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I could, but why would I ?

It's a bit like parking your brand new Toyota and walking a 100 miles.

It's possible, but its slower and more tiring.

Rather long post but well i guess it had to be that long to clearly state the point.

Back to the issues raised about functioanlity and visual appeal. No hard feelings i am hell bent on emphasising the core importance of visually appealing websites,however visual appeal in my own opinion is more CSS based than heavy un optimized based as displayed in the Starquest website.

Having said that,what really do we call functionality driven websites.Lets first establish that before we can have a yardstick to measure with.As far as i am concerned most website are functionality driven wether static or dynamic be it hard to believe.

For the simple fact that a website visitor browses a given website wether static or database driven to access information be it just a single paragraph of information or tons of webpages.The fact still is that the website visitor has performed a specific function which is to access information.

Lets not raise un necessary dust about functionality,If a client deserves to have a database driven website that has custom web application where website visitors can perform specific tasks or functions i recommend and give him necesary consultation and if the client just needs something basic then i give him a static website with the fantastic visual graphics he or she demands.

No big deal about functionality,i have developed complex web applications before and so have i done visually appealing websites where beauty and appeal were the keywords. The point is you behave like romans in rome and brits in Britian.

In order words if your client wants a functionality driven dynamic web application then deliver that,while if what he wants a visually appealing static website then give him or her just that.After all na your money you go collect.

tundewoods has said it all.

I agree with the others. Afam was just looking for an avenue to over-emphasize functionality. Again. You can't compromise design over function. And that's the truth. I keep saying it. If something's appealing to the eye, people will be inspired to hang around and check out the functionality. Not the ohter way round. And besides, like tunde said, does it REALLY matter if its dynamic or not? If the necessary info is on display, I don't care if the website's code can fight crime. Most of the popular Web 2.0 sites today like Digg and Facebook and Google rely on simple but nice graphics with function, so, it kinda lies both ways. No?

Try to get laid, get yourself a boyfriend or husband, it will help you a great deal. You can even buy one these days.

Oh u big baby.

What can I say to an unmarried frustrated lady working at Zenith bank? This is what you end up with after chasing men up and down to open accounts with your bank.

Ah take it easy oh. Dont say its because of me you have high blood pressure!

And can i just say,  Wow ,  you're kinda sad, y'know. You had to go look through all my previous posts on nairaland to find something to insult me with, not that you're correct or even slightly so.  Meanwhile,  I only have to stay on this page/post, look at your childish insults and your less than average works, and I've got enough reason and material.

Stop embarassing yourself. Making comments on things you don't know just cos you want to retaliate. 

P.S. Thanks for the entertaining us, 'frustrated, single' bank workers over here. Your arrogance/cluelessness has been a blast, as always.

It is easy for any clown to visit a forum and pretend to know something even if the person is cursed.

It you were brought up like a human being you should learn to ignore threads you don't like rather than making it clear that your clueless parents made a huge mistake bringing you into this world.

It is not about what idiots like you think, it is about what matters to business owners.

Yeah, THAT's really matured, man, insulting my lineage and parents *eye roll*. You should have abandoned such tactics in JS3.

However, the fact still remains,

[size=22pt]YOUR SITES LOOK MEDIOCRE. [/size] And that's me being VERY nice.

Have a nice night.

and in my opinion their comments are usually based on envy rather any other thing. Maybe the fact that they cannot do anything other than static websites is too hard for them to swallow.

[size=20pt]LOL.[/size]


Yeah, keep telling yourself that. Keep clinging to ur programming skills like its so rare and original. Something your juniors are doing in their bedroom, you're using it to feel special and sexy.

I love that you're so predictable. Instead of searching inwards, you want to attack the people that are talking to you. No-one's forcing anything on you. What I don't understand (and im sure some people here do too) is WHY you insist on putting us through this cycle every time u 'design' a site. You ask for a review, we tell its not that good, you get upset, go look for other people's works to tear down, same thing everytime. It's not a review if we dont tell you how we feel. And if almost everyone says its bad, maybe its cos it is?!?

