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Webmasters / Re: Webdesigner’s Basics: 10 Questions You Need To Be Able To Answer by yawatide(f): 6:09pm On Jun 12, 2013 |
^^^ LMAO. Actually, if I had just 1 out of 10, it would have been this one. The answer is very obvious for that one as it stands out like a sore thumb. Definitely no reading or prior knowledge required for that, he he. |
Webmasters / Webdesigner’s Basics: 10 Questions You Need To Be Able To Answer by yawatide(f): 1:10pm On Jun 12, 2013 |
This is an actual quiz so I can't post it here, sorry. At any rate, take the quiz and report back with your score. Very tricky. I got 8 correct: http://www.noupe.com/knowledge-2/webdesigners-basics-10-questions-you-need-to-be-able-to-answer-77264.html |
Webmasters / Re: Let us hold a web designers Fair in Lagos ? by yawatide(f): 12:30pm On Jun 12, 2013 |
Winexviv, granted I think that for the very first one, it should hold where there will be maximum exposure (That means Lagos or Abuja), I am willing to go to wherever Boko Haram, MASSOB and MEND will not make me act like a cat - always alert for danger, ears always moving around and never really sleeping |
Webmasters / Re: How Do I Make A Site Searchable On Search Engines by yawatide(f): 11:14am On Jun 11, 2013 |
Also make your site SEO-friendly: 1) Your content should be "littered" with your keywords 2) Avoid flash 3) Make sure images are named with keywords and have appropriate ALT tags 4) Have the right TITLE, DESCRIPTION and KEYWORD META tag content 5) Your URLs should be SEO-friendly 6) Make sure you continuously refresh your content SEO is very technical and involved but the above is a start. Good luck! |
Webmasters / Re: Let us hold a web designers Fair in Lagos ? by yawatide(f): 11:10am On Jun 11, 2013 |
^^^ I think for it to be a success, and to get the right exposure, everything from venue to costing should be done at the corporate level. Otherwise, it will just be a group of people hooking up over a beer, imho. I envision something like a trade fair where we all have booths to advertise ourselves, intermingled with speeches and panel discussions every now and then |
Webmasters / Ridiculous (insulting) Prices You've Been Offered For A Website by yawatide(f): 9:03pm On Jun 10, 2013 |
Other than free of course. Also, this isn't what you've offered to do a website for, but again, what a client has offered to pay you after you've given your own quote Me? I've been offered $200 for a shopping site. Currently, I am chatting with a fellow NLer who was once offered N15K for a sports betting website. Would love to hear from you...I think it's time we put potential clients on blast (not mentioning names o! Just prices. If they visit here, they will know who they are), for the betterment of our trade. |
Webmasters / Re: The Nation Newspaper Goes RWD by yawatide(f): 4:41pm On Jun 10, 2013 |
As someone I respect likes to say (a lot), "you need to stop thinking what other people are thinking and to stop making assumptions, without asking questions). Actually it isn't, in the true definition of the term, based on my experiments...and no, I have visited it on numerous occasions 1) I viewed the site on my samsung 3 phone, my samsung galaxy tab and on my desktop. The site doesn't "respond", as in showing various pieces of content, depending on viewport. It still shows the entire site as though you were on a desktop. Having said that, if you manually resize your browser (and why would the average web user want to do that?), it will "respond" 2) I also viewed the site using Firefox's responsive layout option and the site didn't even come up at all (compared to viewing other sites like CNN and NL, just to be sure my browser/computer doesn't have any issues). The site didn't even show up. So though it "responds", it isn't truly responsive. Unless you can come up with a "proof by contradiction (so for example, testing on an iphone, though the argument still wouldn't stand in this case as it needs to be consistent across all platforms, though for your personal enjoyment, I will give you a point ), I insist on what I said originally. |
Webmasters / The Nation Newspaper Goes RWD by yawatide(f): 12:02pm On Jun 10, 2013 |
Webmasters / Re: Let us hold a web designers Fair in Lagos ? by yawatide(f): 12:26pm On Jun 09, 2013 |
AFOL: he he. To the naysayers: With perfect planning, it can work. Here are some topics that could be covered: 1) Problems facing web developers in Nigeria 2) Experiences of web developers in Nigeria 3) How to succeed in web development in Nigeria 4) It could be a platform for us to network 5) We could set up booths where we advertise ourselves etc etc |
