Joomla Revolution! How This Free Software Is Changing The Web?

Joomla is changing the web, there is no one better sentence to describe what this young FREE SOFTWARE project is doing from two years ago. We all know that the web permeates today all sides of our life and therefore is perfectly comprehensible that Joomla, been born as a CMS for simplified construction of sites of all types, is interesting a lot of people around the world for the incredible amount of its FREE extensions, that are available through the central site extension.joomla.org, and for its large development community that give support and constantly enhancements of features.

But now Joomla wouldn't not be more considered only a CMS, whatever are the applicative targets in which we are interested to use it for. The time of standalone applications is ending and therefore we should understand that a revolutionary web application platform as Joomla is the right solution that all people are waiting for. The new version of Joomla, currently in Beta2 state, is an innovative and intuitive implementation of the MVC pattern, a famous generalized programming architecture that force the developers to write a more scalable and manageable code and that give to others a lot of competitive advantages as User Interface separation, lower development cost, greater reusability and maximized stability and adaptability.

Joomla 1.5, that's the version number of the new platform, has been rewrote from the scratch by the Core Development Team to obtain a very powerful framework that will boost web developer productivity and that will maximize the users experience. Obviously the Core Team don't know what will be the really boom that this new project would generate on the web but we can admit for sure that the stable release is attended from thousands of people.

Joomla 1.5 have the great merit of not attempt to be a "all purpose application in itself", trying instead to give users a solid platform around which can revolve various types of third party developed web applications. Joomla 1.5 is using moreover only well supported and diffused technologies as PHP and MySQL and it join these ones with an Enterprise oriented vision.

Joomla 1.5 is not compatible with the old Joomla 1.0.X and therefore a lot of people are thinking that only a few part of already existing extensions will be adapted to this system. The problem is that not all extensions, more precisely a lot few, are compatible with the new version of this framework. Some people believe that a software, that already do well what it would have to be done, is already a perfect software and that there are no reasons to change the way it work. They can ask for: "Why I should change my perfectly running system?". The answer is simple: "Because the time is changing and is not possible to use again a bicycle to drive into an highway".

Joomla 1.5 will help developers to implement stronger and powerful applications that will be available only to who will approach a new web project using this new platform. At the same time others old Joomla extensions , that are not compatible, will remain out of a market that will have the maximum momentum in the nearest future.

Many people have talked in those last years about the end of Internet economy and about a possible crash of all the infrastructure. Nothing wouldn't be more wrong. Internet is the future and only now we are seeing it arriving in our real daily life.

Internet is far from the period in which it was constituted of simple sites. Now internet is becoming a complex network of interactive systems and a lot of our social and economic habits are already based on it or they will be very soon. Every days thousands of people, companies and institutions join the big network with the objective of not only read/made some simple web pages.

Today we all ask for more interactivity and integrability of systems that get us capable of live and work in the new global world. Unfortunately users understanding is not evolving as fast as the global system in itself. We all also ask for solutions that simplify this tremendous competition and that will define a standard to help people in managing their web experience.

Evolution is not really if it is not for all and therefore a good solution MUST BE a FREE SOFTWARE one that people can use, modify, adapt and redistribute without limits. People need also simplicity because they wouldn't lose their time in trying to understand all the technological background.

Joomla 1.5 is offering NOW a FREE and REVOLUTIONARY web applications framework that with the use of thousands of external third party applications get users capable of implement their web place. It is very simple to install, config and use. Extensions are constantly growing and will cover all aspects of online activities very soon.

Joomla 1.5 will be the best choice for every day web development when interaction and availability of software would not continue to be limited on a single workstation. Joomla 1.5 will be the obviously choice for who will want to start projects with usability and simplification in mind. Joomla 1.5 will be the next web revolution for people that are not expert or guru. Joomla 1.5 will be the New Internet Indoor for who have never thought that he can do anything of this type. Joomla 1.5 will discover the Internet Potential of all people.

Antonio De Luca - http://www.antoniodeluca.info

About The Author

Antonio De Luca is an italian freelance web consultant and developer.

He works aroung the Free Software world and are a Joomla CMS Expert and specialized in the Joone Neural Network Platform.

He manages also a good directory, on his site, called Lighthouse, where you can find a lot of useful informations and tools specifically aimed to the web.

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Microsoft tailors training to the job

New concepts at Microsoft relate training more closely to the real workplace




Microsoft is taking a brand new approach to the training it offers the
IT professional. Changes in the formats now allow people to acquire new
skills quickly, and that fact allows them to apply that knowledge in
the workplace more quickly than before.



The new certification program demonstrates a more holistic approach
that Microsoft Learning is taking. This derives from the knowledge that
it is people who drive business success and learning. Verification of
an individual's knowledge and skills through certification delivers
tangible benefits to those who want to build their careers while
working. As a result, IT organizations have better trained, more
productive teams, and companies gain cost reductions and systems that
compete more effectively.



As a result of the changed thinking at Microsoft, the Learning
certifications are arrayed in a three-tier system with separate tracks
that more closely correlate to actual job responsibilities in the
workplace. Students of the programs find that the structure of the
training and the level of exams are more nearly akin to their jobs and
what they need. The consequence is an ability to tailor the program to
a level that is more appropriate to the level they find themselves in
for their employer. People are not forced in to taking a series of exam
levels to get what they wanted despite a lot of the material was
inappropriate to their job.



It is reported that the new tracks offer more technical depth, focus
more on on-the-job experience and map better with real-life experience,
Much of what was required in earlier versions was inappropriate to all
the students in the level.



One of the benefits of the changes is that the training is built to
give tight integration between learning tools and product availability.
the consequence of this feature is to allow IT professionals to adopt
new, more capable technologies more rapidly as Microsoft rolls out
product introductions.



The changes have allowed Microsoft to market the new technology as
a valuable purchase and promises to change the way applications are
developed. Speed of change and customer readiness to accept are a
direct result of the change.



