The Webmasters' Diligence
By Niyi Adeoshun

Web-design experts agree that it is possible for a good website to remain competitive for up to two years without a major upgrade. But what happens between the time you launch your website and its next major transformation; taking into consideration the rapid changes on the internet and the requests of your clients? Good Maintenance!!!

Good updates, maintenance can keep a website as fresh and as competitive you want it to be. "Do you see a man diligent in his business? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men" - Proverbs 22:29. The word diligence means "constant in effort or exertion to accomplish what is undertaken; attentive; industrious; not idle or negligent" Struggle to improve. In every effort, improve on your dream for your website or other endeavour. Make it that possible for your clients to see improvements almost every time they come.

Diligence is a biblical principle. Proverbs 10:4 says "He who has a slack hand becomes poor. But the hand of the diligent makes rich". The diligent person sees what needs to be done and keeps at it until he gets the desired result. He figures that anything worth having is worth working-at and waiting for.

When I started NukanWeb.com, my aim for the site and its content was (and still is) to follow the pattern of James 3:17 which says "But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy". First, the unadulterated Word of God will come out from it. People with questions will find useful answers and direction there. It will generate money to keep itself going. It will cater for up and coming businesses Christian or not but at the same time the whole world must know of the goodness of God through the site.

I can't say I have reached that goal yet but the 'keep at it' spirit imparted on us as Christians keeps me going and I believe it will keep you going too; if you decide to be diligent in anything that you undertake.