full/?blogPost=7

For details of this, go to http://www.imostate.gov.ng/forum/general/290

The Imo State Government has launched the initiative to provide 10,000 new jobs for the youths. For more information, read on at http://www.imostate.gov.ng/news/473

Good Luck to ya all!

Where is the report from your investigations?

http://www.imostate.gov.ng/news/424

I wonder how you guys easily believe all these allegations.

What about the woman his security details beat on 3rd mainland brodge lagos?

Where do you guys even get all these stories, and further believe them. Where did you get this report from?

This is truly ridiculous!!!

@aisha2,
Rights Abuses? As for me, I don't think the governor has anything to answer. It's just one case I heard of and after all the publications, we all found out they're all lies.

I mean, how will a governor personally assault someone? That's ridiculous.

There's no doubt about the subject of this topic. Indeed the government sure knows how to position itself for the future. Their website, www.imostate.gov.ng, is a complete proof to this claim.

The Imo State Government's Website can be said to be the best in Nigeria, as compared to other state. Please view it yourself to confirm (www.imostate.gov.ng). The information on the site is quite enormous, and updated virtually everyday, which shows transparency in the government. Besides, you can make inquiries on any information and you'll get a response within 24hrs. This response in fact was what motivated me to creating this topic.

Imo citizens or anybody can discuss issues in the website's online forum, allowing for freedom of speech. I'm sure their staff look into this issues and respond accordingly.

There are so many other good features on the site THAT I HAVE SEEN. I obviously don't want to write on this features so this topic doesn't seem like an advertisement.

Futo has released their 3rd list/VC's list. For Details, check out "my school comm dottt com". Hope you get it 

and who is that for