The fact that the tracks now more closely model the real world
environment and the elimination of the need to acquire technical
knowledge that is irrelevant to the job will make the Microsoft
certification route much more manageable and is likely to attract more
participation by IT professionals.

About The Author

Tim Moss, a veteran financial executive owns and operates http://www.ms-certificate.com Microsoft Certificate which details the Microsoft Certification programs and what they can do for IT professionals

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Surveys: Scam Or Success?

Believe it or not, there are people making money taking surveys on the
internet. The honest truth of the matter is that 99% of the material
advertising paid surveys aren’t paid surveys. Paid surveys
consist of a study done by a marketing and research company to get
feedback and gather information about various products and advertising
campaigns that the big corporations use. It’s basically a way of
seeing if they are getting the most bang for their buck. These major
corporations easily spend billions a year on marketing and advertising.
The corporations hire these market research companies to get this
information. There are many ways to conduct a survey. The most popular
ones involve telemarketing (phone surveys), mystery shoppers, or
testing a company’s products or services.




This is the perfect example:



A large cable company has a new channel they want to market to men
between the ages of 26-34 who are married and live in a big city. They
want to know the likes and dislikes of these men. How much they pay for
this service, and what advertisements catch their eye.



The cable company would hire a market research company to gather
the information they needed. Each company refers to its online panel.
They may ask for 10,000 men who fit the demographics the cable company
is trying to reach. The company then sends an email inviting
participants to join the study. The participant fills out a
questionnaire to see if they are a match. If they match, they are given
an invite and the offer of $10-25 to take the online survey. It
doesn’t get any easier than that.



But before you pack your suitcase and head to Bermuda, let me warn
you. The problem lies in that there are literally thousands of ads
popping up on the internet that go something like this “Taco Bell
vs McDonalds take this survey and receive a free Xbox.” Once you
give them your e-mail address they make you try to sign with other
companies like Blockbuster and Home Depot, etc…. This is not a
paid survey, let me repeat THIS IS NOT A PAID SURVEY. These are the
ones commonly referred to as scams that everyone mistakes with
“paid surveys”.



They also trick non-suspecting customers to shell out $50 to get a
list of paid survey directories. Some think by paying this, they will
soon be taking tons of surveys and laughing all the way to the bank.
This is not entirely so. After shelling out your hard earned dough to
these sites, they make you sign for each panel one by one.



I don’t see why anyone would pay for “paid survey
directories”. There are several websites that give this
information free. These paid sites are getting over on the fact that
the average person doesn’t know this. Go to msn.com and search
free “free paid survey directories”. Just like that!



To make real bread from the survey business you’d have to be
registered to as many panels as you could handle at one time. To run
with the big dogs, I suggest joining the TOP 20 paid survey panels.
These are the most popular and more importantly, the most
“busy”. You are guaranteed at least a survey a day in the
Big Leagues. Taking the time to sign up with the big guys could only
make you or make you bigger.



Bottom line, you won’t get rich taking surveys but you can
make a few thousand dollars extra income to supplement whatever you
want. To go PRO, you would need to register with every paid survey
panel known to man. Not a bad living for something you can do in your
underwear, with no investment and no strings attached-all in your time.

About The Author

DA Whitmore is an information publisher specializing in online surveys. For more information on paid surveys please visit http://www.surveysenator.com

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CD Duplication - the Key to Protecting Your Data

CD duplication isn't quite as popular as it once was due to the recent
popularity of iPods and other media players. Nonetheless, while fewer
people may be saving their music to CDs so they can carry it around,
there are still many people who like to make copies of their CDs for
backup purposes, especially since Compact Discs can be very susceptible
to data corruption due to scratching.



Often people consider CD replication and CD duplication to be the
same thing. However, there are some major differences between the two
methods. First of all, the CD replication process requires expensive
professional quality equipment. Also, since CD replication is a process
that is only useful for creating large numbers of copies, it is only
legal if the entity doing the replication either has created the data
stored on the disc themselves or has the consent of the actual
copyright holder. CD duplication, in most cases, does not require the
manufacturer's approval as it is done on purchased CDs in single
quantities for home use only.



The phrase 'CD duplication' actually refers to a couple of different
procedures. The best way to choose the correct one is to take some time
to decide one's specific requirements first. One person's requirements
might vary from the next person's for a number of reasons. For one
thing, what type of files will be copied? Will they be music, images,
or data? Or will it be a combination of file types? Once you've
determined your personal criteria, you can make an educated decision
regarding features, price, etc.



Most people will opt for an inexpensive CD duplication software
program. There are tons of these available for download from the
Internet, and most offer trial periods where you can familiarize
yourself with the product and decide whether or not it's up to your
standards before having to fork over any money. These days, most
computers include a CD burner and the accompanying software at a
minimum, so if you might be getting a new computer soon, you may wish
to focus on the CD duplication programs that come with the machines
you're considering.



If you want to make one or two copies each of a large number of
Compact Discs, then it might behoove you to investigate the possibility
of contracting with a CD duplication company. They can even design
labels for the discs, and some say they'll provide marketing, but if
you need marketing, you might be getting into the realm of replication.
Remember that if you're making numerous copies of one disc and offering
it for sale, you must either be the copyright owner of have their
permission. Otherwise, you may well be charged with software or media
piracy. Anyway, a number of these duplication businesses can be found
on the Web.



The fact that it's so easy and inexpensive to get cd duplication
done is pretty amazing if you stop to think about it. Twenty-five years
ago, it cost forty thousand bucks for a CD writer and fifty dollars for
one blank disc. Now the writers come for free with every computer and
the discs go for pennies!

About The Author

For more information on CD replication and CD duplication, click on over to Joe's site at http://www.cdduplicationsoftwareguide.com

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How To Correct A Continually Rebooting Computer

When you sit down at your computer desk and press the power switch on
your desktop, the last thing you want to experience is a continually
rebooting computer.



There are a variety of causes that contribute to this problem, from
something as simple as a stuck power button to a much more serious
problem as your power supply slowly failing. Other causes for this
problem may be overheating PC components, or viruses affecting your
system.



