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The Crap We Missed – Friday 8.17.12
Welcome to Friday's The Crap We Missed where we get to experience Jean-Claude Van Damme's liquid cream-filled, hard seed in real life this time (Hint: It's right in his boner-region), the new David Beckham statue that the Obama Administration covertly commissioned to push their gay rights agenda, and for the love of God, someone please track down Marilyn Manson's dad and tell him his kid still needs that hug. I thought we were done with this shit a decade ago.
Speaking of terrible fathers, I'd like to thank whoever begat Rebecca Ferdinando and subsequently did whatever horrible thing that caused this sort of attention-seeking behavior. You, sir, are the reason I get to wear my jammies to work and I salute you,
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This event is a hands-on session to help you learn more about Tableau Server and build out a live showcase environment to showcase the collaboration and governance capabilities that Tableau can bring to your Desktop deployment.
The premise is simple – you bring your colleagues, your laptop and your workbook. We'll bring a consultant, our software, our expertise, and even breakfast! At the end of the workshop, and for the next 30 days, you'll have a live Tableau Server environment to show your work to your colleagues through their browsers, through Sharepoint, or even on their iPads!
Who should attend:
The session is aimed at existing Tableau Desktop users who are looking to share their workbooks and dashboards with colleagues or who need to share data and collaborate with other Tableau authors and analysts.
13:30 - 14:00 Registration
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A year ago, the Pro Bowl further perpetuated the notion that it was nothing more than a poorly constructed All-Star showcase in which fans could expect minimum effort from the NFL's premier players. Although the television ratings remained impressive, commissioner Roger Goodell seriously considered eliminating the Pro Bowl due to the pathetic product that the 2012 game produced. However, this year, the increased effort actually made for a relatively entertaining contest.
The NFC demolished the AFC 62-35 in a game that was chock full of big plays from star players. New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning led the NFC in passing with 191 yards through the air, along with two touchdowns. Manning's first touchdown pass was to none other than Victor Cruz, who did his signature salsa routine in the end zone after scoring. Manning also threw a pick-six in the second quarter as well.
After the game, Cruz, who set a Pro Bowl record with 10 receptions, said that each team gave a sincere effort out on the field.
"We understood exactly what (Goodell) wanted, guys were making plays all over the field," Cruz said. "There was a little bit more high intensity than in years past and we were excited to play."
Perhaps the most comical moment in the game came at the end of the fourth quarter, as Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul lined up as a cornerback opposite of Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt, who was split out wide as a receiver. Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck threw a jump ball into the back corner of the end zone, and Pierre-Paul came down with an interception that effectively ended the game.
All in all, the Pro Bowl is still a meaningless exhibition. For the players, it's a free trip for them and their families out to Hawaii. However, the game that every respectable NFL players wants to play in is occurring next weekend in New Orleans. Although it was entertaining to watch some the world's best athletes let loose and throw the ball around for 60 minutes, this game was a painful reminder to Giants fans that their team came up short in 2012.
A year ago, this team was preparing to win their second championship in five seasons. Now, we are talking about their performances in the Pro Bowl. It's been a hard fall back to earth for Big Blue, and the front office has a lot of work to do to help ensure that expectations are met in 2013.
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Thanksgiving is coming! The turkey, the stuffing, the sides, the pies — and so much good TV to eat up, we thought you could use a little help.
Keep crafting your Thanksgiving menu with Cooking Channel this weekend…
(To see exactly what's on when, check our handy Program Schedule page.)
Rachael Ray's Week in a Day
It's Thanksgiving reinvented — turkey that works 365, plus four more dishes that bring that Turkey Day spirit to your table any time of year. Roasted, Brined Turkey Breast With Maple Worcestershire Gravy and Fruit and Nut Pilaf; Broccoli and Cauliflower Gratin Mac 'n Cheese; Roasted Mushrooms, Parsnip, Potatoes And Spinach Casserole; Ginger-Soy Carrot Soup; Turkey and Mushroom Creamy Tomato "Gravy" With Gnocchi.
Fresh Food Fast with Emeril Lagasse
It's that time of the year, and we always crave one or two new recipes for our Thanksgiving feast. This year, Emeril shares a menu of spatchcocked crispy honey-lemon-thyme roasted cornish game hens and pan roasted Brussels sprouts with pancetta. Are you a Spoonbread Head? Well, check out Emeril's fluffy cheddar and green onion version. For the finale, a butternut squash cobbler à la mode made with the spices of the season! Your guests will be nothing but thankful!
Everyday Italian
Giada's sister is hosting a Potluck Thanksgiving. Giada's got the sides covered, all with an Italian twist: Garlic and Sun-Dried Tomato Corn Muffin; Spicy Parmesan Green Beans and Kale; and Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Maple Cinnamon Sage Brown Butter.
Good Eats Thanksgiving Special
Follow Alton Brown on his mission to shake the Dry Turkey Curse that's haunted his family for ages. Can he unlock the secrets to a juicy turkey with a two hour cook time before being overrun by meddlesome, uninvited kinfolk?
Ask Aida
Aida is thankful her sister Ivy is on hand to help update some family favorites. They start with a sweet and savory Apple-Sage Roast Turkey. Then it's hearty whole wheat bread stuffing filled with dried fruit, pecans and herbs. And for dessert? A twist on the traditional pumpkin pie…pecan pumpkin crunch! And finally a simple no-recipe recipe for rich and hearty pan gravy.
Healthy Appetite with Ellie Krieger
Imagine Thanksgiving with ALL of the classic flavors and NONE of the food coma. Ellie makes a Thanksgiving dream come true — you can have it all. On the menu is juicy Turkey Roulade with Apple Cider Gravy, Jewel Roasted Vegetables, crunchy Asparagus with Parmesan Egg Crumb Topping and velvety Pumpkin Flan. It's the ultimate healthy delicious Thanksgiving meal that works just as well for a party or a gathering any time of the year.
The Secret Life of… Thanksgiving
It's the biggest meal of the year, and a tradition celebrated annually in virtually every home in America. Feast on some delicious history as Jim O'Connor visits Plymouth, Massachusetts — the home of the famous Rock — for a dramatic reenactment dinner. Jim then visits the gulf state of Louisiana and to see New Orleans's Chef Paul Prudhomme about deep-fried turkey.
Here's a 360 degree look at Thanksgiving, the ultimate food-lover's holiday. From the first harvest table to Thanksgiving re-imagined with twists on traditional fare. Mo Rocca digs into Akhtar Nawab's Indian fusion feast, checks out Aki and Alex's molecular turkey meatballs, and even luxuriates in Christopher Kostow's posh Napa Valley Thanksgiving. You'll wanna savor every bite, from the oyster stuffing to primo pumpkin pie!
