On9Ads.Com - 30th Oct

On9Ads.com

Before this, I've said before that my site will launch at around this time of the year, but yet it didn't. After almost 5 months of developing the site, I guess it's now 75% done. Although, at this stage, the site still looks a little primitive and does not have all the sleek graphics that modern websites used to have these days. And the thing is that the back-end system for the site is still not done, which means: the thing that we need to do now would be the testing and system back-end setup. Maybe at the meantime, I should be making up tutorials and step by step guide to making your websites with Dreamweaver? I wonder how many people would benefit from this? Up to this point, I've only made tutorials that cover word based procedures without actually showing the detailed steps. But anyways, back to my site, I guess the timeframe for earliest beta release would be at the end of this year perhaps? Perhaps...perhaps...

On9Ads.com - 27th July

Recently I haven't been reporting much about my website. No, its not up and neither is it down. But the progress is still at the development stage where all functions are being coded, layout finalized and the whole layout being tweaked. The look is there already, but certain pages / content are still unavailable and under construction, while most functions have been completed besides the admin pages. Anyhow, the targeted dates of opening would have to be delayed until further notice.

After some searching on the net, it reveals that there are in fact many sites that share similar content to mine at the moment. But, after some consideration and scrutinization of the content, the fact is that most of the systems are too niche on one aspect and therefore, lack the fighting power over the rest. Meaning that most of them are too focused on doing one thing and by neglecting the other thing reduces the dynamicability of their page content. Although there was one site which I particularly like and may follow suite if I am able to modify its function on my own effort.

But seriously speaking, all I want my my site to do is to be able to generate back my own capital together with some profit, maybe a small sum of RM500-RM1000 will be one of my man targets at the near future. Any additional will be an extra and most will go to the profit of the site users.

I'm also beginning to despise Google AdSense already as after so long, I only get like USD$1.04 after so long of using it. The clicks themselves only generate mere pennies and for it to be a source of income is impractical at this moment. Therefore, I've removed the Google Ads on my sidebar and replaced it with my own advertising. Hope to hear some comments on this.

On9ads.com - 30th May

I finally got the advertising administration page function figured out after two days of hard thinking and lots and lots of trial and error. I realized that web design is a lot like steel connection design, you're provided with multiple tools, and its up to you on how to apply and manipulate them to your purpose and depending on creativity. These tools, although may not seem to work to your purpose individually, but in a team, they would generally perform the task you want.

Web Design is a little bit like a strategy game, to win, you assemble your army and duke it out with the enemy or the purpose. If it fails, build some more or different variation and try again until you win. Its also as addictive like gaming now that I talk about it. Once you put your mind into accomplishing certain tasks, you wouldn't want to stop unless either you're tired to think already or you've done it.

On9Ads.com - 17th May

Seriously, today, for not even single bit am I regretting downloading the Adobe Developer Toolbox. There are a lot of things which the main software itself can't do but which the Toolbox complements. This add-on is really useful, I've now made the "Bid" function for auctions and probably can be used for placing messages on board too! Although the full system is not yet done but as I've said before: Progress! Progress!

On9ads.com - 15th May

Website Layout....done
Pictures..........not done
Functions.........not done
Advertising.......not done

Woah...looks like my website still has a long way more to go and there are still tonnes of work left to be completed. But well, nobody says that starting a business is easy is it? Anyway, I'm happy with my progress at the moment and at least this took my mind off gaming for a while...this has turned into a hobby for me...Anyone wants to start a website can leave a comment below!

Come to think of it, 1st April (although is April Fool's Day), is really historical as it made me understand and get interested in this stuff. I would like to thank the author of the e-book I bought, although I never actually used much of his tips but well, it was worth my time reading it.

On9Ads.com - 14th May

I've progressed a tremendous amount in my website layout at the moment. I've almost completed all the arrangement, leaving only the main content arrangement. When I tried CSS, a simple header and logo took me hours to figure out the "float" function and yet still couldn't get it to look right. The same area took me only 10 minutes to set it up, starting from scratch and being a newbie...image that...that's a lot difference...So, for anyone who says that tables are for tabular data, I would say CSS is for text, that's the original purpose and it won't look right for a website layout. Coupled together with a 'headache' browser compatibility issue...I would say CSS wasted a couple of hours of my life learning where I can do more with the conventional tables. Furthermore, if tables were 'dumb' and should be used for tabular data, I wonder where the Internet started? From CSS?

