Preventing forms from bots – the blank method

2009 December 13
by Ray
Preventing forms from bots – the blank method

One of the challenges web designers and developers face is preventing forms from automated programs that disguise as humans and fill forms (call them bots). And needless to say, this bots can really be a nuisance – posting bad content, stealing data and doing all kind of weird stuffs. And so there was Captcha – a test to verify human response and prevent such bots.


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What Nigerian websites do you visit?

2009 October 30
by namzo
What Nigerian websites do you visit?

Or should i say; What Nigerian Sites are out there? Over the past few days, I’ve been trying to find Nigerian web destinations. I was surprised to find a couple that i didn’t know about (and some sites that weren’t green). If you know other sites that weren’t mentioned, let us know in the comments & they’ll surely be featured.

Some criteria  that we considered include; site visits, good design, quality content, potential and so on.


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Firefox add-ons for web-developers

2009 October 30
by namzo
Firefox add-ons for web-developers

If i wasn’t a web designer, i would probably be using Google chrome as my default browser. But my browser of choice any day is Firefox.  This is because of the wide range of add-ons available to extend the browser’s features.

In this post, I’ll show you a few add-ons that will make your design/development more productive.


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Free icon pack #1

2009 October 27
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by namzo
Free icon pack #1

A free icon set of  10 simple icons designed with photoshop/illustrator. They are available in 64×64px, 128×128px and 256×256px resolutions (Transparent PNG). You can use them for personal or commercial purposes. If you use them, please don’t forget to link back to this site ;) Enjoy!


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VPS, CDN and advanced server techniques: 2

2009 October 4
VPS, CDN and advanced server techniques: 2

In this piece, we will focus more on scalability – which I simply define as the ability of a server to efficiently adapt to more load. It is more complex as that sounds and to know more, you can check out scalability @ wikipedia.


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Introducing: ngBot answers

2009 September 22
by namzo
Introducing: ngBot answers

ngBot is a portal of various applications specifically tailored (but not limited) to the Nigerian/African community [Powered by devedgelabs.com] has added yet another site to the portal. The fast-growing portal recently introduced ngBot answers.


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Convert illustrator files to CorelDraw

2009 September 22
by namzo
Convert illustrator files to CorelDraw

I recently designed a couple of business cards in Adobe Illustrator. The designs were cool, but when i went to the printers in Shomolu to print them, they demanded that they had to redesign them in CorelDraw


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Free bitblogr wallpaper: color cubes

2009 September 4
by namzo
Free bitblogr wallpaper: color cubes

Just a simple wallpaper for you guys to enjoy. Created with photoshop & illustrator ;) Feel free to share!


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