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The coreldraw "x series" are versions of coreldraw. The latest version is x6, which means coreldraw 16. If you have version 12, you are still good to go. There are not much differences. The difference between one from another is usually a redesign of interface and one or two additions in terms of tools and other features. But in most cases, the new tools and features may not even be used if you were to have the latest version. Again, the more the software becomes latest, the heavy it becomes. I know professionals who still work with version 11. Version 11 is regarded as the most stable version of coreldraw. The latest ones usually crash or hang in the middle of a project. But if you really want to be following the latest trends in the coreldraw landscape, then you may have to go for the latest version, which is coreldraw x6. As for getting a free version, that may not be easy. You can get a free version of 11 to 13, but the latest ones are usually hard to see a free or cracked version that will really work. The latest version is sold at 500 USD on corel website. I guess that will be too expensive for you to afford. You may have to search all over the internet using google to find a free or cracked version. But be careful, some of the purported free version are malware script that may be used to hack your system and phish your log in details.

As for photoshop, the latest version is 6. It doesn't have "x series." But adobe software is usually very expensive. The creative CS6 (which is a combination of about 16 software ) is roughly 1000 USD. Only Photoshop is roughly 350 USD.

So everything boils down to sticking to the version you have now and learn what you need to learn. When you have money or when you see a cheap latest version, then you go for the latest version. I worked with coreldraw for years. I was only working with versions 11, 12 and 13. I didnt go for 14, 15 or 16. Now, I dont work with coreldraw again. I now work with adobe creative suit and I have its latest version cs6, which comes with single license.

As for the system requirements, I think if you have a system that has at least 1GB of RAM and a free space of 40GB in your HDD, then it's ok.

Too much inline css. What happened to external stylesheet? You should be avoiding inline and internal styling entirely. Think of tomorrow.

In your nav links you did this:

<ul>
<a href="#" ><li>Home</li></a>
</ul>

Although it will work, but it's semantically wrong. <li> should be a direct child of <ul>, then <a> will be the direct child of <li>. But you flipped it.

In your logo markup, you did this: <a href=""><div id="logo"></div></a>


Why not: <div id="logo"><a href=""></a></div>

It's not always a good idea to subject a block level element as a child to an inline element.

Again, instead of wrapping the logo and ul in a div, why not give the logo the id of logo direct and display it block in css. Like: <a href="" id="logo"></a>

And instead of wrapping the ul with the div id of menu, why not do something like this: <ul id="menu"></ul>.

Please try to be avoiding inline css by all means. Even if you want to apply a simple style to an element, just give it a class and apply the style in your css stylesheet using the class.

The best thing you can do is to allow them to naturally expire and become available for registration again. If you think you cant manage both, then choose the one you like and forget about the other. Talking about whether the names are good. This is the question you should ask yourself initially before registering them in the first place. It`s you that will determine what you want to do and the domain name that will fit it. As for selling the domain name, forget about it. Nobody may be willing to buy it. Choose the one you like and let go of the other. If you don`t want both names again, let them go.

In order to insert image in your web page through html document you will have to use the image tag to call the image. Now there are few things you need to understand before the image shows. The easiest thing to do is to make sure the image you want is in the same root folder with your html file. For a cleaner work, you may have to create a folder anywhere in your computer. And inside that folder, you will save your html document, your css document and your images.

Now, if your image is just directly in that main folder, then you will call it in your html like this:

<img src="myImage.jpg"/>

You will have to find out the format of the image. If it's in png, it will not show if you call it as jpg.

<img src="myImage.jpg"/>
<img src="myImage.png"/>
<img src="myImage.gif"/>

You will also make sure that the image name you wrote in your html document matches the actual name of the image in your root folder.

However, if your image is in a folder inside the main folder, then you will have to reference that folder in your html. Let's assume that you have your image inside a folder called images, then your markup will look like this:

<img src="images/myImage.jpg"/>

Check the attached images to see how the architecture of the two scenarios will look like.

If you have more questions, don`t hesitate to ask us.

I advice that you focus on teaching yourself html first before coming out. Try to hone your html skill. For now, you may need to know that there is nothing in html like: <br></br>. Break tag doesn't have opening and closing. You can either write it like this: <br/> or <br>. Again, <br> doesn't add any space. It only forces a line-break.

horlla: I do know it exists because all the presidential speech by GEJ are always available on line in pdf format immediately after the speech.

That of the President may not be as a result of voice conversion. The President doesn't make presidential speech extemporarily. All his speeches are written days before he makes the speech.

CONSTRUCTION 1

I think I have reviewed it before. There is no point having webmail login in website. That is archaic. Again, remove the search bar and replace it with social media icons. You cant put a search bar on a static website that doesnt have a database and something to search for. You can put social icons there and quickly create facebook page, twiiter handle and youtube channel for them.


