omeizaowuda:
Nice work, which grid framework did you use?

Thanks bro. I didn't use any framework. I used html5, CSS3 and jquery. Then php to process my forms

Lovetinz:
I love it!

1. What is the Twitter 'birdie' logo doing near the bottom left?
2. I couldn't enter my email for a Newsletter sign-up.

Yeah. I'm still improving on it. Will build the processor for the newsletter hopefully tomorrow morning.

KAYCEEJUNIOR:
You the bomb....simply the best.....good quality...thumbs up.

Thank you.

Hello Nairalanders,
Please help review this website i redesigned for Lekki British School (www.lekkibritishschool.org). Although i'm still improving on it daily but i will need your kind/honest comments.

igwedaboss:


Chief, please can i get your contact? Need to get some infos about the nigeria industry

my email is winexviv@gmail.com

1. Girls don’t always know what they want.
2. Say something sweet, she likes it. This is one of the best things that you guys should always remember doing, as often as you could especially when she’s not in the mood. A little appreciation about how good she is looking in your date and when she smells great is something that would put a smile on her face even just for a while and would soon ease the tensions within her.
3. Girls always think that they could look better, so guys should inform them of their beauty.
4. Never compare her to other women, even your own mom.
5. Girls try to hint at what they want from guys, they don’t like to say it.
6. A guys girlfriend wants to be the only hand that he wants to hold.
7. If girls flirt with their guy friends in front of their boyfriends, it usually doesn’t mean anything except that they’ve been friends with that guy longer then you have been their boyfriend. Don’t get offended.
8. If a girl wants to meet a guys family, let them. It means they care.
9. When a girl will ditch her friends to hang out with a guy, its a big deal.
10. Girls don’t like to like guys that aren’t over their ex-girlfriends.
11. Girls don’t like to talk about ex’s.
12. If you call a girl “Hot” it doesn’t mean anything.
13. When a girl doesn’t feel good, she doesn’t talk much.
14. If a girl is mad at her boyfriend, she doesn’t want to say anything about it, she just wishes he’d know.
15. When girls don’t want to talk about their ex-boyfriend, she’s probably not completely over him.
16. If a girl will sit by her boyfriend’s friends, she really cares about him.
17. When a guy still loves a girl at her worst look, it lets her think that he is sincere about her.
18. Girls love surprises and gifts especially during important occasions. A girl may expect something from her boyfriend but that doesn’t mean she’s a gold digger.
19. Girls love to cuddle!
20. If a girl will be a guys girlfriend, she really likes him.
21. All girls flirt, some don’t mean it.
22. Girls like it when guys ask advice from them. This action just shows that you trust her, and that she’s someone you can count on.
23. Girls already know the truth even before they ask you. So be careful guys.
24. If a girl likes a certain item of clothing that her boyfriend wears, he should wear it more.
25. When girls write guys notes, that guy should keep them.
26. If a guy remembers something important to a girl that she said and he brings it up later, it makes that girls feel special.
27. Girls want a guy to prove that there not all the same.
28. If a girl admits that she misses a guy, she really does.
29. Girls hesitate to fall in love because they always assume they’ll get hurt. Prove to your girl you won’t hurt her.
30. Girls feel flattered if a guy would greet him first in their special occasions (e.g. monthsaries, anniversaries, etc.) because a guy tend to be forgetful.
31. Girls love it when guys say sweet things in front of their friends, but understand if they don’t
32. If a girl tells a guy she was talking about him with her friends, its always about something good.
33. She doesn’t expect you to read her mind; she wants you to ask her.
34. Sometimes, girls test guys to see how they’ll react.
35. If a guy knows a girl isn’t over her ex-boyfriend, don’t call her out on it, show her how much better you are.
36. Girls love to be stared at sometimes. Looking straight in her eyes tells something, this melts her heart especially when she is attracted to you.
37. Girls like guys who can protect her.
38. If a girl really wants to be with a guy, she’ll make sure it happens.
39. Girls don’t like too flirty guys. Flirting with a lot of girls simply means you’re not a one-woman-man; remember that actions speak louder all the time.
40. If a girl is still in love with someone else, they will never say anything bad about them.
41. When a girl slow dances with her boyfriend in the kitchen, with no music on, thats when he knows she’s in love with him.
42. Girls sometimes think if you love them more than you love your exes. And sometimes conclude that you are still not over with your last ex-girlfriend.
43. Changing for the better will let her stick with you. It simply means that you want to grow with her inside the relationship you are building.
44. Girls are more observant than guys think.
45. When girls say NO, it only means keep trying. Girls are inconsistent, especially when deciding for their guy’s interests.
46. When you meet your girlfriend’s mom and she says she’s heard a lot about you, trust her.
47. Girls love to be spoiled. They sometimes have this childish part of them that really comes out especially when they want something really badly.
