This is one in a series of columns on the open-source commerce (OSC) industry.
Those Magento boys and girls are at it again, kicking butt and taking names by releasing a brand-new, expanded 1.1 release of their already feature-rich open source e-commerce program. The company claims to already be the fastest growing e-commerce platform on the market – and not just open source e-commerce — with over 400,000 production downloads in only 16 weeks. This latest release will boost the world’s acceptance curve sharply with new features that will pique international interest.
The team's marketing messages, already good from the start, have become laser-focused and clearer than any open source e-commerce team I've seen. They have positioned themselves as the competitive solution for shops ranging from the mom-and-pop-type shop, through the medium-size shop selling up to $150 million per year, and their features make them ideal for an enterprise shop. The company is aiming this latest release squarely at world expansion.
Summary of New Features
This new release includes hundreds of bug fixes and performance improvements including SEO-related fixes, improvements in the Admin components, and also adds support for Canadian and European taxes. Expanded product options will win over the hearts of those who sell customized products, with custom product options, personalized products, and virtual or downloadable products. And an exciting new feature is a Web services API, which opens the door for Magento to be integrated with any application via a Web Services API.
Performance Issues Addressed
The company says one of the main goals for Magento 1.1 was to examine bottlenecks in the platform and improve performance. This new release addresses the key concerns of many 1.0 users, including many bug fixes and slow page-loading times. Changes have been made to the Admin so that data are loaded only when necessary, improving the responsiveness of the Admin significantly.
The company claims a 40-percent performance improvement. Some 1.1 alpha users reported performance improvements of 70 percent in their tests, while others complained that while the new version is much faster, it remains relatively slow. Many factors can influence the speed of the program, including server and caching settings, so if a store remains slow after upgrading, the store owner should seek out additional measures to improve the store's performance.
International Support Increased
Magento Version 1.0 was a US-centric product. Version 1.1 will see the expansion of Magento into many additional new countries where it was previously impossible to use the program due to tax law limitations. Complex laws in Europe and elsewhere for Value Added Taxation (VAT) formerly required programmers to extend the code. According to Varien's Chief Technology Officer, Yoav Kutner, the team has redesigned the tax module so it is more flexible for international use, as well as for changing taxation laws in the US. Already there are active user forums in nearly 50 languages. Translations of over 60 languages and dialects have been initiated by volunteers with varying degrees of completion, and 23 locales are 85 to 100 percent complete. As a result of these activities and changes, the number of version 1.1 product downloads should spike sharply with significant world-wide interest.
Additional “Wow” Product Features
The new version allows customers to create custom products, also known as bundled products or "kitting" (making kits). For example, a customer can create and purchase a computer with user-selectable options such as case, hard drive, RAM and monitors with pricing dynamically generated. Unfortunately, store owners who have already created simple products cannot convert the existing products to bundled products; they must go back in and recreate the product as a new, bundled product. But, this is a small price to pay for such an expansive feature.
Another welcomed product feature in this release is “customer-defined product options” such as specifying text or images for monograms, engraving, and custom printing.
Most exciting is that the company unexpectedly tucked into this release support for virtual or downloadable products. Roy Rubin, President of Varien Inc., the company that developed the program, said he Initially expected to release downloadable product support "right behind 1.1." It is rare indeed to move the launch of a planned feature up, and this new feature alone will create many new converts to the program.
Other New Features
Rounding out the gaggle of new additions to the program are a couple of small but nice new features; new customer attributes such as prefix/suffix (Dr., Jr.) and date of birth.
The “One-Click Upgrade” from 1.0
Rubin says the heavily-touted Magento "One-Click Upgrade" is now in place for this release, and that it will work with the public release of 1.1 as long as the relevant 1.0 code has not been modified. It is always wise, however, to make a copy of the site and install the upgrade on the copy. The company strongly recommends against installing on a live or production site, but how many store owners will listen only to the words "One-Click Upgrade"?
Industry Wait-and-See
Template companies that offer templates for many other open source e-commerce programs have taken a wait-and-see attitude towards releasing templates or skins for Magento. Likewise, many experienced open source programmers are unfamiliar with the object-oriented programming used by Magento. Slow release of programmer documentation to get programmers on board, and unfamiliarity with the Zend Framework on which the program is based, have all slowed the program's acceptance into the industry by Web developers. The company would be well-advised to speed the release of developer documentation even if it is not pretty or absolutely fleshed-out yet.
Enthusiastic Community
Still, the company has been responsive to the concerns of its users with the product it has released today, and that responsiveness to end users is refreshing in the techno-centric world of open source e-commerce. With this release, it's time for the industry biggies — osCommerce, Zen Cart and CRE Loaded — to sit up and take notice if they haven't already.
In its short four-month existence, Magento has already been nominated for a number of prestigious awards, including the O'Reilly 2008 Open Source Awards and SourceForge.net's Community Choice Awards. Magento was a finalist in SourceForge’s categories for Best Project for the Enterprise, Best New Project, Most Likely to Change the World and Most Likely to Be the Next $1B Acquisition. How many eCommerce programs can claim that, open source or not?
The bottom line: Magento is already loved and accepted by end users and the community. This new release will just create more, worldwide converts. It’s a real winner.
source:- ecommerce-guide.com/
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Five Tips For Improving Ecommerce Website Usability
ECOMMERCE AND USABILITY: What did you spend in man (or woman) hours and advertising dollars last month to drive traffic to your ecommerce storefront? And what will you spend this upcoming holiday season? If you're like most Internet retailers, it might just seem like the total expenditure of a small nation. Is it more than you need? What are the other options to improve long-term customer value? Let's look at some practical tactics for improving the usability of your ecommerce site to increase long-term customer interaction with your products and your brand.
