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How to add items to a Datapod site using Quick Batch
Jan 23rd
This videos shows the quick batch feature in Datapod which allows you to very quickly add items to you site. … datapod php framework
Build Solid Ecommerce Applications Using Open Source
Jan 5th
To be successful and to stay competitive in the ever changing business world, a business should be able to adapt modern changes that should be applied. E Commerce has been proven to be an effective way to help your business to achieve these goals. With proper marketing strategy and building a solid E Commerce application, these can be all possible.
Web site plays a vital role in business. However, website should be meeting the business need. There are many ways to manage your web site. From simple Web log (blog) engine system that allows limited publishing content to a full content management system framework to application framework, on which you can build your own custom content management system.
Using an Open Source Content Management Solution can help you build a solid E Commerce Application. It is an easy to use solution that allows an individual to easily create, publish and manage and organize a great variety of content on your Web site. It will give you frameworks which are well written, robust and extensible.
Choosing the best Open Source Solution in building E Commerce should be a very wise decision to make. It should be easy for you and to anyone to adopt in the solution. Below are some vital features of an Open Source solution that you need to consider:
• Friendly URLs using Apache’s mod_rewrite capability
• Easily extensible using module framework (The community has developed many useful modules that provide functions such as taxonomy display, jabber authentication, private messages, bookmarks, and so on.)
• A personalization environment for individualized content and presentation based on user preferences
• Role-based permission system to define access to the viewing and editing of content
• Content is fully indexed to support search
• Support for other content forms such as polls, threaded comments, and discussions and content syndication
• Separation of content from styling in a templating system that uses HTML, CSS, and PHP
• Administrative support for logging, analysis, and Web-based administration
• Online help
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Build Robust Web Applications using Spring Persistence with Hibernate
Jan 2nd
Packt is pleased to announce a new book, Spring Persistence with Hibernate that helps explore the features of Hibernate and helps developers integrate it with Spring to design their applications effectively. Written by Ahmad Seddighi, this book helps developers build and run persistence solutions for their enterprise Java applications using Spring and Hibernate frameworks.
Spring is the only framework available in Java which offers support to popular data access frameworks like Hibernate. By integrating Spring and Hibernate, developers will be able to produce scalable, reliable, and effective code, and by using Persistence, developers will be able to enhance their applications using the advanced and optional features of Hibernate.
Spring Persistence with Hibernate will introduce developers to Spring and Hibernate frameworks and thereby giving them a clear idea of the concepts behind persistence with Hibernate. Developers will learn to add Hibernate to a project and understand its configuration manager, mappings, types and session APIs before putting it to use. They will also learn to work with Spring’s Inversion of Control, Aspect Oriented Programming, transaction management, web development, and unit testing considerations.
With the help of this book, developers will not only learn to use essential Hibernate features like Transparent persistence, Object-Relational mappings, Object-oriented query language using Spring Persistence with Hibernate but also successfully testing them. In addition to this, developers would also be in a position to solve problems related to Persistence, as well as use Hibernate to eliminate competition.
Spring developers wanting to write applications using the Hibernate persistence framework will find this book a useful and enjoyable read. This book is out now and is available from Packt. For more information, please visit http://www.packtpub.com/spring-persistence-with-hibernate/book
Windows 2008 Web Hosting – the Benefits of Using Windows Server 2008 Web Hosting
Dec 28th
Nowadays, some web hosting company are started to integrate the all brand new Windows Server 2008 as a web hosting services which has built-in Web & virtualization technologies, increases the reliability of their server infrastructure. The Windows Server 2008 integrated with new technologies such as virtualization tools, Web resources & security enhancements which help us to save time, costs. It also provides a platform for a dynamic & optimized datacenter for business users. With the authority to access to the new tools such as Windows Server Manager, we can easily have a higher control of the optimization and web management tasks. It can be even more good news for users like us because if we uses Windows Server 2008 web hosting, we can felt secure with the advanced security that will help us to protect the server environment to ensure the smoothness of our daily business routine.
Well Customized for the Web Users
Windows Server 2008 web hosting which integrated with IIS7 will be able to help us to simplify the web server management. This can be seen by IIS7 able to provide us with simplified management interface and greater cross site control. We are able to share the data on much higher level if we choose to use the IIS7 with .NET Framework 3.0.