48. If a girl lays her head on her guys chest and just listens to his heartbeat, she’s listening to see if it will tell her what he’s thinking.
49. Be protective, but not too much. She likes it when you care for her, but not to the point of choking her at times.
50. Girls think too much.
51. When girls say nothing is wrong, shes lying. Everything is wrong.
52. If a girl’s heart has been shattered, she’ll be hesitant to talk about her problems to a guy at first.
53. Sharing your future family plans is important to her.This is your chance to show her how serious you are, especially when you are ready to have a family with her.
54. If a girl dumps a guy because she thinks she can’t make him happiest, that’s love.
55. Girls feel insecure with their boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend.
56. Girls like to be called beautiful all the time. Complimenting how she looks is a big deal for her, telling her how beautiful she is more than enough.
57. Girls love it when guys say they love something about them, like their smile.
58. Girls are good detectives. Some just does not open it up with their boyfriend.
59. Knowing her likes and dislikes is cool for her. This means that you are that interested to get to know her better and to make ways to make her happy.
60. Girls love romantic guys. Kiss her under the rain and in front of your family and friends, it’s not that hard.
61. If a girl wants you to be with her, you’ll know it.
62. If you break a girls heart, she’ll never be the same.
63. When a girl holds a guys hand, she never wants to let it go.
64. Never underestimate the feelings a girl has for her boyfriend.
65. If a girl really loves you, she won’t be able to see anything bad about you.
66. Girls are sometimes drama queens, but you are not allowed to call her that. It would make the whole situation worst, just go with the flow and be the man she needs for the moment.
67. If a girl thinks you’ll judge her for something, she’ll never open up to you fully.
68. When a girl tells you about things she loves, like staring at stars or listening to the rain, she’s falling for you.
69. Girls adore guys who don’t only think about sex.
70. It hurts girls to dump guys.
71. If a girl really cares about a guy, you can see it in her eyes.
72. Girls can flirt with every guy around, but at the end of the day, she’ll be watching the sun set with the one she truly loves.
73. If a girl tells you a secret, don’t ever let it go.
74. When girls hear about their boyfriend bragging about the little things, like watching tv together, it makes them appreciate him more.
75. Girls hate it when guys ignore them.
76. Girls never touch guys by accident.
77. Hugging her without a reason is a very sweet thing for her, especially when you do it surprisingly.
78. When a girl asks a guy what their thinking, they really do care.
79. First rule when you enter her life, never cheat! You would want to think twice before getting involved with two girls at the same time. It’s just whether one girl would stick with you, or both girls would slap and make the hell out of you, so be sure that you are really a good guy when you are looking for a good girl.
80. Girls love special things especially when it’s given as a surprise. Do something special for her sometimes. Doing something like giving her flowers and stuff toys just for no reason would make her day very important and worth remembering. Making girls feel exceptional would make them feel good about themselves as and will take away some of their insecurities as well.
81. Girls look at the other girls that their boyfriend is with as their enemy.
82. Girls hate it when their guy friends make fun of their boyfriend.
83. Try to be interested with her interests. Girls would really appreciate a guy who makes an effort to blend-in with her hobbies.
84. Make time for her. The time that you give her is very important for her, and as much as possible any disturbances should not be an option for you or else she will feel taken for granted.
85. If a girl hates someone, her boyfriend should probably not talk to them.
86. A good way to make a girl mad is not trust her when she’s being honest.
87. Walk her home after a date, she wants to feel safe. Even if girls do not say it, they want to be walked safely to their homes. Doing this as a gentleman would be a very big thing, especially for girls who just observing you if you can really take care of them.
88. Girls love it when the guy doesn’t take long to reply and keep the conversation going.
89. Girls want to feel that your proud of having them. They may not tell you but sometimes they want you to show them off to your family and friends.
90. Treat your girl right, or someone else will.
91. If a girl laughs at a guys every joke, she likes him.
92. Don’t make her say something repeatedly. This manner would really pick something on girls, and if you keep on asking her about something for the 3rd and 4th time, it just shows and means that you are not interested and not listening carefully to what she is talking about.
93. Girls know when a guy is lying.
94. Girls are way too forgiving. Don’t take advantage of it.
95. If a girl says your important to her, its true.
96. When girls hold their boyfriends tight, they never want to let that moment go.
97. Girls remember little things the most.
98. When a girl is being serious, listen to her.
99. When guys tell something meaningful, girls treasure it. Your evocative words that catch girl’s attention would really last a lifetime in their hearts.