- Identify Users By Email Address; Not Username:-
It might seem like a good idea on the surface to enable people to customize their user experience with personalized usernames, but most consumers change their personal profiles frequently. How do you ensure your "forgot username" function doesn't get overloaded? Try using an e-mail address to identify users rather than a username. E-mail addresses (while changed frequently) are easier to remember, often require no special characters and are most always unique, so users avoid the problem of someone else already taking their preferred username.
- Shorten the (Perceived) Distance To Checkout Completion:-
Can't see the forest because of the trees? Probably so. Often times, ecommerce merchants think they "get" the optimal user checkout experience, but breaking the process up into shorter segments allows users to focus on one step at a time. There's less to think about at each step and less information to enter (or screw up). Consider splitting the ordering process into just five sections (supposing they are logged in); delivery address confirmation, delivery option selection, entering payment details, order review/submission and confirmation.
- Address (and Publicize) Common User Issues:-
All the time you've spent building out a comprehensive FAQ section should not go to waste. It's important that throughout the ordering process, common user questions and queries are addressed. Users might want to know how long delivery is expected to take, or if they have to enter extra information such as their date of birth, they might want to know why. Go through the ordering process and ask yourself at each stage: What queries might a user have? Answers to these queries should either be provided on-screen, or through a hyperlink. Take this a step further by cutting off issues at the pass. If you give your users a "dashboard" to see account activity, this is the perfect place to highlight these issues.
- Establish Trust With Users:-
Many consumers are still not 100% comfortable buying online - no surprise, right? They might be concerned about giving out their credit card number, or about not receiving the items they've paid for. It's therefore important that you acknowledge and allay these concerns to put users' minds at ease. Try and think about the concerns users might have at each step of the ordering process, and try to address them. For example, who is this person or company I am buying from? Including information on your company and the people behind the company is essential to your success. Links to this information should always be included in the navigational architecture of your users' experience, but consider calling out this information within a sidebar during the actual checkout process. If you're worried about abandonment or leakage in general - open up the link in a new browser window.
- Success From Confirmation Emails:-
Once a user has placed their order, a confirmation e-mail should be sent immediately - no waiting until you can process the order. Confirmation e-mails should be brief and tell users important information such as the order number or tracking code. Including contact information for a real customer service associate from the company might be a little too much for the business process of smaller enterprises, but if you can manage, there is no substitute for conveying yours is a quality product from a quality company.
source:- websitemagazine.com/
How to Make Your Page Search Engine Friendly and User Friendly
Every web publisher wants to attain top positions in the search engines to increase traffic. To attain a high ranking, your site has to be search engine friendly.
Search engine spiders index your web site. They only read the HTML code in your web pages. They don't read graphics, JavaScript code and other scripts and features.
Just a few simple changes to your web pages can give your site a huge search engine boost. Even better, it can bring in ongoing FREE targeted traffic.
It's important to create a search engine friendly site while at the same time keeping your site friendly to your visitors. You want to structure your pages for maximum search engine exposure without compromising the content or look of your site. After all, what good is traffic if your visitors won't read your pages?
Keyword-rich, theme-based web sites will give you both targeted traffic and good search engine ranking.
Here are 10 easy steps you can take to make sure your pages are search engine friendly and user-friendly.
1. Selecting a domain name:-
There is a lot of disagreement about whether search bots give importance to the keywords in your domain name. I suggest that you select a domain name that indicates what your site is about. Even if it doesn't matter to search engines, it's important that it tells your visitors what the topic of your site is.
2. Focus on one theme:-
Search engines love specialized content. If you have several topics, then you should create several web sites. The more you focus on one topic, the more your page will be optimized for search engines and the more relevant it will be to your visitors.
3. Create multiple content pages:-
Make a separate page for each important keyword and key phrase. If, for example, you want your site to come up for the key phrases web consulting, web design, and search engine optimization, make three separate pages. Create a web page for each major keyword. Don't create automated pages just to get search engine exposure. To keep visitors at your site, you have to give them good content. Keyword-rich articles are a good way to optimize your pages for search engines while providing useful content to your visitors.
4. Optimize each content page for ONE of your key phrases:-
Put your targeted key phrases in your content. Include them in your page title, description tag, ALT image tags, comment tags, and in internal and external links. When providing a title and description in the META tags, your listing may be displayed in the search engine listing as you provide it. Make your titles and descriptions informative and compelling to attract potential buyers to your site. Provide a benefit or solve a problem.
5. Put your keywords in your content:-
Search engines are looking at how often your keyword appears on a page. That's how they determine relevancy. Short pages provide a larger percentage of keywords and are better for search engine optimization. The keyword density of a Web page is important for search engine optimization. How often you should mention your keyword throughout the text is different for each search engine, but it varies between 3% and 5% of your text. In other words, use your keyword 3-5 times for every 100 words on your page.
6. Naming files and directories:-
Put important keywords in all file names and directories/folder names describing the content. For example, to promote e-book covers, I name my files ebook-covers.html, cd-covers.html, box-cover.html, etc.
