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Aligning tables to "center" isn't something easily replicated in css, esp if you're beginner.

To do this to a div, use the following code:

#divcenter {
margin:0 auto;
width:902px;
}

This will give a div of 902px wide aligned to the center.

too bad. but if you do find a solution do please contribute to the thread. Or you could ask cmon. he was working on the same. Not sure what came out of it.

There's a one i've used - and it worked. But you need to register an account with them, which they'll use to credit every sms transaction.

I tried it so a an sms app i was developing at one time and it went well. Be warned though, the site's design might discourage you.

Web2SMS Pro Developer API:
http://web2smspro.com/developers.asp

Main Website:
http://web2smspro.com/

Hope this works

It matters. A lot. Most of the web services we use (and the coys that were awarded the contract) are the result of an exhaustive selective process where merit/connections (who you worked for/portfolio for big names in the country) are the "aces in the game", so to speak. A friend who is in a key position in a contract to be awarded becomes a valuable ally in the war of wits, tact, and the bureaucratic nature of the client.

When a competent coy secures it, everyone's happy - and talk about it like Nigeria is moving forward (True). Otherwise, we get a thread with "posts of wonder" on how top managerial people could sign off a project so badly developed it looked like someone converted broken splashed eggs and stale bread into pixels with only on browser in mind.

But then, that's politics. Web Developers must either master (or delegate to) managerial/negotiating skills in they want to take it to the next level. And good service to back it up.

Now I'm Officially disappointed. _{*Storms out*}

I test all my sites on FF, IE7 and IE6, especially in that order. For benefit of the thread you can use HTML Conditionals to select a stylesheet based on what browser the surfer is using. This is perhaps the only thing that prevents me from stabbing the IE Developement Team.

<!--[if IE 6]><link href="<style-internet6.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /><![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 7]><link href="style-internet7.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /><![endif]-->
<![if !IE]><link href="style-other.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /><![endif]>

"<![if !IE]>" is for browsers other than Internet Explorer.

Or, rather than using complete seperate stylesheets, you use the import command with the IE conditional statement (Say you want to import styles for only IE6 for an IE6 Browser).

EG:

<!--[if IE 6]>
<style type="text/css" media="screen">
<!--
@import url("ie6-hack.css";
-->
</style>
<![endif]-->

the @import url("ie6-hack.css"; string must be written in this syntax to target IE version 6 and lower

For Testing Multiple IE versions at a time (WIN XP Only), you could use Multiple IE.

Hope this helps.

PS: For those who want to take it one crazy step further, head to BrowserShots. If you submit a URL they'll generate screenshots for your website in over 50 Browsers spanning Linux, Windows, Mac and BSD.

Finally somebody gets it!!

Love the clean layout. Not much to distract the eyes.

Other than what Yawa and Cmon have said, you could create external files for non-html codes (.css and .js files) and link them to your page. that way the changes made to these would reflect on all pages at the same time.

Wonderful. Good Job.

_{these days if anyone says your stuff looks like a template its most likely it's very good they don't believe a naija man did it. They forget Naija is getting better. kudos}

ownedbyme:
Please nairalanders share experience from using those Cards online.

Very true. Most of the banks did this because they were the sitting ducks whenever people took action. Interswitch is simply a link between you and the bank, and until there's a better line of defense, i can't see them reactivating them anytime soon. but rest assured, when they do reactivate, it would be much harder to conduct online fraud. There are solutions, but it will take time.

1) The logo is nice, but frankly i think you can do without the bold  "pinnacle aquasystems ltd" you have there. seriously. the space it occupies can stay, though.

2) Every time i pass the cursor over a link, the entire page "shakes". This isn't easy on the eyes and gets tiring after a while.  simple hover states should suffice

3)The intro text should be the next thing after the logo and "pinnacle aquasystems" (which seems kind of repetitive). The flash at the left could be a simple plain text H1 tag (easier for one to know what your site is about and better for SEO ranking too.) The banner image could be split into smaller images than can be floated/aligned to the right.

4) the colour combination of the navigational links isn't the best. a solid blue like the one you have in the background is much better for a higher contrast.

5) the text expands after the first paragraph. not nice on the eyes. it should have a uniform width. that way extra content can go under the navigation.

6) Now that i look at it, the background does look very familiar (no vex)

7) Looked up your source code, you could export your javascript to an external file, just the same way you did for your css styles.

Lastly, when you're comfortable, you should move to DIV/CSS. you get cleaner code, reduce page size by over 60%, and makes your site more SEO friendly.

Hope all these help

Disclaimer: All advice given in good faith

cmon:
all these ones na long tin!