On9Ads.com - 11th May

I really want to thank my "Creator" a.k.a God for showing me the solutions to my problems so far. The image uploading issue I've encountered since yesterday was solved to day with the: Adobe Developer Toolkit, it sure saved me a lot of time thinking about the issue. The next thing now that I want to clarify would be the CSS design issue...I still need to learn. According to some websites on website development, using tables as the layout guides would generate lots of issues at later time and would hamper smooth flow of the website. Looks like that would be my next target!

As usual, I welcome anyone who wants to learn more on this.
Email me:- siong_hean@hotmail.com

On9Ads.com - 11th May

I've hit a snag again yesterday. The problem was really basic but due to the unavailability of the function in dreamweaver, I'm having a big headache thinking about solving this. My issue is on letting users upload pictures on my website and displaying them accordingly on my website, like pictures for their classified ads. Online suggestions:- coldfusion, mysql blob, upload php.

If I use coldfusion, the server might not be able to run the website. I cant understand mysql blob and I've tried upload php which doesn't work. I also found that the adobe developer toolbox might be able to help. Haven't tried that yet, but I'm going to download it later. All I want is just the ability to display certain images uploaded by the user which would definitely make a better ads page. Hope to be able to get it running as soon as possible, as I've most components in place now, left out is this basic problem only.

On9Ads.com Main Page - 7th May

Woohoo...this marks another achievement in my website! I finally figured it out after quite a number of uploading tries. I no longer have to depend on the free site builder provided trough cpanel. In fact, I can now make and upload my own main site. If any readers out there have been following my blog (Thanks! I appreciate the support), you would have noticed the old website layout and now we have a new one: "Under Construction!". Anyways, anyone out there need help with this? Hola me at: siong_hean@hotmail.com and I'll guide you! The optimism that I was supposed to cultivate is building right now and I like the feeling!

On9Ads.com - 6th May

Web design and coding (well, not much coding actually) is quite fruitful today. I've learned how to make login pages, how make your administration back end and data manipulation sites. From these methods, I'm quite sure that I'm able to create auction sites, sales sites and probably blogs today. The only thing is that I'm still not that good at it and still require some practice, but I'm sure I'll be able to master it in no time.

Up to today, I'm still not sure how to upload the man page onto the web hosting server. Can it be overwritten? Hopefully I'm able to...if, not I'll have to edit it using the sitebuilder which is in fact quite crappy. The Zencart, osCommerce and others are not so user friendly to me at the moment. To be user-friendly, it should cater to people who do not know how to do websites with simple click and paste etc methods. But well, no wonder they charge so much to make a website....

The Website - 6th May

I tried looking for my website today through Google by searching for: on9ads, but the results, really surprised me. In fact, I didn't expect any results, but the results was really strange. Although it really did appear, but it shown was not the main website but the Cafe Townsend website which I uploaded as a tutorial / testing. But, gosh, guess I've to take it down. Might spoil my reputation and give me legal headaches later.

Today also, I went to look around for ads, competitors you might say and see how are they doing their share of business. Again, it was unbelievable. Some were rock bottom cheap. Looking at them, instead of being intimidated, I was literally on fire. I'm now even more determined to succeed, and make things work. They say that rich people have the optimism for them to succeed and make them rich, and that's what I'm trying to cultivate here: optimism. Well, with competitors, I will improve myself until I'm better than them and hopefully that will help me.

The New Website On9Ads.com - 6th May

Recently, I was talking about making websites as my business site, and I finally got one!

Its here:- http://www.on9ads.com/
(Feel free to visit anytime!)

I've paid a total of USD70.80 for 2 years of hosting and this domain is a lifetime domain. So, whoever is reading this, you can still visit it now, but at the moment only the base is running which doesn't reflect the actual layout of the site.

I've also uploaded a test site:- http://www.on9ads.com/cafe_townsend
(Disclaimer:- Feel free to visit but I'm not related to Cafe Townsend nor is this is a ad for it)

Its just a testing of site making basics and also site uploading. So far so good. Anyways, if anyone would like a tutorial on your first website, feel free to leave comments and I'll start with a website building blog with Dreamweaver. Since I'm a newbie too, I suppose it would greatly help you too as the concept is:- I'm a noob and you're a noob too, if you can't understand it. Neither do I. So, stay tuned for more progress on the website!

You can also email me at: admin@on9ads.com