7. Naming graphics:-
The search bots don't see your graphics but they can see the description of your graphics and navigation buttons in ALT tags (alternative text describing your images for visitors who browse your site with the images turned off). If your navigation links are images, I recommend that you provide text links in addition to the image links for search engine optimization.
8. Navigation:-
Have your main navigation links on your home page so search engines can follow your links and index your pages. This is just as important for your visitors as for the search engines.
9. Link your pages together:-
You can easily link to all your pages by creating a sitemap.
10. Directory structure:-
Put your important files in the first level. Sub-directories that lie deep are more difficult for search engines to scan. Creating a site map for large sites and providing a link to your site map on your home page is a good way to get all your important pages indexed.
Make it easy for search engines to index your site. Apply these simple tips, and you will be well on your way to having a search engine and user-friendly web site!
PHP upgrade improves Windows backing
PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) 5.3, a significant upgrade to the server-side scripting language for Web applications, is expected to be available in a beta release in October, a representative of the PHP community said on Wednesday.
Version 5.3 features improved support for Windows, said Andi Gutmans, who is participating in development of the release and is CTO at PHP tools vendor Zend Technologies. Gutmans spoke about the release during an interview at the company's ZendCon 2008 conference in Santa Clara, California on Wednesday afternoon.
"The community has worked on creating a much better binary package for PHP on Windows, which includes the latest [Microsoft] compilers," to benefit performance, Gutmans said. Additionally, more recent third-party libraries are featured for running PHP applications on Windows, with support for XML, graphic manipulation, and database access.
Namespaces, a capability enabling mixing and matching of PHP code from various sources, is highlighted in 5.3. This feature enables better maintenance and reuse, Gutmans said. "It allows you to modularize your applications for better maintenance and it makes it easier to use various frameworks together," he said. Frameworks like Zend's PHP framework and PEAR (PHP Extension and Application Repository) could be leveraged, said Gutmans.
A full implementation of garbage collection, which provides more efficient use of memory, is featured in PHP 5.3 as well. With garbage collection, long-running PHP scripts will make more efficient use of memory by avoiding conditions that could lead to memory leaks, Gutmans said.
Another feature, PHP archive (phar) files, enables bundling of a PHP application into a single archive. This makes it easier to distribute and deploy a PHP application, Gutmans said. The concept is similar to the JAR (Java Archive) files used in the Java world.
Version 5.3 also offers significant performance enhancements as well a client library integrating PHP with the MySQL database. In general terms, PHP 5.2 applications should function on the PHP 5.3 runtime, according to Gutmans.
Internationalization support has been enhanced, for building of applications that can be multilingual. Specifically, the ICU (International Components for Unicode) library is being exposed. Developers can perform functions like sorting and transformations.
Although Gutmans previously estimated a late-2008 release for PHP 5.3, the release now is expected to reach the release candidate phase in the first quarter of 2009. General availability will follow.
Also at ZendCon on Wednesday, Zend offered insights on what it views as the next-generation of PHP applications. These will be easily maintained, extensible, powerful, and lucrative, said Wil Sinclair, manager of the advanced technology group at Zend.
The first generation of PHP applications was very simple and lacked testing, he said. They had layers for presentation, application control, database access, and business logic. The next generation of applications has had perhaps millions of users, is object-oriented, and is typically modular, Sinclair said.
Next-generation systems have been built on the Model View Controller framework and are unit-tested. "Now, we've got an assurance of quality, not necessarily a guarantee," Sinclair said.
PHP has entered the commercial world, he said. Sinclair presented as an example Magento, an open-source e-commerce platform built on PHP 5 on top of Zend Framework. Built by Varien, Magento has had more than 450,000 downloads and more than 170 Magento Connect extensions. The application has processed millions of dollars in transactions, according to Sinclair.
The first public beta of Magento appeared in August 2007, and the 1.0 launch was on March 31, he said.
"We definitely see Magento as a next-generation PHP application, said Roy Rubin, founder and CEO of Varien.
Meanwhile, open-source WSO2 leveraged ZendCon to make a play in the PHP realm. The company launched WSO2 Web Services Framework for PHP (WSF/PHP) 2.0 this week, featuring a scripting language library enabling developers to build and consume SOAP and REST Web services. Security and reliability are offered for enterprise SOA, the company said. The technology was demonstrated at ZendCon.
Data services, interoperability, and security are extended in the release. Developers also gain a framework for deploying PHP services meeting enterprise SOA standards, according to WSO2. Additionally, developers can bridge to tens of thousands of PHP Web applications and enterprise data sources, applications, and services.
Capabilities are added in four key areas with version 2.0:
-- Replay detection to track whether a message is fresh or has been sent previously, thus preventing replay attacks that could lead to denial of service
-- WS-Trust backing to issue, renew, and validate security tokens for trusted relationships
-- WS-SecureConversation support to allow a series of messages to be protected by a single session key and improve efficiency of the operation
-- Public Key cryptography standards enablement for handling multiple client x509 certificates simultaneously
Developers can send and receive binary data as attachments using MTOM or a SOAP message with attachments. MTOM in version 2.0 has been optimized via caching. WSDL support has been expanded via tools. WSF/PHP 2.0 is available for download now.
source:- techworld.com.au/
Version 5.3 features improved support for Windows, said Andi Gutmans, who is participating in development of the release and is CTO at PHP tools vendor Zend Technologies. Gutmans spoke about the release during an interview at the company's ZendCon 2008 conference in Santa Clara, California on Wednesday afternoon.