LOL - But that's how reCaptcha works na. Besides, aren't you the one i think wants to reinvent the wheel? And Security is always a "long tin" at the end of the day

Stumbled on this, thought it might be useful for customization: http://www.codewalkers.com/c/a/Miscellaneous/Creating-a-CAPTCHA-with-PHP/

kingandrew:
raila odinga is the prime minister of kenya or so,whats the relation?

I thought as much - the article earlier posted had the answer:

A fourth year IT student at Polytechnic Aonenji Jere corroborated the fears but dispelled the news that the virus might have been sourced from his college.

“I saw formation of the virus, there is a figure 89 it’s an American website. I suspect the man who first downloaded the virus was viewing this site together with other news websites.

“I suspect after viewing 89, he did not realize that he had downloaded dangerous viruses and he went on to read news stories particularly about Raila Odinga and as a result the virus packed itself in Raila Odinga text, thus carrying that name, that is what normally happens with viruses,” he said.

http://www.itnewsafrica.com/?p=1206

MANUAL REMOVAL METHOD

I've suffered this many times. Thing is Windows does an autoplay for any removable disk by looking for any "autorun.inf" file in it. Viruses exploit this to their advantage by instructing the autorun file to point to the virus. Best bet? disable autorun altogether.

This is also helpful if you're not sure a removable device is "clean" and is plugged.

You can disable autoplay in these steps:

PREVENTION PROCESS

1 - enter "gpedit.msc" (no quotes) in the run command
2 - A dialog box will pop up - change the settings as shown in the images below
3 - That's it! Even if an infected flash is plugged to your system, it won't autorun the infection (but double clicking will, though)

REMOVAL PROCESS

The viruses are marked as hidden and system files so depending on your AV, it might not detect it. No worry though - this is a manual removal

1 - Plug the suspect in your system (make sure you've disabled autorun first)
2 - Go to the Run Command and type the letter of the drive followed by a colon eg: e: Scroll down to the last file. Keep this window open!
3 - Now go to the Run Command and type "cmd" (no quotes) to bring up the MS-Dos Console.
4 - At the command prompt, type the letter of your drive followed by a colon eg: e:
5 - At the drive prompt, type "attrib -h -s" (no quotes). Press enter (This removes the attributes of the viruses to expose them )
6 - If your explorer window of the drive is open and in view, you'll see the extra files/viruses. Your AV might suddenly detect/remove them, or you can simply select them and hit the delete key.

Hope this helps.

cmon:
But how are these systems really created? I mean, how do they develop the images randomly. I've seen these on many other sites. Well, I guess we'll have to settle with the one we see. Thanks webMonk.

Well, you could reinvent the wheel, but if it ain't broke,

To the last question, IMHO, the basics in a nutshell is for the script to compare if what is written in the textfield tallies with what text for the image displayed is correct. Of course the image displayed is selected randomly using php.

beyond that, if you're really up for it, you could add a https connection string between the script and the server so the connection to the images is secure and the algorithm isn't reverse engineered.

Personally, i think you're best off with what you have.

Mustay:
NOTICE TO OUR ONLINE READERS
On Thursday September 18, 2008, the PUNCH website (www.punchontheweb.com or www.punchng.com) was invaded by unknown hackers who identified themselves in an un-authorized statement they posted on the site as "a group of hackers in Nigeria".

The group boasted that it had "logged out all (PUNCH on-line) system administrators and taken full control of the website’s CMS (i.e. content management system) so that this article (i.e. their un-authorized statement) isn’t edited and scrambled". It went on to make some claims on security issues in Nigeria. As soon as this was brought to our attention, our technical team went to work at once, reclaimed control of the site and deleted the embarrassing statement.

The PUNCH management wishes, therefore, to categorically disown the said un-authorized statement and to declare that it neither knows this "group of hackers in Nigeria" nor has any relationship of any kind with it.

We are doing everything in our power, and within our resources, to permanently exclude the hackers from the PUNCH website. Also, we assure our teeming readers, whose unprecedented traffic to the site the hackers claimed made them chose the PUNCH for hacking, that our on-line services will continue to be available.

Management

Where was i when this action movie took place? Ha!

Well, someone else beat me in the best summary on the issue

Bottom line – spend the time upfront to test your pages and give your users the best experience possible. Otherwise, get ready to save face and risk losing your well earned reputation when something goes wrong.

Group of Hacker ko, Group of hacker ni 

cmon:
How can one avoid the submission of forms to db or emails by these bots. I've heard of reCaptcha but is there some other professional way of doing it? like the one you see while signing up to yahoo where you see just the image?

It's a nasty scenario, I feel you. After fighting a war with them, the best solution is the combination of the following:

1) Front End validation (Using Javascript - if the bot doesn't fill all the fields)
2) Back End validation (Php/Server end validation - If javascript is not enabled)
3) Captcha (If the bot fills all the fields)

The captcha is your last line of defense. I use a free one that's like yahoo and is free (See Example)

hope this helps.

jackblade:
let see how the hackers of psp will break the new psp security and firmware man that will be a battle to see.
David vs Goliath and david is still winnig this battle.

