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Negaraku

I’m very busy at the moment. Nonetheless, I always make time for my hobby.

Negaraku! was born to express my frustration in displaying feeds (RSS). I have 3 ways of reading feeds, GoogleReader, FeedDemon & Newzie. Every one of them has their own selling point. Somehow I find it inadequate as my appetite to read grew bigger.

Negaraku

Negaraku! is table-less and database-less. The mammoth driving it is just a file. (Of course that doesn’t include pages and javascript files). Aimed to be minimal and gentle for the elderly.

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Anyway, the project is far from complete. Some pages are still missing, and some remained buggy. You can see the demo here. Beta Stage is here, at http://negaraku.net

Feel free to suggest me the following

  1. Usability. Is it easy for you?
  2. Design. Is it simple enough? Color not too bright etc.
  3. The domain name. Now don’t be buying domains, I wont buy it from you.
  4. Currently considering akhbar, negaraku or newstand (.com, .net, etc)
  5. Add Malaysian blogs (but only credible ones, playfulness not allowed)

Go for a spin! It won’t break, because it’s already broken :eek:

ps: Bong & Cibol, sorry la gang. Lain kali bagitau awal2 sikit :mad:

25 May '08 | Design, Web Development | Fave it! | Go to Comment Form

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KNizam wrote on
May 25, 2008 at 4:46 pm

aku dah cuba tadi. memang cool giler ! :arrow:
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NoktahHitam replied on
May 25, 2008 at 7:55 pm

aku tau ko suke mende2 camni :razz:

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saffa wrote on
May 25, 2008 at 6:59 pm

:up: :up: :up: :up: :up: /5!
er.. saffa lagi suka kalau header dye not too plain.. :razz:
mmg cool~ :smile: sgt myenangkan! In one page, dapat review semua berita! :up:
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NoktahHitam replied on
May 25, 2008 at 7:53 pm

header too plain?

Well, kalau byk sgt tulesan, berserabut kepale.

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saffa replied on
May 25, 2008 at 10:49 pm

ermm.. bukan pasal tulisan/logo..
Tapi header punya design.
But yeah.. maybe u should keep it simple..
p/s: X reti nak comment sgt sebenarnya,, :roll:
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mikael wrote on
May 25, 2008 at 7:18 pm

bleh aje la..mmg memudahkan sesetengah org..aku tak berapa suka sgt..

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NoktahHitam replied on
May 25, 2008 at 7:54 pm

honestly ini cume personal project utk syok2 sendiri :kiss:

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Aisyah wrote on
May 25, 2008 at 8:21 pm

usability is good, easy to navigate. the arrangements are neat . the design is simple. good use of colours and font. i believe that the flag could be used in a more creative way. except of course, if you want to keep it simple. all in all, it’s a good design. :up:

and, my blog definitely falls under ‘playful’ so there’s no chance to be there. :cry: hahaha. :razz:
takkan org minat politics, esp the elderly nak baca blog i kot. hahah. :arrow: silap2, my dad yg baca my blog. oh tidak!

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NoktahHitam replied on
May 25, 2008 at 8:27 pm

by playful I meant someone who writes with using unimaginable language, casually. Yours is ok. But dad would see it right? Hahaha.

I plan to add all the blogs in Malaysia (but that would be tough)

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apis17 wrote on
May 25, 2008 at 8:32 pm

wao.. awk tulis sendiri ke script tu? cangihnya..

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teddY wrote on
May 25, 2008 at 10:11 pm

Kudos to you for embarking on something unprecedented in scale and looking very challenging to me! You’ve definitely invested a lot of time and effort into making the whole site work, and the best thing is that it’s not broken at all! Everything is working perfect over there, like clockwork :up: thumbs up for everything you’ve done!

The layout is exceptionally clean and elegant! I don’t know whether you’re going to introduce advertisements into the site, but text ads will be great since it will go along very well with the content. I love the incorporation of the Flickr feeds into the site, and you’re right about it - photos are equally interesting and appealing as well!

How is it far from complete? It’s working so perfectly that it can just be there and wait for visitors :) heheh! Again, I would really want to thank you for doing every Malaysian blogger a huge favour! :lol:
teddY’s last blog post..I’ve got a creativity boost - guess what?

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NoktahHitam replied on
May 25, 2008 at 10:34 pm

Of course Teddy, I wouldn’t be adding the feeds by myself. I’ll probably have a form to do that. On a smaller scale, I should think how to get more traffic in.

Dont be modest. Your blog also suggest you spent a HELL-LOT of time tweaking it.

Advertisement? Well, definitely not from NuffNang nor Google Ads. I want Small business or Start ups to advertise.

Current stage 60%. Many2 tweaks to go. Also I need a house(domain) for it, which I have no idea.. what to name it.

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teddY replied on
May 25, 2008 at 10:51 pm

Don’t worry about traffic - the site is so good it can command attention by itself :) just let your friends spread the word, teehee.