"The community has worked on creating a much better binary package for PHP on Windows, which includes the latest [Microsoft] compilers," to benefit performance, Gutmans said. Additionally, more recent third-party libraries are featured for running PHP applications on Windows, with support for XML, graphic manipulation, and database access.
Namespaces, a capability enabling mixing and matching of PHP code from various sources, is highlighted in 5.3. This feature enables better maintenance and reuse, Gutmans said. "It allows you to modularize your applications for better maintenance and it makes it easier to use various frameworks together," he said. Frameworks like Zend's PHP framework and PEAR (PHP Extension and Application Repository) could be leveraged, said Gutmans.
A full implementation of garbage collection, which provides more efficient use of memory, is featured in PHP 5.3 as well. With garbage collection, long-running PHP scripts will make more efficient use of memory by avoiding conditions that could lead to memory leaks, Gutmans said.
Another feature, PHP archive (phar) files, enables bundling of a PHP application into a single archive. This makes it easier to distribute and deploy a PHP application, Gutmans said. The concept is similar to the JAR (Java Archive) files used in the Java world.
Version 5.3 also offers significant performance enhancements as well a client library integrating PHP with the MySQL database. In general terms, PHP 5.2 applications should function on the PHP 5.3 runtime, according to Gutmans.
Internationalization support has been enhanced, for building of applications that can be multilingual. Specifically, the ICU (International Components for Unicode) library is being exposed. Developers can perform functions like sorting and transformations.
Although Gutmans previously estimated a late-2008 release for PHP 5.3, the release now is expected to reach the release candidate phase in the first quarter of 2009. General availability will follow.
Also at ZendCon on Wednesday, Zend offered insights on what it views as the next-generation of PHP applications. These will be easily maintained, extensible, powerful, and lucrative, said Wil Sinclair, manager of the advanced technology group at Zend.
The first generation of PHP applications was very simple and lacked testing, he said. They had layers for presentation, application control, database access, and business logic. The next generation of applications has had perhaps millions of users, is object-oriented, and is typically modular, Sinclair said.
Next-generation systems have been built on the Model View Controller framework and are unit-tested. "Now, we've got an assurance of quality, not necessarily a guarantee," Sinclair said.
PHP has entered the commercial world, he said. Sinclair presented as an example Magento, an open-source e-commerce platform built on PHP 5 on top of Zend Framework. Built by Varien, Magento has had more than 450,000 downloads and more than 170 Magento Connect extensions. The application has processed millions of dollars in transactions, according to Sinclair.
The first public beta of Magento appeared in August 2007, and the 1.0 launch was on March 31, he said.
"We definitely see Magento as a next-generation PHP application, said Roy Rubin, founder and CEO of Varien.
Meanwhile, open-source WSO2 leveraged ZendCon to make a play in the PHP realm. The company launched WSO2 Web Services Framework for PHP (WSF/PHP) 2.0 this week, featuring a scripting language library enabling developers to build and consume SOAP and REST Web services. Security and reliability are offered for enterprise SOA, the company said. The technology was demonstrated at ZendCon.
Data services, interoperability, and security are extended in the release. Developers also gain a framework for deploying PHP services meeting enterprise SOA standards, according to WSO2. Additionally, developers can bridge to tens of thousands of PHP Web applications and enterprise data sources, applications, and services.
Capabilities are added in four key areas with version 2.0:
-- Replay detection to track whether a message is fresh or has been sent previously, thus preventing replay attacks that could lead to denial of service
-- WS-Trust backing to issue, renew, and validate security tokens for trusted relationships
-- WS-SecureConversation support to allow a series of messages to be protected by a single session key and improve efficiency of the operation
-- Public Key cryptography standards enablement for handling multiple client x509 certificates simultaneously
Developers can send and receive binary data as attachments using MTOM or a SOAP message with attachments. MTOM in version 2.0 has been optimized via caching. WSDL support has been expanded via tools. WSF/PHP 2.0 is available for download now.
source:- techworld.com.au/
SEO Services are the Best Option to Maximize your Business ROI
With more people using Search Engines to explore the World Wide Web, Search Engines are playing a significant role in search activity. Search engines have laid down a new platform of marketing, “internet marketing”. Thousands of firms world wide are competing for customers has entitled Search Engine Optimization (SEO) as an integral part of their internet marketing strategies.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the latest drone in the click away world today. SEO is gaining prominence as it not only promotes your website aging and memory loss also helps in getting leaps and bounds of traffic. SEO is the technique of shinning a light on an otherwise least searched website and making it most searchable.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a technique which helps you to build a global customer base. Search engine friendly website is more user friendly, reaching the target audience easily. SEO by and large serves as a preeminent web advertising bargain.
The need of the hour to capitalize on how to use search engines to target your niche markets & your prospective clients as:
• At least 80% of the traffic emanates from a particular Search Engine to find goods, supplies & services online.
• Trafficking Patterns: Google: 63%, Yahoo: 21%, AOL: 2%, MSN/Live: 9%, Ask: 3% Others: 2%.
• 75% of Internet users generally have an intention of purchasing a product or service when using search engines.
Guidelines to adhere to when selecting the professional SEO services:
Pre-Contract Guidelines:-
• Do not be misguided with firms which guarantee your website getting ranked 1st position in search engines.
• Do not talk to the sales people of the SEO company, talk directly to the SEO experts and find out what exactly they will be working on your site
• Research to find the SEO Company’s existing clients base and verify the actual results if possible.