CONSTRUCTION 2

Navigation
Your navigation menu mark-up is totally against html mark-up rule. How can you have a div, a ul and an li inside an anchor tag?
You did this:
<a href="#"><div class="navdivs"><ul><li>CONTACT US</li></ul></div></a>

That is totally wrong.

Why not do this:
<ul class="nav">
<li><a href="">Home</a></li>
</ul>

Then go to your css and style like this:
.nav
.nav li
.nav li a


Color
The three images after Welcome message should have either any of the two colors in the logo as their background.


CONSTRUCTION 3

Navigation
Please what is going on here at the navigation menu? You got many things wrong. You must go back to the drawing board.

How can you do something like this:
<div class="navdiv"><ul><li><a href="about.html">ABOUT</a></li></ul></div>

You used div and ul into 5 times. That's not semantically correct. What happens to doing it like this:
<ul class="navigation">
<li><a href="">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="">About</a></li>
<li><a href="">Services</a></li>
<li><a href="">HSE</a></li>
<li><a href="">Contact</a></li>
</ul>

You have no business having a div of navigation, then giving a div each to the five nav links.

Again, your hover effect is on the div and not on the link itself. This is wrong. Just hover on it and see that the hover effect will show but it's not yet a link until you hover on the link text. A user should be able to click the link immediately he hovers on the big box housing the link text. To achieve this and if you insist on having your 5 divs, then you should style the div like this: .navdiv a and then display it block. You cant give a hover effect to a div differently and then give another hover effect to link text. What is the point of hovering over the div when a user cannot click any link immediately until he hovers on the text.
This is unnecessary:
.navdiv:hover{background:url(image/navdivhover.png) #C4D3F2;}

then

.navdiv a:hover { text-decoration:none; color:#C4D3F2; dborder-bottom:2px solid #003300;}

Color
The color of 'Our Company', 'Products' and 'HSE' is very faint. I know you are trying to limit yourself to the light blue on the logo, but you can rather use the red on the logo to render those words.

The 'Read More' call to action button needs some margin-left.

Hover cursor of the social icons is in default. You should set it to pointer. Again, the social icons are too small and the margin between them is too big.

You used too many inline css. Please try to be avoiding inline styling entirely. If you want to make the website responsive tomorrow, you cannot. Why? Because when you will need to re-float some floated elements, you cannot do it since some of the float commands are in your html. And you CANNOT override an inline css with external css unless off course you use !important which is dangerous when over-used.

You may have to choose between this: http://www.mahatpetrogas.com/underconstruction/ and this: http://www.mahatpetrogas.com/underconstruction2/

Dont be desperate. The only sure way to make it in life, on the internet or anywhere is to offer people quality contents, services or products. In doing so, you will build a relationship and a followership which will then yield income. Don't be deceived that blogging is the sure way to make cash on the internet. This is the reason we have all kinds of crappy stuff on the internet because some people thought that blogging is a gold-mine. If you have passion to write and contribute something meaningful to people, then sure you will make some cash at the long run. You don't just blatantly tell people that blogging is the sure way to make money on the internet and then ask them follow you on twitter. If you want organic followers, then keep doing the great stuff you are doing and people will find you and follower you naturally. But if you want followers by all means, then google about some black-hat tools you can use to get twitter followers.

If you want to learn more about blogging and content writing, then you must go here: http://www.problogger.net/ and http://www.copyblogger.com/

Ok. To start with, you may have to avoid http://w3schools.com for anything about web design tutorials, especially javascript. Some of their tutorials are crappy and incomplete. Check here: http://w3fools.com/

Again, since you are through with html and css, I advice you to build something. Try building a full-fledged website using all the concepts you learned in html and css and probably javascript. Try to make sure you have some grip on lay-outing and box-model concept and positioning. Check here: http://justbuildwebsites.com/

Concerning php and mysql, if you have a good internet connection, go to http://phpacademy.org or http://thenewboston.org/ and watch all the videos on php and mysql. They have more than 500 videos there. If you prefer to read, then go here: http://www.html.net/. Just click on the php section. They have more than 20 lessons on php that are simplified.

Then when you have reached certain stage in your knowledge of server side language, I advice that you go here again: http://justbuildwebsites.com/


Look, you must make up your mind at this stage to distinguish yourself. Decide from day one that you will not be a mediocre web developer. Always visit: http://net.tutsplus.com, http://www.netmagazine.com/ and other sites and learn new stuff and follow the trends in this industry. Refuse to be half-baked. Take all the pain to always seek to hone your skill and stand out when the roll-call is called.