Inspired to fine tune your Thanksgiving Feast? Cooking Channel's Thanksgiving Central has the menus, recipes, techniques and ideas from the classics to the less-traveled, tasty twists. Dig in here.
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— January 2002
By Capt. Ken Kreisler
Newburyport, Massachusetts
|A great stop for the traveling mariner, this New England town is also where the U.S. Coast Guard began.
The entrepreneurial spirit was alive and well during the American Revolution and helped set the tone for the future of the emerging nation. Among the most productive businessmen were the privateers–legalized pirates–who plied East Coast waters. These bold brigands, excellent seamen who manned swift, heavily armed cutters in search of British vessels, would also smuggle goods into the colonies to avoid the heavy British taxes. They were so good at their trade they were instrumental in bringing about the defeat of the Redcoats.
With the war's end, bad habits, especially the lucrative ones, were hard to break. The privateers who called Newburyport Harbor home were probably responsible for absconding with some $50 million in acquired goods and property. To protect the country's shipping and taxation, Congress commissioned 10 revenue cutters in 1790 to enforce new laws. On July 23, 1791, the first cutter, the Massachusetts, slid down the ways at Newburyport, heralding the beginning of the United States Coast Guard.
Newburyport flourished as a shipbuilding center–but in 1811 a devastating fire put an end to its shipbuilding industry. Today the town offers a redeveloped downtown and waterfront and many natural attractions. With its proximity to Maine and the nearby coastal cities of Essex, Gloucester, Manchester, Salem, and Marblehead, it's the perfect stopover for visiting mariners.
4-knot current, it's best to seek a marina in the area.
• The harbor master (978) 462-3746 can take vessels up to 150 feet in length. Windward (978) 462-6500 is a full-service yard and can do hull and prop repairs. Boatworks (978) 465-1855 can handle boats up to 70 feet in length, while nearby Merri-Mar (978) 465-3022 can take vessels up to 125 feet.
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This article originally appeared in the January 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Narrated by Ali (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saas) said:
Even if there remains only one day for the world, Allah, the Exalted, will send a man from the Ahl al-Bayt (People of the House). (Sunan Abu Dawud, 5:92)
Days and nights will not end until one [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] from my Ahl al-Bayt rules the entire world. (Al-Uqayli, An-Najmu's-saqib fi Bayan Anna'l Mahdi min Awladi Ali b. Abu Talib Ale't-Tamam wa al-Qamal)
Hazrat Mahdi (as) is from the line of my daughter Fatima. (Sunan Ibn Majah, 10:348)
Hear the glad tidings of Hazrat Mahdi (as). He is one from the Quraysh and from my Ahl al-Bayt. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 13)
Hazrat Mahdi (as) is one of my children. His face is like a star shining in the sky. (Ali Ibn Sultan Muhammad al-Qaari al-Harawi al-Hanafi, Risalat Mashrab al Vardi fi Mazhabi 'l Mahdi)
All prophets are related to one another. Hazrat Mahdi (as) will also be of that line. These descendants are popularly known as sayyid. Hazrat Mahdi (as) will also be sayyid.
Allah refers in the Qur'an to messengers all related to one another. These verses indicate that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will share that same line of descent.
Allah chose Adam and Noah and the family of Abraham and the family of 'Imran over all other beings – descendants one of the other. Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Surah Al 'Imran, 33-34)
"Our Lord, make us both Muslims submitted to You, and our descendants a Muslim community submitted to You. Show us our rites of worship and turn towards us. You are the Ever-Returning, the Most Merciful." (Surat al-Baqara, 128)
And some of their forebears, descendants and brothers; We chose them and guided them to a straight path. (Surat al-An'am, 87)


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COCOA, Fla. - Police are on the lookout for a man who walked into a Family Dollar and forced a clerk to give him money at gunpoint.
It happened around 10:00 p.m. Wednesday night at the Family Dollar on Clearlake Road in Cocoa.
The suspect entered the store and shopped around for a few minutes, eventually making his way to the check out line. The crook then made sure the store was empty before flashing his gun and demanding money from the cashier.
"He did not, at anytime, try to conceal his face. This is very worrisome for us, he doesn't care," said Officer Barbara Matthews with Cocoa Police.
After grabbing the cash, the suspect left the store, then an employee grabbed a phone and immediately called 911.
Once police arrived they did a K-9 track, but couldn't locate the suspect.
Matthews said, "A lot of times the K-9 will track to the spot where somebody either got on a bike, or car, or anything. We need that little bit of information, we need to know how he's getting around."
Police said this thief is the same guy who robbed a Motel 6, Boost Mobile, and 7-11, all in the past two weeks, and having an armed robber on the loose leaves Cocoa residents like Maria Hernandez on edge.
"It is really scary, especially when they send kids at night to come to the store. It's just really scary," said Hernandez.
Police are saying the suspect is armed and dangerous and are asking the public to call Cocoa Police if they have any information about him.
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Perfect Hair in 5 Steps from John Frieda Backstage at Zac Posen: MBFW Fall 2012
Get sleek runway ready hair from Zac Posen's F/W 2012 show with John Frieda's Creative Consultant Luigi Murenu!
– Heather Taylor
Perfect hair is over, according to several backstage fashion shows I attended during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. The new "in" look is all about being disheveled. For me and my baby fine locks this trendy new look sadly equals less effortless chic and more rat's nest, especially when strong winds are involved. Luckily, Zac Posen's Fall/Winter 2012 Fashion Show backstage in the David Koch Theatre in Lincoln Center reaffirmed that looking structured and sculpted when it comes to hair is still in and super hot. And yes, you can even recreate the look at home!
With the designer's collection heavily influenced by Japanese architecture, John Frieda's global creative consultant Luigi Murenu demonstrated before a group (including supermodel Coco Rocha!) how to get the minimalistic hairstyles hitting the catwalk in 5 simple steps- with affordable hair care products you can pick up from your drugstore.
Step 1: On damp hair work through John Frieda's Frizz-Ease Sheer Solution Lightweight Control ($7.49, cvs.com) spray. Blow dry after to keep hair smooth and frizz at bay.
Step 2: Brush hair into a high ponytail. For the right height, pull the hair back parallel from the outer corner of the eye. Secure with an elastic and then secure the end of the ponytail with a small rubber band, leaving about 3-4 inches from the end.