Webmasters / Re: Shopping Carts Site by yawatide(f): 4:07pm On Jun 07, 2013 |
From my own experience, I can say opencart is the best - it has a very low learning curve for the very reason you are using it, the client. Once you upload an item or 2, in many cases, I didn't even have to give them a tutorial. It was that straightforward. On another tangent: It's the same reason I prefer Joomla! to WP. 1 Like |
Webmasters / Re: Let us hold a web designers Fair in Lagos ? by yawatide(f): 4:06pm On Jun 07, 2013 |
If you plan it well, again, I just might show up. Just give enough gap for planning, as for instance, I am not there and would need to fly in 1 Like |
Webmasters / Re: What If Google Flips Out And Use His Powers For Evil? by yawatide(f): 12:16pm On Jun 07, 2013 |
^^^ Uh oh! I rarely sign on to YIM. Sorry about that and thanks for bringing it up. Send me an email and let me know when you do so I can check it out. |
Webmasters / Re: Let us hold a web designers Fair in Lagos ? by yawatide(f): 12:15pm On Jun 07, 2013 |
Depends on the purpose and the agenda...At any rate, if you give a good time in advance, I just might show up |
Webmasters / Re: What If Google Flips Out And Use His Powers For Evil? by yawatide(f): 12:37pm On Jun 06, 2013 |
u sure this isn't happening now? |
Webmasters / Re: Ultimeate CSS Challenge - Season II by yawatide(f): 5:58pm On Jun 05, 2013 |
CODE-EATER, you supposed to "EAT" this "CODE" like pap, so why d fear or concern? |
Webmasters / Re: Shopping Carts Site by yawatide(f): 5:57pm On Jun 05, 2013 |
Bank transfer means that customer can buy a product but at check out, your status is set to "confirmed (or something like that)" and can only be changed on the back end when the site admin changes your status (which only happens after you deposit money into the account specified on the front end, on the check out page). 99% of the time though, I install the PayPal Pro or PayPal Standard payment gateway module |
Webmasters / Re: Who Will Make Money With The New Nigerian Governors' Forum Website? by yawatide(f): 8:09pm On Jun 04, 2013 |
Yeah, I am in full support. Graphics, go for it...even if you chop all alone, I no go vex. My consolation go be say na fellow NLer hammer. About 5 years or so ago, certain politicians burn me with that technique so for now, with me na money for hand, back for ground. Even when dem give me d money, I must to count am, verify say no be counterfeit Good luck! |
Webmasters / Re: Just Started This Last Night For A Client. Tell Me What You Think. by yawatide(f): 9:12pm On Jun 03, 2013 |
1) For stuff like noMargin, maybe you should consider using a reset.css - again, more semantic 2) In general, sure your code works but again, it's a question of whether or not the code is semantic. Having a DIV of class NAV inside a NAV tag seems redundant. If you really need the DIV (and I don't see why you do, but it's your code), name the class something else. The whole reason, prior to HTML5, for using CLASSes or DIVs named "footer", "header", "nav" was because HTML at that time had no way of naming such structures. So we came up with this nomenclature to make it meaningful to us and those who would be touching our code in the future. With HTML5, there is no need as we actually have the tags. Again, your call. Just pointing it out. |
Webmasters / Re: Just Started This Last Night For A Client. Tell Me What You Think. by yawatide(f): 8:47pm On Jun 03, 2013 |
I think your code could be more semantic: 1) No need for NAV tag, then a DIV with class "tag". The UL can handle anything you want it to do by itself, without needing to be enclosed in a DIV. 2) FOOTER tag is fine but no need for a DIV of class "footer". Sure, you can have DIVs in FOOTER tag but the name of your class isn't semantic 3) HEADER makes more sense above NAV, not the other way around 4) Some of your class names in general could be named better - what's h1, h2, top, noMargin? You are probably going to say, "who cares? the user will not view source, google doesn't care, this is just a first pass, it works, etc etc". These excuses (and perhaps the one you will give, assuming my list isn't on your radar screen) are still no excuse for not writing good code. |
Webmasters / Re: Shopping Carts Site by yawatide(f): 8:39pm On Jun 03, 2013 |
^^^ The only payment module I have implemented for the Nigerian market is the Bank Transfer. As for other payment methods, I believe DHTML had mentioned on a thread here that he developed a payment module for opencart that accepts Naira. You might want to check him out. Good luck! |