Good move. Do we have something like iHub in Nigeria? If no, then I think this type of tech centre is a must for Nigeria. Hacker School is a place every developer must try to visit before he retires. I plan to be there one day. Very soon.

I have noted with dismay the way some guys spam this section and go free without a stern sanction. I have personally sent a message to Slyr0x, but it's like Oga is always very busy. There are all kinds of threads that should be opened in other sections that are allowed to have their way here and thereby posing as a spam to webmasters section. These hungry and uninformed and half-baked bloggers who want traffic by all means come here and open threads on health or sports and go without sanction. The latest culprit to this is a certain guy called: newsloaded. This guy should be cautioned immediately so that he will learn how to do his hustling on a public forum.

Just take a look at these his threads and tell me if they belong here:

https://www.nairaland.com/1361970/manchester-united-created-25-million

https://www.nairaland.com/1361986/tb-joshua-big-prophesy-nigerian

https://www.nairaland.com/1361988/nigerian-army-e-recruitment-result-non

https://www.nairaland.com/1361973/definition-health

https://www.nairaland.com/1361962/manchester-united-created-25-million

Let There Be Sanity Here! Let's Stop Spamming This Section!

Every region or LGA has a postal or zip code. It helps to compile and dispatch letters easily. But most online forms that request it is basically for formality. You can type in 420001 and it will go. But the code is for Idemili South LGA of Anambra State. If it's a letter, dont use it. But if it's just an online form, you can use it.

Wow. Very clean now. You did the mega menu?

kingthreat: Seen your websites. It is simply responsive. Not so spectacular.

I dont claim to have designed spectacular websites. I am still learning and striving everyday to hone my skills. If you check my post, you will see that i also commended the OP when he said he will not do such thing again even if he didnt have a job. So I dont see your points. I never claimed and I will never claim to be perfect. Everyday, I challenge myself to go beyond the status quo.

Here is my second comment to the OP: "@OP, thank God u said u will never do such a dirty work again even if u have no job. Well done. My prayer for u is that u wil continue to hav a steady source of income, but even if u go out of job that ur faith and resolution wil be strong." But you guys are blind to it because you want me to talk.

I still stand on the comment I made. The earlier you guys get it, the better. I don't claim to be righteous. In fact, am not righteous. But I will continue to challenge Nigerian youths to stop calling failure success. I will continue to challenge web developers to depart from the way of mediocrity. I will continue to challenge everyone who comes here thinking that webmasters section is only full of secondary school boys and girls or jambites.

kingthreat: Ur GT Naira Mastercard unfortunately is limited. It cannot even pay for facebook/google adverts

Not true sir. Unless there is a difference between GTB Naira Master Card of a Current Account and that of a Savings Account. I have GTB Master Card and I have used it to advertise on facebook. Although mine is a Current account.

@OP, it's not true that you want to withdraw your money and they refused. But if it's true, then you have to request to see the Branch manager. It's those marketing officers that will refuse because they want to score a point by all means that they got a customer. You reserve the right to terminate your account anytime and your money be given to you. If you seriously tell them that you are no longer interested in opening the account since you are unable to meet their requirements, they will give you your money back.

1. "She has no constitutional role in the country." - What has Prof Wole done to stop Federal Republic of Nigeria from recognizing the office of the First Lady? Has he staged a protest? Has he dragged the National Assembly or Federal Government to court for allowing what is not in the Constitution?

2. "This is getting to a state where an unelected person, a mere domestic appendage." - This is an insult to Patience Jonathan and to women all over the world. No woman is a domestic appendage, and PEJ is not. If Wole said that the office of the First Lady is a political appendage, that would have been differten. But then, what has he done to stop FGN from recognizing President's wife as First Lady with a portfolio?

frankyychiji: soyinka's son is commissioner in ogun state. He is a party man. He is in order. Its politics.

If it's politics, then Prof Wole and his followers should know that the reply of Patience Jonathan is part of the politics.

thegoodjoehunt: Please, domestic appendage is not an insult. It means it is an extension from the elected office but not a direct part of the office. The office of the first lady has no constitutional recognition.

DOMESTIC APPENDAGE - Household Attachment. That is a first lady is an attachment to the household of the president. So she shouldn't be cautioning a Governor of a state.

Not true sir. If he said the office of the First Lady is a political appendage then that will be different. But Prof. Wole said that Patience Jonathan is a domestic appendage. Hear him: "This is getting to a state where an unelected person, a mere domestic appendage..." That's an insult to her and to women all over the world. Wives are not domestic appendages. They are not an offshoot. They are not less important.