Now, if you’re like the rest of us, having a computer that
reboots constantly is not our idea of a productive day. So how do you
diagnose this problem and where do you start to to make corrections.
Here are some common but often overlooked causes and solutions that
will get your system running again.



First take a look at the power button and see if its stuck in the
socket. If so, you may be able to simple tap the front of the case to
release the button. In some cases, you may have to remove the system
unit cover to get the button to return to the out position.



If you cannot stop the computer from rebooting by pressing the
power button and releasing it, turn off the power switch in the back of
the computer next to the power supply. If your power supply do not have
a power switch, you will have to unplug the system from the wall
outlet.



This must be done as soon as possible so that the constant
rebooting will not damage components such as the hard drive. Constant
rebooting also have the danger of power surges that can further damage
larger components such as the motherboard.



Second you check your computer’s software by checking to be
sure no virus or malware have not effected your hard drive. Virus and
malware are small software that is downloaded along with other files
that is designed to cause mischief.



To remove any viruses and malware, use a anti-virus program that
will search your hard drive and remove these file quickly. These files
can cause such damage as wiping your hard drive of all data or
hijacking your web browser so you have no control over your online
surfing.



If you find no malware on your computer, take a look at your BIOS
to see if it has become unstable or has been changed. BIOS stands for
Basic Input Output System and is a small program designed to check all
components for proper operation when the computer is turned on.



If your BIOS has been changed or if you’re not sure if its
been changed, try to reset the BIOS settings to the default settings
after you access the BIOS as the computer reboots.Once inside the BIOS,
you should have the option to load your default settings, save the
change, and reboot the computer.



However, there are times when a continually rebooting computer will
not allow you to access the BIOS. You can then reset the BIOS by
removing the system unit cover and locating the jumper on a three pin
header.



You must consult your computer or motherboard manual to properly
perform this procedure and it should be done as a last resort. Before
making any changes to your BIOS, you should backup your BIOS if your
computer reboots at long intervals.



After checking your computer’s software for its rebooting
problem, you must check to be sure hardware is not at fault. This
problem may exist because one of your memory modules are unseated from
its socket . Memory modules are long, narrow sticks that attach to the
motherboard.



Remove any static electricity from yourself, remove the system unit
cover and check these memory modules to be sure they are secure. Check
the connections to the hard drive and the connections leading from the
power supply.



Power supply connectors should be checked if you’ve done work
inside your computer recently. Power Supplies are known to slowly fail
and lead to rebooting problems. There is no way to check an ailing
power supply and this should be considered the problem as a last
resort.



Following these steps will help you correct any computer that
continually reboots itself. If no virus or malware is found, carefully
and thoroughly check all connections. And if the problem still exist,
the most likely cause would be the Power Supply.

About The Author

Otis F. Cooper is solely dedicated to
boosting the knowledge and confidence of every computer user. Sign up
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Dotproject Key Features-Find Out What Most Suits Your Project Management Requirements

Managing projects for your business requires you to take care of the
multiple aspects at the same time. But you are surely not a machine. So
why don’t you let a machine handle various aspects of your
enterprise while you can concentrate on the core area of your business?
Software is the right trick for managing all aspects of your business
project with mechanical precision.



What software to use?

This can be a million dollar question in the face of so many free or commercial applications around.

Well, if you are looking forward to a really dynamic management of your
projects and that is without making a hole in your pocket, you must
consider dotProject for getting rid of all the project management
related stresses.

Let’s examine what dotProject can do for you with its feature packed solution.

DotProject has been designed to be modular software. As such it allows
you to append extra modules for added functionalities depending on your
unique project management needs. But the core dotProject framework
provides you with ten key features to keep with the philosophy of
creating the most user-friendly environment.

* User Management
* Email-based Trouble Ticket System
* Client/Company Management
* Project Listings
* Hierarchical Task List
* File Repository
* Contact List
* Calendar
* Discussion Forum
* Resource Based Permissions
So what can dotProject do for you with all these features?
* These features enable you to easily handle the project management tasks for more than one client at a time.
* It helps you to create, keep tracks, and maintain multiple projects online.
* The software helps you to maintain all your contacts without overlapping the different projects.
* Automatic e-mail notification helps you to communicate with your employees as well as clients in a better way.
* You can keep your eyes on the task progress with Calendar and Events.
* It also comes with traditional groupware features like forums,calendar, and email functionality so that users can collaborate for the
purpose of project management.

Adding extra features

For your unique business needs you can always integrate more
modules to the default installation framework. If you feel certain
features don’t go with your project management needs, you can
deactivate them.
To get a glimpse of the full range of dotProject modules, check with the Module Descriptions in its website at http://www.dotProject.net

If you are an entrepreneur managing a medium or small business the
dotProject project management application can be the ideal solution for
you. So look for a web hosting package that includes a script for
installing dotProject for your account.

About The Author

Fat Jack Hosting is the Internet
Marketer’s Dream when it comes to hosting. Not only do we have
great ongoing 24/7 support, but we understand the small business owner,
entrepreneur and internet marketer because we are owned and operated by
an extremely successful one. That’s why you get great customer
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DotProject Benefits---Why DotProject Should Be Your Chosen PMS?

by: Fat Jack

While it comes to describing DotProject---the popular project management solution----one word is sufficient and that is ‘robust’. While its commercial counterparts come with an exorbitant price tag, this free PHP/mySQL based open source application offers you more features than most of them.

The basic objective of project management system can be divided into three main categories:

* The creation of planning of the project

* Breaking the whole plan structure into a series of tasks

* Assigning schedule to each task to achieve certain outcomes

* All these three main aspects of project management vary with the nature and type of each project.

Efficient project management

DotProject is a project management solution that helps to meet you with all these above mentioned project management needs and beyond that. It helps categorize projects as ‘in planning’, ‘in process’ and as ‘on hold’.

This program helps in tracking the various aspects of the expansion project.

A full calendar and ticket system helps update and prioritize your to-do lists.