If anyone does not like the design the person can commit suicide for all I care.

Aww, you speak to your clients/customers with that mouth
And um, FYI, the same way you'd see a movie, and think hm, its bad, are you a filmmaker? The people that will view or use your site, will they be web designers?! Stop making childish arguments abeg.

You're damn right, I'm insulting you. Cos you don't listen, you just want praise. If you're going to keep putting up remixes of the same site, and you're expecting a clap on the back for 'ingenuity', better go somewhere else ooooo, cos I think we're tired of this your nonsense. And I will tell you till it stops.

Wow.

You didn't even TRY to change it up a little. Na wa for you o. I showed a couple of people here, and they were embarassed on your behalf.

Not to repeat what's already been said, but I think it's the height of UN-professionalism that you're choosing to give all your clients the same layout, no matter how justified you think you are.

Admit it. Everyone in this Webmasters section pretty much knows it by now, and you've admitted it once before yourself: You suck at designing. So stop making excuses for it.

No client (unless he's not very familiar with the web and just any idea of a website at all is exciting by itself) will want his site to look EXACTLY like 3, 4 other sites out there. That's ridiculous. Using Google's Blogger as an example cant work either. Those are free blog layouts. Of which, if you look at the other layouts they have on offer, they have a lot of variety.

All of the reasons you gave are only useful reasons to YOU. YOU dont want to have to think up new designs for other sites. YOU want everything to 'stay on the same platform' (whatever the hell that means). YOU want to prove to the world that form is totally irrelevant when there's functionality. YOU don't want to take other people's advice, cos you've got a huge ego. YOU REFUSE to outsource the design of your sites, for whatever reason.

I've met a few web developers in my time, and none of them have been as afraid to push the matters they are not good at to other people, what's YOUR reason?!

You justified your bland sites with the idea that once people try out your sites, they wouldn't care, Um, no. I don't know where that happens, and dude, the truth is Facebook is NEATER than Myspace. If you really think otherwise, your idea of aesthetics is worse than I thought. My first impression upon seeing a poorly designed site is, eeurgh, this CANT be of much quality. And I move on to the better looking alternative. You can't deny it. People are awed first by the beauty of something before anything else. No matter the facet of life. Be it a house, a car or even fellow people. Would you see a battered car, and think, 'Hm, lemme try driving it first. It might actually be fast.'? No? Didn't think so.

You have now introduced the silliest thing I've ever heard, similar sites for different clients a.k.a I'm too lazy to come up with anything new.

As for the sites themselves, they are BLAND and PICTURELESS, and BORING. And yes, yes, I'm sure it's functional as hell, but you know what? Don't care. It looks like an amateur's job. Take it or leave it. The link Neptune put up was actually quite nice. If I had to choose, guess which I would take. I don't know how many more of these kinds of topics we need to have with you before you accept that there IS a problem with your sites, and that is the reason you and your works''ll fade into mediocrity like many other Nigerian web designers.

Bring on the hurt-pride, abusive reply. (Yes, we're used to your self-defence by now)

Mustay:
I don't like the firefox3

Why? What's NOT to love about it? Especially the nifty, new address bar and the extensions!

@post

I sure did!

OMG!!! Marquees, marquees.!!!
THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!!!

tai2 has said it jare. Most of the people won't admit it here, but i've gotten around, and 95% of Nigerian sites ARE mediocre. Sorry.

All dis one you people are talking is story. Housewife. For what na?

What her husband fails to realise is that ANYTHING can happen in the future, when it comes to jobs. What if the man loses his job, or times get bad? My mother used to work when i was younger. In fact, she didnt stop working till i was older. I went to daycares, and guess what. I learned to read at a very early age. When i finally started school, they pushed me up a class. daycares arent the devil, abeg. Some companies even have creches. And my siblings and i turned out a lot better than many people whose mum was there 24/7. Being a stay-at-home  doesn't guarantee a THING. It does guarantee a certain sense of boredom and helplessness on the woman's part. My mum regrets stopping work everyday.