, and before you know it we'll start hearing rumors of PSP-4000. Na terminator series?

IMHO, the main purpose is very much the same as the PSP-2000; get a slightly better system that's more Hack Proof. then games after the 3000 will force people to upgrade. Then everyone looks back and realizes the people who are enjoying the best part of the deal are THOSE with hacked 1000s and 2000s. Sweet Irony.

Guess that means we ain't seeing a PSP successor anytime soon.

affee:
it works.
I had a LDR for 8years. I am married to him now.
and I tell you guys he was faithful all through.
Just have faith in youselves.

well - other than counting yourself one of the lucky ones in the millions, i personally salute you, since it requires effort.

Personally, anyone that can avoid it should. not everyone's cut out from the same block. and given our society today the meek/innocent/naive at heart are easily crushed.

We've thrashed this topic thoroughly in a previous thread

so called "wrong" or "right" - consider the damage on our own system. Six of the major banks have locked their ATM Cards for online transactions due to online fraud. This more or less puts effective ecommercen (and sustainable developement) to a standstill till they resolve the issue. That isn't progress.

<removed>

Dual Core:
oh wait, heaven knows i'm not goinno be putting the chrome into consideration when building for the web, IE is enough headache.

LOL. It took a lotta courage for me view own blog in it. Sadly, it's odd that it's painful _{(after making it valid in IE6, IE7 and FF prior to chrome)}  

@Dual Core you no try at all. LOL

ok xheggs, you've beaten me on the chrome buzz.

Horatio Cane, leader of CSI Miami!!!!

Ok - A minus!

Chrome doesn't support mouse wheel scrolling! _{(clicking the mouse wheel in to smooth scroll up/down a page)}

Keep em coming people. this thing rocks!

New things i love amongst others:

1- Paste and go: Rather than pasting and hitting the go button or enter key, it pastes the URL and goes straight to it!
2- Connection status via rotating icon: Has anyone noticed how the rotation animation beside the tab title acts? If it's connecting to a resource, it rotates a slow anit-clockwise, if it's downloading from the resource, it goes fast clockwise. It's minute, but it helps to see if you're browsing or not.

Wow. see the gist i didn't think would catch the buzz. oh well, my bad.

Call it the Google effect, but I'm feeling the chrome SERIOUSLY! Although It reads CSS a bit differently _{(small "damn"}

I've done a review of sorts. Comments are welcome.

I guess what's tripping everyone now is how good it is as a first beta (you gotta admit) It just goes to show how a company combines tech and business (like hydrogen and oxygen) and boom!

_{wonder how microsoft will respond to this. ah well}

Need for speed most wanted.
god of war: chains of olympus
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja hereos
Super Collapse 3!
Chameleon
Burnout Domination
Syphon Filter: Dark mirror

hmmmmmmm, tch! That's one more for the testing board. But it'll be a while before it hits mainstream. Just goes to show in this day and age, if you don't do your homework, someone else will.

Can't say i'm an expert in SEO, so i'll ask how does one achieve the effect below?

A2J:
I just read the official annocement from sony that psp-3000 will begin selling from october this year, but am about to buy my own psp-2000 slim this monday, is 3000 series worth waiting for as it only have little differences from 2000 series and if it will be selling during october,that means have to wait till 2009 before it gets to nigeria.

what you say?

I think you're better off with the PSP 2000. My reasons:

1) People who have the PSP 2000 are more likely to have a higher firmware (3.7 and above), which makes it harder to hack (though it is possible). Having the PSP3000 means it'll come natively with something like 4.01, where Sony would have blocked the necessary holes/vulnerabilities required to hack it. That means you're stuck to buying UMDS at 4 grand per game (eeek!)

2) Having a hacked PSP (Say PSP1000 or PSP2000, but preferably 1000), gives you the benefits of running UMDS, homebrew applications, custom themes, PSP roms, combined with playing the latest games. in a nutshell, you can have a custom firmware of 3.90 (CFW 3.90) that will play games that require the official version of 3.90

hope this helps. Good luck, and happy Gaming! _{Grabs his PSP and gives it a hug}

3) If you're really worried about the best of both worlds, go for the PSP2000. Just make sure you buy it hacked. I don't like bothering myself when i've bought a console. The PSP 2000 has more RAM

Nasty!

But from the creditor's point of view, he must have concluded he won't be able to collect his debt after her marriage _{(feels somehow to me sha)}. so he beat her to it.

But seriously, the debt must have been worth the hassle for the guy sha. Imagine! _{(life no easy o!)}

Gamine:
its like she too dey try bone na

it looks too fake

whatever we don't like in real life, we can remove in CG