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Nigerian constitution allows it, so think again. I don't support it at all though.

please read, http://www.shariah2001.nmnonline.net/yadudu_paper.htm .By Professor Awwalu Yadudu, a professor of Law.

Man are you going to pay for the review? Nothing comes free , and please for future reference, do ask nicely, because this is a favor we are doing, we aren't getting paid to do this Job.

Well here it goes.

Site: http://www.equityportal.com/ :

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I must say it looks professional. But then, there are little things that would have made it standout properly.

First of all your middle content. The style and the way the content are displayed, it looks to plain, I would recommend you contain it, and properly align the middle content.

The sidebar, should have a colored border for the content. Maybe of the same colour with the head.

Then the colour, of the side menus, as in your link style , should be of the same colour with the colour of the headers, green i suppose. The <li> tags should have a colour that blends with the green used in the header preferably plain black or a darker colour of you text.

Send Quick feed back would look better if it is at the main content area, as part of the content of the site, rather than the side. Also the same thing applies with the EBN stock market area on the right, there should be maybe a rotation of the stock , not too wide. then based on the latest update someone can click and it goes to the main content of the stock updates.

The style of "Call our Head Office:" why do use a different colour entirely from the feel of the main site? Just curious, I don't think it should be there too, and if it must be, please make a header bar, and make the colour blend with the other part of the sites.

One more thing why not align the whole entire site to the center?

I guess thats all i can see for now from that site.

Site: www.manifoldventures.com
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First of all i would say you didn't slice the images properly, i guessed you used photoshop .

I think you should do the slicing, but do the HTML yourself, the valigns, divs etc yourself, don't use the automated one that image ready does for you. Because if you look at your flash, it doesn't come together with the main content, there is some slight misalignment when you look at it closely.

Besides your even business solution image, is not properly optimized, or you over expanded it, i really don't feel like checking your source, but i guess its either of the two.

Your drop down menu does not work in firefox , how come?

Your Menus with
Software Applications >>
Hardware Infastructure >>
Consultancy services >>
Other Products Services >>

Doesn't requires a table from a WYSIWYG, i think you should be playing more with simple notepads, creating your tables with no borders, and creating a top menu to describe what the links below is about. Something like a header similar to the first site. News and Events too, consider using a header, background or something different from the menu content. to differentiate it from the news.

Most of your links are dead, i guess still under construction. Well your designs are not bad.

Besides i began to think, it is not 100% original, it is a customized or tweaked template right?

You really need to work on your content colour and blending .

site: www.manifoldventures.com/peopletemp
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Good colour blending, content layout etc. But you should consider containing your content, with the main header. Everything looks scattered. They should come together as part of the site. And work on the side menu too.

The colored text part of the content, you should consider using the orange that you use of Welcome header.

Apart from that i think everything is OK.

Site: http://www.lumenave.com/

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Now this is exactly what i am talking about, why is there no consistencies in your designs? are you doing it alone or a team.
This sites fullfill everything i said before except one.

The content part. You should consider using a image table with slanted edges, that can be achieved with photoshop.

and the spacing between the content container should be at least 5px. it is too close with the table. Apart from that everything is perfect. I would say a wow. Keep up with the good work.

I hope i wasn't too criticizing. You asked for it.

From what i know, Shari-ah can only be implemented in an environment free from corruption, and immorality, from the Islamic perspective. Things like charging someone for crime, requires 3 solid proofs, from people trusted by the community, and with good standings in terms of morals etc, besides that there are other requirements.

So I would say it is abject Hypocrisy. Infact do you know how many brothels they have in Kano, compare to any state in Nigeria? A place like wudil, is flooded with whores, and is well known for serving government officials with special services.

By the way by Islamic rulings, Shari-ah cannot be applied to non-Muslims. So I am really surprised too, on the implementation process. .

Well we accepts bank transfers. <snip> Just PM me if you need further information.

It is designed and hosted by Gendel. A South African Company. http://www.gendel.com/webfiles/html/home/home.asp

that means if he hypotetically began at the age of 18 he would be 38 years now, Minus the number of years in between runs and also miscalculation , before she posted this post. So how true is that?

hahahha u guys sef.

It was on the news , 2 days ago, I suppose?. You should start frequenting tech sites o.

My new tidy desktop. And thanks to yahoo's buyover of konfab, i could get the widgets for free.

You mean a web-based ftp java client? Nope, but you use free secure ftp services such as net2ftp.com.

To All guys that would like to learn php, this is what you should do.

Visit www.w3schools.com, to know the basics terminologies used etc.