• The SEO Company should be transparent and should be reliable.
source:- corsavoo.com/
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the latest drone in the click away world today. SEO is gaining prominence as it not only promotes your website aging and memory loss also helps in getting leaps and bounds of traffic. SEO is the technique of shinning a light on an otherwise least searched website and making it most searchable.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a technique which helps you to build a global customer base. Search engine friendly website is more user friendly, reaching the target audience easily. SEO by and large serves as a preeminent web advertising bargain.
The need of the hour to capitalize on how to use search engines to target your niche markets & your prospective clients as:
• At least 80% of the traffic emanates from a particular Search Engine to find goods, supplies & services online.
• Trafficking Patterns: Google: 63%, Yahoo: 21%, AOL: 2%, MSN/Live: 9%, Ask: 3% Others: 2%.
• 75% of Internet users generally have an intention of purchasing a product or service when using search engines.
Guidelines to adhere to when selecting the professional SEO services:
Pre-Contract Guidelines:-
• Do not be misguided with firms which guarantee your website getting ranked 1st position in search engines.
• Do not talk to the sales people of the SEO company, talk directly to the SEO experts and find out what exactly they will be working on your site
• Research to find the SEO Company’s existing clients base and verify the actual results if possible.
• The SEO Company should be transparent and should be reliable.
source:- corsavoo.com/
Blooging with Joomla
Since Joomla is an open source web solution, it is free and that should make many corporate professionals very happy. They might request that a blog be created on the corporate website and will be pleasantly surprised when a blog module has been installed and is working perfectly by the end of the business day.
There are many modules that can be changed around in a Joomla template to further expand the creativeness of the web developer that has been tasked with managing the corporate website. The upholstery cleaning orlando Content Management System website has a blog that developer’s use all of the time to discuss the various areas of programming that go into creating a Joomla template.
Some of the software modules for the Joomla open source program are free, and others have been developed by the core software development team and are offered at a reasonable price. There are many blog residential carpet cleaning available in the core management teams databases, so any type of blog can be selected and used on websites around the world.
A Joomla site is easy to manage and any corporate blogs could be updated several times in a very short amount of time. The community clean furniture that are devoted to extending the open source library get very creative when they are coding for a blog module, and many of these blogs will have insertion points where photos can placed to let the world know what the blogger looks like.
The expandable framework offered by Joomla gets the creative juices flowing. By adding a browser based interface to their website, a blog could be generated to publish upholstery cleaners new york releases, or keep employees at several corporate offices in tune with the latest changes in corporate policy. The blogs are not restricted to one size either because the framework of Joomla is so expandable.
The blogging software that is included in the Joomla Content Management System is part of a large number of extensions that are made available by open source code developers around the world. This blogging software is compatible upholstery cleaning las vegas image and multimedia galleries on a website, and will work well when posted on a website that simply features directory services for clients to use around the world.
Freedom of Speech is virtually assured with the blogging software in the Joomla Content Management System. In fact, people might want to discuss many things during the course of a day, and through those discussions feel very open about sharing their extension for Joomla with the rest of the upholstery cleaning orlando Joomla can be test driven before it is implemented into any company intranet, and it is very search engine friendly, so the rest of the world will quite possibly notify the corporation that they are happy to read the positive news about their company through this handy copy of blog software.
source:- corsavoo.com/
There are many modules that can be changed around in a Joomla template to further expand the creativeness of the web developer that has been tasked with managing the corporate website. The upholstery cleaning orlando Content Management System website has a blog that developer’s use all of the time to discuss the various areas of programming that go into creating a Joomla template.
Some of the software modules for the Joomla open source program are free, and others have been developed by the core software development team and are offered at a reasonable price. There are many blog residential carpet cleaning available in the core management teams databases, so any type of blog can be selected and used on websites around the world.
A Joomla site is easy to manage and any corporate blogs could be updated several times in a very short amount of time. The community clean furniture that are devoted to extending the open source library get very creative when they are coding for a blog module, and many of these blogs will have insertion points where photos can placed to let the world know what the blogger looks like.
The expandable framework offered by Joomla gets the creative juices flowing. By adding a browser based interface to their website, a blog could be generated to publish upholstery cleaners new york releases, or keep employees at several corporate offices in tune with the latest changes in corporate policy. The blogs are not restricted to one size either because the framework of Joomla is so expandable.
The blogging software that is included in the Joomla Content Management System is part of a large number of extensions that are made available by open source code developers around the world. This blogging software is compatible upholstery cleaning las vegas image and multimedia galleries on a website, and will work well when posted on a website that simply features directory services for clients to use around the world.
Freedom of Speech is virtually assured with the blogging software in the Joomla Content Management System. In fact, people might want to discuss many things during the course of a day, and through those discussions feel very open about sharing their extension for Joomla with the rest of the upholstery cleaning orlando Joomla can be test driven before it is implemented into any company intranet, and it is very search engine friendly, so the rest of the world will quite possibly notify the corporation that they are happy to read the positive news about their company through this handy copy of blog software.
source:- corsavoo.com/
Monday, September 15, 2008
Zend Framework Coding Standard for PHP
Naming Conventions
1. Classes: -
Zend Framework standardizes on a class naming convention whereby the names of the classes directly map to the directories in which they are stored. The root level directory of the ZF standard library is the "Zend/" directory, whereas the root level directory of the ZF extras library is the "ZendX/" directory. All Zend Framework classes are stored hierarchially under these root directories..
