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nice work crazylegs!

Thats why you have to sit down and do your homework before you start you mock design, look at sites that offer similar services and come up with some good concept before you present to client, atleast that reduces the "i want this and i want that"; beside all you will show the client will be images which you can always edit.

Also remember one important thing, the only time a client should tell make changes is before the commencement of the project, once the project starts and you guys have signed a memorandum of understanding and terms and conditions, any new changes should be charged for.

Its not a bad concept, but if you are really used to visiting template websites, you will notice how your site looks. I don't have problems with using templates (i use templates too), you just have to be quite creative about it. Remember, no idea is original.

Looks like a template.

yes

Simply go online and download from your computer brand website. Drivers are avalable for download for free.

Check the process below.

Layout

Nice concept, maybe you need to pipe-low with the buttons and use text instead. Maybe you could modify the design a little more; looks more like a handbill. I think the flash on the homepage should just be an image, the flash is kind of distracting . The phone number on the header also looks boring, you can replace with something like sitemap, live-help, in smallsized text( verdana 10px will do)

Browse Issue

I checked it on Firefox 3, there seem to be a little problem with you background images. did you define your BG. in your stylesheet? If you did, add the 'no repeat' property to your BGs.


This is just what i think, not criticising your design.

Good work and better luck.

Law on street trading and illegal stalls

By Punch Editorial board
Published: Tuesday, 1 Jul 2008

AS part of efforts to ensure smooth flow of traffic, the Lagos State Government recently enacted a law banning street trading. The law stipulates that whoever hawks, displays or sells goods or offers any services whatsoever on roads, highways, bridges and public buildings in and around Lagos is liable to a fine of N5,000 or six months’ imprisonment for a first offender and stiffer punishment for subsequent offences. The law also prescribes the same penalty for any person who buys such goods or services.

The same punishment is applicable to any person who establishes or keeps illegal shops; displays, sells or buys goods on pedestrian overhead bridges either in the day or at night in any location in Lagos. Any such displayed goods or items will be forfeited to the state government and subsequently destroyed. The law also bans indiscriminate pasting of posters on sidewalks, bus stops, pedestrian bridges or any public surface.

On the face of it, this law is desirable. Hawking on the roads and trading in the streets have become a big menace not just in Lagos but also in other major cities. Able-bodied youths dash from one end of the highway to another hawking sundry articles. Some of them are kids who should be in school. Some are armed robbers pretending to be traders. At every slight opportunity, they rob their unwary victims of their valuables.

But the government must also examine the socio-economic underpinnings of street trading. Many of these youths are pushed into this illegal business by extreme poverty and joblessness. Some of them are breadwinners not by their own choice but by the harsh realities of existence. They embark on trading on the highways as a last resort because the economy has excluded them and the government has not provided any form of social security or welfare.

To some of them, urban Lagos is a state flowing with milk and honey. They leave their villages for the city in search of greener pasture only to discover, regrettably, that they cannot afford the basic needs of life in a city. Without any reasonable income, a decent house to sleep and money to rent shops, these persons becomes extremely desperate. Those who are not criminally minded find trading in the streets a veritable strategy for survival.

Under normal circumstances, no right-thinking parent will want his or her child to trade on the highway. Apart from being subjected to the hazards of an inclement weather, street traders run the risk of being knocked down by fast moving vehicles. Some of them, especially girls, have fallen into the trap of evil people who either rape them or use them for rituals.

This unregulated trade also constitutes an eyesore to the environment. It poses a threat to the ongoing beautification and landscaping efforts of the Lagos State Government. Some of the traders build their shades directly below high-tension wires. Officials of the state government have already started demolishing such structures in some parts of the state. But so far, they have not been able to dislodge most street traders and highway hawkers.

No doubt, the environment in Lagos needs to be sanitised. But the roots of massive migration into Lagos must also be tackled by all tiers of government. Those who have no business staying in Lagos should be attracted back to villages through a proactive rural development programme. If all aspects of agriculture are developed, Nigerians can be gainfully engaged in food processing without bothering to come to the city only to become social miscreants.

Governments at all levels should also create an environment conducive for small businesses to thrive. If those who rent shops did not have to face sundry levies from state and local governments, many of them will not be pushed into going to the streets and highways to hawk their wares.

javalove,

what has this thread got to do with 'xtians'? Like Muslims don't block roads and throw parties.

Careful

Hey Cargoship, how can i get the product and how much does it cost?

Seun, whats their coverage like in Lagos?

IE Sends Mozilla a New Cake for Firefox 3

June 17, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Filed Under Humor, Mozilla, Technology
57701 people have read this post.

Sean from Microsoft came by just a few minutes ago to drop off a cake for the Internet Explorer team. As people may recall, the IE team sent Mozilla a cake after Firefox 2 shipped and it seems that they wanted to continue the tradition.

Sean and I used to work together and I happened to be the one that saw him as he came in so he presented the cake to me and John Lilly and we then took it around to staff. I think people found it amusing and the “E” portion of the Firefox 2 cake, which is preserved in our freezer to this day, was pulled out for comparison. I must say, the new cake is much nicer (and much less brown) than the old one.


SOURCE: http://www.arcanology.com/2008/06/17/ie-sends-mozilla-a-new-cake-for-firefox-3/

make i talk sef-- STUPID post

epstitch , can you post some stuffs you have done

honsule- i can browse with my phone via GPRS, but can't connect to my PC. I use a Nokia 3110c.

Bayo-Maya - you must think you are a very smart person when it comes to this issue, but that doesn't give you the right to close the thread. A lot of people on nairaland feel they know it all.

Hi Peeps,

i tried connecting to the internet using my celtel , but i got the error message ' subscribe to pack data'. what do i do? How do i get the packet data?

Yeah, why are you selling?

am sure many people have not fully explored CS3 like me. Anyway, whats the difference?

whats your point? Are you suppose to encourage scammers?

Uspry1, i guess you are based in the United States. Are there are round rules on how a web developers charge clients?

Web development pricing

How much would you charge someone to take control of their website design / development? Would you be happy to accept a few hundred dollars for your time? After all, it’s just chucking a few images on a page and pasting in some text. Isn’t it?

Comments needed.

where can i buy back-pack for laptops in Lagos.

"either that or enjoy your protruding gut"
this doesn' t call for that. you dont have to be insulting.OK

whats the best way to slim down/ reduce tummy size apart from doing sit-ups and push-ups? I will like to know if there is any tea like green tea/slimming tea i can take and if it works.

I don't have much time cause i work all days, so i can get an exercise. Suggestions needed urgently.

Thanx

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