It supports a better communication with your long distance employees as well as clients.

The right choice for the budget conscious

The DotProject can be the ideal project management solution for the organizations who have to keep the budget factor in mind; for DotProject being an open source solution it has no fees. It comes under a generous license agreement under BSD, GNU General Public License (GPL). Thus you don’t have to pay license fees, maintenance fees, or purchasing fees.

Simple technology; easier operation

In addition to that it is stable software and utilizes purely open source LAMP technologies including PHP hosting and MySQL database management. It works on all the major browsers and is backed by a supportive community. It supports a fine-grained permission system and also scalable.

Modular structure

DotProject can be integrated with other popular open-source projects such as PostNuke. Its modular character lets you expand its functionalities. With dotProject you have the option of using only the modules you need. Just disable the modules that don’t match your project management needs. Its sleek framework makes it easier for the customization by users or by the developers.

If you are still not convinced, our recommendation is: try DotProject web hosting. We are sure with DotProject as your support system, you will never look back.

About The Author

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Can Content Syndicators Work For The Benefit Of Your Business?

by: Fat Jack
A savvy internet marketer should always be aware of the new techniques and tricks of the business and RSS has emerged as the latest alternating messaging medium. With html fast becoming the thing of past, RSS is going to be the next big thing in the web; it is going to become the backbone of the internet by helping share the contents all over the web.

So what is content syndication all about?

This is a technology for sharing content among multiple websites. The characteristic features of this technology are:

* Syndication does not necessarily mean sharing of the full article, images or files.

* Syndication amounts to providing you information about the source website where the full article can be read.

* The information are found in forms of headlines with links to the web pages where the original content can be accessed.

* The syndication file is the basic element of content syndication. These files containing information about the site, the headlines and the links to web pages are located on the web server of the distributor of the content.

A professional webhost allows its customers to participate in content syndication for better business results. So what business benefits are you expected to get from content syndicators provided by your web host?

* Suppose you are engaged in the travel related business. What is the fastest and most effective way of circulating the news about your discounted summer travel package? Just create content with sensational headline and circulate it as RSS feed. Nothing can create speedier impact than this.

* RSS feeds help earn you more reliability from your customers for the simple reason that RSS feeds allow your subscribers to control the flow of information and your customers would trust you more when they are able to control the information they receive. Syndicating increase your online visibility by affecting your search engine rankings positively.

* In the corporate circle and in the intranet, syndication provides a better mode of communications and information about time sensitive issues to the remote employees and clients.

* Finally, its keyword search capabilities empower the marketers in tracking their immediate competitors.

Why not follow the footsteps of such powerful sites as MySpace or YouTube in sharing your contents online? Let RSS be the focal point in your internet marketing and wait for the best to come.

About The Author

Fat Jack Hosting is the Internet Marketer’s Dream when it comes to hosting. Not only do we have great ongoing 24/7 support, but we understand the small business owner, entrepreneur and internet marketer because we are owned and operated by an extremely successful one. That’s why you get great customer service, tips, strategies and support. Go here right now to get your hosting account—>> http://www.fatjackhosting.com

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The B2Evolution Features Than Can Add Value to Your Blog Site

by: Fat Jack

If you are looking for a suitable tool to host a blog site then believe me, nothing can give you a better option than a B2Evolution software package. Going beyond traditional blogging tools, this software can offer you a range of other unusual features that add to the uniqueness to your blog site.

Multiple user/multiple author/ multilingual support

First of all, it supports a multi user, multiple authors set up.

By installing the software for once the software helps organize your blog in a way that each blog has its own set of member users. Thus, you can take the decision as to who gets to write on a particular blog.

On a more advanced level, certain readers can be denied access to particular posts.

To top it all, full user management is included in the software.

RSS feed enabled

Content syndication is one of the most prominent features of today’s blogging behavior. This is a process of article sharing among several related sites. But it is not essential that the full article should be circulated. Through the RSS feed, you can get to see the title and the source of the article. The source link can take you the original article.

The B2evolution has built-in RSS feed support. It also has Atom feeds for both posts and comments.

Thus the readers can get to see your RSS feeds and subscribe to your site.

With B2Evolution, it is possible to assign separate feeds for each individual blog on your site. Alternatively it is also possible to get a feed containing all the blogs on your site by subscribing to the ‘Blog All RSS feed’.

Digging

Another recent blog-culture involves ‘digging’ of the articles. With the help of a plugin called, AstonishMe Digg Plugin, it is possible to add Digg buttons to your posts by simply checking a box in the Write tab. This allows you and your readers to dig the stories.

Advanced categorization

Another feature helping in advanced blogging relates to complex categorization of contents. This system allows for categorizing and sub-categorizing of the posts/news items by subject or theme.

However, with this software it is also possible to assign multiple categories to each post.

The additional features include: an integrated XHTML validator, supports recursive subcategories, cross posting and has an integrated skinning system.

The end result is: you get blog software that runs easily on almost any web hosting service, generates web pages dynamically from the MySQL database, without any hassle of ‘rebuilding’. Also without running into any hassle, you can add to your site different ’templates’ or ’skins’ from time to time. It also comes with faster search/display capabilities and makes for the most comprehensive blog engine you could ever find.

About The Author

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B2Evolution---Software with the Most Comprehensive Feature List

by: Fat Jack

When François Planque forked b2evolution from version 0.6.1 of b2\cafelog in 2003, little did he assume that within three or four years this newly forked software will emerge as the most favorite tools among the bloggers---beginners or seasoned.

This huge popularity can be attributed to the loads of features it come with; that turn it into much more than any other blogging tool. It is characterized by the ease of installation; if the webserver of the host happens to be LAMP compatible (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), the system can be installed in the server within minutes.

B2Evolution makes for a multi-lingual, multi-user and multi-blog publishing system, which is distributed under the GNU General Public License and as such can be downloaded free of charge. With the latest version of B2Evolution installed in your website, you will no longer need configuration file editing; all configurations will be handled through the installer or administrative back-end.

