A local Web site has been launched, designed for those who lack the time, means or skills to instantly publish their own information.
Santosh Prem, a Durban-based engineer, says he came up with the idea for the NoticeBoard concept as a means of benefiting the small and medium-sized business market, as well as social organisations, educational centres and individuals.
"NoticeBoard permits users to post up to five notices for free on the Internet, in order to keep their targeted audience informed and updated, without having to set up a Web site. A 'private` password system may also be used to protect confidential information," says Prem.
He says he developed the idea in partnership with a team of programmers from Afrihost.com, after discovering the need for such a site when he wanted to publish a simple but updateable project progress report on the Internet that could be tracked by his project team.
"Even though I had the skills to create the Web site, the effort required to set it up and regularly update it in HTML would have been onerous.
"NoticeBoard offers a wide range of uses, such as SMMEs listing and providing details of products and prices for their target markets and schools publishing details, dates and results for fixtures and events throughout the year."
Prem says NoticeBoard is not intended to be browsed through like a classified ads site, as viewers will instead seek and locate notices or information pages that they have been made aware of.
"Both the `public` and `private` notice screens can hold up to three pages of text each and every user may place up to five free public and private notices. The notice titles cannot be duplicated and can be likened to a vehicle number plate.
"We believe that NoticeBoard has got around a barrier that has previously excluded the majority from using the Internet for the very purpose for which it was created - to provide and easily update information for targeted audiences whose main interest is in content and not packaging."
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