Robust Virtualization Technology
by using the Window Server 2008 web hosting services, we are able to virtualize multiple operating systems (Windows, Linux, Fedora, etc.) on a single server. Due to simpler, more flexible licensing policies we are able to take full advantage of all the benefits and cost savings of virtualization. By the great help of Windows Server 2008 we can build up a dynamic datacenter able to adapt rapidly and smoothly to changing business needs. Application deployment is now secure and convenient without the need for a VPN.
Security Matter the Most
As we know, the Windows Server 2008 is the most secure Windows Server ever. Its hardened operating system and security innovations, including Network Access Protection, Federated Rights Management, and Read-Only Domain Controller, provide unprecedented levels of protection for your network, your data, and your business. In case we are facing the failure and intrusion for servers, networks, data, and user accounts Windows Server 2008 will help to protect against it.
Windows Server 2008 with Network Access Protection gives you the power to isolate computers that don’t comply with your organization’s security policies, and provides network restriction, remediation, and ongoing compliance checking.
A Solid Foundation for Your Business Needs
Windows Server 2008 is the most flexible and robust Windows Server operating system to date. With new technologies and features such as Server Core, Power Shell, Windows Deployment Services, and enhanced networking and clustering technologies. If we choose to host our website with Windows Server 2008, we can enjoy the most versatile and reliable Windows platform for all of our workload and application requirements where this can increase our productivity.
Build powerful and interactive web applications with jQuery UI using Packt’s new book
Dec 26th
jQuery UI 1.7: The User Interface Library for jQuery is a new book that helps developers create powerful front-end interfaces for their web applications with jQuery UI.
jQuery is an open source library of interface components such as interactions, full-featured widgets, and animation effects, based on the stellar jQuery JavaScript library. Each component is built according to jQuery’s event-driven architecture and is themeable, thereby making it easy for developers of any skill level to integrate and extend into their own code.
Through this book, developers will learn how the brand-new CSS framework styles each of the jQuery library components. They can enhance the interactivity of their pages by displaying messages and images using the dialog widget, adding the deterministic progress bar for giving visitor feedback and providing a drag-and-drop mechanism for rearrangement of the elements around their pages.
This is an example-based book which gives developers a step-by-step approach through the implementation and customization of each library component, thereby helping them bring out the best of the library. They will also be able to assemble their interfaces using latest technologies like AJAX and JSON which are mentioned at the end of each chapter in the âFun Withâ section.
Front-end designers and developers who have working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and are willing to learn the jQuery UI User Interface Library will find this book beneficial.
Specially revised for version 1.7 of jQuery UI, this book has been written to maximize your experience with the library by breaking down each component and walking you through examples that progressively build upon your knowledge, taking you from beginner to advanced usage in a series of easy-to-follow steps.
In this book, you’ll learn how each component can be initialized in a basic default implementation and then see how easy it is to customize its appearance and configure its behavior to tailor it to the requirements of your application. You’ll look at the configuration options and the methods exposed by each component’s API to see how these can be used to bring out the best of the library.
Events play a key role in any modern web application if it is to meet the expected minimum requirements of interactivity and responsiveness, and each chapter will show you the custom events fired by the component covered and how these events can be intercepted and acted upon.
Read the full Table of Contents for jQuery UI 1.7: The User Interface Library for jQuery
You can find the sample chapter here: http://www.packtpub.com/files/9720-jquery-ui-1-7-sample-chapter-3-tabs.pdf.
Create Striking Themes for Drupal Websites Using New Book
Dec 26th
Drupal is an award winning open source Content Management System, finishing as the overall winner in the 2007 Open Source Content Management System Award. Based on PHP/MySQL, its power and flexibility combined with exceptional design, means it is already on the way to becoming the de facto standard for CMS websites. Drupal’s modular design and structured source code make it both highly flexible and easily extended and modified. Drupal is extremely scalable, making it ideal for both a simple personal website as well as an industrial strength commercial or institutional web presence.
Creating eye-catching and professional themes for Drupal websites can be a daunting task for developers and designers. However with prior knowledge of HTML, CSS, and a dash of creativity, this book will simplify the process by explaining the Drupal theming architecture, the PHPTemplate engine, and also how to modify existing themes and build new themes from scratch.
“One of the things I set out to accomplish with this book, was to create a resource” explains author, Ric Shreves. “In the book, I put together a catalog of the system’s 20+ stylesheets and all the default themeable functions. The information is organized logically and will make this a resource people can put on their shelf and turn to when needed. Being able to quickly lay your hands on the information concerning the styles and the themeable functions is a real time-saver,” he concludes.