Read How to Create a Stellar Work Wardrobe on a Budget
Step 3: Spray hair with John Frieda Luxurious Volume Extra Hold Hairspray ($5.24, cvs.com).
Step 4: Roll the ponytail under and to the left to create a small, semi side bun and then pin it to the securing elastic.
Step 5: Take a flat iron to the remaining 3 inches of the ponytail and position it an upward direction for the modern-day Geisha look. Use John Frieda Full Repair Touch Up Flyaway Tamer ($7.49, cvs.com) to smooth out any flyaway hair.
Et voila! Now it's time for you to do your little turn on the catwalk!
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Did you know?
9th Avenue Bistro in Durban was named best bistro in the 2012 Eat Out Awards.
The multiple award-winning 9th Avenue Bistro in Durban certainly lives up to its name, offering its faithful clientele the finest of bistro fare.
Modern criteria such as seasonality and quality local produce guide its menu choices. And it is fortunate in that Durban's subtropical climate lends itself to the serving of light fare all year round (although winter evenings between June and August are also ideal for comfort food).
Good bistro food is all about a one-plate offering that is innovative, flavoursome and has a certain wow factor. Think steak frites with a knock-out sauce, à la blue cheese or béarnaise.
The bistro, in the upmarket suburb of Morningside, has regionalised its plates, with seafood much in evidence. The stuffed calamari is a favourite, while the pasta and shellfish combinations are pure bliss. The dishes come alive with seasonal fruit and vegetables, such as litchi, pawpaw, avocado and aubergine.
The KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, known for cottage industries, are easily accessible, 9th Avenue Bistro is spoilt for choice when it comes to high-quality cheeses, pickles, olives, olive oil, pork and charcuterie. The invigorating salads are eye-candy that is actually good for you. The chocolate gateau is optional…
Husband and wife team Graham and Gina Neilson are at the helm, and strive to deliver the best produce, as fresh as possible, to their diners. They are both international travellers, and have worked in top eateries around the world, including in the United States, the United Kingdom, Bermuda, South America and the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands.
The restaurant setting is crisp, clean and uncluttered, the service matches the excellence of the food, and the wine list can complement any dish you choose.
This establishment has received many an online rave review from satisfied customers and critics alike – one of the latter proclaiming his meal there the best he's ever had in Durban.
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Who to contact
9th Avenue Bistro
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How to get here
The restaurant is close to beachfront hotels and the Durban International Convention Centre. Follow Argyle Road from the beachfront area, which becomes Sandile Thusi Road, and turn off at 9th Avenue.
Best time to visit
9th Avenue Bistro is open for lunch Tuesday to Friday, and dinner Monday to Saturday.
Around the area
Florida Road is a great place to go for easy eating and pre- or post-dinner cocktails. Moyo at uShaka is another popular spot for drinks, while Umhlanga and Umdloti have some fun little bars and restaurants worth exploring.
Tours to do
Visit the Victoria Street Market for wonderful herbs, spices and a local atmosphere. There are wonderful fabrics and textiles on offer. You can also visit the Hare Krishna temple in Chatsworth.
Get around
Organise a taxi from your hotel as there is minimal public transport available in the evenings. Hiring your own car in Durban will be an advantage and give you the freedom to move around.
What will it cost
Prices vary according to your menu choice. There is a feature menu and a bistro menu available. Starters begin at around R60, and mains range in price from R90 to R160. There is a sample tasting menu available at R250 per person (no alcohol or gratuities), and a special R235 menu on offer.
Where to stay
There are some superb hotels in Durban – try the Quarters Hotel Florida Road, or there are a number of good guest houses and B&Bs in the Morningside area.
What to eat
Try the smoked ostrich fillet, the salmon tartar or the creamy shellfish orzo. The crispy deep-fried calamari is a favourite, while vegetarians will enjoy the home-made roasted butternut squash ravioli. For mains, the crispy roasted free-range duck, and roasted tomato and four-cheese bread pudding have patrons coming back for more.
What's happening
There's always something fun happening in Durban, whether its visiting uShaka Marine World, taking a stroll along the Umhlanga promenade or visiting any of a number of malls and markets.


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Hi, as a few of you here may know from when I introduced myself, I enrolled on a multimedia college course to learn to make sites - about to start year 2 and still not covered it (??!). Over the summer I thought it would be a good idea to learn dreamweaver and make my own site. It is still in the process - but i honestly haven't a clue what i am doing. Few problems. You can see my portfolio in the making at ASC Digital Media Services - please dont rip me apart too much as it still is very much at the beginning!
I started teaching myself via youtube and other online vids - thing is i think i learned from vids made a few years ago, to go with the software - cs3. Spent a while trying to get my head around using tables for layout, then found out it is not practice any more, went onto frames - not good. Got some good advice on this forum to concentrate on css for styling and am working my way through learning this.
My question is about making multiple pages. You can see my site, if you click through the links at the top, the page moves on the screen as you arrive at the new screen - is this because i've made the pages individually. Or is the done thing to make a template and make each page from the template? Talk of uneditable and editable areas - are they like placeholders to enter content?
Basically im confused as to the basic steps to build a site. If someone can tell me the basic steps, then i can google and research the how to, but searching for things like 'should i use templates' or are 'frames used to design in dreamweaver' etc (for example), brings totally the wrong info really, hence why im asking here. Just for some basic steps to follow, ie make a template, then reuse, only use css and html for a and b, etc.
Also the site, something i think ive done wrong when uploading to server, but if you notice that alanwhitfield.co.uk is the page you go to when you first go to the domain, but if you click around the top navigation, the 'home' is different from the initial index.html - any thoughts?
Sorry if this sounds like i don't have a clue, but i honestly don't. Ive contacted college for advice but seems that that advice is for term time only, so this forum seemed like a good a place to get some basic answers.
Just a word on the portfolio - i am not offering design services so please dont groan when reading - this site is purely to practice making flash and learning how to integrate javascript and all the rest into my pages, and for submission for college work. Please im very open to other ideas, like 'why are you making your buttons in this manner, or this definitely is the wrong way to go about a site'. But if anyone even so much as chuckles at the scouse accent in the animation, i WILL hunt you down with the boys (see avatar) and will be mean business!
Thanks for taking the time to read and any help appreciated
i suggest you to browse template selling sites for ideas and see how they did it etc. I started once myself did sites like the beginners:D. just learn and try to make something,:D use css to design fonts, rollover images etc and beautiful table styles, don't use that long coding for simple things.
Dreamweaver is good for code writing and the functions are minimal that I use there. try to work outside Dreamweaver and look solutions on the web, this will work much better.