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This school is actually in Lekki Lagos.

onyengbu:
I am also guilty of this.
Guess it has to do with not being entirely satisfied with ones website.

I have made couple of new year resolutions to takle this all to no avail.

Hahhahahahah . So you are my partner in crime. I'm just too lazy to put that up. I will work on this. Let me make it a top priority.

I am a huge victim of this. I don't really know the cause but i don't really care building a professional web portfolio for myself. It's only recommendations that gets me jobs. When i meet someone or someone sends me an email requesting for my web portfolio i just send the person some of my web projects. Is anyone experiencing such? What could be the cause please?

Funny enough it will cost me virtually nothing to put one up in a day but have been lazy on it. The one i did some years back i abandoned it till the domain name expired.

samyan12:
Op is kinda right. For some reason I cant fathom Nigerian developers dont make much money. My first job after graduation was as a trainee in a software company in Lagos, was paid a measly 60k every month, even the senior developers in d company weren't making up to 200k a month.
To my suprise, here in south Africa even the greenest, low level junior developer takes between 10-15k rands home in a month. I agree Nigerian developers need to start making more money.

Thank God you are really getting my point.

eliteweb:
It's really annoying when u hear some client tells u they can get a website for 10 to 20k.

I spoke to a web designer about 2weeks ago, and he said he charges 7k to design web 4 people in ABUJA for that matter.

Too many roadside designers everywhere spoiling the web development profession.

I believe i spend as much as 10k a month on Data for browsing alone.

We really need to up our game.

Yes bro, you are absolutely right. Imagine if they had paid 1.2 million in ABTECH to learn? Will they still charge that low? Designers need to up their game. Just try at all times to have some money left in the back in other not to be hungry. Reject such jobs and they will increase their budget. Remember improve continuously.

CreativeWeb:
What do you actually mean? That your projects must be known by request through email? What is your personal website or your team website? If you cant give a link to one of the projects you did or your own website, then stop blabling. Stop making empty noise. You drive 2009 camry and stay in lekki for building crappy 200k websites when guys are coding web applications that will be a goldmine. Mark Zukerberg never made any noise of the kind of car he drives. He just gave us facebook and today, we all know how rich he is. Focus on the job, and the success will make the noise for u.

This is not the purpose of this post. Not to attract insults and i will never insult anybody back. I don't want to advertise myself here. Sharing my projects here is not necessary and besides i never said "reason why i'm the best developer" . I never said i'm the best developer in Nigeria but i believe their something i know which you don't know yet. You need to be a bit humble to learn and step up your game. Mark is one in a billion developers who built such a successful project. If any of my personal projects gets that successful eventually you will know but everyone can't become Mark.

I will show you my projects on request and via email. Most of my co developers don't really participate in this forum but just read through and pass. It pains me to see people still charge low. I have gained alot through Nairaland and most of my old posts have gone because of the attack they had some months back. Please developers up your game and at the same time improve continously to represent your charge.

I'm not trying to show off guys but we need to stop the 10k - 50k syndrome. This profession should make us. We make people with our codes and sleepless nights. I know someone out there will be motivated to step up his/her game. Concentrate more on value creation, improve continuously and bill clients in proportion to the value given out.

I have worried over this for quite some days now. When i visit Nairaland webmaster forum and read through comments and posts to see 10k - 50k developers i feel very discouraged. For how long can this people stay in this business? Can all those change buy you a duplex in Lekki? This is so painful.

2 days back, i got a quote from Bluefountain Media which says that their least charge for a web project is $25,000 and these guys have nearly a thousand active clients.

I know their web jobs are excellent but we have good developers here in Nigeria that still charges 10k - 50k naira.

I used to charge this small but have stopped. I charge from 200k above for any project but the reason why i keep getting more jobs and recommendations are because my delivery is on time, neat and excellent job and success driven. 80% of my clients are making huge money or seeing great value from their project. I stay in Lekki and drives a 2009 camry and Range rover sport super charged. 10k - 50k can't get you this or fuel it for you. It will only be setting you back, and you know most low paying clients are naturally violent. They think the job is easy.

Please lets share ideas here. Thank you.

Please if you stay in Lekki or VI and knows the driving way to NYSC camp in Iyana Ipaja Lagos please contact me lets go together. We will still come back together after the registration. Please no guessing oooooo, i don't have extra cash to dash LASTMA.

Nice thread. If you are currently in Lekki or VI and knows the driving way to the NYSC camp, hola let me pick you up so we can go together on Sunday.

Post your works here lets see.

