Chapter 6: Cesaga Website

(Sunday, 8:07 AM - 12/04/2009)

I'm so happy to get the website even thou is not as I expected to get. It a simple web design, with welcome note from me and Raen, and Cesaga manga. M used Flipbook for the manga, it looks awesome but there is one thing that bother me so much...the Flipbook component need 2 pages at 1 time, and I just want 1 page at 1 time. I tested it, and yes it bother me everytime I read the manga, because people will get confuse and get lazy to scroll the manga.

I do my own revision and check around other manga website,  if other used 2 pages at the same time. None from what I search used like that for their manga. So I call M, if he can find another component for the manga. He do some research, but end with nothing. I text him many times, there is time he not even reply my text...maybe because I need to catch the time, so I force him a bit too much.

To makes things right u always have to make it by yourself. Because I don't want to bother him so much with a few simple editing I learn about internet editing myself, M used Joomla software for my website...it easier than coding...  I only know this code  

02/ March /2009, M give me the new template... it have more detail than the first 1. Now we have our own forum with much more detail like visitor counter, shoutbox, slideshow, and who's online module. Some of the module I don't really need because it look mess and not suitable with the website template. I edit some simple things and welcome note for the website and created as many topic as I can for the forum, I also invite my close friends, neighbor, and relative to sign up as a members. Even though I just get this new website for 3 weeks it have around 90+ members at that time with a traffic of 20-30 per day.

I know, its not a good numbers...but for me I'm happy enough. Everyday I online to do the editing myself, create new topic for the forum and finding a new component. When I looks around the www to download new extension, something hit me...a NEW TEMPLATE!! it looks merrier and colorful with a package of free module & components. It cost me $40 for 3 months access to v.i.p site. I loose lot's of money just to build one good site for Cesaga.

So after I download almost all the template in 3 days ^_^ Its time for me to upload the files. Because I used Joomla! it very easy to do that, but I seriously I make a big mistake when I upload the files T_T.... I need to upload all the others 30+ components & module and the worse is I need to arrange it by myself!!! What is Cpanel, what is user 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and many others position that I know nothing about it. So again I just waste my money to get the v.i.p access planning to sell it later

I still want the template for my site, so I google to find someone that can make this happen in a short time...that when I meet another new webmaster (Let's call him W). W charge me $30 only for the template setup, and he say he can upload the template in 1-2 days ONLY!!! What a fast man he is , he asked for my details to access to the database, because I don't have this detail I asked him back if he could contact with M thru text. I give M contact no and W directly call M, I dunno how the conversation going. Around 15 minutes later W send text to me that he just contact M. M said that the details W need is inside his email, because M have no access to the computer/internet that time W don't get the details he want. And then I got text from M, a text that sound like this "U want to change the whole things?" I just reply "Yes, because I like the template W offer"and than I get another reply from M... "I'll send the detail to your email tomorrow" I thanks him for that...I not pay him the balance for the website $60 yet until now(I don't know he wants or not from the mail I receive from him) but I still pay him when I got my loan later...I have financial issues now talk about it in the next chapter.

Its Monday 30/March/2009 I received this mail from M: (I've cut contact address from the original mail)

The ghost user refer to my friends that using more than 1 id . I got the detail to Cesaga database, no wonder I can't used the ftp. After I pass the detail to W, he say he will start the work immediately and upload the template as I requested. Its a good news for me because I really want the template, than a bad news came together with the good news. W said he cannot save the forum and all the members details. I know it a loose, since most of the users not really active yet and most of them I know...I made my decision to continue and start all over again. If people say I'm trying to gain profit from this, I hope they read my blog from the first chapter how much I have loose than I gain.

1st April 2009, I get the new web design...as W promise, he finished the work in 1-2 days, I send my compliment to him for his fast work. W only upload the original design, its up to me to change it myself. I do the change myself, the logo design, all the note, the link, the images, and the slide show. I takes 10 days to do all stuff that u all can see now. Some of the images I takes from google and some I makes it from scratch using adobe photoshop. I have no basic for design, I know nothing about Joomla! editing, and people asked me why I do all this stuff. As I told earlier, I'm the Cesaga project manager even so, I only got 5 years contract with Raen in this project, I already waste 1 year just to build this website. So another 4 years for me to make this manga success, if I don't make it happen...I'll continue renew my contract with Raen until Cesaga become one of the best. When it happen I'll step down.... and finding a new potential manga out there.

Now I just waiting for W to find the manga reader module, I want it similiar to onemanga.com easy to read and big enough for people to looks the details. So until we have the module, please used the link to smackjeeves to see the preview of Cesaga manga. I'm very sorry if I cause u all any trouble from my English to my website. I hope that u can support Cesaga manga, even I know people hate my T-Shirt design from the poll vote ^_^ ..... I don't mind about it, but I hope U like the manga. Thank You!!