Don't use that much images, use css, you can design your text, buttons with that:). I suggest you to use php for more or less complex things:D, anyways php is like everything you need and a little bit of javascript.
it's all about proper design, of course you can use one menu on ever page, example with php, but the website shows up exactly how you designed it:D.
just use css more and html. and make sure you place flash and other that kind of things to right place(insie table or smthing).
Easiest step is to create 1 table and make it 100% and inside it example make a table with 90% align center, start doing inside there something.
you can make paged individually it doesn't matter, if you design them the same way and with same width ... and so they look exactly the same. use valign='top' at tables etc.. all must be set
couldn't understand what you were looking for exactly but I hope this helps.
Well, sort of. If you look at the code for the navigation links on the various pages, the sizes of the images varies from one page to another. This is going to make the page appear to jump about as the menu bar resizes. Just change all the pages to use the same image size.
Also, on pages where the content extends below the viewport, the browser will add a scroll bar, which takes up a few pixels on the right and therefore makes the content shift slightly to the left. Some folk (like me) think this is normal behaviour and don't worry about it; other people go to great lengths to avoid it. It's up to you to decide how much it bothers you.
Everybody has their own way of working. I've never used templates as such, so I'm not really the person to answer this. I generally build a page with just those elements that are going to be common to all pages, such as header, navigation and footer, then use "save as" to give me the requisite pages. That way I know I'm starting off with all those areas the same and can then work on individual pages. I find this suits me, but I never have to work with large sites.
I don't know if this really answers your questions, but have you tried the on-line tutorials at W3 Schools?
Well, alanwhitfield.co.uk implies that it's alanwhitfield.co.uk/index.html, (which it is), but your other links are in a sub-directory: alanwhitfield.co.uk/portfolio/pages/coding.html etc. When you click on the home link in one of these pages, it takes you to alanwhitfield.co.uk/portfolio/pages/index.html. In other words, you have two different index pages in two different directories.
I can sympathise with your problems. I took a college course when I was starting out and found I was being taught outdated methods and deprecated html tags. I learned far more from a couple of good books than I did from the course.
Stick to html for your markup and use css in a separate sheet for styling. Don't use tables for layout - keep them for actual tabular data and make sure they're marked up properly. Add in Javascript and Flash to enhance your pages, if you wish, but remember that some people and devices can't or won't use these, so don't rely on them for core functionality.
And keep asking questions, because it's a great way to learn.
Hope that helps
I'm afraid so. I'd be surprised that the people who made those videos even had opposable thumbs ... that's how far out of date we're talking here:eek:
My question is about making multiple pages. You can see my site, if you click through the links at the top, the page moves on the screen as you arrive at the new screen - is this because i've made the pages individually. Or is the done thing to make a template and make each page from the template?
Yes, in a nutshell it's because you've created each page separately, and so the layout is slightly different on each one. A much better plan is to set up one master page, and then every time you want to add a new page, go back to the master page, save it under a new name, take out the bits that you don't want and add the new content. That way you'll get much better consistency across the site.
If you have a repeated block of content that's used on multiple pages, such as the header bar and navigation menu, you can use server-side includes so that you code it up once, and then each page inserts that bit of code in the relevant place - that way, if you need to make any changes, you only have to make them on one file and not every page.
You should use a single CSS file to control the layout and formatting. This is far more efficient and powerful than inline formatting, and also helps to preserve the consistency across the site, because all pages are tapping into the same style information.
No, no, no and no!
Dreamweaver is rubbish. All WYSIWYG editors are rubbish. It's built in to the way they work. No editor is capable of producing good quality code without massive intervention.
There's very rarely any need or reason to use Flash.
If it isn't tabular data, don't use a table. End of story. You should be controlling layout and positioning with CSS. Welcome to the 21st century, I hope you enjoy your time here.
Presentational attributes like valign="top" are even more outdated than using layout tables, and have no business whatsoever in any website today.
Basically what's been said above is correct. Creating pages individually is not wrong per se, simply it is more work and when you're a professional, the one think that you lack of is ... time!
Creating a template is worth because it saves time. So every single area repeated in other pages will go in its own file (like the main menu). If you ever have to modify it for whatever reasons (let's say you add a new link to the main menu), by modifying one file, the others will be updated too.
One of the technologies used to include that file with the piece of common code to all pages is, as Stevie very well appointed, Server Side Includes. They have the advantage that they don't rely on other technologies, like server programming languages and it is very straight forward to use.
As an example, simply write

whenever you would write the html code that will create the header area. The exact code will be included there.
PS: if you use this technique, remember that the separated file do not need a doctype or a body. You simply separated part of the content to use it on various pages, and it will go inside a html document that already has doctype and body element and everything
PS2: include virtual means that the route for the file is referenced to the document root. You could use include file instead, which means that the route to the file is relative to the folder where the document is contained.
Hi, many many thanks for getting back with the replies, really appreciated you taking your time to offer advice.
All the advice is making sense and think all my questions were answered. If (when) i get stuck i shall certainly be asking again here, and once the site is sorted and looks a bit more professional i will post for review.
Thanks again
Hi, i was reading your advice with interest. I have a similar problem, I have used Flash to display images on my site, but now I have updated them they flash does not work and display my images when people login. The site is written in CSS and HTML, an although I am not an expert i am having to learn quickly how to update the code. What I wanted to know was how easy would it be to change the code from using flash to displaying in a window and the images sliding.. below is a snippet of the code that is in each html code page using the flash code... any help would be appreciated.
<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/ swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" WIDTH="587" HEIGHT="200" id="slidesimple" ALIGN=""> <PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="slidesimple.swf?xmlUrl=newindeximages1.xml"> <PARAM NAME=loop VALUE=false> <PARAM NAME=menu VALUE=false> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#ffffff> <EMBED src="slidesimple.swf?xmlUrl=newindeximages1.xml"
PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></EMBED> </OBJECT>
You can just replace all that object code with an image element.
thanks I will check this out.
I should have added that, in that scenario, you'll need to know the location of the images so you can link to them. (I was mobile when making the last post.)


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Pastoral Populations Face Food, Fodder Shortages Across the Sahel
A major food crisis looms over the Sahel, a zone that extends across the African continent, separating Sahara and savanna. Some 2.6 million children are at risk of deadly malnutrition as pastoralist populations, largely dependent on biomass-rich pastures for grazing livestock, face widespread shortages of food and fodder. With a lack of rainfall and the early arrival of this year's "hunger gap"—the period of seasonal scarcity between harvests—substantial biomass losses have been documented across the region, imposing food shortages on human and animal populations alike across Africa's Sahel.
