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tensazangetsu20:
Bros you need to be selling these things men. They will move on themeforest.

Once I finish am... i go really consider am.

qtguru:
It's why I left web design, I used to design websites, but in Nigeria it was seen like artisan work , Plugin Development and others are more lucrative

And all these marketplace theme and tools.
I dey reason enter shopify custom storefront with their newly released Hydrogen Commerce Framework.

tensazangetsu20:
Omho the mentality in Nigeria is sickening. I remember someone asking me to build them a jamstack car auction site. Showed me some well made american ones, I charged him 500k he ran away. Looking back with that I know now that the project won't fly for less than 3 million. Good UI UX designers are very very expensive.

It's just only a few people that can design and still code their designs, add animation, do SEO plus other small small thing. Remembering the mobile first design culture.

Omo it's not a bad thing to show off sometimes.
Oya see...
https://www.figma.com/file/UyL6Bl9gkB2JJT0mVbqoS7/Vehicle-Vin-Check?node-id=18%3A887

That's what I designed myself on FIGMA

Now I'm coding through that design (frontend and backend) or JAMstack
https://ongad.ng

The one I have locally has gone far in design than this sha.. na to commit e remain, make the CI/CD pipeline do him own work.

These are things I'd rather use my time for than doing a project that won't benefit me.

AdeOri99:
PropertyPro beat yours, in fact, I find nothing wrong in most Nigerian website examples you posted, stop comparing, no design is bad.

I'd so much love to agree with you that no design is bad. But bro!!! That's a fat lie. There are terrible designs. Even me sef dey fó for some really sweet UI/UX bro. We can only be honest to ourselves so as to improve. Why do you think we have W3Awards if there are no bad designs.?

Oya na post one Nigerian government website for there and seek for votes. No whine me ooo

tensazangetsu20:
Omho men but what of private businesses. See that innoson website. It was designed by a digital agency in this Lagos. That agency has also made a lot of websites for big Nigerian companies see how they are all rubbish. See jumia. See Konga. See spar. See ShopRite. Compare them all to their foreign counterparts. The difference between them all is like day and night.

Even indigenous oil and gas companies in Nigeria compare their websites to their foreign counterparts like ExxonMobil Shell chevron and co. There's always a world of difference.

Two things I can say here... either they are way too cheap or they just don't care.
Someone wanted me to revamp his wix website. An executive private jet coy here in lagos.

Well, seeing the business model and looked through some UK, US based kinda that business. I showed the dude the examples, baba asked me if I could pull it off.. I responded by saying, but I am the one who showed it to you.

When I gave him bills, first he lamented it was in USD, secondly he said it was way way way over his budget. He was hoping to get the job done for less than $300... for something I even considered that we are in Nigeria... how he went from $1500 to $300
Omo mehn I no fit. I'd rather use that time and play fifa or watch American Dad, or kukuma start learning another framework. Make hungry kii me if e want. It's better than those kinda client that'd disturb your life with unreasonable talks.
Some people just can't afford it, while some just don't care.

Lol @ innoson website. Even the agency website get as e be. Compare am to this https://bendingspoons.com/
Or a few more out there.

Nigerians believe spending money developing or making their website look clean and crisp is a waste of resources. Well, who am I to argue with them.

There's a different between a tailored solution and regular stuffs. And 90% of websites here in 9ja are not custom made.

Omor if Nigerians could start seeing a different light to these stuffs, we'd be in better positions rather than seeking remote roles.
Wait until you have to start explaining to some the importance of the server their site is hosted on.

I run a private, managed server for my good clients that doesn't give me headache. Others, I let them choose out of the numerous out there. It's that simple. What I manage, I manage well.


We're talking about those one cos it's ugly, what of the ones wey no get atall and those their own was created far back 2008

Let me contribute my own token of experience with the government website. This story is sadly true.

I was at federal secretariat abuja sometime early 2020. I was quite opportune to see some people who'd promise you heaven and earth just because they are seeing you. But once you leave... Pele my dear.

So, talk dey bring talk and I mentioned what I do and surprisingly, this dude asked to see my portfolio. I went ahead to show him my work then. He was amazed and impressed, and I mentioned to him, the pandemic of all Nigerian government websites. The guy laughed and laughed... he said my brother, there are things in this country no single individual has the power to change.
He took me to one of the offices and greeted a guy there, me sef I follow greet the guy.

Hahhaah... when we came out, he said to me, that's the guy doing your job. And he went ahead to open the current url the guy was working on. Omorrrr... the thing be like curse. I said, shey you see you can't compare my work with what is done here, that he should let me bring in something better since he obviously affirmed mine was 100x better and he smiled and said, he wishes he had that power to make such decisions. He said, shebi I see say na their brother dey do my work too... ?

