Lowyat.NET: Latest topics by djzen

Vexel Art

djzen — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:46:33 +0800

As far as I know,

Vexel is relatively new, has elements of realism and idealism (to me, at least..) Basically its made in raster programs with opacity and layers support, like Photoshop, but not limited to only that.

Check out some of the great vexel artwork, amazing.. : http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/07/03...-and-tutorials/

Has anyone tried it in Malaysia? I think this is booming around Japan/US if im not mistaken, but mostly online communities.

p/s.. its popular because you don't need drawing skills

windows 7 problem - bsod

djzen — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:19:50 +0800

i have 2x 2GB ram,

if i take out one, windows 7 loads fine.
if i use both, windows 7 crashes, and i get a BSOD with this error: "BAD_POOL_HEADER".

i doubt its RAM problems or HDD problems.. theyre new.

new laptop, boot error..

djzen — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:15:17 +0800

it was ok at the shop before i bought it, then they added some ram.

after that, i went home and turned it on, i get this error:
reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key

i removed the added ram, same problem. im guessing the hard disk got corrupted?
will reinstalling windows fix it? it was running freedos before this problem occured.

ExaSpam

djzen — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:01:02 +0800

Recently I have been getting lots of junk mail from Exabytes. Just about all of those I delete, how about you guys? Do you think this is a good marketing strategy? Or is this the right thing to do to their customers?

What do you think of contrast?

djzen — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:44:08 +0800

I have a "theme journal" on the topic "contrast". I have spent the last few months on this, cracking my head and completed about 70% of it. Now, I would like to open it to you guys to share what you think/feel about contrast and how you would represent it visually.

Any theories/concepts greatly appreciated

Ruby On Rails vs. PHP

djzen — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:29:18 +0800

As the topic says; Why are people choosing Ruby on Rails rather than PHP?

I have looked around on Google, but I think not all of them are reliable sources. So I would like to hear your opinions instead

Web Code Validation

djzen — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:55:27 +0800

URL: http://validator.w3.org/

This is popular among web developers. It is a "suggestion" by volunteers that we follow the standards. But, for flexibility, this is often a burden to developers as we try to find solutions.

Popular websites that work well and does not validate properly:
http://www.hp.com/
http://www.microsoft.com/en/us/default.aspx
http://www.dell.com/

Popular websites that work well and validates properly:
http://wordpress.com/
http://www.joomla.org/

What does this tell us? Validation is not needed BUT IS recommended? I would like to hear your opinions on this as Malaysian web programmers or as bloggers.

W910i

djzen — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:50:01 +0800

Malaysia doesnt have w910i or what? I couldnt find any thread for this phone! I got mine in Australia btw, for 205.00 AUD = 489.281 MYR

Is it considered cheap or expensive?

What keeps you blogging

djzen — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:16:33 +0800

I have started a small blog with 4 posts and about 5 drafts. But now, I'm just too lazy to blog anymore. Anyone here got ways to motivate yourself to keep on blogging? Share pls

microsoft & symantec websites down?

djzen — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:38:00 +0800

their websites are down for me.. are they down for you?

i think its because of too many people downloading windows 7 from microsoft and norton gaming edition from symantec. are they that good?

The White House Website

djzen — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:44:25 +0800

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Look there.. our gov website cant compare xD
Advice is... hire good designers. Not high school graduates.

About Google Analytics

djzen — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:23:26 +0800

I stumbled on a good article that help me understand Google Analytics better

It said Analytics and all traffic monitoring software is not accurate. Why? Because when it counts a bounce, you will never know how long they spent on that page. They could have spent and hour an Analytics will not know. To get the time, Analytics has to record the time they enter the first page, and then record the time for the second page. So, a "visit" is when someone opens 2 pages.

full article here:http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/21144.asp

hope it helps u too

.tel domain?

djzen — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:41:33 +0800

http://cms.webnic.cc/dottel/dottel.html

i found it there.. anyone using it yet?
im not too sure about the function, but I think its for contact info.

Website Hosting Reviews + Questions

djzen — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:59:09 +0800

As suggested by SeeD (thanks!), this is a place to ask about website hosting companies.
To assist in your questions, here are some helpful websites:

Malaysian Hosting Reviews:
http://malaysianhosts.com

International Hosting Reviews:
http://webhostinggeeks.com

Local Malaysian hosting or hosting from overseas?
http://malaysianhosts.com/webmasters/hosti...al-hosting.html

Tips before you buy:
http://www.hostreview.com/guides/Choose_yo...owtochoose.html

Simple way to choose web hosting
http://malaysianhosts.com/webmasters/hosti...a-web-host.html

A more detailed way to choose web hosting
http://www.hostreview.com/guides/Choose_yo...owtochoose.html

Cast Click - another advertising network

djzen — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:27:16 +0800

Hi

The website is http://www.castclick.com/ . Anyone know about this company? Im thinking of putting their ads on my site.

Or, does anyone know a better company?

MalaysianHosts.com

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0800

lowyat.net forum using trial?

djzen — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:08:40 +0800

I just realised at the bottom of this page it says "Powered by Invision Power Board(Trial) © 2008 IPS, Inc."
So whats going on? anybody knows? lol.. maybe the webmaster wants to fix this minor issue.

User-friendliness discussion

djzen — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:55:09 +0800

When I made MalaysianHosts.com, I tried to make sure it would be as user-friendly as possible. But, one person's thoughts is never enough.

So I want to ask you guys what you think. Should the "add review" button be bigger? is it obvious enough?
or maybe I should change some parts of the website that isnt doing its best?
Also, do you guys think there are ways to get good honest reviews from people? If i offer prizes, surely dishonest reviews will flow in very quickly..

Any suggestions are welcome. Critique's welcome too.

Guides/Tips for Webmasters

djzen — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:15:14 +0800

Hi, MalaysianHosts.com has an article section just for webmasters. From time to time we will add articles that relate to web-hosting, domains or website management.
The list of articles is here: http://malaysianhosts.com/webmasters.html

You can:
1. give any suggestions related to our articles
2. post these articles on your blog IF you link back to malaysianhosts.com. thats all we ask.

Latest Articles:
How to create a Sitemap
How to promote your website
How to blog successfully
How to make money by advertising

p/s: you may also discuss anything related in this forum topic =)

How to make a website/ Website building resources.

djzen — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:59:37 +0800

Im sharing this list so people can learn how to make their own websites. It takes some time to learn, and interest too.
I hope you enjoy it =)

Basic Introduction (by zorex)

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Coding

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Image Editing
if you cant afford photoshop:
http://www.getpaint.net/

Web hosting
Malaysia - Faster, easier, more secure for Malaysians.
find at: http://malaysianhosts.com
FREE - careful , maybe unreliable.
http://www.000webhost.com/
USA - better for International market
find at: http://www.webhostinggeeks.com/

Content Management Systems (CMS)
Joomla - http://www.joomla.org
Drupal - http://drupal.org/

Blog Systems
Wordpress - http://www.wordpress.org

Web Presence Tools
https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools

Miscellaneous
Favicon Generator - http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/
CSS Menu Generator - http://www.cssmenumaker.com/
CSS Generator - http://www.scriptomizers.com/css/stylesheet_generator

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Any Other suggestions welcome. If you know any good websites for people that are new to web design, please PM me or post here. I will add to this list =)