Struggling Pastoralist & Farming Families
The number of families facing food insecurity has increased dramatically—tripling in the past year in Mauritania alone—with nomadic herders and subsistence farmers particularly affected. For crop farmers, the "hunger gap" typically occurs between June and September. But for livestock herders, a segment that comprises some 20% of the Sahel's population, it comes earlier, in April and June. Families typically resort to coping methods to get through the season, such as reducing daily meals or migrating to areas of better pasture.
"The deficit of pasture this year has meant that livestock farmers have had to move south earlier than usual, concentrating along the banks of the Senegal and Niger rivers, where conflict is increasing in competition for scarce pasture and the increasing threat of resources being exhausted."
—Frederic Ham, Disaster Risk Management and GIS Senior Adviser, ACF-Spain
Action Against Hunger's teams are responding by helping livestock herders and their families through a range of food security programs, including emergency distributions of cattle feed, the provision of animal health services, and cash-transfer programs designed to help farming families weather the current crisis and prepare future harvests.
"The lack of rains this year has caused overgrazing of land and this has forced many livestock farming families to sell their animals prematurely—before they are so weak they die—to be able to buy food at very high prices in the markets. This has caused an imbalance between supply and demand of animals in the markets: there are too many to sell and so cattle prices have plummeted, reducing the purchasing power of livestock farmers. A year ago families could obtain, for example, 100 kilos of millet for the price of a goat, but the value has now decreased by 40%."
—Julien Jacob, Food Security Advisor, ACF-Spain
Conflict in Mali: A New Threat
Compounding the region's growing food crisis, fighting has erupted in northern Mali between Tuareg rebels and government forces, causing tens of thousands of people to flee to southern Mali or into neighboring Niger and Mauritania to escape this growing conflict.
"These [population] movements, along with the obstacles they pose to the access of humanitarian aid, will make the situation even worse for the most vulnerable families," according to Rafael de Prado, Action Against Hunger's Desk Officer for the Sahel.
With lifesaving programs in place across the Sahel—in Niger, Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Chad and Senegal—Action Against Hunger's teams are already assisting thousands of vulnerable families through emergency distributions of food rations, and longer-term activities to improve community access to food and income, such as cash-for-work programs that provide income in exchange for work on projects that will enhance community productivity in the long run.
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Can emergency response programs also support long-term development? What early warning indicators besides biomass loss should trigger the need for humanitarian assistance?


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The Massachusetts Bar Association is proud to co-sponsor
Bullying and the Law: Policies, Programs and Best Practices on
Friday, March 16 at Harvard Law School, 1563 Massachusetts Ave,
The conference features keynote speaker Dean B. Eggert, Esq.,
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A COUPLE who were almost hacked to death in an horrific machete attack in the Caribbean say they are not giving up their battle for justice.
Peter and Murium Green have been fighting for compensation since the attack at their retirement home in Tobago five years ago, but so far have only received an 'insulting' £2,500 each.
This week the pair, from Wellington, told the County Gazette they had been in contact with Foreign Secretary William Hague in the hope of boosting their fight.
Mr Green, 70, said: "We're still fighting and not giving in. It's been hard and my health is getting worse but I've got one last fight in me.
"We've got close and got most of the pieces of the jigsaw and one day that magical final piece will turn up."
Mr Green said they wrote to Mr Hague, with the help of Taunton Deane MP Jeremy Browne, as they try finally to put their nightmare behind them.
The couple say that even if somebody is brought to justice for their horrifying ordeal in 2009, the effects will stay with them forever.
"I want that man to stand in front of me before I die," said Mr Green, who is battling prostate cancer. "I could not defend my wife that day and that will stay with me until my last breath."
Mr Green was left blind in one eye and suffered permanent brain damage, while his wife is permanently scarred.
The attack is not the only incident they know to have taken place on the island, with a neighbour and friend also a victim.
Mr Green said: "You hear about attacks there all the time and people need to know it's a dangerous place.
"The authorities don't like me because I am a constant reminder of what their republic stands for.
"They say I've ruined their tourism industry and had an effect on hoteliers, but people need to know how dangerous this place is."
Mr Green said the whole experience has cost his family £470,000. In April 2011, the case against a 25-year-old Tobago man accused of the attack was discharged.


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Farmington Hills, MI (February 16, 2006)--- Botsford Health Care Continuum is reaching out to older adults and their families in the local community by sponsoring three free Medicare Prescription Enrollment Fairs in Redford, Livonia and Southfield.
The first fair will be on Monday, February 20th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Addams Elementary School in Redford. The next fair will be on Friday, March 3rd from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Civic Park Senior Center in Livonia. The last fair will be on Tuesday, March 14th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Southfield Public Library.
The events are tailored to the needs of people who have Medicare coverage or who will soon be eligible for that coverage and their family members. The sessions are designed to help attendees understand the differences among the Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage programs being offered and then select and enroll in the plan that best meets the needs of the individual. Botsford's trained enrollment counselors will be available to answer your questions, provide information about premiums and deductibles and help you to enroll in the plan of your choice.
In order to enroll in a Medicare Prescription Plan, you should plan to bring your Medicare card and a list of your current medications. You do not have to sign up for the prescription plan in order to attend. If you cannot afford to pay the monthly Medicare Prescription premium, you may qualify for assistance through the Extra Help Program.
Reservations are required. For more information or to make a reservation, please contact Wendy Goddard, RN, at Botsford General Hospital at (248) 471-8162.
The Botsford Health Care Continuum is an integrated system of care which includes Botsford General Hospital, the Botsford Physician Network, Community Emergency Medical Service, the Botsford Continuing Care Corporation and the Botsford Center for Health Improvement. The Botsford site on the internet is www.botsfordsystem.org.
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Dries Buytaert Receives 2015 Immigrant Entrepreneur of the Year Award in High Tech
Boston—May 12, 2015—Members of Boston's international business community, including Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, gathered to celebrate the nominees and winners of the 2015 Immigrant Learning Center (ILC) Immigrant Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Dries Buytaert, co-founder and CTO and the inventor of Drupal, was honored in the award's high technology category. The 2015 selection committee cited Acquia's company growth and global reach as well as Dries' contribution to the concept of open source as key reasons why he was selected as winner. The ILC also recognized winners in business growth, neighborhood business and life science.
"The best part of my job is actually this idea that we can do well and do good. Hundreds of thousands of nonprofits from Greenpeace to Doctors Without Borders to The [Immigrant Learning] Center and many others use Drupal to power their sites," Buytaert said.