Class names may only contain alphanumeric characters. Numbers are permitted in class names but are discouraged in most cases. Underscores are only permitted in place of the path separator; the filename "Zend/Db/Table.php" must map to the class name "Zend_Db_Table".
If a class name is comprised of more than one word, the first letter of each new word must be capitalized. Successive capitalized letters are not allowed, e.g. a class "Zend_PDF" is not allowed while "Zend_Pdf" is acceptable.
These conventions define a pseudo-namespace mechanism for Zend Framework. Zend Framework will adopt the PHP namespace feature when it becomes available and is feasible for our developers to use in their applications.
See the class names in the standard and extras libraries for examples of this classname convention. IMPORTANT: Code that must be deployed alongside ZF libraries but is not part of the standard or extras libraries (e.g. application code or libraries that are not distributed by Zend) must never start with "Zend_" or "ZendX_".
2. Filenames: -
For all other files, only alphanumeric characters, underscores, and the dash character ("-") are permitted. Spaces are strictly prohibited.
Any file that contains PHP code should end with the extension ".php", with the notable exception of view scripts. The following examples show acceptable filenames for Zend Framework classes.:
Zend/Db.php
Zend/Controller/Front.php
Zend/View/Helper/FormRadio.php
File names must map to class names as described above.
3. Functions and Methods: -
Function names may only contain alphanumeric characters. Underscores are not permitted. Numbers are permitted in function names but are discouraged in most cases.
Function names must always start with a lowercase letter. When a function name consists of more than one word, the first letter of each new word must be capitalized. This is commonly called "camelCase" formatting.
Verbosity is generally encouraged. Function names should be as verbose as is practical to fully describe their purpose and behavior.
These are examples of acceptable names for functions:
filterInput()
getElementById()
widgetFactory()
For object-oriented programming, accessors for instance or static variables should always be prefixed with "get" or "set". In implementing design patterns, such as the singleton or factory patterns, the name of the method should contain the pattern name where practical to more thoroughly describe behavior.
For methods on objects that are declared with the "private" or "protected" modified, the first character of the variable name must be an underscore. This is the only acceptable application of an underscore in a method name. Methods declared "public" should never contain an underscore.
Functions in the global scope (a.k.a "floating functions") are permitted but discouraged in most cases. Consider wrapping these functions in a static class.
4. Variables: -
Variable names may only contain alphanumeric characters. Underscores are not permitted. Numbers are permitted in variable names but are discouraged in most cases.
For instance variables that are declared with the "private" or "protected" modifier, the first character of the variable name must be a single underscore. This is the only acceptable application of an underscore in a variable name. Member variables declared "public" should never start with an underscore.
As with function names (see section 3.3) variable names must always start with a lowercase letter and follow the "camelCaps" capitalization convention.
Verbosity is generally encouraged. Variables should always be as verbose as practical to describe the data that the developer intends to store in them. Terse variable names such as "$i" and "$n" are discouraged for all but the smallest loop contexts. If a loop contains more than 20 lines of code, the index variables should have more descriptive names.
5. Constants: -
Constants may contain both alphanumeric characters and underscores. Numbers are permitted in constant names.
All letters used in a constant name must be capitalized.
Words in constant names must be separated by underscore characters. For example, EMBED_SUPPRESS_EMBED_EXCEPTION is permitted but EMBED_SUPPRESSEMBEDEXCEPTION is not.
Constants must be defined as class members with the "const" modifier. Defining constants in the global scope with the "define" function is permitted but strongly discouraged.
Source:- framework.zend.com/
1. Classes: -
Zend Framework standardizes on a class naming convention whereby the names of the classes directly map to the directories in which they are stored. The root level directory of the ZF standard library is the "Zend/" directory, whereas the root level directory of the ZF extras library is the "ZendX/" directory. All Zend Framework classes are stored hierarchially under these root directories..
Class names may only contain alphanumeric characters. Numbers are permitted in class names but are discouraged in most cases. Underscores are only permitted in place of the path separator; the filename "Zend/Db/Table.php" must map to the class name "Zend_Db_Table".
If a class name is comprised of more than one word, the first letter of each new word must be capitalized. Successive capitalized letters are not allowed, e.g. a class "Zend_PDF" is not allowed while "Zend_Pdf" is acceptable.
These conventions define a pseudo-namespace mechanism for Zend Framework. Zend Framework will adopt the PHP namespace feature when it becomes available and is feasible for our developers to use in their applications.
See the class names in the standard and extras libraries for examples of this classname convention. IMPORTANT: Code that must be deployed alongside ZF libraries but is not part of the standard or extras libraries (e.g. application code or libraries that are not distributed by Zend) must never start with "Zend_" or "ZendX_".
2. Filenames: -
For all other files, only alphanumeric characters, underscores, and the dash character ("-") are permitted. Spaces are strictly prohibited.
Any file that contains PHP code should end with the extension ".php", with the notable exception of view scripts. The following examples show acceptable filenames for Zend Framework classes.:
Zend/Db.php
Zend/Controller/Front.php
Zend/View/Helper/FormRadio.php
File names must map to class names as described above.
3. Functions and Methods: -
Function names may only contain alphanumeric characters. Underscores are not permitted. Numbers are permitted in function names but are discouraged in most cases.
Function names must always start with a lowercase letter. When a function name consists of more than one word, the first letter of each new word must be capitalized. This is commonly called "camelCase" formatting.