Anyway, you’re the one who’s being very modest and humble here :grin: I don’t spend a lot of time tweaking my theme, and I’ve never tried creating lovely smilies for Wordpress (and to make it sweeter, it’s free of charge, you’re so nice!) as well as designing user-friendly Wordpress themes. I wish I could be half that good!

Regarding the domain thing… are you going to host it on a local server or a foreign one?

teddY’s last blog post..I’ve got a creativity boost - guess what?

NoktahHitam replied on
May 26, 2008 at 12:29 am

Traffic wise aside. Still too early to worry about that.

I have no gf (no pun intended), hence I utilize my time by learning something new everyday. Whatever I learn, I try to make it beneficial for others :wink:

Probably on local hosting. Foreign is good, but what if something like an earthquake or banned IP happened? That’s a tough call.

Mind me telling me how fast is it loading for you?

teddY replied on
May 26, 2008 at 8:23 am

It’s loading fine for me, although the Streamyx I’m using is famous of giving me around 60% of the promised bandwidth. Ah, my corporation cynicism is working up early in the morning again…

Yea it will be great if it’s hosted on a local server! During the Taiwan earthquake last year which snapped a handful of precious trans-Pacific cables, almost every website slowed to a crawl except for mine (since mine was hosted locally) as well as a few Malaysian-hosted blogs :grin: that’s another benefit besides convenient payment (my host accepts cheques, bank-ins, transfers and etc, foreign hosts usually only stick to credit card and paypal). And if anything happens, you can literally kick up a big fuss at their office since it’s usually within driving distance at Putrajaya or Cyberjaya, lol!

Your attitude gets a lot of respect from me! Sharing is something very noble and yet not everyone wants to do it - people will think that why should they provide services for free if they can milk some cash out of it? Thanks again for being a wonderful ’sharer’. Internet isn’t called one without sharing, that’s why what it’s here for - to spread information.

teddY’s last blog post..I’ve got a creativity boost - guess what?

teddY replied on
May 26, 2008 at 8:28 am

Sorry for spamming NH, but that half-awake, zombie-like, post-morning me keeps forgetting to write something in my previous comment.

Perhaps Negaraku.com will be a great domain name, but obviously somebody has parked the domain (ie, there’s no site hosted on that domain, but it’s under ownership). So does for Negeraku.com.my :cry: However, good news is that Negaraku.net is still available :)
teddY’s last blog post..I’ve got a creativity boost - guess what?

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In Za wrote on
May 26, 2008 at 2:16 am

Im supporting it but my brain is not working lately
I bet you know it, too
I gv out fruitless comment *sigh*

After tomorrow, do count me in

In Za’s last blog post..I Heart You, Sexy

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hanep wrote on
May 26, 2008 at 3:52 am

web hosting ko ley host multiple account? try create one, with .co.cc free domain. not interested?

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NoktahHitam replied on
May 26, 2008 at 12:18 pm

nope. Not interested in co.cc. I’m thinking of using local domain

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melbie wrote on
May 26, 2008 at 9:01 am

I like! :up: Simple layout and easy to browse around. But I clicked on NST online and was redirected to their page. All links not ready for the lightbox I suppose? :P
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NoktahHitam replied on
May 26, 2008 at 12:21 pm

All links ARE lightbox. but these newspaper company, sometimes too techie. They removed any codes not from their site upon loading. Hence removed the iframe tag.

NST still ok. The Star is the one giving problem, so is MalaysiaKini

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melbie replied on
May 26, 2008 at 2:42 pm

oh… if you use the frame such as bloghoppin, it’ll still remove lah tu kan? Haish…

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NoktahHitam replied on
May 26, 2008 at 4:08 pm

Yes. Sucks kan?

Need to find a way to counter these intelligent people :!:

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|1f34|-|1r3 wrote on
May 26, 2008 at 2:10 pm

cantek ah eddie..nanti promote blog aku skali…muahhahaha :evil:
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NoktahHitam replied on
May 26, 2008 at 4:07 pm

small matter. dah bubuh pon :smile:

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NoktahHitam replied on
May 26, 2008 at 4:08 pm

oh yeah.. nanti bile dah siap, ko promote la sekali :grin:

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mohd akmal wrote on
May 26, 2008 at 10:07 pm

wow! i like the set up of this thing. u really did a great job pal.

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bongkersz wrote on
June 2, 2008 at 5:03 pm

i commented already, tapi tak keluar? :cry: letih type panjang-panjang hahaha!

i love negaraku.net! very cool and neat. love the design and arrangements. quite fast loading as well. now i know where to get my daily doses of virtual pills.. great job bro!! support negaraku.net! i already put up the banner at my blog. :up:

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NoktahHitam replied on
June 2, 2008 at 5:21 pm

what the hell? I just posted a comment too, and its not working. demmit.

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