Jregz: NL LOOK ALIKE
no problem with bandwidth cos u get value for the mb wasted, i mean solved probs
the only prob i av is the appearance of a topic like 17 times
fix that
and also make the blog a lil colorful.. only the header is
but goodjob

Thank you for your kind review. For the repetition of topics i'm still building the forum. Will handle that once i'm done. Thanks

Thank you so much for your kind and intelligent reviews. I will surely look into all of that. Also, more reviews and criticism will be accepted. Thanks.

hilaryiwens05: Dat website looks empty...u need more extension and content on it to make it lively...

Great. Kindly suggest extensions and content i should integrate. Thanks

Here is the link http://nigerianforum247.com/ . Kindly review this forum i did. Your constructive criticism will be welcomed. Thanks

cuteyee1: Hi I'm mr Ernest Adams ,I saw ur works on nairaland and I was impressed I would want to know the possibility of u creating another graphix from an already existing one and making it online ... I want to own my own online Casino ...if u can help me build and network d animation such dat it bcums online and interactive ..then let's talk business...I'm waitin for your reply

Great. Kindly email me at winexviv@gmail.com .

Known_pal: Sweet!!! Can I start using Dreamweaver without going deeper into Html And CSS?

You can start using Dreamweaver but i will strongly recommend you take out some few weeks to study and master css and html before advancing to Dreamweaver.

[size=14pt]07. Confusion between languages, frameworks, platforms and IDEs[/size]
When starting to learn programming, especially web programming, you're bombarded with different languages, framework and IDEs, and it can be very hard to know what they all are, so let's quickly settle some of the common misconceptions.
Firstly, without wanting to be too pedantic, HTML and CSS aren't programming languages. HTML is a mark-up language and CSS is a styling language. They're great skills to have, but when you're writing HTML and CSS, you're not technically programming.
For front-end web programming, the language is JavaScript. Someone said Java when they mean JavaScript. This is understandable - the name JavaScript is an unfortunate bit of cross-promotion with Java that has caused ripples of confusion for almost two decades now!
Another common confusion, when you see $("#thing" all over example JavaScript code, is the relationship between JavaScript and jQuery. Using the jQuery library makes working with JavaScript much, much easier, but it's good to remember that it is just a library, not part of JavaScript or a language in its own right.
One further misconception is to think your HTML, CSS and JavaScript are tied to the IDE you created them in. Unless you're using something like Dreamweaver templates, whatever IDE you use, your code is just standard plain text that you can open and edit in any other IDE or text editor, even Notepad!

[size=14pt]08. Not taking advantage of debugging tools[/size]
If you're working in a statically typed language like Java, C# or ActionScript3, you should be using the debugger. These languages give you really detailed errors, which combined with a debugger, can help you track down the bugs in your code easily. If you're working with JavaScript, while you don't have quite as much debugging power, there's still more than just "alert()" to help you. Chrome comes preinstalled with invaluable developer tools that let you see your "console.log()" output as well as detailing code errors.

[size=14pt]09. Not backing up your work[/size]
The phrase "I just lost [X] hours work" should not be in a developer's vocabulary! There are so many good tools for automatic back-up and version control now, that there's really no excuse to lose anything, even if you have a major computer malfunction, fire, burglary or other minor disaster. Dropbox or anyother cloud software will really go a long way helping you.

[size=14pt]10. Thinking you know it all[/size]
Here's one I was guilty of for far too long, and it's an easy mistake to make. After a lot of persistence, you finally write some code that actually works! Your confidence grows, and before too long you're teaching stuff to your friends and you feel you can take on the world!
This is awesome, and you should enjoy that feeling of finally having the computer do what you want it to. But while you're grinning your face off, banging out line after line of code, don't forget that you're still just learning.
Maybe it's time to start looking back at your old code and reflecting. Which parts of your code do you understand one hundred per cent, and where are you just copy-pasting? Maybe now's the time to delve into that function marked "DO NOT TOUCH" and work out what the heck it does. I've been coding for 5 years, and in a lot of ways I still feel I've only just scratched the surface.

When you're learning to program, it goes without saying that you make a lot of mistakes. The problem is, sometimes you don't know you're making them.