Calling the President's wife a domestic appendage is not just an insult to the First Lady, but a big slap to womanhood. Prof. Wole should be told the truth. He got it wrong this time. If her role as the First Lady is not constitutional, then he should drag the National Assembly and Federal Government to court. Prof. actually made some careless statements that shouldn't have been uttered by him as a statesman.

But that's totally wrong and risky. You guys will not cease to amaze me. How can you come to an online forum full of faceless people and be asking for people to be your reference so that you will pay them? For your information, the only people that can serve as your reference are people that know you. Read the warning on form very well. What if you commit something against the TOS of the bank tomorrow what will happen? GTBank cannot reject a reference from another bank unless they checked and discovered that the person is not qualified to serve as your reference. Although I know that they usually prefer people that have GTB current account for easier and quicker processing. But it's not correct for you to come here asking people to be your reference so that you will pay them.

Go and look for your friends, family members, co-workers, colleagues and so on.

kingthreat: Graphicsplus as usual is a selfrighteous moralistic bigot who delights in condemning others. If a broke web developer asks for assistance, he'll be the first to condemn speaking his long gibberish. The lesser of ingnorant people like this, the better.

Ok sir.

Well done. It's cleaner now and less cluttered. I must tell you that you really revamped the site. It looks more professional now especially the styling of the blog title topics. I opened one of the blog topics and I really like the way you styled the entire article.

However, I have one or two observations.
1. I am still not a fan of over-using text-shadow. You told me the other time that it will reduce bounce rate. No sir. It will increase it. Unless it's not people like me that visit such site. If i visit a site that over-used text-shadow i will just close the website. I so much admire the neatness and professionalism of: http://www.copyblogger.com/

2. The footer needs some breathing space at the right and left. A padding will do.

3. You can make the main image illustrating each topic to be a link back to the article with alt text that describes the image. Like: <img src="sybla-tv.jpg" alt="image of symbla tv"/>

Check the images below for the text-shadow I dislike and the footer that needs padding.
Well done sir.

Check here: https://www.nairaland.com/1356821/alert-scammer-here

He opened this thread:https://www.nairaland.com/1356543/mtn-appstore-developer-forum asking developers to go and register and upload their apps. nollyj, quickly did a background check and came back asking the OP whether he was sure since MTN official app store is http://www.nextapp.mtnonline.com, he tried to confuse us by telling us that nextapp is different. I swung into action immediately. First I called MTN in Nigeria and they said it's a scam that what they have is nextapp.mtnonline.com and mtnonline.com/appstore. Not satisfied, I checked the domain name host and the hosting period. I discovered that it's on a shared hosting server and it's just for one year. Whereas mtnonline.com registered for 13 years. Not satisfied, I called a friend who works with GTBank and who has a friend who works at MTN. I asked him to call MTN or his friend and ask them about mtnappstore.com. After some minutes, he called me back and told me that MTN said it's a scam.

Here is my question. Why will Nigerian youths think that there is a shortcut to financial success? Here in India, so many Indian youths are busy labouring to become software developers who will take over Microsoft and Google. If you go to facebook, google and microsoft, you will see young Indians there working and developing robust applications. One of them is Kirupa: http://www.kirupa.com/about/whatiskirupa.htm Come here and see young boys developing amazing things with 3dmax and maya. Why will these scam boys in Nigeria destroy their future when there are several legitimate opportunities to make it in Nigeria?

@Slyr0x, please ban Chromedome with immediate effect.

This criminal is trying to fake this: http://www.mtnonline.com/appstore with the crappy site he designed with table.
I called MTN from India and they confirmed that it's a scam. I want Slyr0x to ban this guy for life on NL. The title of his scam website is just: 'Index.' While that of MTN is: 'MTN Apstore Developer Forum | MTN Online'.

MTN cannot host a website on a shared server with one year subscription.

Dude, just shut up. You are a chronic scammer. You are trying to fake: mtnonline.com/appstore

This guy is a scammer.

Let this guy be checked properly. Here is mtn app store: http://nextapps.mtnonline.com/

It will not solve anything. I read it on mashable this morning and I was laughing. Nothing can replace online real time chat. Nothing can replace email. Nothing can replace mobile telecommunication. The world has gone digital. And we cannot slow the world down again. So if I want to send a confidential message to my people in Nigeria, I will have to type it with a typewriter then board a flight and go and deliver it with my hands and then board a flight and return? That wil be the height of madness.

The issue is that as long as the world continues to go digital and make some great strides in technology, security and confidentiality of information will continue to diminish. Even this Snowden of a guy have revealed that Microsoft has aided the US government to bypass it's encryption to intercept communication data through Microsoft Outlook. Although Microsoft has denied it, but it may be true. Who knows what facebook, twitter and google are secretly doing with our data?