Congratulations to our Top member prize winners!

hand-made cards designed and created by Sultana

NB lounge has just turned 2 years of age and already we rank no. 1 for many search terms to do with Singapore Muslims. Many of our visitors / members have not grasped the idea of this Ask answer website fully. Most of the time someone asks a question but does not think of answering other people's questions which could have easily been answered. If more members answer new questions and not just ask their own questions, they will find their own questions getting more responses.

One of the ways which we have come up with is to credit our members by giving score points, ranking shields and prizes to the top members whose answers have been accepted.

Here are our prize winners for 2009 who have just received their prizes!

1st- Faris

An active member on NB lounge who runs his own website called Islamtouch.com. He's a Muslim living in Singapore passionate about Islam.

2nd - Mehboob

The founding member of Faithhub doing dakwah work to help Muslims in Singapore, especially the converts / reverts.

3rd- Sultana

She's a skilled designer in various platforms.

4th- Ahxuan

A Muslim Chinese revert since 2002 for that plain simple reason, marriage. She learnt more about Islam over the years and is still learning to be able to answer the questions posed by her kids and on this website.

gifts sponsored by Webmack

Our sponsors

Webmack :

One of the web developers who has been involved in creating this website. He specialises in CSS, Ajax, usability study, ASP,  jQuery, front and back end development.

If you wish to continue to see this website thrive and help people, sponsor us by advertising on our website! It isn't as expensive as you might think.

Visit nasi briyani lounge: www.nasibriyanilounge.com

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New re-designed NB lounge site launched

Our re-designed website was launched on the 28th Feb 2009. It's now cleaner and easier to use than ever before with new features like RSS, cool log in, top member cloud, profile bar, browsing new questions and recently replied.

Response to the redesign have been promising as users are viewing more pages as compared to the old designed site. We can say that the new design have created positive changes. Popularity have grown only 1 week after the launch. We will continue to see drastic increase in popularity and usage as more features will be added in the upcoming months.

Nasi briyani lounge is a Singapore Muslim ask answer website. People can ask questions from the multi genre topics listed and get answers/ reply from the Singapore online Muslim community itself. Our website uses CSS, ASP, cross browser capability, Ajax, jQuery, SEO. We are probably one of the very rare websites in Singapore that is using latest innovative technology and efficient programming. We are proud as a Singapore Muslim website to have been featured in a couple of CCS galleries




Visit our site at www.nasibriyanilounge.com
Ask and Reply to interesting question there!!

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Redesigning of NB lounge!

Sneek peeks!
Comming soon in Feb 2009!

We just cannot wait to launch our new skined site. Be prepared, there will be some getting use to that is required. Button will be at a different location and reading will be alot easier on the eyes. Not everything will be launched immediately. There will be some feature that will take a little bit more time to implement.

Soon you will be able to log straight into your profile page and be in control from there. There will be a more social espect to the site. RSS feature which you can import into your blogs, website or emails. No, we are not creating another facebook, but there need to be more interaction between members. Stay tuned for more updates!

Voice out to us what you would like to have or improved. All your comments and votes can be directed through this fun forum that we have set up just for you.

Here's the link: Vote and suggestions

Freelance Graphic Illustrator, Job opportunity

Nasi Briyani lounge is seeking for a freelance graphic designer/ Illustrator to draw a few cartoon Caricature illustrations for us.

Requirements:

-Someone who have stayed in Singapore and knows well about the Singapore Muslim culture.
-You are well versed with using graphic software, like Adobe..etc


Please reply if you :-

1) are interested
2) if you can recommend someone who fits this citeria.

Please quote :

1) - your skills ,
- links to your portfolio
- your fees.

2) - person's name or company name
- website address (optional)
- contact details
- an email



To reply, click here: contact us

We will contact applicants via email.

Tips on how to utilize your business or organisation sign up.

You can now interact with other members by sharing useful information which is quite hard to find online. Thanks to websites like NB lounge, many people are now able to access information which wasn't easily available before.

We would like to give you some tips on how you can fully utilize your business account's features to benefit everyone on this community website:

1) As a member yourself on this site you're a part of this community first and then a business/ organisation member. So please play by the the rules and conduct yourself as part of our Singapore muslim community who support and be of service to others.


3)Participate as much as you can.You profile and signatures below each post will only be seen to others if you post questions and replies.


4) Use your signature well. Set your phone, website and contact details to display on your posts and in your profile. This more than anything will benefit you in combination with your useful replies.