[size=14pt]1. Fear and self-doubt[/size]
The number one mistake you can make as a beginner programmer is to think you're not good enough, not smart enough: that you have the wrong type of brain, and you'll just never get it.
I believe that anyone can learn to program to at least a basic level, if they stick with it. Code will seem like an incomprehensible wall of alien language at first. That's normal! But bit-by-bit you learn what each part does, and it's not scary any more, and then you see it's really all very logical, when you know what it means.
There's definitely an element of natural talent to programming and logical thinking, but it's massively outweighed by hard work and hours spent plugging away at your code, reading tutorials and looking-up documentation. Master your fear, or fear will be your master! Or something.
I'd advise any beginner programmer to play with the drag-and-drop visual programming tool Scratch. It's a brilliant way to learn programming concepts like loops, "if" conditionals, variables and arrays, without being put off by mistyping code. Because there's no typing! It's increasingly being used in schools to introduce programming, and I can't recommend it highly enough.

[size=14pt]2. Messy code formatting[/size]
One way an experienced programmer can almost instantly spot code written by a beginner is messy formatting, such as not indenting code properly or having inconsistent use of new lines and white space. Many languages, such as JavaScript, don't impose many restrictions on how you format your code. The JavaScript interpreter will do its best to run code no matter how it is laid out. This can lead to beginners being somewhat haphazard with their formatting.
This is a mistake, because indenting code is one of the ways we show its logical structure. By tabbing or spacing code in from the edge of the window, we show where functions, loops and conditionals start and end, so we can be sure all our code is in the right place. As JavaScript lets you define functions inside other functions, it's quite easy to end up declaring a function in the wrong scope (or creating 30 functions per second on a setInterval!), if you don't watch where your curly braces start and end.
There are various conventions for how to format your code, and it doesn't really matter which you use as long as you are consistent. Another bad habit is leaving big chunks of commented-out code that you don't need any more, but you're keeping there "just in case". We all do this, but every day or so it's good to take a skim over the code and delete any commented-out sections – you're not going to need them again!

[size=14pt]3. Inconsistent use of uppercase and lower case[/size]
Some languages are case-sensitive, others are not, but whatever language you're writing, you should be consistent in how you use uppercase and lowercase characters in your variable and function names. Beginner programmers often create a variable with one case e.g. "var Score = 5", then later on try to reference it with a different case - "if (score > 3)" - and wonder why their code doesn't run.
Additionally, some programmers move between different languages, bringing the conventions of one language to another, rather than respecting the style conventions of the new language.
In JavaScript, function and variable names should use camel case - that's starting the first word with a lower case letter and each additional word with an uppercase letter, like this: myVariableName, bestScore, winnerName. Other languages might have a convention of separating words with underscores, but when I see that used in JavaScript, it looks odd.

[size=14pt]4. Bad variable and function names[/size]
We might laugh at Java programmers' long-winded class and variable names like the famous "AbstractSingletonProxyFactoryBean", but there is actually a really good case for writing longer, descriptive variable names instead of short abbreviations. The intent of the code becomes a lot clearer, and you're much less likely to have two different variables with the same name in different places, which can confuse you, or even break your code.
In JavaScript, where file-size is an issue, there's more of an argument for shorter variable names, but even there you shouldn't be abbreviating to the point of losing all meaning – and you can always use a minifier to get the size down. Even if you're a bit dyslexic like me, the worst crime in variable naming is to have a spelling mistake in a variable name. It's hard enough to remember your variable names without having to remember which spelling mistake you made.

Another common bad habit is making slang variable names. Why would you do that Iain, why?! These days, I have formed my own set of naming conventions. For example, whenever I'm keeping track of the number of things I have, I always write numThings, and when I'm keeping track of an index of something (e.g. its position in an array), I always use thingNum. It is little conventions like this that save you a lot of time wondering what you called things when you come back to old projects.

[size=14pt]5. Over-commenting[/size]
I'm a big fan of self-documenting code – that's code where the variable, function and class names, and overall architecture communicate the meaning of the code to other developers (and your future self!) without the need for lengthy comments.
However, I do also see the value of commenting, especially where it flags a work-around for a specific issue that might not be obvious. What you don't need to do, however, is write comments like this: "score += 5; // adds 5 onto the score". What you would be doing there isn't documenting your own code, but explaining how programming works. This might be a useful exercise when writing your first program, but it's not something you should hang on to.

[size=14pt]6. Over-commenting[/size]
You can't really blame beginners for this, as it only comes with experience, but once you get one or two years into programming, it's really time to start learning some of the less common operators – they're incredibly useful. For example, here are some to swat up on:

coderXO: If you know the hoops you need to jump through to get GTPay approved you will understand.

It is one thing to have a GTPay integrated. It is another matter for them to approve you because of their "log this / log that" requirements.

Bros i understand it very well. Here are few of my approved websites i completely integrated GTPay www.nolays.com , www.bellevistaworld.com , www.latushng.com , www.siodleathers.com . Kindly visit them and see that all has been approved. So 20k is a perfect fee for any of those integration. Thank you.