Webmasters / Re: Yawatide, DHML And Others Please Help! by yawatide(f): 5:38pm On Jun 03, 2013 |
OP: Unless it is dealing with content, I may not be the best match for you here. I am more of a Joomla person. I haven't had the time to devote to WP beyond the basics at this time, unfortunately. From reading the above and from their prior posts on other threads, I would say based on responses s far, pc_guru and databoy247 would be your best bet currently |
Webmasters / Re: Designing A School Website by yawatide(f): 5:16am On Jun 03, 2013 |
This site is incomplete. Also, for a site of this nature, pictures of smiling students and some school buildings wouldn't hurt. |
Webmasters / Re: Html Tutorial For Newbies! by yawatide(f): 1:17pm On Jun 02, 2013 |
I believe it's the actual coding that people are waiting for. Carry on... |
Webmasters / Re: Another CSS Challenge by yawatide(f): 11:59am On Jun 02, 2013 |
Yep, kudos to all. All in all, it was a challenge worth skipping lunch for |
Webmasters / Re: Another CSS Challenge by yawatide(f): 1:32pm On Jun 01, 2013 |
OP: Oh, is this some kind of job you have that you want us to code for you and you get all the money? |
Webmasters / Re: Another CSS Challenge by yawatide(f): 6:49am On Jun 01, 2013 |
OP: He he, e go tough o. I dey feel kind of lazy these days. Na so I dey do for work. I give you one and you use that to work with the rest. So far, so good. |
Webmasters / Re: Another CSS Challenge by yawatide(f): 9:50pm On May 31, 2013 |
OP: Didn't get it as in, "the only right solution is the one i've come up with", or as in, "there is only 1 solution to this and your isn't the one", or as in, "yours is not right cos it's not the most efficient"? |
Webmasters / Re: For All Those Who Charge Low For A Redesign by yawatide(f): 8:19pm On May 31, 2013 |
^^^ About 10 years or so ago, I was privy to how much an organization paid my employers at the time for a site redesign. It happened to be $2M. Perhaps adjusted for inflation in my neck of the woods, that could be about $5M in today's $$. Given Four Seasons' reputation, I am not surprised. At a certain level of reputation and income, what matters is "perception". In other words, if someone were to go there with a $1M proposal, they probably would be regarded as sub-par. If this is true though, they hopefully have learned their lesson. |
Webmasters / For All Those Who Charge Low For A Redesign by yawatide(f): 7:35pm On May 31, 2013 |
I just found this article from last year. In other words, if you look at the site now, it probably has changed from then. Apparently, these guys paid someone $18M for a site redesign and worse yet, no one liked it! Choi! Make I see...At 158:1, $18M = ~ N2.8B. Chineke me!! I for don retire be dat now. Sha, something to think about, as you respond to that RFP or client referral. Read for yourselves: http://usability.com/2012/01/31/four-seasons-18m-redesign-is-taking-a-lot-of-heat/
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Webmasters / Re: Fresh Project Part 6 by yawatide(f): 7:17pm On May 31, 2013 |
1) The green-ish background at the top isn't consistent across all pages. I would reduce it to maybe half of what is on the home page. 2) Get rid of the flashing in the "sponsors" section(s) 3) General: You might want to consider incorporating responsive web design into your projects. It is the way to go for the next 5 or so years at least. Your customers will thank you for it |
Webmasters / Re: Another CSS Challenge by yawatide(f): 7:08pm On May 31, 2013 |
OP: You owe me o. I was about to go no lunch break when something kept me on my seat and forced me to work on this till I was somewhat complete. Now: 1) I have no access to a server so please forgive me pasting this here. For the pix, I just used an image I got online. Feel free to substitute with yours 2) I didn't do the background color switching. This has been done elsewhere today. Feel free to reuse code from there and apply it here. 3) My code works for firefox only. Feel free to add the other browser-specific properties 4) I no get time (sorry) to code 3 separate social media icons o. Just see the one I have there and you can replicate for the rest 5) The only "problem" I am experiencing now is the responsive part, given I am still learning it. All the same, what I did was ensure that it shrunk but that it didn't expand beyond 600px, per your specs
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