A non-for-profit organization, the ILC is based in Malden, MA and provides immigrants in the Boston area find their voice. The center offers a free, year-round English Language Program to immigrant and refugees, while the ILC's Public Education Institute works to inform Americans about the impact of immigrants. The Institute for Immigration Research, a joint venture with George Mason University, conducts research on the economic contributions of immigrants.
About Acquia
Acquia is the digital experience company. Intuit, Warner Music Group and Stanford University are among the more than 4,000 organizations that are transforming their digital businesses with Acquia's open cloud platform. Global 2000 enterprises, government agencies and NGOs rely on Acquia to create new revenue streams, lower costs, and engage audiences more deeply through content, community, commerce and context.
For more information visit www.acquia.com or call +1 781 238 8600.
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Volgens David Aponovich van Acquia zijn nog lang niet alle bedrijven wat hij noemt 'digital first'. "Organisaties moeten snappen dat de tijd van proprietary software voorbij is. Veel webwinkels en andere organisaties zitten vast in de oude, lethargische modus van een on-premises mentaliteit, terwijl hun klanten verwachten dat ze innoveren en opschalen op de veel hogere snelheid van 'digital'."
David Aponovich is voormalig analist bij Forrester, waar hij web content management en digital experience platforms analyseerde. Tegenwoordig is hij senior director digital experience bij Acquia (www.acquia.com/nl), leverancier van geïntegreerde content, community en commerce oplossingen voor webwinkels en andere online kanalen. Acquia is een cloud platform gebaseerd op het open source content management framework Drupal. Volgens Aponovich kan een bedrijf alleen 'digital first' worden als de hele organisatie zich met digitalisering bezighoudt. "Mijn rol is bedrijven te wijzen op de vele kansen als ze hun business verder digitaliseren. Ze kunnen efficiënter werken door hun technologie effectiever te gebruiken. 'Digital transformation' is momenteel een belangrijk onderwerp, steeds meer bedrijven hebben er aandacht voor en verschillende managementlagen zijn ermee bezig. Niet alleen CIO's, maar ook CMO's, CDO's en CEO's."
Dat laatste is volgens Aponovich een belangrijke voorwaarde om als commerciële organisatie in een steeds digitaler tijdperk te kunnen overleven. Nog veel te weinig ondernemers snappen volgens hem dat ze hun business drastisch moeten veranderen. "Traditionele bedrijven als Blokker en V&D moeten begrijpen dat die business over de hele breedte digitaal is. Niet alleen een CIO, maar ook een CMO – die zich traditioneel alleen bekommert om marketing en klanten – moet digitaal leren denken. Digital first betekent in de filosofie van Acquia dat verschillende bestuurslagen samenkomen om de juiste digitale strategie te vinden. Alle onderdelen van een organisatie zijn feitelijk digitaal, alleen hebben veel bedrijven dat nog niet door. Wil een bedrijf écht digitaal transformeren, dan moet het content, commerce, community en context samenbrengen."
Waar beginnen?
De woorden 'digital transformation' en het belang daarvan zijn in de meeste organisaties wel bekend. Veel bedrijven proberen het, maar weten niet goed waar te beginnen. 'Going digital' betekent volgens Aponovich niet alleen een website bouwen. "Webwinkels kunnen in hun marketingactiviteiten veel meer doen aan personalisatie. Acquia helpt bijvoorbeeld om gegevens over websitebezoekers te optimaliseren. Digital first is iets van de technologie, maar ook van de business. Het raakt zelfs een hele bedrijfscultuur: hoe verander je een organisatie die jarenlang 'old school' heeft gewerkt? Hoe word je een 'digital company'? Het is best lastig om een 'legacy company' met 'legacy thinking' te veranderen, vol met on-premises software die nauwelijks nog bestaansrecht heeft."
Het advies van Aponovich is dat ondernemingen weg moeten van hun traditionele IT-mindset. "De digitale wereld verandert en bedrijven die niet mee veranderen, lopen achter de feiten aan. Ze moeten bewegen naar een mindset van business technology, waarin een organisatie systemen, platforms en processen creëert die leven met de snelheid van digital. Bedrijven worstelen niet alleen met technologische vernieuwingen, maar ook met de veranderingen in hun business model die nodig zijn om van technologische innovatie écht een succes te maken. Traditionele IT-organisaties zitten vast in de oude en langzame werkprocessen van een on-premises mentaliteit, waar ze anno 2015 een cloud mentaliteit nodig hebben."
Acquia en Drupal
In de oude IT-wereld gaan organisaties niet overleven, voorspelt Aponovich. "Wie innoveert gaat sneller. Dus bouw een team en zorg voor leiderschap en een mandaat vanaf C-level dat zegt: wij willen digitaal zijn, we investeren in technologie en in de juiste mensen. Zorg voor een business technology mindset in je hele organisatie. Er is een transitie nodig van oude IT-systemen naar een nieuw digitaal model met de juiste tools en technologie en het juiste platform, om veel sneller en doortastender te kunnen werken."
De oplossingen en services van Acquia zijn toegespitst op het open source platform Drupal. Aponovich: "Open source is flexibeler, sneller en minder bewerkelijk voor de gebruiker. Er is meer innovatie en gebruikers voegen voortdurend functionaliteiten en verbeteringen toe en delen die met de community. Met traditionele en bovendien dure proprietary software lukt dat niet. Hoewel veel bedrijven nog vastzitten in een mindset van aangekochte on-premises systemen, wordt open source meer en meer gebruikt. Ook de grootste organisaties – het Amerikaanse televisienetwerk NBC bijvoorbeeld, en de Australische overheid – hebben inmiddels vertrouwen in de veiligheid en de stabiliteit. Ons CMS cloud platform heeft volop mogelijkheden om zelf te innoveren. Doe het op jouw manier en ga zover als je wilt. Je kiest niet voor een systeem van een enkele leverancier, maar borduurt verder op een 'ecosysteem' van 'best-of-breed' technologie. Daarin 'leven' bijvoorbeeld ook de ERP-, CRM- en marketingsystemen van andere leveranciers, zoals IBM, SAP, Salesforce en Marketo, waarmee je kunt integreren. Dat geeft ontzettend veel vrijheid."
