Opeawo » Web Design http://opeawo.com On Nigeria, Web, Technology, Branding and Doing Business. Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:12:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Yola.com : Automated website design for rookies http://opeawo.com/yola-com-automated-website-design-for-rookies http://opeawo.com/yola-com-automated-website-design-for-rookies#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:44:41 +0000 Opeawo http://opeawo.com/?p=48  

Yola.com

Yola.com

Now my mum can design websites. Thanks to Yola.com

 

Welcome web design made simple. 

Yola brings website building to the rest of us(rather you). Small businesses. Groups and organizations. Non-profits. My Mum. The guy in the next cube. Everyone. 

Yola is the world’s leading easy-to-use, browser based, website development software for SME’s and groups, and currently has over 2m users worldwide.

Their website builder lets you easily take what’s in your head and turn it into webpages in front of your eyes. Yola lets you make great-looking sites with webpages that work beautifully together.  And, they do it without imposing banner ads or throwing up pop-up ad windows everywhere.

Check out Yola.com‘s exciting features.

Sneak peek: Yola.com was formally Synthasite.com. The startup was founded by South Africa’s Vinny Lingham . Vinny is the recipient of numerous awards, including Top Young ICT Entrepreneur in Africa (2006) & was also a finalist for Men’s Health Best Man (2009) & ICT Personality of the Year in South Africa (2008). He also previously founded Clicks2Customers, which also won the Top Technology Company award in South Africa in 2006, for it’s revolutionary search engine marketing software and services – servicing world class clients such as Walmart.

]]> http://opeawo.com/yola-com-automated-website-design-for-rookies/feed 0 Ning.com lets you join or build your own social network. http://opeawo.com/ning-com-lets-you-join-or-build-your-own-social-network http://opeawo.com/ning-com-lets-you-join-or-build-your-own-social-network#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:25:34 +0000 Opeawo http://opeawo.com/?p=43 ning

Ning is the social platform for the world’s interests and passions online. Ning offers an easy-to-use service that allows people to join and create Ning Networks. With more than 1.5 million Ning Networks created and 33 million registered users, millions of people every day are coming together across Ning to explore and express their interests, discover new passions, and meet new people around shared pursuits. Nigerians are not left out either.

Notable nigerian sites powered by ning .com include

  1. naijaclimatecool.ning.com
  2. lagosians.com
    lag 
  3. kickoffnigeria.com
  4. naijabook.ning.com
    nbook 

Ning was founded in October 2004 by Gina Bianchini and Marc Andreessen.

Go to ning.com and build yours. However an extreme makeover like KickOff’s requires the expertise of a web designer.

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