Get Xampp, because i wouldn't advise you to do the installation one by one, or you would get discouraged, especially when it comes to the source distributions of the php interpreter for example. But if you are the adventurous type, why not

XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - just download, extract and start. You can download it here. http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

Get a php editor, i would recommend a user friendly open source software, such as PHP Designer 2005, designed by Micheal Pham. PHP Designer 2005 brings you a deployment environment that combines PHP, HTML, XHTML, CSS and SQL (Ingres, Interbase, MSSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Sybase and Standard SQL) packed in one single program with build-in dialogs/wizards, access to common code/script libraries, utilities and procedures in a nice and elegant design.

You can obtain it here. http://www.mpsoftware.dk/downloads.php

Get a good php textbook, I would recommend PHP and Mysql Web Development by Luke Welling and Laura Thomson without thinking twice.

Get a .chm format, copy of the php documentation from php.net and subscribe to their mailing list.

Visit and frequent Php related forums like the one in Dev Network. http://forums.devnetwork.net/ and register, you would need them for learning new things, asking of questions and also solving of problems.

Go to Zend. at http://www.zend.com. and register, and browse through their beginners tutorials.

And last of all, you don't need to even know everything in the textbook. As I see a lot of people memorizing page by page. All you need to know is the basics, and the syntax. When you are coding, you just need to use textbooks and online sources for references and help.

And yes don't forget frequenting www.hotscripts.com to download source codes, of things you would desire to know how it is built, things like CMS etc. It is quite helpful, when you see the style and pattern of good developers.

And don't forget the "Greatest Google" for anything extra. I think i touched almost all the stuff that would be required?

E-marriage concept would be cool, especially when you can apply other technologies such as video live footage of both the bride and the groom all dressed up in their house into the whole process (can be achieved using IP cameras located in different locations of both parties or even simple webcams). But there must still be presence, at least they need to meet up at the end? or everything would be geeky, E love making? , E Children etc? An application of "Sims City" in the real world. My imagination is going wild, O yes !!. Hum that would be crazy though. But I wouldn't be alarmed to see the western world, getting involved in such practice. They are crazy, sometimes !!.

Does it exist now? Hum after doing some research using my Favourite tool "The greatest Google", I found out that, we are totally getting far away from the concept of E marriage.

E-Marriage is an online marriage license application program, which allows you to do all the marriage registration online.

An example is one available at the Clerk's web site at www.ManateeClerk.com. The process begins, When a couple decides to marry, they just have to log on to the web site, at their convenience, and complete the online marriage application. The application then resides in a queue at the Clerk's office for 45 days. Within this 45-day period, the couple must appear together before the Clerk with their proper identification and swear the information they have given is true and accurate to the best of their knowledge-the same steps required of those who fill out a paper application. If the couple does not appear within those 45 days, their application is purged from the system.

"The beauty of our e-Marriage application is that it uses technology to simplify the life of our customers," says R.B. "Chips" Shore, "Getting married is a wonderful event and if e-Marriage can help make the process smoother and more relaxing, it's a service I'm pleased to provide."

Well i guess that is it, it is not a complex system after all.

@ Bioye
Well from what i got and understood from Wikipedia.....

Poverty is the state of being without, often associated with need, hardship and lack of resources across a wide range of circumstances. For some, poverty is a subjective and comparative term; for others, it is moral and evaluative; and for others, scientifically established. The principal uses of the term include:

Descriptions of material need, including deprivation of essential goods and services, multiple deprivation, and patterns of deprivation over time.

Economic circumstances, describing a lack of wealth (usually understood as capital, money, material goods, or resources, especially natural resources). The meaning of "sufficient" varies widely across the different political and economic parts of the world. In the European Union, poverty is also described in terms of "economic distance", or inequality.

Social relationships, including social exclusion, dependency, and the ability to live what is understood in a society as a "normal" life: for instance, to be capable of raising a healthy family, and especially educating children and participating in society.

No enough food = Poverty? you guys don't fail to amaze me with your funny concepts. Why do we attach things like unavailability of food etc as the basic indication of poverty?

Bioye, just curious, are you located in Nigeria? I mean i saw the Lagos, Nigeria . But still your concept is quiet funny sha. Mechanics are not in the SME categories but Being a Farmer or Agriculturist is? Man you need to travel overseas and see what Mechanics, look like, I think i even underrated them by categorizing them in the SME category.

Infact I would classify being a farmer or Agriculturist is in the Big Business category. And importation of food has nothing to do with poverty, infact some countries that have a higher standard of living such as even the greatest USA, still imports food, even with the big time farmers they have in that country.

I think you need to do interview people suffering from poverty, and ask what really their problem is. Is it just the food?

I would say your screen size, does not matter in getting what you want to achieve, what matters is your refresh rates, besides thats not even much considered, as long as you follow some techniques in your designs.