B2Evolution is popular for the extra punches that it packs in its package. Let’s learn about them:

Multiple blogs support

* B2Evolution supports multiple blogs at the same time. It will require you to install the software once and you can use it for up to 1000 blogs at the same time on different pages, in different folders, or on different domains.

This feature also allows you to display several blogs on the same page and you are allowed to add Photoblogs, Moblogs, Linkblogs, Blogrolls or likes in a snap.

AntiSpam Deluxe

* With an efficient combination of active and passive antispam measures, and with the help of community shared blacklist, the software works for blocking comments and referring spams.

Multiple users and authors support

* Through a comprehensive and detailed permission management, any user can be given permissions to read, write, edit or fully change any number of blogs.

Blog skins

* With the help of wide array of Evo-skins, you are not only allowed to customize the look and feel of your blog, you can also control how it behaves. The skins can be easily downloaded and installed.

Plugin framework

* To add more volume to its already expansive list of features, you can take help from the B2Eevolution's advanced plugin framework.

Some of the popular B2Eevolution plugins include Textile, Auto-P, Greymatter, BB code, Texturize, LaTeX, and graphic smilies.

Plugins are also available to facilitate full integration with third party tools such as Gallery 2, YouTube and digg.

Advanced categorization

* This feature will help you break your blog into several categories and sub-categories to organize the posts under different themes. The software even allows assigning multiple categories to one particular post. In addition to that, it allows cross-posting among multiple blogs at once.

To run b2evolution, you will simply need a webserver that can run PHP4, and a MySQL database. It remains the simplest and fastest way of taking your voice farthest across the web.

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Four Critical Web Design Rules

by: Nicholas Lapolla

When creating a new website or redesigning an existing site, there are four critical rules which the designer should follow to make the site effective and functional - and successful.

1. Easy to Read

When building a website, the first thing you need to be sure of is that your website is easy to read. When you write content, remember that most web site visitors don't read every word of a page - in fact, they only scan pages to find what they want.

Break up Your Content

Break up your pages and use headers between major ideas so people scanning your site can find what they want quickly. Use meaningful headers between each paragraph or major idea - this helps with SEO. Headers should be created with the H1 through H4 tags for SEO. Always use good writing structure. Additionally, avoid long paragraphs that run on. You should break up any long paragraphs.

Color and Fonts

To help readability, use high contrast colors between font and background. Black text against a white background may seem stark, but it is very readable. To make a website easy on the eyes, try an off-white background and a dark gray (almost black) text color.

Things to avoid with content color:

Avoid vibrant background colors like purple or yellow. Such back colors make text difficult to read.

Avoid using an image behind your text.

Avoid using bright text colors on bright backgrounds.

Fonts Matter

One simple statement covers the font issue:

Simple fonts are the best; the more fancy the font, the harder it is to read.

Since many browsers only have the standard font set, use standard fonts. In reality, there is no ""standard"", but there are certain fonts that are installed on most browsers. These include Arial, Verdana, Tahoma and Times New Roman. Your readers will see something different than you see if you use other fonts.

Standard Compliant Browser for Development

When developing and testing your site, use a Standards compliant browser like FireFox. If you develop your site to be standards compliant, it will work in most browsers, including MS Internet Explorer (IE). It is recommended that you test your site using the latest and last browser versions of IE (IE6 and IE7). To run multiple versions of IE on the same machine, TredoSoft has a free installer that will install multiple versions of IE. It works great!

2. Simplify Navigation

The menus and links make up the navigation that the visitor uses to get from page to page in a site. Always plan a site around how people will get from page to page. A visitor to your site should be able to get to what they want within three clicks of their mouse.

Multiple navigation points makes it easy to find things. Repeat the top menu and at the bottom. Also create a left or right menu.

Using links within your text to other areas on your site. You can create links so that they are good for search engine optimization (SEO). There are generally two ways to create links within your text:

The wrong way: ""For search engine optimization techniques, click here.""

The right way: ""Good techniques for search engine optimization are important to use.""

Using link text (anchor text) that describes what the link is about is the best way. Search engine web crawlers (programs that automatically index the contents of websites) visit your site, they ""read"" links. Spiders can index descriptive links into a subject or keyword category. Spiders have nothing to work with when reading a ""click here"" until it reaches the linked page.

This is Cross Linking - use it as much as possible when it makes sense to do so when writing your content.

3. Consistent Design

At most, one or two layouts should be used in your site design. As a reader browses your site, they should be able to get used to looking in the same place for your navigation, for your sub-navigation and for your content. That's all there is to say about that.

4. Lower Page Weight is Better

Page weight is the total size of a page on your site in bytes - code, text and images. Your site's page weight makes a big difference to your viewers. Lighter page weight is better for your readers because the page will download faster. The faster a page downloads, the faster they will get to the content.

What is Means to be Light

No large images. (unless the site's purpose is to showcase images, art or photos)

Fewer images are better.

Optimize images for the web at no more than 72 dpi

Use as small an image dimension as possible for the given design.

Use a table td bgcolor attribute or a background-color style attribute for solid color backgrounds.

Make gradients horizontal or vertical (not diagonal) so that you can use a small image ""strip"" and repeat it.

How ""Heavy"" Should a Web Page be?

Certain studies show that 64K is a good maximum webpage size. 64K is a maximum, however it is still, in my opinion, really big! The smaller the page, the better. 25K is good, 15K is even better. There is a balance between design and function. It is a good idea to focus more on function.

Try putting pages on your web host server as you build your site so you can test it as you go. For pages online, you can test the page weight to be sure you are on track.

Ways to make pages lighter:

Use linked style sheets

Use DIVs instead of TABLEs where possible

Use simple repeating backgrounds for effect

Summary

Visitors to your website should be able to find what they are looking for within about three clicks. Making a site easy to read with consistent page design, and easy to navigate will make it easy to find information. You will be on the way to building a readable, effective, functional and hopefully successful website if you follow these rules.