Verbosity is generally encouraged. Function names should be as verbose as is practical to fully describe their purpose and behavior.
These are examples of acceptable names for functions:
filterInput()
getElementById()
widgetFactory()
For object-oriented programming, accessors for instance or static variables should always be prefixed with "get" or "set". In implementing design patterns, such as the singleton or factory patterns, the name of the method should contain the pattern name where practical to more thoroughly describe behavior.
For methods on objects that are declared with the "private" or "protected" modified, the first character of the variable name must be an underscore. This is the only acceptable application of an underscore in a method name. Methods declared "public" should never contain an underscore.
Functions in the global scope (a.k.a "floating functions") are permitted but discouraged in most cases. Consider wrapping these functions in a static class.
4. Variables: -
Variable names may only contain alphanumeric characters. Underscores are not permitted. Numbers are permitted in variable names but are discouraged in most cases.
For instance variables that are declared with the "private" or "protected" modifier, the first character of the variable name must be a single underscore. This is the only acceptable application of an underscore in a variable name. Member variables declared "public" should never start with an underscore.
As with function names (see section 3.3) variable names must always start with a lowercase letter and follow the "camelCaps" capitalization convention.
Verbosity is generally encouraged. Variables should always be as verbose as practical to describe the data that the developer intends to store in them. Terse variable names such as "$i" and "$n" are discouraged for all but the smallest loop contexts. If a loop contains more than 20 lines of code, the index variables should have more descriptive names.
5. Constants: -
Constants may contain both alphanumeric characters and underscores. Numbers are permitted in constant names.
All letters used in a constant name must be capitalized.
Words in constant names must be separated by underscore characters. For example, EMBED_SUPPRESS_EMBED_EXCEPTION is permitted but EMBED_SUPPRESSEMBEDEXCEPTION is not.
Constants must be defined as class members with the "const" modifier. Defining constants in the global scope with the "define" function is permitted but strongly discouraged.
Source:- framework.zend.com/
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Zend Framework Coding Standard for PHP
PHP File Formatting
1. General
For files that contain only PHP code, the closing tag ("?>") is never permitted. It is not required by PHP, and omitting it prevents the accidental injection of trailing whitespace into the response.
IMPORTANT: Inclusion of arbitrary binary data as permitted by __HALT_COMPILER() is prohibited from PHP files in the Zend Framework project or files derived from them. Use of this feature is only permitted for some installation scripts.
2. Indentation
Indentation should consist of 4 spaces. Tabs are not allowed.
3. Maximum Line Length
The target line length is 80 characters. That is to say, ZF developers should strive keep each line of their code under 80 characters where possible and practical. However, longer lines are acceptable in some circumstances. The maximum length of any line of PHP code is 120 characters.
4. Line Termination
Line termination follows the Unix text file convention. Lines must end with a single linefeed (LF) character. Linefeed characters are represented as ordinal 10, or hexadecimal 0x0A.
Note: Do not use carriage returns (CR) as is the convention in Apple OS's (0x0D) or the carriage return/linefeed combination (CRLF) as is standard for the Windows OS (0x0D, 0x0A).
Source:- framework.zend.com/
1. General
For files that contain only PHP code, the closing tag ("?>") is never permitted. It is not required by PHP, and omitting it prevents the accidental injection of trailing whitespace into the response.
IMPORTANT: Inclusion of arbitrary binary data as permitted by __HALT_COMPILER() is prohibited from PHP files in the Zend Framework project or files derived from them. Use of this feature is only permitted for some installation scripts.
2. Indentation
Indentation should consist of 4 spaces. Tabs are not allowed.
3. Maximum Line Length
The target line length is 80 characters. That is to say, ZF developers should strive keep each line of their code under 80 characters where possible and practical. However, longer lines are acceptable in some circumstances. The maximum length of any line of PHP code is 120 characters.
4. Line Termination
Line termination follows the Unix text file convention. Lines must end with a single linefeed (LF) character. Linefeed characters are represented as ordinal 10, or hexadecimal 0x0A.
Note: Do not use carriage returns (CR) as is the convention in Apple OS's (0x0D) or the carriage return/linefeed combination (CRLF) as is standard for the Windows OS (0x0D, 0x0A).
Source:- framework.zend.com/
Monday, September 8, 2008
Simple Tips To Improve Your Website Design
First, your web pages should load fast. Keep in mind that not everyone uses a fast internet connection. A great number of Internet users still surf the Internet via dial-up modems. Do not load your site with slow loading banners and images. Use interlaced low-res images that have been optimized for the web. If your website is not done loading in less than 15 seconds, most people will leave it.
Providing quick-loading web pages show that you value your visitors’ time. If you really cannot do without music or sounds, turn it off by default and ask visitors to start it themselves. Doing this will prevent your web pages from upholstery cleaning milwaukee In addition, many people do not like to be forced to listen to music or sounds while exploring a website because they are already listening to their favorite music.
Besides having to prevent visitors from frustration of waiting for the pages to load, you also need to pay attention to the text size. Be sure the text is big enough to make it easy to read. In addition, the background should not obscure your text. Choose colors very carefully. upholstery cleaning portland want to be safe, use black text on a white background. This way, someone with a color deficit or using a black and white screen can still read your text clearly.
Each link should also be clearly identified. Avoid relying on applet or plug-in for navigating around your Webpages. Neatly organized hyperlinks to different pages in your website from home page or any other page will help your visitors to move quickly to their destination.