He opened up a file and showed me an outline and said every website within the government sector MUST follow a particular templating system(color theme, font, images, design pattern and all...). If you deviate in any way, na you know ooo. And from what I saw, I'm sure that template guideline was introduced when Nigeria gained her independence.

Truth is, in the Government, the capable ones are either not picked or kept very quiet while working with the people that owns it.

And when you're picked as the capable one, it's just like US military for certain immigrants... you no fit reach a particular level lai lai.

This dude said to me that he practically does all the work while his boss just party and live life as a f**King minister.

From the templating system you need to follow, down to people doing the work. My brother no be our country be this. Who ever told you we are equals anyway? But finally, what to do?

The dude that we had the long discussion is a yoruba guy, my first time of meeting him and baba was so down to earth and welcoming., I only accompanied a lady down there and that's where I saw people chopping our money without sense. Agonising really.

That was even when I first heard about the national youth empowerment fund even before it was publicised I guess. Thinking I'd jump on the opportunity.... But in this country, you got to know some top top people that owns the country ooo otherwise you no go win any contract or office ooo! Even the dude was on a becareful mode...

So all government websites being ugly and static are actually very intentiional.

Bro! Give it time. The evil bots will bypass it. I remember battling those crazy spam bots back then. Omor, all my implementation, these things still bypassed.
I had to embed some bot bait input fields... honestly it stopped for a while but then, it didn't take long for them to come back again.
Moving forward derived 2 ways to permanently stop them.

1. Using a preregistration form that asks for a users number and do an otp confirmation for the new onboarding members. (Make I see as bot wan take get OTP)

2. Second working solution was to use cloudflare ddos attack 4seconds delay page. I'm sure you all see that pages in most websites these days telling you to wait before loading up a page. That's them confirming you aren't a bot
And if you are, cloudflare will frustrate you with their reloads.

Kai... spam bots.

Op...you can download anything of any size right inside your RDP... I know you like the speed. (who no like better thing)
But you can't transfer those files to your 127.0.0.1

You need data to move those file from your rdp to you own host computer.

Unless you plan to use the downloaded file within the RDP, don't download it using the RDP

How about you just learn "bootstrap" rather than just put your focus on it's versions.
Learn any UI framework/utilities you can grasp.
scss, sass, tailwind, material... anything bro.
Your focus should just be, knowing the bare minimum you need for a fully functional project.

You project/portfolio is a proof of your knowledge.

The first time I used Silverstripe, that's still the last time I used that CMS. I didn't decline, rather I took a 5hour crash course and bam. I was modifying that CMS like say na my papa do am.

For the fact I knew basic php, js and css.
(WP, Magento, codeigniter, laravel and the likes...)
I just knew it's all about syntax and paradigm for each and every one of them.

To all my niggas hustling legitimately, taking the bull by the horn... your rewards no be here... keep the faith on,, keep the good work going.

Nothing pays more than being real.

You'll also learn a great deal by doing...

arejibadz:
thanks this worked

It will bro. And as a matter of fact. Hold on to it as you'll get to see and use it more often in your journey... you no fit escape am

Learn am... the three of them especially.

Map
Filter
Reduce

There must be a network traffic bro.
Hence, you MUST use data.

What happens when you turn off your mobile data?

Mating...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NjK0HyAmVU

Parents...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJK3rJBSlpg

The pups will be 5weeks tomorrow Monday the 3rd.
Now open to booking but will be ready for their new homes by 8weeks minimum. I no dey rush sell puppy.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzpfmHb8aA8?

Greed, stupidity and being evil doesn't have a tribe... na as e take sweet you.

The life itself na sweety! Do as you like until you jam am!

iCauseTrouble:
By their beards you shall know them.
I just say make I cause small trouble

I get beards ooo...but it's quite unfortunate... human heart dey deep

Short answer... NO



Long answer... NOOOOOOOOOOOO

Just pick it up bro... you'll be happy you did. We're never too old to learn. I've read about someone starting at 42 and you're 12 years younger.
Now what do you think?

@op

It's a man's world bro! What you do afterwards determines.
Some would say I am heartless... only if they knew how sweet I was so many many years ago.

The only thing that arouses me these days is the sweet thoughts of solving problems and helping people.
Woman show person shege...
My ability was their inability... these days my inability na still their inability. Man no die man no rotten after all the beautiful one are yet to be born.

If you don't gerrit forgerrit.

@op... Sha, don't stop being good ooo cos you sound like a very good man. It's her loss not yours.
Afterall, na you dey pay the freaking bills. So wtf!!!

Now you know how it feels when you women overstay your welcome too...

Is this one even a gf? You see why some real niggy's no get gf and no wan marry?