About The Author

Nicholas LaPolla has been a web applications developer for 11 years. He created http://AcmeWebResources.com to help others build or improve, market, and monitize their websites with a focus on web design, website seo / internet marketing, and working to make money online.

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Web Design Projects Good Designs

by: Neil Parnham

Your website is where your business resides -- it's like the headquarter of an offline company. Hence, it is important to practise good design principles to make sure your site reaches out to the maximum number of visitors and sells to as many people as possible.

Make sure you have clear directions on the navigation of your website. The navigation menu should be uncluttered and concise so that visitors know how to navigate around your website without confusion.

Reduce the number of images on your website. They make your site load very slowly and more often than not they are very unnecessary. If you think any image is essential on your site, make sure you optimize them using image editing programs so that they have a minimum file size.

Keep your text paragraphs at a reasonable length. If a paragraph is too long, you should split it into seperate paragraphs so that the text blocks will not be too big. This is important because a block of text that is too large will deter visitors from reading your content.

Make sure your website complies to web standards at www.w3.org and make sure they are cross-browser compatible. If your website looks great in Internet Explorer but breaks horribly in Firefox and Opera, you will lose out on a lot of prospective visitors.

Avoid using scripting languages on your site unless it is absolutely necessary. Use scripting languages to handle or manipulate data, not to create visual effects on your website. Heavy scripts will slow down the loading time of your site and even crash some browsers. Also, scripts are not supported across all browsers, so some visitors might miss important information because of that.

Use CSS to style your page content because they save a lot of work by styling all elements on your website in one go.

About The Author

Neil Parnham
DIY Conservatories http://www.diyconservatories-and-windows.co.uk/

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Customisation Of Your Personal Or Company Website

by: Neil Parnham

Nowadays, in this trendy world, people get very uptight when they do not look entirely presentable. This would also be the case in web designing.

Every individual would definitely want their website to look good, if not, to the best they can. Here are a few things we could look out for when wanting to create a professional looking webpage.

Color Schemes and Themes.

When designing, always choose matching colors. An example of a matching color would be to have a dark background, with visible words and designs. With the dark theme, try not to mix too many bright colors into the design. What we should NEVER do, is to mix two very different colors, such as purple and yellow. Now, of course, it would depend on the purpose of the website, but those two colors are too striking for one who wants it to look more professional.

Themes must always suit the company or rather, the organization / etc. If the website was made to cater for a food company, it would be wise to stick to that particular category, rather than to revert to a different theme, such as machinery.

Fonts should be used in regard to the formality of the website. A simple sans-serif font would suffice in most cases. Exceptional cases such as design and art groups might want to use fanciful designs and fonts. Of course, that’s only if you know what you’re doing.

Finally, we must always try to think of our visitors, see the way they see. The resolutions and file sizes of the pictures must not be too large in terms of size. This is to allow maximum compatibility and cater our visitor’s needs.

So, planning is something we should always do, before attempting something.

About The Author

Neil Parnham
DIY Conservatories http://www.diyconservatories-and-windows.co.uk/

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Creating Your Easy Website, What Is Hyper Text Markup Language

by: Neil Parnham

Creating your easy website, what is hyper text markup language

Creating a website is not so much a feat, if we compare it to the education of other technical skills. Most people tend to give up and pack their bags as soon as they hear the word “programming” and “technical”. They think it`s too much of a hassle to actually learn a whole computer “language”. HTML, the most basic computer language in building websites, is actually pretty simple to understand, as long as we have the interest in learning new things.

What is HTML?

HTML is the acronym for Hyper Text Markup Language. For learning purposes, just think of it as a language that the computer understands. For example, as humans, we were taught different languages; i.e. HTML as a language, is mostly and specifically used to create a website. The web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox, will then decipher and interpret the code or rather, language(HTML), and display it in a way we can understand it, just like in a basic webpage.

Coding.

Coding the HTML language might be a bit tough for some people, so we can actually purchase programmes, such as Macromedia Dreamweaver, or even Microsoft Frontpage. These programmes are solely created to help individuals in designing professional webpages/websites.

Furthermore, one could also gain access to online web-builders, website builders that are inbuilt and can be directly controlled from the net. There are many different and specific builders online.

Books and magazines contain guides that can help in offering tutorials and ways to put up our own websites. Even online tutorials are credible, as in the modern world, information technology is the best and most cost efficient way in retaining knowledge, especially in this particular field.

So, you could start and build one right away. If you enjoy coding, it might even become a favourable past-time.

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How To Design A Web Page That Pays

by: Cliff Posey Jr

It is relatively easy to design a web page. It is much more difficult to design a web page that works, and more importantly a web page that pays off for either you or the web visitor. But if you want to create web sites or have a home based business that you can promote online, building a web page that pays is an absolute necessity.

So, how do you design a web page that pays? First off, you need to determine who will be getting the pay-off. It could be you or the web visitor, or better yet, it could be both of you. For example, an informational web page will be valuable to a reader looking for information and valuable to you if you have affiliates, links to products, or other sites you want to promote.

When building a web page or looking for a home based business, affiliate programs are worth considering because they add value to the site for the reader and can provide enough revenue for you to keep the site going. The best affiliates offer products that are in some way related to your site. In other words, if you have an informational web site relating to pet health, it wouldn't be a good idea to have affiliate links for tax software. You will be much better served with affiliates that sell pet vitamins, pet toys, or other pet related products.

If you want to create web sites or design a web page so that you can make money from affiliate programs, it is a good idea to research affiliates and the topic before you proceed. Making sure that affiliate programs exist in conjunction with the information you want to provide or the home based business you want to promote will prove to be very valuable later on as you try to get the site off the ground.

You will also want to make sure that you will be able to provide credible information to the site's visitors. For example, you will have a hard time building a web page devoted to coaching soccer if you know little about the subject. And without credibility, you stand little chance of getting site visitors to stop by once, let alone, again and again.

Credibility will also prove to be important when you look for affiliates. Often times, your site will need to be reviewed before you are allowed to participate in the affiliate program. If you design a web page that is not up to par, you will have little chance of being approved.