Some webmasters use Flash to create cool drop-down menus. With Flash, together with Macromedia Fireworks and Dreamweaver, it takes less than a day for an upholstery cleaning products coder to create professional looking web pages. However, if you take the same route, make sure people can figure out how your Flash menu works.
Cross-browser compatibility is another important factor that may affect the usability of a web site. Not everyone uses Internet Explorer on Windows. Unfortunately there are code that will be displayed differently cheap upholstery cleaning Explorer, Firefox and Opera. That means it is wise to prepare your site so it will be viewable in those popular browsers.
Evaluating screen resolutions should also be done with care. A site that looks perfect in high resolution may turn out to be impossible to view correctly in other resolutions. For instance, serif fonts is more comfortable to read on paper, because serifs upholstery cleaning orlando individualize each letter. However, this advantage can be rendered useless when the fonts are viewed on computer screens, since factors such as screen resolution can affect the clarity of texts.
There are many factors that affect the usability and accessibility of a web site. Tools such as WebXACT or Bobby can help you find upholstery cleaning milwaukee how accessible your Website is. If you have a doubt, ask your family and friends for help. Being less familiar with the website, they can help find a lot of things you overlooked.
Source:- corsavoo.com/
Providing quick-loading web pages show that you value your visitors’ time. If you really cannot do without music or sounds, turn it off by default and ask visitors to start it themselves. Doing this will prevent your web pages from upholstery cleaning milwaukee In addition, many people do not like to be forced to listen to music or sounds while exploring a website because they are already listening to their favorite music.
Besides having to prevent visitors from frustration of waiting for the pages to load, you also need to pay attention to the text size. Be sure the text is big enough to make it easy to read. In addition, the background should not obscure your text. Choose colors very carefully. upholstery cleaning portland want to be safe, use black text on a white background. This way, someone with a color deficit or using a black and white screen can still read your text clearly.
Each link should also be clearly identified. Avoid relying on applet or plug-in for navigating around your Webpages. Neatly organized hyperlinks to different pages in your website from home page or any other page will help your visitors to move quickly to their destination.
Some webmasters use Flash to create cool drop-down menus. With Flash, together with Macromedia Fireworks and Dreamweaver, it takes less than a day for an upholstery cleaning products coder to create professional looking web pages. However, if you take the same route, make sure people can figure out how your Flash menu works.
Cross-browser compatibility is another important factor that may affect the usability of a web site. Not everyone uses Internet Explorer on Windows. Unfortunately there are code that will be displayed differently cheap upholstery cleaning Explorer, Firefox and Opera. That means it is wise to prepare your site so it will be viewable in those popular browsers.
Evaluating screen resolutions should also be done with care. A site that looks perfect in high resolution may turn out to be impossible to view correctly in other resolutions. For instance, serif fonts is more comfortable to read on paper, because serifs upholstery cleaning orlando individualize each letter. However, this advantage can be rendered useless when the fonts are viewed on computer screens, since factors such as screen resolution can affect the clarity of texts.
There are many factors that affect the usability and accessibility of a web site. Tools such as WebXACT or Bobby can help you find upholstery cleaning milwaukee how accessible your Website is. If you have a doubt, ask your family and friends for help. Being less familiar with the website, they can help find a lot of things you overlooked.
Source:- corsavoo.com/
Microsoft: Scoop On BizTalk Server 2009
Microsoft's BizTalk Server 2009 is on track for availability during the first half of next year with a full public Community Technology Preview of the business process management server product slated for this year's fourth quarter, Microsoft said Friday. Microsoft also provided more details about new capabilities in the software, which until now Microsoft had called BizTalk Server 2006 R3.
As it has done with some of its other products, Microsoft is committing to a regular and more transparent development schedule for BizTalk Server, said Burley Kawasaki, product management director for Microsoft's Connected Systems Division. Microsoft wants to fall into a "rhythm of releases" for BizTalk Server, delivering a major upgrade every two years as it plans to do with Windows Server and other products. "We're trying to be more predictable for our enterprise customers," Kawasaki said.
Microsoft has begun planning for the product release that follows BizTalk Server 2009, code-named "BizTalk Server 7," Kawasaki said, and will start providing customers and channel partners with information about that release early next year. Priorities for that and future generations of the product include more tools for enterprise connectivity, support for the latest capabilities in the Windows platform such as messaging and workflow, and improved visibility throughout a business for such applications as business intelligence and asset tracking.
Enhancements and new capabilities offered in BizTalk Server 2009 generally revolve around improved enterprise connectivity, expanded platform support and improved developer productivity, Kawasaki said. "It's a pretty full release. It helps reinforce the focus on enterprise connectivity."
BizTalk Server 2009 will support Microsoft's new wave of platform systems including Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and .Net Framework 3.5, as well as supporting Microsoft's new Hyper-V server virtualization software. Managing the life cycle of applications developed for BizTalk will be easier with a new release of ESB Guidance 2.0 patterns and practices.
The new software will offer improved connectivity both inside and outside the firewall through a new UDDI v3-compliant services registry; new and enhanced line-of-business adapters for SQL Server, Oracle (NSDQ:ORCL)'s E-Business Suite and other applications; enhanced integration with host systems such as IBM (NYSE:IBM) WebSphere MQSeries and CICS; and a new mobile RFID platform. The software will also provide enhanced business-to-business capabilities with updates to its EDI, AS2 and SWIFT protocols.
Source:- crn.com/
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