Question Mark Website (Tweaked)

Some major changes have been made to the Question Mark site, and you can check them out on http://questionmark-ent.com. Some of these changes are in aesthetics and others in functionality.

Graphics designs are by Ope Awoyemi.

Lampejo Solicitors Website

Imagine combining your design with a CMS system... Well that is exactly what I did. Did the design from scratch and then combined it with Get-Simple CMS system, which allows me (and anyone by the way) to edit the contents from the CMS backend. Get-Simple is not as robust as WordPress, but it is a whole lot easier to use and implement  for simple projects like this one.

This is also a very simple design concept, and it was fun working on it, especially with the Get-Simple implementation. Kudos to Ope for the logo design and final design touches.

You can find the full site on http://lampejosolicitors.com. I especially love the jquery action on the Principal Partners page

Question Mark Website

This was an interesting site to work on. I must say I learnt a lot while working on it, and it was indeed challenging. You can check out the full site on http://questionmark-ent.com. I owe the success of this one to Ope, whose insights and suggestions were unimaginable. Thanks

CyberSecurity Summit Website

This is a preview of my latest job. I kinda enjoyed doing this one especially because it was my own creation, and everyone likes it... Check out the site on http://summit.cybersolutionafrica.org/. I also used some cool features like Google Maps for the first time. Loved working on this one.

ESU Ventures Website

This is the first job I completed while working with ennovateNIGERIA and I must say that I learnt quit a lot working on this simple site. One saying comes to mind. "Why re-invent the wheel". I learnt how to use tools that would assist me in building powerful websites in a short time
Visit the website at http://esuventuresoilandgas.com to have a peek.

Virtual Hosts on a Local Wamp Server

Well I was having a peculiar problem recently while working on a project. I wanted to use relative links (e.g.Home and it seemed that this was my only solution to a peculiar problem. However, as some of you may have realized when using relative links, the page is redirected to "localhost/index.php" instead of "localhost/mySite/index.php". Well I tried so many solutions, but I really wanted relative linking to work because it seems to be the best solution. Well the solution I discovered is Virtual Hosting.

As the name implies, virtual hosting means you can virtually host different sites. Instead of you being stuck with localhost preceding every site, you can easily work with a virtual host such as mySite.local/. Cool right? So how exactly can this be done? This solution allows you to host multiple virtual hosts on your wamp server.

After installing Wamp Server on your computer system, you can place all your sites in the www folder and preview them on a web page using localhost/mySite. But if you would like to have a local URL of your own, follow the following steps

Step 1: Edit the Windows hosts file (directory is C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts using your favorite text editor (I used Notepad). If you are using Windows Vista or 7, ensure that you open Notepad with administrator privilages, else you would not be able to save changes. To open with administrator privileges, search for your text editor (in this case notepad) from your start menu. Right click it and select Run as administrator. Add a line 127.0.0.1 your-local-domain. You can out any name in place of your-local-domain. Your file should look like this. Save and continue to step 2.

Work Continues on Atticus

I've been pretty busy on atticus on other projects. One of the major improvements to the homepage of atticus is the inclusion of am autosuggest box that lists previous related searches. Any search query is stored in a table on the database. The autosuggests are arranged according to the number of duplicates. This means that the most popular autosuggest comes up first.

The search page now has a popup login form for visitors who would like to view details of search records without logging in. This was ofcos accomplished with the use of the ever powerful JQuery Library. It is actually quite easy (surprisingly).

I have done most of the work so far on the admin backend, where contents and users are managed. The stylish  login form is for admins and super admins only. I have done extensive work on the Content page (you could call it dashboard if you like) where the actually content management for the site is done. I have also setup the Admin page which allows admins to change their passwords and super admins to change details of other admins like name, email, password, privilege (or role), etc.

I am so proud of how much I've done but there is so much left to be done. Special thanks to my "boss", Ope, for all his contributions. I know this project would be great. You can check out the site on http://www.atticus.ennovatedemos.com. This is only a temporary hosting.
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A 'legal' search engine

Been working on a search engine for legal journals and cases. This particular job is really a challenge and I am glad with the success I have recorded so far. Thanks to the power of the Internet and quick wit (yea...right), I've been able to do much more than I could have imagined. I have developed the basic functions of the search engine and hope that I to be through with it all soon. 

The etesting System (Latest work)

I've been working on what I call an etesting system that allows students to sit for exams online. This system consists of an admin backend, where the students' details and questions may be entered. The admin backend also includes control informations such as the maximum time permitted, total number of questions to be answered, etc.

The frontend of the site (where the student would answer questions) allows the student to login with his matriculation number and password. If he hasn't written the paper before, he is prompted to start the paper. Once he starts, he would notice a countdown timer at his bottom left. If this timer expires before he is through with his exam, he receives a prompt informing him that his time is up, and his answers are submitted immediately.

This implementation randomly generates the questions to be answered. This means that three students writing the same exam would probably have different questions arranged in different orders. Students can also view their result immediately they are through with the exam.

A student may not write the exam more than once. If he has written the exam before, he would be redirected to a page informing him to view his result (instead of the page that asks him to start the exam).

PMP...

PMP is short for Project Management Professional. I heard it is one sort after certifications in the world, and so I've decided to be one of the seekers. Started my training about 2 weeks ago and it has been great so far. Starting from Critical Chain Method to Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), it has been a lot of information for a short time (if you don't know the meaning of these terms, go get your own training...lol).

So here are some of the tips I have for you all...

1. No matter what project you are involved in, make sure that you have a formal documentation of the scope of the project (i.e. what you and your team would do and what you would NOT do). This is important 'cos it would prevent misunderstandings.

2. Make sure you and the project sponsor agree on the terms of the project and ensure that you have a formal documentation with the project sponsor's signature to match.

3. Never assume. Always ask questions.

4. Know ALL the stakeholders of the project. Some stakeholders may be people you would intially not consider as important. (Stakeholders are those who are affected by the project and whose opinions matter).

5. Make sure you plan everything. You can never plan to much.

6. A project manager is also a leader who motivates and mentors his team members. Always make them feel important.

7. As much as possible, ensure that you fulfill all the conditions of your contract.

Whew!!! That was a lot. Hope that helps someone. I have one more class and then a test to discover how much I have really learnt. Wish me the best..

Cheers

The New RCCF site

Been a little busy recently. I've been trying to improve some of my early designs to meet some of the HTML standards. For instance, the DailySoccerGist site was based on table formats,but I have now improved on the design, using divs and floats and javascript animations instead of flash animations.

My latest exploits however has been on the RCCF Abia site. The new look is more professional and catchy, and I enjoyed updating it. The best feature of all is that the site now has a portal for online payment. All you have to do is visit http://rccfabia.org/epayment/ to make payments. The portal links to CashEnvoy, so all a user has to do is create a CashEnvoy account for himself which he can recharge with his ATM card. The he can visit the epayment portal, enter in his details and make payments which would reflect on RCCF's account.

I have more plans and I believe there would be more to write about soon. Catch ya