In short, take your time and do your homework. That is the only way to create web sites that truly pay off for you and your visitors.

About The Author

Cliff Posey, owner of CRP Marketing, owns and operates http://webbusinesstoolsonline.com. Cliff Posey has also operated several other successful web businesses including Love Song Cards and Radio Career Consultants. The content in this article was developed from his experience in these businesses.

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How to Optimize Your Website for Local Search

by: Bei Maniago

Nowadays, businesses and entrepreneurs, both big and small, know the fact that advertising at traditional media is not practical anymore. Because ad spending is considered a major operating cost in all businesses, it should be targeted in initiatives that would specifically and effectively reach the target consumers. Proper and well-visited venues and media forms should also take most of the ad efforts. Thus, because online media has been fast becoming a popular and well-utilized media, consumers are more exposed to it and so businesses swoon to follow where consumers or prospective customers are.

So you know that it is now considered a necessity to put up a Website for your business. Suppose your company has established an online page where clients could find out more about your products and services. Logically, the quest does not stop there. You have to aim for your Web site to be exposed to prospective clients or for it to tap the intended and target online users. Operating a Web site, you would soon know that the initiative is not an easy one. But to help you carry out that goal, it would help if you would optimize your Web site for local search.

On top of that concern, you should also specifically aim to target local searches. You know that the Internet is a hub that contains millions of companies' Web pages. So how could you top those searches and make sure consumers check out and easily find your site? The Answer lies in search engines. You should optimize your Web site so that it would easily and strategically be listed in search results. Targeting local listing would also be necessary if you aim to tap consumers who are within your vicinity and who would more probably be convinced and called to action to conduct business with your company. Here are several measures that you could take as you act to bolster optimization of your Web site for local search.

* Adopt a marketing program specifically for the local search engine. To do this, you have to initially determine the scope and range of penetration of ads in the market and of course the possible competition to your Web site.

* Revise several pages or rewrite contents so that the articles would be keyword rich. When the content is rich in strategic and search keywords, for sure, search engine ranking would be better and more effective. Doing so would also help maximize the placement of your Web page in numerous search engine queries.

* Do a Piggyback search engine optimization so that traffic would be redirected to your site. Article marketing would also be helpful in creating Web sites with quality back links.

* Make Web site directory submissions by sending such to as mush as 300 search engine worldwide and affiliated regional directories.

* Market and advertise your Web site through traditional and online classifieds. The Craigslist is an example of an effective online classified that would be a great help to your Web site.

Overall, make your Web site user-friendly, interesting and informative. Creating a good impression to online users would help your Web site, and your business as well, achieve well patronage and regular heavy online traffic.

About The Author

Smart Link Solutions provides expert local search services. To view their local directory, go to http://profiles.smartlinksolutions.com.

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Four Critical Web Design Rules

by: Nicholas Lapolla

When creating a new website or redesigning an existing site, there are four critical rules which the designer should follow to make the site effective and functional - and successful.

1. Easy to Read

When building a website, the first thing you need to be sure of is that your website is easy to read. When you write content, remember that most web site visitors don't read every word of a page - in fact, they only scan pages to find what they want.

Break up Your Content

Break up your pages and use headers between major ideas so people scanning your site can find what they want quickly. Use meaningful headers between each paragraph or major idea - this helps with SEO. Headers should be created with the H1 through H4 tags for SEO. Always use good writing structure. Additionally, avoid long paragraphs that run on. You should break up any long paragraphs.

Color and Fonts

To help readability, use high contrast colors between font and background. Black text against a white background may seem stark, but it is very readable. To make a website easy on the eyes, try an off-white background and a dark gray (almost black) text color.

Things to avoid with content color:

Avoid vibrant background colors like purple or yellow. Such back colors make text difficult to read.

Avoid using an image behind your text.

Avoid using bright text colors on bright backgrounds.

Fonts Matter

One simple statement covers the font issue:

Simple fonts are the best; the more fancy the font, the harder it is to read.

Since many browsers only have the standard font set, use standard fonts. In reality, there is no ""standard"", but there are certain fonts that are installed on most browsers. These include Arial, Verdana, Tahoma and Times New Roman. Your readers will see something different than you see if you use other fonts.

Standard Compliant Browser for Development

When developing and testing your site, use a Standards compliant browser like FireFox. If you develop your site to be standards compliant, it will work in most browsers, including MS Internet Explorer (IE). It is recommended that you test your site using the latest and last browser versions of IE (IE6 and IE7). To run multiple versions of IE on the same machine, TredoSoft has a free installer that will install multiple versions of IE. It works great!

2. Simplify Navigation

The menus and links make up the navigation that the visitor uses to get from page to page in a site. Always plan a site around how people will get from page to page. A visitor to your site should be able to get to what they want within three clicks of their mouse.

Multiple navigation points makes it easy to find things. Repeat the top menu and at the bottom. Also create a left or right menu.

Using links within your text to other areas on your site. You can create links so that they are good for search engine optimization (SEO). There are generally two ways to create links within your text:

The wrong way: ""For search engine optimization techniques, click here.""

The right way: ""Good techniques for search engine optimization are important to use.""

Using link text (anchor text) that describes what the link is about is the best way. Search engine web crawlers (programs that automatically index the contents of websites) visit your site, they ""read"" links. Spiders can index descriptive links into a subject or keyword category. Spiders have nothing to work with when reading a ""click here"" until it reaches the linked page.

This is Cross Linking - use it as much as possible when it makes sense to do so when writing your content.

3. Consistent Design

At most, one or two layouts should be used in your site design. As a reader browses your site, they should be able to get used to looking in the same place for your navigation, for your sub-navigation and for your content. That's all there is to say about that.

4. Lower Page Weight is Better

Page weight is the total size of a page on your site in bytes - code, text and images. Your site's page weight makes a big difference to your viewers. Lighter page weight is better for your readers because the page will download faster. The faster a page downloads, the faster they will get to the content.