Na like this?
Where's the loyalty?
The last part sold you out gurl... These B**tchies ain't loyal *in Chris Brown's Voice*

Sugar don finish ba?

Plenty room for improvement.
Take up your css course bro. Take it up real good.

Mod

Bia everyone saying it's about how he spends the 50k
I use God beg you, educate me on how best to spend this 50k cos I don't seem to be doing so well.

Please I need candid advice biko.

Modify: I'm still single though incase!

Terrier99:
Thanks man. Learnt a lot from you.

You're a wise man bro. Thank you too.

We live to learn... death is, when we stop learning.

Terrier99:
Dog food

Be grateful you're able to afford what you can.
I was feeding my dogs one Saturday morning, a construction worker walked up to me and said "bros, I use God beg you, the food wey u dey give these dogs so, I know say na kitchen you bring am from... abeg, you fit give me small?...I dey hungry, I neva chop since yesterday and our people neva pay us".

I smiled and said, you won't eat this. I emptied my pocket and gave this guy the cash I had on me and kept just 1k... I'm sure he is older than I am. The guy knelt down and started praying and crying. Immediately, I cautioned him to get up and don't do that again... the money I gave him would feed him for a week or more.
No matter how low it feels and look, never look down on anything.

The only thing I told him was... he should never hesitate to help anyone whenever he feels he's capable.

Well, what am I even saying... e fit be say you be ajebo... you won't recognise real life if you see it. I'm a survivor.

@OP You obviously do not have any technical knowledge on these.
Secondly, no one offered to help you directly.

So here's what I'll do... If you can, send me your Cpanel and WP login details.

I will debug and solve the issue for you if it hasn't been sorted yet.

I go fix am for you. No post any detail for here o! we'll communicate via email if you accept my help.

tensazangetsu20:
This is a portfolio damn. I hope you have started applying to jobs already. This is what I tell people all the time. Have been saying this for months on end.

Honestly, not quite. I still do have that imposter syndrome sometimes o... The only job I applied for was about 4months ago and I was forced to learn things just to scale through. I tried completing 4 out of 7 of the task. I submitted it like that. Yes, I did not get the job but they gave me some study resources to start with and encouraged me re-apply in six months' time. Honestly, that experience opened my eyes.

I don't have any problem working with WordPress, Magento, Opencart, practically any/all CMS' but that isn't enough for me.

I want something different and solid. lol, I even have my own private hosting server. (So, I do server management too amongst every other thing ( https://pdhosts.com ) I use this solely for my clients and not for the public. They never experience downtime or any server-related issue as I am always here to catch and fix anything. I have over 30 websites hosted on it ) I even built and configured some private server for some people who wants their own private space.

That aside, I have this PHP (Laravel) project that checks the VIN of any car for free http://autocartalk.herokuapp.com/

Because I want something better, I started a React/Nextjs version of it.
Here's the basic Figma design of it: https://www.figma.com/file/UyL6Bl9gkB2JJT0mVbqoS7/Vehicle-Vin-Check?node-id=18%3A887

And here's the design I'm working on using chakra UI for the first time.: https://vinfrontend./ dot app (nairaland dey comot the tld extention)

The idea is to just keep building stuffs in my free time and now it's turning into a habit.

Thanks for the compliments bro.

@op ask if you could use JAMstack approach... that's working with Headless cms... you could use any of them out there, personally I love Sanity.io and strapi.

With these approach I think you can do this... writing DB schemas isn't that difficult if you understand it.

After which you can easily consume the Endpoints using REST or GraphQL... why I'd always go with GraphQL is, it already have a simple approach to all you just mentioned.
Filtering, Sorting, and the likes...
Generally, what you should do for every job invite is to actually do what you were sent even though you aren't going to work with them or finish the project in their own time. It increases your understanding of what to expect in the future.

I remember trying to solve the problem I received from a Polish company, I kuku jam more problems, and beautiful solutions to accelerate the tasks. Today when a person talks about DB and their schema, I know what to do.
That's how I got to learn something like FaunaDB, then I come jam another solution like Hasura and a few others including Sanity.io GROQ. To keep it simple, you can use Postgres via hasura or kukuma go with mongodb

Just give it try if you aren't doing anything for now... comot mind for the work work do you thing. You'd see how you'll automatically start using all these right of the box.

https://www.daniel-dozie.dev/

This is my portfolio website that I'm working on.
All the texts and images are all on sanity. So basically I had to consume the data from the Endpoints using groq or graphql...

Built it right off my head without any design inspiration... using React/Nextjs with typescript, and Tailwind UI... now I comfortably use most UI frameworks. I'm working on another personal project using the same stack but this time with Chakra UI... In 24hours, I already know how to work with chakra...


the idea is to keep improving. No knowledge is a waste.