As an open source project, Drupal is free to download. This means that it survives through volunteers and donations from an enthusiastic community. In a move designed to demonstrate their support and to help provide a source of revenue for the project, Packt is paying the Drupal Foundation a percentage of every book sold. “This is something we do for all open source projects that we publish books on” explains Packt spokesman Damian Carvill. “Our aim is to establish our royalties as part of the service and support business model that sustains Open Source.”
Published in December, 2007, this book will be suitable for anyone who wants to learn more about Drupal themes and for designers of all levels who are trying to get their heads around working with Drupal.
For more information, please visit Packt’s website: www.PacktPub.com/Drupal-5-Themes/Book
About Packt
Packt is a modern, unique publishing company with a focus on producing cutting-edge books for communities of developers, administrators, and newbies alike.
Packt’s books and publications share the experiences of fellow IT professionals in adapting and customizing today’s systems, applications, and frameworks. Their solutions-based books give readers the knowledge and power to customize the software and technologies they’re using to get the job done.
For more information, please visit www.packtpub.com
Set Up an Online Store Using New Drupal E-commerce Book
Dec 24th
This book will show you how to sell online using the award-winning open-source Drupal web application. No prior experience of Drupal is required; you will learn all you need as you step through the creation of an online shop.
You will learn the basics of Drupal, and see how to use the standard features of Drupal to begin construction of an online shop, and improve the selling interface, handling of orders, and reporting with new modules and other customizations.
In Detail
Drupal is a free and open-source modular web application framework and content management system (CMS) written in PHP that can run in many environments, including Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and FreeBSD. Drupal e-Commerce is a free, open-source, feature-rich, flexible package of modules that seamlessly adds full e-Store capabilities to Drupal.
Drupal e-Commerce is the combination of Drupal, the award-winning Drupal 5 content management system, and the e-Commerce package of modules that can be plugged into it, bringing a wealth of e-commerce functionality to the software.
In this book you will learn how to use the Drupal content management system along with its e-Commerce modules to set up and manage an online shop. We will install the software, have a look at its features, plan our shop, create our shop, look at customer management, create a design for our shop, and cover security, taxes, shipping, and even marketing our business!
If you’re new to Drupal and want to set up a powerful e-commerce system, this book is for you. If you’ve some experience of working with Drupal and want to understand how its e-commerce options can be used to power an online shop, this book will also prove invaluable.
What you will learn from this book
* Why to choose Drupal for e-commerce
* Installing and configuring Drupal and its e-Commerce module
* How Drupal and its e-Commerce module work
* Creating and managing content
* Creating and managing user accounts, roles, and permissions
* Things to think about when planning to sell online
* Structuring your site, your product catalogue, and framing a shopping process for users
* Framing business policies to handle legal and professional issues
* Branding your site by customizing default themes
* Installing new themes and creating a custom theme
* Customizing the checkout process for processing orders
* Creating a better selling experience
* Attracting customers with discounts, coupons, auctions, donations, flexicharges
* Working with taxes and shipping rules in Drupal e-Commerce
* Drupal e-Commerce’s shipping API modules
* Securing and maintaining your site (deploy, backup, restore)
* Creating and managing invoices using the Invoices module
* Integrating CiviCRM to manage appointments and log phone calls
* Improving traffic with Search Engine Optimization
* Advertising programmes, newsletters, and viral marketing campaigns
Approach
The book starts with the basics of Drupal and then steps you through the creation of an online shop, exploring Drupal further as needed. Only the features of Drupal relevant to the e-commerce application will be covered.
Written in a straightforward, easy-to-understand manner, the book provides the essentials of getting your e-commerce website up and running with Drupal.
Who this book is written for
This book is for people who want to start selling online as quickly as possible, and want to see how to use the proven Drupal platform to achieve this.
The book is ideal for use in a small business with only basic in-house technical skills. It will also be useful for developers who not only want to create an e-commerce site, but also want a CMS platform for expanding the site in the future. No prior knowledge of Drupal is required. No PHP experience is expected, although it will be useful. Basic knowledge of e-commerce will also be useful, although the main concepts are introduced and covered as required.
For more details on the book please visit www.PacktPub.com/drupal-ecommerce/book
The Perks Of Using Windows Web Hosting
Dec 24th
What is Windows Web Hosting? Out of several web hosting solutions, Windows web hosting is a hosting plan that is using a server running Windows Server operating system on the back end. A hosting platform is selected based on the language a website is written and the type of application a site runs. Typical use of Windows web hosting would be to run a site that is developed with Active Server Pages, .COM, or .NET infrastructure.