What is Means to be Light

No large images. (unless the site's purpose is to showcase images, art or photos)

Fewer images are better.

Optimize images for the web at no more than 72 dpi

Use as small an image dimension as possible for the given design.

Use a table td bgcolor attribute or a background-color style attribute for solid color backgrounds.

Make gradients horizontal or vertical (not diagonal) so that you can use a small image ""strip"" and repeat it.

How ""Heavy"" Should a Web Page be?

Certain studies show that 64K is a good maximum webpage size. 64K is a maximum, however it is still, in my opinion, really big! The smaller the page, the better. 25K is good, 15K is even better. There is a balance between design and function. It is a good idea to focus more on function.

Try putting pages on your web host server as you build your site so you can test it as you go. For pages online, you can test the page weight to be sure you are on track.

Ways to make pages lighter:

Use linked style sheets

Use DIVs instead of TABLEs where possible

Use simple repeating backgrounds for effect

Summary

Visitors to your website should be able to find what they are looking for within about three clicks. Making a site easy to read with consistent page design, and easy to navigate will make it easy to find information. You will be on the way to building a readable, effective, functional and hopefully successful website if you follow these rules.

About The Author

Nicholas LaPolla has been a web applications developer for 11 years. He created http://AcmeWebResources.com to help others build or improve, market, and monitize their websites with a focus on web design, website seo / internet marketing, and working to make money online.

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Wordpress Themes: Selecting an Effective Theme

by: Gobala Krishnan

If you're blogging on the Wordpress platform, I'll bet my entire life savings that the first thing you ever did was try to install a new Wordpress theme. I'll bet my future earnings that even today you're still occasionally changing themes and wasting a lot of time doing minor modifications that when summed up merely distracts you from blogging itself.

It's actually easy to see why this single aspect of running a blog demands so much attention. With the correct theme, you can accommodate all the nifty little widgets and codes, and may also mean better search engine rankings and tons of fresh traffic every day.

So what are the factors you need to consider to make theme-hunting easier? Here are five important ingredients:

1) Theme Width and Columns

Typically, Wordpress themes come in 2-column or 3-column formats, with widths ranging from 500 pixels to 960 pixels wide. If you're blogging for non-profit purposes, a 2-column theme can look more compact and reader-friendly. Since you have less images of products or links to other sites to display, you can focus exclusively on the content without leading readers away from your site.

On the other hand, if you're blogging for profit, you may want to consider a 3-column Wordpress theme that will be able to accommodate your Google Adsense, Chitika and Text Link Ads codes comfortably without squeezing everything in the content area. 3-column themes allow room for expansion, but in the event that you've filled up all available space with ads, then it's time you removed the non-performers and use only the advertising services that work for that particular blog.

2) Use of Images and Icons

A theme with images and icons can look good, but it rarely increases your web traffic or subscriber base. In fact, most "A-list" bloggers have plain vanilla themes with a simple logo on top. Reducing the amount of images also means faster loading time and less stress on your servers. This vital aspect of server load become apparent only if you have tens of thousands of visitors a day, but it's worth designing for the future.

A image-laden theme also distracts readers from the content itself. This is the reason why blogs like Engadget and Tech Crunch use images intensively in the content areas to add value to a post, but the theme itself is simple and rather minimalist.

Ideally, a theme should allow you to use your own header image for stronger branding purposes, yet replace images and icons with links and text, or just not use them at all unless absolutely necessary.

3) Compatibility with Plugins

Another time-sucking activity is installing plugins that improve the functionality of your site. There's a plugin out there for almost everything you want to do with your blog, but while most of them are free and easily obtainable, it's not always easy to install the plugins and insert the codes into your Wordpress theme.

If your theme is too complicated, it may be a headache to even insert that one line of code you need to make a plugin work. This is often the case with advanced AJAX-based Wordpress themes that have too many files and heavy coding. I've always preferred a simpler themes that stick to the default Wordpress theme as much as possible, so I can cut back on the learning curve and just get on with my life.

Remember that the purpose of your blog is to deliver timely, relevant content to your readers, Any theme that preserves or improves the reader experience is good, any theme that subtracts from the experience is bad.

4) Search Engine Optimization

A lot can be said about search engine optimization, but at the end of the day if you have content worth reading eventually you'll get the rankings you deserve. That doesn't mean that you don't need SEO; all it means is that what you really need to do is to make sure:

(a) Your tags are formatted properly, with the name of the post first followed by the name of the blog - some themes can do this automatically without modification to the code or use of a plugin

(b) All your blog content titles use the H1 tag, with the main keywords used instead of non-descriptive text for better SEO relevance

(b) Your theme has clean source codes, and if possible all formatting is linked to an external CSS file which you can edit independently

5) Plug-And-Play Ease of Use

Can the theme be installed easily on an existing blog without having to move things around? Can the same theme be used and customized easily on your other blogs? These are some additional things you may want to consider when theme-shopping, especially if every minute of downtime on your blog may mean lost revenue.

While it's hard to make comparisons due to the sheer amount of free and paid themes out there, it's still a good idea to have a test blog site. Test any theme you plan on using, and make sure your test blog is also fitted with all the plugins and miscellaneous widgets used on your real blog. The last thing you want is for your readers start seeing weird error messages on your blog.

At the end of the day, a theme is just a theme. Instead of spending your time installing them, it may be wiser to outsource the task and focus more on your readers. Alternatively, you may also want to consider buying "plug-and-play" themes for a reasonable price. Dennis De' Bernardy of ProWordpress.com has probably one of the best themes around, but if you're short on cash there are certainly cheaper alternatives.


Copyright (c) 2007 Gobala Krishnan

About The Author

Gobala Krishnan is a niche marketing and Wordpress blogging expert who has helped thousands of beginners start blogging for fun and profit. With his "Instant Wordpress Themes" package you can get "Plug-in-Profit" niche themes for $1 each. You can browse the current selection at http://www.easywordpress.com/go/instant-am

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