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Of course they are thanking those that made it possible for them to do what they did but, in a "normal" society, if I were Punch, I would go investigate why those names are being brought up and in addition to chasing the hackers, I would chase the names mentioned. It's the whole "aiding and abetting" thing.

In addition to being a resource for people's learning, NL could now be known as the "Center for Training of Hackers (Ethical or otherwise)". Whether this is a good or bad thing is something for time to tell, I guess.

lincolnpix, I guess you miss my point:
You can do whatever it is you need to do but why mention names/sources of inspiration?

^^ Sure but don't you think it is unethical in and of itself to mention names?

http://www.punchng.com/?s=lagos

But here's the kicker:
Check out the names that the hacker thanks and the forums mentioned.

If you ask me, this raises some serious concerns and implications even if the listed forums and individuals had nothing to do with it

Charging low for a job doesn't always mean poor quality. I, for instance, will charge depending on how much I can get out of you. If it is lower than I am expecting, what I will tell the person is that any extra features they needed will be reduced, but not quality. Why? That site isn't only for that person but for other potential clients to see. In other words, when I direct potential clients to a list of sites I've done, I have no control over which site they choose to investigate...same applies to people looking to do a website based on the one they have visited. So to me, quality is always the same, regardless of price.

As for bidding, I stopped pursuing jobs both here and on the "freelancer" type sites. The latter is the most annoying where everyone seems to be bidding down and offering to code the next facebook for $200. For the former, my perception is that people think this place is filled with "small boys" in the game and so one should be lucky to have the "honor" to do a site for them.

In conclusion, for me, quality and long term business relationship are more important to me than price. As they say, it takes years to build a steady customer but seconds to lose them.

^^^ Kai! Naija and Grammar!!

If you are lucky enough to catch me online, perhaps I can show you how to limit the number of articles.

On a lighter note, why 666? You dey try usher in anti-christ?

Looks like you've either not named something right on that particular set up page (host name, database name, password) or you haven't set up your database. Remember, different web hosts name their databases differently (some call it localhost while others have a more cryptic name).

Let us know how it goes. Good luck!

Depends. Where do you want to change it in (cpanel, etc)?

If you did the legis-reports site, then it looks like you are almost there. I would not post so many news articles on the home page though. Maybe 1 per main section/category.

Good luck!

Hmm, even for a facebook-type website?

Having done a website for an online magazine, I would say that you can get away with using any of the default templates (customized of course) that come with the standard Joomla! installation.

Here is what I did:
1) I have a main section (for the main news item)
2) I created my sections (like sports, business, etc) and categories (for sports: football, basketball, etc)
3) On the home page, I chose the layout for 1 main section and 3x3 columns with 0 links
4) Each category layout was the blog layout

Good luck!

Use a Content Management System. From there, either customize or use a template to give you what you want. There are various layouts better than at Sun News so don't feel pressured to follow that particular route.

Good luck!

If you are hosting the blog, take advantage of your cpanel's redirect feature. Its use is straightforward. If you aren't hosting your blog, you just might be SOL.

Despite all that is out there, there is something that is yet to be done. Don't go for what's there. Go do your own thing. Don't copy-copy or borrow-borrow. Most of the sites you have seen suffer from lack of a Unique Selling Point and will fail or make meager money.

What you need to do is go to a place you've never been before, a place that is peaceful and tranquil and stay for at least a day, thinking of nothing. Once you've blocked all the worldly distractions from your mind, then and only then do you start to ponder what you need to do. Basically I am asking you to meditate.

Good luck!

1) From experience, it is the cheapest clients that give the most trouble

2) ALWAYS begin by showing the client a graphical design and not a completed website. Making changes is easier with the former

3) If you don't like what he showed you, be professional enough to stand your ground and to refund the money (no matter how badly you need it) and wish him a good day and hope he finds someone else

4) Don't get your hopes up for him getting you other jobs. If I had N1000 for every client who has told me that over the past 13 years, I would have a house at VGC by now

Going out on a limb here:

1) Methinks when your aim of blogging is first to make money, you will fail. You need to first write out of passion. When you do that, your visitors will take notice and follow you accordingly. From there you can start monetizing. Personally, when I visit a blog and I see ads everywhere, it turns me off and I leave immediately. Bear this in mind, if you didn't know so already: Google ranks sites that have more to do with research much higher than commercialized sites

2) You need to strategically place your ads on the site. Maybe in b/w each article posting and not on the side (which I only found by scrolling down). The ads also need to be relevant to the site. So in the case of your site, wetin hostgator webhosting get to do with health diary?

3) Each link I clicked on your site took me to a new page. That's a turn off for people like me. Remember, you want your website to be sticky - keep people on there as long as possible. I would limit opening new pages/tabs to external sites and documents (pdfs for example). The longer people say on your site, the more the search engines say, "oh, if people are spending more time on the site then maybe it is actually a relevant site" and rank you accordingly.

Good luck!

No offense to you or CMS tools but I personally don't review CMS sites...and I have customized a CMS or 2 in my lifetime.

Reason:
It's not original code. Sure you may have customized it to your taste but the base code isn't yours.

When you code a site from scratch, holla at me and I go show

Connected to zenith bank?

Though the above may work, I think this is tantamount to working hard instead of working smart.

To work smart, google "Akeeba backup", the preferred way to move Joomla websites, and follow the manual's instructions. I've used it before and must confess, it is quite straightforward.

Good luck!

That book is a good starting point. After that, look for a site you like, save the site as a complete page and do reverse engineering on it to see what was done and what you would do to make it better. Also, from the moment you've finished reading that book, whenever you look at a site, envision how you would have coded it in your head. That's how I learned. Finally, look for someone who needs a website and offer to do it for them on the cheap, on the condition that they let you advertise the site and that they refer people to you.

Good luck!

The latter is NOT supported in all major browsers. Take a look at IE (8 and below). Though there are some tags that you can use now (section, article, etc) without repercussions, you are better off as a beginner, starting from ground zero. So for you, I would recommend html and css, after which you can go to the advanced stuff.

Good luck!

1000 pages? by the time i for don read am finish, php10 for don comot now

On a serious note, I hope you find buyers. Happy Monday!

Okay, I look forward to seeing the final product.

I guess my question wasn't put out correctly. I meant to ask what CMS you will be using (you will need to use a CMS, custom or already established one for ease of maintenance, unless they are paying you a maintenance fee).

Though I am not a fan of fixed positioning (nav area), it looks good to me.

What will you be using for the back end?

looks good to me...

The way you've started this post, it's like you want us to give you a good reason to expose his/her wrongdoings

1) Contact form isn't validating properly. Same for order form
2) That big orange image on the home page should go - too large, literally and btye-wise
3) Home page content is the same as SErvices page content
4) The site could probably make use of some pictures to make it more friendly and inviting
5) Footer has 2 FB icons, and other than twitter, the other icons don't work
6) In some places, the code isn't semantic (using 2 BR tags as opposed to P tags and not using UL tags for lists)

<font size="7"></font> is deprecated. Use an external css style, declare a "class" or an "id", and add the "font-size" attribute there.