Whoops: GMA Still President
By Rico, 3:03 am Fri Jul 2 2010 - Featured, Sites - 9 Opinions
Who cares if Associate Justice Carpio-Morales has already sworn in Noynoy Aquino as the fifteenth president of the Philippines? That’s a real-world fact not yet reflected online.
Updated: Well I’ll be! Team Noynoy used my text for their own placeholder!
At least, in an official capacity. As 100araw.com reports, the Office of President of the Philippines website still features Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo:
In what could be a telling sign over whether the Aquino administration really puts a premium on the internet and social media, the website http://www.op.gov.ph, the official URL of Office of the President of the Philippines, remains a fiefdom of former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Calling Jose de Jesus (Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Communications) and Maria Monetjo (Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology): The fact that GMA is still the main feature of op.gov.ph doesn’t reflect well on your boss’ promised ability to effect change. Revamping a website is a pretty straightforward enterprise, much easier than tackling the corruption and inefficiencies plaguing our government today.
Even if the new Office of the President website isn’t ready yet, there’s nothing wrong with using a simple site as a placeholder. For your convenience, whoever’s responsible for this, below is some code your team can use as a placeholder home page. Alternatively, you can download this HTML file. Making the placeholder only took me fifteen minutes by the way!
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" dir="ltr">
<head>
<title>Office of the President</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
body {text-align:center;background:#FFE339;}
.container {margin:0 auto;width:40em;font: .7em verdana,sans-serif;line-height:150%;}
.container h1 {text-align:center;font:3em Tahoma, sans-serif;font-weight:bold;line-height:100%;margin:.5em 0;}
.container p {text-align:left;}
.container p.regards {text-align:right;font:1.4em "Times New Roman", sans;line-height:120%;}
.container a {color:red;text-decoration:none;}
.container a:hover {text-decoration:underline;}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<h1>Office of the President</h1>
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7e/Ph_pres_Noy_Aquino.jpg/250px-Ph_pres_Noy_Aquino.jpg" />
<p>Everyone says <a href="http://www.coffeecup.com/help/articles/dont-use-under-construction-pages/">you shouldn't use under construction pages</a>. But the <a href="file:///C:/Users/Rico/Desktop/index.html">Office of the President website</a> has existed long before your support made me the Fifteenth President of the Philippines, and it will continue to exist long after I have done my sworn duty to our beloved motherland. Rest assured we are working hard on a new website that will reflect my commitment to greater transparency and accountability. Stay tuned!</p>
<p>At your service,<br />Pres. Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Robert Sanchez
1:01 pm Fri Jul 2 2010
When I went to the site, I got the Malware Detected Warning. Was it hacked again?
Rico
3:03 pm Fri Jul 2 2010
Nah, it just contains elements from macapagal.com… which according to Google Chrome, “appears to host malware – software that can hurt your computer or otherwise operate without your consent. Just visiting a site that contains malware can infect your computer.”
Prudence
6:06 pm Thu Jul 8 2010
They’ve edited the page already. Bravo!
Laya
6:06 pm Thu Jul 8 2010
LOL, they actually took your advice! Winnur ka, Technograph!
Jon Limjap
6:06 pm Thu Jul 8 2010
They actually followed your advice Rico!
Didi
7:07 pm Thu Jul 8 2010
Galing galing naman!!
Robert Sanchez
9:09 pm Thu Jul 8 2010
It worked! Grats! http://abuggedlife.com/2010/07/08/malacanang-listens-to-bloggers-advice/
jun
8:08 am Fri Jul 9 2010
With a Filipino version to boot!
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