5) Increase your reputation by making your replies to members qustions useful. Replies like this -> "Hi, I do this service, so call me on my mobile number 999 999 999." is not useful. This is spamming and not allowed, unless the asker of that question only wanted a list of company name and contact number. Promoting your business in this manner does not make people want to hire you for your services.

6) Share your knowledge with members. If someone asks about something that you have knowledge about, share it with them. For example if you are in the wedding industry and a member is asking about where to get an affordable wedding dais, do not reply like this "I do beautiful dais, contact me..." Instead reply like this, "Salaam, my business is dealing with wedding dais. it comes in an aray or styles and price. $400 for a 5ft dais, $500 for 6 ft etc. We use satin fabrics for the backdrop and special lightings...etc etc..."
Bottom line is give useful and detailed information. Our members will love you for it and so will the search engines. Do not be afraid to give prices or recomending to other business or giving people tips on how they can save money. That is what people want to know most of the time.

7) Try to gain more points and get yourself the top member shields. It really shows that you are someone who know your stuff and your replies have value.

8) Our site ranks very high on search engines (i.e google, yahoo , msn..) People normally come to our site searhing for something specific. so make good use of this by providing excellent specific replies.(as mentioned above).

9) We wish to raise the efficiency, justice and honesty of how businesses conduct themselves. These are the main ethics as a muslim that Islam recommends when dealing with clients which in turn increase your revenue, inshAllah. Many have complain on how they have been 'cheated' by businesses. Use this as a platform to improve your business, getting to know your potential clients and to give excellent services to others.


For those who would like to Sign up for this FREE business or organisation account, please proceed to Sign up! Fill in your details and click on "i would like to promoto my business or organisation". We are giving away this account free for a limited time.

Free Trial to promote your business or organisation on NB lounge

A few business and organisation have contacted us to be able to interact with our members on our site. We came up with this fantastic idea which would benifit everyone. If you own a business or an organisation and would like to promote it, just sign up for one of this account. As you use our site to ask a question and answer question, you will be promoting your business. How?...well, your details and your business banner will be seen on each post. Members can click on your profile page to learn more about you and your business. So as you interact and create your repo with others so will your business. You are also given a special badge when u create this account with us.

We require 50 sign up to trial this. It's FREE so jump on NasiBriyani lounge and sign up for one! It's in beta stage, so would appreciate if we can hear from all those who have this account for more feedback on how to improve it.

View our live example --> Promote your business or organisation on NB lounge !


Sign up Now!

Step 1:
go to the sign up page

Step 2:
fill in your details

Step 3:
click on "I would like to promote my business or organisation"

Step 4:
activate your account and you will be up and running.


Stay tuned for more tips on how you can utalise this feature!

NB lounge 1st Gathering and Night Cycling Event

Our Very 1st Gathering!

NB lounge is organizing our very 1st gathering event ever! This gathering main aim is to break the ice, get to know one another and most importantly is to enjoy and have fun! We have put up a question under announcement on the website seeking for your suggestion and input to create this event. This is your opportunity to tell us what you can possibly see happening and if you'll like to join this gathering.


Please click on the question title below to read details and to reply:-

Question Title: NB lounge 1ST EVER GATHERING, Suggestions?



Night Cycling Event for youth


Al-Mukminin Mosque is organizing a night cycling event from East Coast Park to Al-Mukminin Mosque 9th to 10th February from 9:30pm(Sat) to 8.00 am(Sun). Hurry! The registration ends this 4th of February. For more information check out this website:www.youthalmukminin.blogspot.com

In the light of supporting the cause of health and fitness in our community, NB lounge is one of the sponsors for this fun filled activity. We request your support by sponsoring this event or by participating in it.



Assisting on Nasibriyani Lounge website

We are always on a look out for individuals who would like to make a difference and assist to grow this website. If you are looking to improve or acquiring certain skills like communication, moderating a website, writing, organizing event, creativity, team/ community building, finance, etc This is the place for you to built your talents and really shine for the community. If this appeals to you and none or something of what you would like to do is here, reply to this email and tell us what you want with your contact number and we'll be happy to have a chat with you about it.



Invite your family and friends to use NB lounge

Click on the link here and fill in the details and click send. We do not collect your friends and family name / email address or generate spam.

If you do have any concerns, questions or difficulty about anything on our website, please contact us.



Regards,
NB lounge Team