On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 8:50 PM, vincent pollet <vincent_at_pongosoft.com>
wrote:
> Hi guys
>
> I am actually one of the admin for Webcup Mauritius website. You guys are
> right it is a wordpress and the choice of the theme can always be discussed
> but at the end of the day it is not really our choice .... The website is
> managed by the team in la Reunion and other countries like us do not have
> full admin access. Which is normal as the competition is not only in
> Mauritius but in Indian Ocean so it need to be centralized somehow and to
> satisfy everyone.
>
>
Hi Vincent,
The Webcup has been criticised in the past due to the criteria used to
grade websites. Have the webcup organizers take the negative feedback into
account for the next competition ?
> Webcup registration will be officially launched on Monday in Port Louis
> and regarding security issues well... you guys should know better than
> other that 100% security does not exist in our sector :)
>
>
With the snowden leaks, people are increasingly aware that there is massive
surveillance and invasion of privacy.
I read the article on "advantages" of cloud hosting, and I think that the
article was biased, as it showed only the good sides of cloud computing.
If I were a client, and I'm losing money on my ecommerce website due to
downtime due to security vulnerabilities, then I would start taking my
phone and yell at the webagency until the problem is fixed. Incidently,
clients should be offered "security contracts" where the webagency updates
their websites against a fee for security issues discovered after the
project is completed.
> I also want to share with you that the core organization team of the
> Webcup is composed of 4 voluntary workers only to organize an event in
> coordination with Reunion,Mayotte,Comoros Madagascar and Seychelles...
> If you think that something is not rightly done, well we will be happy to
> receive your assistance ! at the end of the day we are not paid for doing
> this and it is the community that is benefiting of it so let me know if you
> guys are ready to help :)
>
> Lastly regarding web agency installing only a purchased theme and a logo
> you can imagine that when a client is asking for a 10 000 MUR website he
> gets what he pays for. Quality cost money obviously and many agencies are
> lowering down the prices on the local market because clients are simply not
> ready to pay. It will change one day maybe but you have now the situation
> where good agencies prefer to sell abroad than to work for peanuts on the
> local market... that is sad but mentally are evolving and I think it will
> be better in a near future
>
> Good night
>
> Regards,
>
> *VINCENT POLLET *| *CO-FOUNDER*
>
> *PONGO SOFT LTD. *
> EBENE CYBERCITY - MAURITIUS
>
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> m: +230 52520766
> skype:vincent.pollet67
>
>
> On 9 April 2015 at 22:55, Ish Sookun <ish_at_hacklog.in> wrote:
>
>> Hi SM,
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 9:46 PM, S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Congratulations on your appointment to the ICT Advisory Council. :-)
>>>
>>
>> ​Thank you​ :-)
>>
>>
>>> I found the following for last year's WebCup: http://maurice.webcup.fr/
>>> actualites-webcup-maurice-2014/proud-geek-le-grand-
>>> gagnant-2014-1007.html "google" added the following comment:
>>>
>>> "Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. [[ » ] Edit or delete
>>> it,
>>> then start blogging!"
>>>
>>> It is faster to buy a HTML template when nobody will notice it. :-)
>>>
>>
>> ​As per this page (
>> http://maurice.webcup.fr/webcup-2015-informations-inscriptions) it seems
>> the organisers of WebCup have created a "private group" on Facebook to
>> educate/guide participants; while the web version of the regulations[1] is
>> awaiting a "mise à jour".
>>
>> The website has poor UI if you consider the different size of fonts used
>> and the placement of texts. This color combination is horrible.
>>
>> The following page (http://www.webcup.fr/espace-presse) mentions that
>> registration for WebCup 2015 has started as from 30 March 2015. However, on
>> the earlier mentioned page I highlighted the lack of information regarding
>> registration & regulations. WebCup looks like it's organized by people who
>> know little about the web.
>>
>> [1] http://maurice.webcup.fr/webcup-2015-informations-inscriptions​
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> --
>> ​Ish Sookun
>>
>> - Geek by birth, Linux by choice.
>> - I blog at HACKLOG.in.
>>
>> https://twitter.com/IshSookun ^^ Do you tweet?
>>
>
>
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