Digital experience
Uiteraard ziet David Aponovich Acquia's eigen platform voor webcontent management en digital experience als het beste CMS ter wereld. Hij wordt daarin gesteund door analisten van Forrester en Gartner. "Verschillende organisaties hadden de kracht en mogelijkheden van Drupal al snel in de gaten, maar hadden behoefte aan een support en cloud leverancier die ze kon helpen met het schaalbaar en 'enterprise-ready' maken ervan. Het is niet alleen Drupal, maar ook Acquia rondom het gebruik van Drupal, om betere sites en experiences te bouwen. Bij digital first draait het uiteindelijk om de 'digital experience' van de klant. Wij bouwen software waarmee organisaties hun customer experiences persoonlijker maken en daardoor hun merk beter kunnen verkopen. Denk bijvoorbeeld aan 'contextual delivery of content'. Organisaties moeten de klant in het centrum van hun business plaatsen. Mis geen kansen, denk ook aan al die klanten die tegenwoordig mobiel aankopen willen doen. Je hebt een strategie nodig die uitgaat van verschillende kanalen en verschillende apparaten, vanuit een centraal content platform."
Het Acquia-platform is helemaal 'cloud first'; het is een Platform as a Service (PaaS). "Door het gebruik van open source is het een flexibel, schaalbaar en snel innovatieplatform", besluit Aponovich. "Bovendien maakt de wereldwijde penetratie van Drupal het platform erg duurzaam. Je hoeft niet bang te zijn dat het er morgen niet meer is. Je kunt vooruit denken en bouwen op het Acquia Platform, op veel verschillende manieren."
Ne vous est-il jamais arrivé de vouloir un vêtement précis pour une occasion spéciale ? Vous ne voulez pas consacrer trop de temps dans cette recherche, vous avez besoin d'un large choix et la cohue des magasins vous rebute : il est l'heure pour vous de shopper en ligne. Après une exploration attentive, vous trouvez enfin l'objet de vos désirs. Mais impossible de localiser le moindre bouton d'achat. La référence identifiée, vous multipliez les recherches, passant du menu déroulant à la recherche par mot clé mais sans succès. Vous ne tombez que sur de magnifiques photos de l'article tant convoité néanmoins impossible de l'acheter. Vous devenez un client potentiel frustré, et frustration ne rime pas avec chiffre d'affaires…
Effectivement, une expérience consommateur complètement décousue aboutit à une vente perdue pour la Marque, à laquelle s'ajoute une aversion préjudiciable contre celle-ci. Hélas, la marque que vous veniez de découvrir depuis peu vous joue déjà de mauvais tours. Vous aviez eu le temps au fil de ces recherches fortuites d'approfondir vos connaissances : d'apprendre que le créateur avait un parcours incroyable, de savoir que tel et tel people en était fan, et que celle-ci était aussi bien considérée que d'autres marques que vous connaissez et affectionnez déjà. Une belle découverte en soit, donc !
Beaucoup de marques tentent de se raconter sur le Web, considérant que leur visibilité sur le Net est tout aussi importante voire plus que celles véhiculées à travers d'autres canaux de diffusion. Sauf qu'elles oublient souvent que cette vitrine doit aller plus loin qu'une simple boutique en ligne pour incarner l'esprit de la Marque. Elles doivent être en mesure de reproduire autant que possible l'expérience en magasin pour donner une idée du produit dans sa réalité mais également de laisser à tout moment la possibilité d'acheter le produit. Le contenu doit être astucieusement éditorialisé (l'art du « storytelling ») et conçu pour entrelacer de manière naturelle les produits et les contenus associés (conseils, points de vue, anecdotes, etc), afin de permettre aux internautes et mobinautes de parcourir, d'apprendre et d'acheter au même endroit.
La valeur implique la construction d'une expérience client convaincante qui utilise des fonctionnalités nouvelles pour transformer le modèle du panier d'achat classique en un modèle faisant intervenir une personnalisation pointue et des possibilités multimédias et multiplateformes.
Les marques avancent souvent qu'elles ont entamé leurs mutations numériques en annonçant qu'elles sont présentes sur Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc. Certes, vous trouverez des milliers de commentaires et de belles photos d'évangélisation de marque. Alors que tant d'histoires sont racontées à travers les médias sociaux, ou des espaces éditoriaux de marque, l'expérience de commerce n'est pas intégrée. Bien souvent parce que plus de 50 % des équipes en charge respectivement du contenu et du commerce travaillent de façon cloisonnée et utilisent des technologies disparates. À l'issue, un « syndrome du double site » qui se traduit par des expériences client déconnectées entre elles comme le révéle une enquête de Forrester Consulting intitulée « Les passerelles du eCommerce / le contenu partagé ».
La convergence entre Contenu et Commerce découle d'une tendance persistante qui a vu le marketing digital se détourner des messages indifférenciés (« acheter maintenant ! », par exemple) au profit du « content marketing ». Une expérience plus riche s'appuyant sur la puissance des textes, photos et vidéos variés et sur celle des commentaires des consommateurs pour donner une autre dimension au commerce et passer du simple fait d'indiquer le prix et les spécifications du produit à une expérience forte axée sur le client.
Les sites sont de plus en plus élaborés et interactifs ; cependant, comme l'illustre la frustration que j'ai connu (et que probablement beaucoup d'autres ont expérimenté), l'UX tombe à plat. Le « beau » contenu donne lieu à une énorme frustration en ne poursuivant pas l'objectif final : délivrer le bon produit à la bonne personne.
Dans ce même rapport, Forrester révèle que les Marques doivent adopter une approche collaborative et des outils technologiques intégrés pour voir de réelles améliorations en termes de conversion et d'engagement. Quand il s'agit de créer ou d'optimiser une expérience de marque en ligne, pour améliorer cette expérience et augmenter l'engagement, on peut noter parmi les meilleures pratiques :
BOSTON - May 1, 2015 - Acquia was named one of the region's Best Places to Work by the Boston Business Journal. The company was one of 10 employers in the large company category, defined as organizations with up to 1,000 people.
This year's employers were divided among five different categories were selected based on survey responses provided by employees. The BBJ's Best Places to Work surveys and the subsequent scoring of employee responses were provided in partnership with Quantum Workplace.
The BBJ will recognize this year's 80 honorees and count down each category's top-ranked places to work during its 13th annual Best Places to Work event scheduled for June 18 at the Citi Performing Arts Center.
Ninth Annual Future of Open Source Survey Reveals Trends in Open Source Adoption
Burlington, MA – April 16, 2015 – Corporate open source use and participation has reached an all-time high, according to the ninth annual Future of Open Source Survey. Acquia joined North Bridge Venture Partners, Black Duck Software, and 40 other collaborators in the annual survey, which investigates open source software (OSS) trends on a yearly basis.