You just need to make sure that when you design websites, you use stretched out layouts. Designing stretch layouts that fit any screen resolution ensures that you know all your visitors see a visually appealing and professional site. Your designs should be able to fit the screen for all resolutions when the maximized button is clicked.

To test what i mean, try out a fixed width site in all resolutions (especially higher than 1024x768) and see how empty and unprofessional it looks.

Some information you should know.
Viewer Statistics

* There are more than 40 different screen resolutions.
* 1024x768 is the most popular resolution used (getting the lions share of around 60%) followed by 1280x1024 and above (around 25%) and 800x600 (around 14%). 98% of users have 800x600 and above resolution, thus, 800x600 can be taken as the minimum resolution the site should fit (other lower resolution are seldom used).


How to go about Achieving a professional website for all resolutions

You need to use stretch layouts, and for the stretch layouts you need to give the width of the table(s) in percentage.

To make your design fit the whole screen for any resolution - You should give the outer of most table(s) 100% width. If your design can be made to have just one outer table then it can be given a height of 100% to expand and fill the browser space vertically.

To make only the content area to expand do the following. After the outer most table is given the width in percentage all inside cells should be given fixed widths in pixels except the content cell. If the content cell width is left blank the site will expand in all resolutions, however this will work well only for Internet Explorer.

For Browser compatibilities such as Netscape, the content area cell is given 99% width (this just makes sure all unfilled area is taken up by the content) and at least one cell in the fixed width columns have an image or spacer image with the given width.


If you like the fixed width concept or are forced to have a fixed width, you can give a contrasting background color and/or a shadow effect/border to the table to make it stand out. These effects can also be used along with the stretch layout concept by giving the table width as 90 or 95 percent.

I hope this information was helpful.

yeah, they should be able to give access, if you know how to get permissions to use them, for informational proposes. And yes i think they do have a server for that. And yes I might be interested.

By the way the problem with ideas is everybody actually thinks of it, but in Implementation of that idea is where we make a difference. You can always think of an idea , Everybody just has it up there.

hum what do you really have in mind. We are all ears. So feel free .

joftech:
How many people will be willing to pay for this service, we Nigerians like free stuffs and that's why our image is well dented on the Net. Also the infrastructures that will need to be put in place will gulp a whole lot of money.

With such a mindset, i don't really know what to say. I was told worse, when i wanted to start a web hosting company for Nigeria. And So far, i have no complains. Infact I would say, Thank you Nigerians. I am really impressed by the way you guys spend online.

One thing you must know is that , you really do not need a huge infrastructure to run a online presence, be it capital wise or even office wise. A lot of people get the idea wrong, that you need millions to invest online. No!! No!!. Most of the money would be spent on the coding, and infact even paying people for hourly data entries wouldn't be expensive, especially when you get partime workers. All you need is a boot, near the stock exchange market, and some connections with inside brokers to get the real data's within.

Would Nigerians pay for the service? Oh yes, they would pay. If the price is reasonable, if your target is to satisfy every single stock exchange trader. That was the complains of many people, but people are still investing blindly, why do you think, they wont pay something reasonable like 100 Naira monthly to earn thousands? Now we are not talking about one regular trader. we are talking about at least 50,000 different individuals all over Nigeria, who trade daily in stocks.

Infact if you include extra services such as specific stock monitoring via sms services, that would open extra avenue for a lot of guys such as students who want to make extra bucks, by gambling in stocks.

Would the companies complain, if you render such services such as giving the companies tradings in real time? By regulations, they are supposed to declare tradings in public. So I don't think that is a problem. There is nothing like close door dealings in the stock market, especially when there is public offerings.

In terms of the plans, not really. Over here in Malaysia, it is a mixture, Even i think there are more duplex, terrace, and bungalows than condominiums or even apartment, just that the houses locations are well planned. You don't find industries etc near residential areas.

But as u said , WIMAX, that would really be some leap frogging. I do agree with you in terms of the current plans in terms of residential locations etc.

Allow me to add.

Anybody that can walk away, from any of the ladies, without even thinking twice.

Maybe the stepmum don win . Guys are desperate to travel abroad o. Jocking

Just as you stated, the primary reason for the wide acceptance of fiber-optic cable over geostationary satellites is the immunity of the fiber-optic cable to electromagnetic interference.

An additional factor was the elimination of one-half second or longer delays associated with the use of geostationary satellites caused by the 50,000 plus miles the signal had to travel during transmission.

Today, most geostationary satellites are used for television and data transmissions that are insensitive to transmission delays especially in developed countries. The issue on the pricing, where did you get your information? Just curious? Developing countries such as some asian countries have the cheapest broadband connection and their main backbone is fiber optics. As an example, Over here is malaysia for a 1MB/512KB Download/Upload cost only approx 3200 Naira, for unlimited usage monthly.