By subscribing to this technology, you can receive to as much as 10GB of web space. This is really useful when you plan on designing a flash-based website. It does load slowly but it also secures your information from being lifted through copy and paste motions. You may also have your own domain — those .coms and .nets that you are so fond of having will definitely come true through this web hosting service.
Windows web hosting also allows you to have sub domains which are designed to give you unlimited use. Imagine having to own a series of sub domains especially if you carry several products or services? This is really a great deal!
What does this windows web hosting have? Aside from the big storage space, you can have numerous email accounts for your top level personnel. It runs with an ASP .net 2.0 or .NET framework too. You are also provided do it yourself professional websites so that hiring a web developer that costs thousands to do one page would be limited. You have to optimize your budget and the Windows Web Hosting service can definitely be of great help to your company’s online campaigns.
Here are some advantages of Windows web hosting:
1. If the site in question is developed using .NET technologies by Microsoft, then Windows web hosting is the right solution for hosting.
2. There are several choices while selecting a database and there are enterprise class databases as well. However, if a site is using MYSQL database from Microsoft, then Windows hosting would be a good choice.
3. If Access Database is used on the site, then Windows hosting would be the only choice of hosting as MS Access would not run on a server not running Windows OS.
4. If the site uses any specific Microsoft services, for example SharePoint, then Windows hosting would be a good hosting choice.
5. Since Windows OS is a licensed operating system by Microsoft, support for the hosting and OS is lot better than that of open source platform hosting.
Do not be intimated by the technical jargon that is happening to you at warped speed. These are the essentials for you to consider if you want to avail the Windows Web Hosting service or settle for the Linux web hosting service. They both offer good support but Windows is commonly used and since you are a beginner in this field, have your best I.T. person to walk you through the technical terms. It boils down to your given budget so think it over first before you secure a paid service.
Choosing & Using Drupal Modules for Maximum Performance
Dec 24th
Basic Drupal web design using the core Drupal CMS (content management system) is enough to create a small website with limited functionality, but the framework is favored for its vast adaptability and unique, functional programming options. However, it often takes knowing more than your basic programming to effectively utilize Drupal modules and customizations.
A World Of Options—Drupal Modules
The core PHP framework that is Drupal will build a basic, functional website. It is often enough for users seeking to construct small personal websites with limited usability.But the real opportunity for Drupal sites lies in Drupal customization and the use of specific, hand-picked Drupal modules.
It is the Drupal modules that provide the added benefit of additional functions. These add-on features are the codes and programs that allow you to include the specific features and functions that are needed for your site.
Drupal modules provide a great many additional options. It is difficult to say how many options and opportunities those modules provide, as there are always new Drupal modules being built and endless options to combine modules and functions for more features and flexibility. However, for all but the most basic Drupal sites the modules are key—they are, in effect, what really makes or breaks a great, usable, user-friendly and functional Drupal web design.
More Options With Drupal Customization
The other beautiful thing about the Drupal CMS PHP is that it is an open source code. That means that the code is disclosed to the user, and can be changed and modified at will. In fact, it is this very feature that has resulted in the wide flexibility and many options the enhanced Drupal core and Drupal modules provide.
In practice, what this means for Drupal web design is that the possibilities with Drupal customization are limited only by the knowledge, creativity, and expertise of the person overseeing the Drupal web design. A talented programmer or designer can modify a single Drupal module code over and over and come out with a completely unique feature every time. In addition, he or she can also use the core functional programs and still create a customized graphic design, creating an even greater opportunity to stand out from the web crowd.
Stand Out With Drupal Customization
Together, the Drupal modules and Drupal customization options provide nearly unlimited possibilities for the talented web designer. Admittedly, these customization options are something that is beyond the average user, but a number of professional web designers have embraced the opportunities that Drupal presents for them. By combining the high functionality of the core Drupal CMS with the unlimited capabilities of Drupal modules and Drupal customizations, web designers have changed the face of website design today.
Your best chance for a truly unique, attractive, and ultra-functional Drupal CMS website is to work with an expert in the field. To maximize your Drupal web design, find a Drupal expert who can present you with an array of possibilities, capturing and combining the core functionality and additional features that Drupal customization and Drupal module selection have to offer.
Author bio:-This article was written by Steve Morris. Mr. Morris runs New Media, a drupal web design Company located in downtown Denver, Colorado (http://www.NewMediaDenver.com). Newmediadenver offers Web design denver, drupal web development , Web development, Internet marketing.
Using PHP to Build a Mobile Internet Platform
Dec 21st
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