And all those people that are saying, 'open shop'. Is it for everybody?!?! For me, such a thing is a waste of my intelligence and an insult to my ambitions. The two of them should work out something. Or the guy should quit HIS job and stay with the kids if its doing him like that, no be so?

crazykid:
If you love him, then stop keeping male friends; you don’t know how painful it is to see you girl in another guy’s car. Most especially if you don’t have a car of your own.

@crazy kid.
wow. inferiority complex much?

@poster
forget such guys jo. I had to deal with one recently and trust me it didn't improve. He felt being a possessive pain in the ass was a sign of lurve. right. in an alternate reality maybe. Such guys are insecure. Its not worth it.

@mambenanje

no offense o, but you're a dumbass. Every time i read a post from you, a little part of me dies inside, like SERIOUSLY Ppl think like this?

um, do it?

You might want to apply more space between the lines/lists, right now they're too close together, and it can aid readability. Just a suggestion, anyway.

Dude, it's like asking 'what are nigerian girls like'? It's a vague question. One cant generalise and say BU girls are this way, because , like in every single community, there are different types of people. There are the nice girls, the bad girls, the rude ones, the religious ones, go figure. You're going to have to figure out this chick on your own.

@ post

good god no

um, lipgloss is my friend. Its the only form of makeup i care for. And maybe brown pwder. If I have. Buying expensive makeup is pointless to me. I've been using the same soap for almost ten years: Dudu Osun, (black soap), my skin's as blemish free as ever . Braid/fx my hair once every six weeks, wash it every week i dont have anything on it. Oh, and shave my legs, when i remember.
Anything else is unnecessary. I don't think I'm that scary looking that i'll be chemicalising and frying my body parts.
AndI look good.

@ abatcha

omg, i thought i was the only one that noticed.

@poster
u really need to brush up on ur grammar.

y'all are still replying to this thread? retarded.

Pretty good, i must say. However, you could flesh it out a bit, put snippets of different categories of news on the home page, i read a lot of newspaper sites, local and foreign, and i like that i can get a taste of what's going on in every area without necessarily clicking links. Weather is good, but people would rather read news than weather, so perhaps it shouldn't be so prominent? Also, the google ads, a bit large, it's like quarter of the page. Basically its a great neat layout, but the REAL news only covers like half of the content page,  maybe you could work on that.

for what now? are men scarce? If the guy puts you in a position to be 'competing' he's not serious/worth it in the first place.

Hmm, and they broke the no1 rule of video embedding. It started playing the instant the page loaded. Mediocrity wins again.

@almondjoy

really its cos of stuff like that people dont like asking for help. There are better ways to phrase things. Please get off your condescending high-horse. She's already gotten pregnant, no point rubbing it in her face.

@poster

i admit Im surprised you're even contemplating aboortion. That's ridiculous. FYI, after the first 12 weeks, abortions are out of the question. Please, dont even consider it. Killing a life because of what? Money? Let me tell you something, banks are always recruiting. If you dont get it because you're pregnant, you'll simply get it later. Life goes on. And I don't see why the bak won't employ you if you're pregnant. They might just ask you to wait until you've delivered, or they might just not give you a PAID leave. Some banks prefer their staff to be confirmed or at least a year old before giving them such leave with pay. Be honest, have a chat with the HR people, if it doesn't work, c'est la vie.

Wow! BUSTED!!!

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/08/incest.aust/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

this guy apparently could.

Pretty simple. Abit too simple though, if you ask me, maybe you could try sprucing it up with a couple of images or icons here and there to give it personality.

And the biggest issue, the text is TINY!!!! Make it bigger. Also on the blue areas, its like the padding is too much on top and below the text,

@mambenanje

this is the second time i've seen you talk absolute jargon about a very simple issue, needless to say im worried. I evn have to second Afam.