Now the question is for such a high Upload/Download rate can you get that at home with a VSAT technolgy?

Now there are a lot of applications such as VOIP and even Teleconferencing, that does not accomodate any delays in transmission for a smooth transmission. And therefore using VSAT, just does not come into place. Well as a friend of mine has said before. You would tell how a country is developed by the speed of the internet connections at peoples homes in that country.

You see one thing you must understand is, with a high demand, of such service, that is everybody having it at home at a cheaper price, the price would drastically drop, because maintanance cost is low, and thus more backup lines would be layed. And that is in the sense of Fiber Optics. I think, it would be more better, if you do some research in that relation.

We need to move on. And yes Nigerias should go ahead and subscribe for Fiber Optics connection, I want to cut my bills in Calling Nigeria.

It hasnt, my apologise. Can we begin? Starting a business (for entrepreneurs) ??

I would say build a business plan, and the achitechture of the system, then follow up your design to the later. Easy for me to say, but still the low success rate of newly established businesses in the world, speaks for it self.

hum still chasing one. . thats how long.

Cheap and not cheap mentality abi. Hum not all men. But i love sophisticated, hard to get type. But my reasons has nothing to do with cheap or not cheap. Just that, i love adventure, and stubborn ladies, that eventually melt.

joftech:
Don't you know that step-moms don't want anything good for their rivals children.

This is not true, I do have a step mom, and she treats me and my brothers, just the way she treats her own child. I am not from a polygamous home, for futher curiosity.

by the way Joseph, went to jail if i am not mistaken

chai what are they selling there? Ghanian ladies? . Well Nigerian ladies rock, seems all of the ladies there prepared for the pics !! They need to work on the top flash. It is not well placed, too expanded. Besides that, it looks like a normal CMS site.

thank Goodness she didnt say it is Sinful

joftech:
The major cause of unemployement in Nigeria is basically what i see as the over population of job seekers.

Good points raised. And of course this is the problem, too many job seekers than the jobs available. And your solution is

Nigerian graduates must also try to get their hand dirty, and stop seeing people that are doing some SME as illiterates, if they can apply what they have learned "if any" in school, they can make their own SME to be a role model for others to emulate. Please allow me to add more points to that

For those that do not know what SME is. SME is Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, such as the mechanic in your neighborhood etc. Why can't a graduate with mechanical engineering for example, start something of that nature, and use his skills fully Well i guess they want the prestege of working in a company, just pushing papers around.

joftech:
Some vital information that investors need to be able to make good tradings on the stock exchanges are just not there.

Most of the data and information on the Nigerian Stock Exchange website are not up to the minute, so how does one make informed judgement about a company's health.

Well entrepreneur's in the house, this is a very potential area, dont you think? This is an area that needs exploring. Real time stock exchange, information rendering. Forget the Stock Exchange website and just start you own, with real time feeds, and charge members reasonable fees, and have partnership with stock brokers for example to be providing the extra services, such as buying and selling stocks. Thanks joftech, for making this known.

joftech:
Kazey, now i know you don't really know what is obtainable here in Nigeria today, is it just so easy to get a job in bank in Nigeria these days.

Can you quote me, where i said specifically that it is easy to get a job in the banks in NIgeria? I was giving you an example, there, besides if i may re quote what i said, here it goes again.

kazey:
He is a graduate, who has the potential [/b]of getting employed into[b] any flexible industry such as the banking sector, that does not have anything to do with computer science degree, thats another.

So where did i say, you can easily get a job? Of course i know that there are too many graduates than the jobs available in Nigeria. And reallym you are going off topic. No offense.

Is Billy your role model? In your aspiration for entrepreneurship? Good, I don't take him as a role model. He is just the richest man in the world, that controls, the most successful software company in the world.

I do not agree to the fact that you have to deny yourself the simple comfort of life, just because you want to be an entrepreneur.

joftech:
There is a guy in Michael le Boeuf’s “The millionaire in you” he could not “afford” cable TV in his home, and even have to watch the stock quotes in the evening in a neighbors house. He died with millions in his investment portfolio, and he did not even have Cable TV. He made a sacrifice there, or do you think he did not have one because he can’t afford it.

Hum what was he trying to prove? How to be a stingy millionaire and die with your millions??. Well i was taught in my upbringing to live according to my means. If I have money, I should spend it. If I don't have, I should manage. That is sacrifice in life to me. You missed the whole point of sacrifies honestly, if you call being stingy sacrifice, i have nothing futher to say. But as far as i know it is not denying yourself, the comfort in life or even university education.

Thank you bros Imnakoya. You said it all.