As open source continues to speed innovation, disrupt industries, and improve productivity, a reported lack of formal company policies and processes around its consumption points to a need for OSS management and security practices to catch up with this growth in investment and use. Security is a primary concern, as many companies lack understanding of known security vulnerabilities in open source components, and very few actually monitor for such threats.
Notable findings from the survey include:
For more information about the survey's results, visit: http://www.slideshare.net/blackducksoftware/2015-future-of-open-source-survey-results.
Follow @futureofOSS and join the #FutureOSS conversations on Twitter. Visit www.northbridge.com/open-source for all surveys published since 2008 and read more about the industry at the Open Source Delivers blog.
The Drupal distribution that is used in govCMS is an important technical keystone for the many other elements of the full govCMS service. The original foundation for the govCMS distribution is aGov; the Drupal distribution created by PreviousNext to provide a core set of elements, functionality and features that can be used to develop government websites. While govCMS utilised the aGov code base as its foundation, it is clear their future paths will vary to meet the requirements of different customers. For this reason now is the ideal time to fork aGov and create a distinct distribution for the govCMS service.
The new govCMS distribution will evolve quickly to incorporate enhancements and improved functionality based on the changing needs of government and advancing technologies. The true innovation behind govCMS will be the ability to remain responsive to changing needs while providing a standard response to regulatory requirements, connecting government with users in a consistent way and delivering solutions that can scale to meet the demands of large government installations.
"The Drupal distribution for govCMS reflects the Government's commitment to further invest in open source innovation, the results of which will be widely available to benefit federal, state and local agencies," said Chris Harrop, Director for Asia Pacific and Japan, Acquia. We look forward to continuing our work with the govCMS team and helping the Government save costs as agencies reimagine how they deliver information and services."
Upgrades to the distribution will be automatically rolled out as part of the govCMS service, allowing agencies and users to simultaneously reap the benefits of standardisation and innovation. As active members of the Drupal Open Source Community, the govCMS distribution and the aGovdistribution will continue to leverage from each other, as well as other contributors to the Community.
The govCMS distribution will be publicly available from the Drupal Open Source Community via drupal.org. Work is underway to provide an independent instance of the distribution, separate from the govCMS service. This will allow organisations to access and use the govCMSdistribution outside of the govCMS service.
By Mathieu Weber
In an age where you can deposit a check or hail a cab from your phone, people can be incredulous about standing in line to get a city permit or obtain the right government forms. As a result, many agencies are establishing progressive digital strategies or fine tuning their existing ones to keep up with the pace of innovation.
In Canada, there are multiple ongoing initiatives at both federal, provincial and municipal levels to re-platform content management as part of larger government engagement initiatives.
Last month Australia launched govCMS, its new centralized cloud platform for the delivery of government digital experiences. It's an ambitious project. Australia.gov.au and finance.gov.au were among the first federal sites to move to govCMS, but hundreds of other agencies have the opportunity to take advantage of the government's groundwork to secure cloud deployment and gain economies of scale while lowering costs.
Australia is committed to leapfrogging its peers and becoming more citizen-centric. The Commonwealth's move to make govCMS available for procurement by any government office will accelerate digital innovation across federal, state and local government. Says John Sheridan, CTO for the Australian government, "We want to get the best user experience we can for (citizens)."
As agencies across Canada similarly look to digital engagement to lower costs and improve services, it is crucial to focus on the principal learnings from the Australian experience. Australia also highlights the particular advantages that open source software brings to scaling digital government initiatives.
By Ephraim Batambuze III
In case you have decided to create a website and you are wondering which content management system (CMS) is the best choice for you. This post is going to look at three of the most widely-used ones.
WordPress, Joomla and Drupal are open-source software, each developed and maintained by a community of thousands.
Apart from being free to download and use, their open-source format means that the platform is continuously being improved to support new Internet technologies. With all of these systems, basic functions can be enhanced ad infinitum with an ever-expanding array of add-ons, contributed from their respective communities.
The CMS comparison chart below from website up gives a summary of what each CMS has to offer.
By David Mennie
As all those who work in marketing are aware, it is no longer solely a business discipline. Marketers need to be both business savvy and technologically adept. The rise of the technical marketer is the new reality. There are almost 2000 marketing technology companies in operation today, double that of last year. The rate of change in digital marketing is phenomenal and as such marketers are under pressure to both stay on top of these changes and make wise decisions about the technologies in which they invest their hard-pressed budgets.
Marketing Clouds
Marketing teams are faced with two distinct options when navigating the increasingly complicated technology landscape in their mission to become truly insight-driven and customer-focused. The first option is to invest in a proprietary 'marketing cloud'. Marketing clouds are a suite of marketing tools comprised of a number of technologies that promise to provide an integrated solution and cut the hassle of individual IT procurement processes. This may seem to be the answer for marketing teams that are already stretched and struggling to stay ahead of the tech curve.
The problem is that marketing cloud solutions offered by large vendors are closed. Often these vendors have acquired specific technology companies and their products, integrated them into their marketing cloud and then offered them back to the customer. The products acquired might be more effective than others and may not be well aligned with the other tools in the suite and, more often than not, will have different architectures. True integration between the technologies may take years and while vendors are spending time and effort doing this, their customers are not able to take advantage of newer or "best of breed" technologies.
Companies that invest in marketing clouds are held to the vendor's roadmap and become committed to the systems that the vendor chooses to integrate. This approach doesn't allow for agility within organisations, as teams are made to fit their working practices around the technology, when really the technology should be working for them.
Open Marketing
Another option for marketing teams is to find a way to leverage their current marketing tools in a better way. Open Marketing is based on the fundamentals of open source software, allowing for custom integrations with existing systems. The tools being used are the same ones a team will already be familiar with, but with the added advantage of a common view of their customers across all marketing technologies. Also, by integrating the technologies, customer data created by each can be put to use and intelligent decisions can be made based on it.
Stretching the Budget
For most organisations, closed marketing clouds require starting from scratch with a whole suite of new technologies. Couple this with the time and costs associated with re-training the department on the new technology and they become a very expensive solution.
Open marketing enables companies to unlock data and add value immediately. Marketing teams can add new technologies or replace legacy ones whenever they choose or have the budget available to do so without the up-front costs of having to buy a whole costly suite all at once.
Moving with the Times
With marketing technology evolving at a rapid pace, the 'best' solutions are always being overtaken by newer, more efficient market entrants. Marketers invariably will want to update and change the tools they are using to take advantage of new innovations that the market has to offer.
Open Marketing does not restrict the technology that marketers can select, they are free to switch in and integrate new technologies as they begin to use them. They are also free to test new technologies more easily.
This approach allows marketing teams to not just keep up with the pace of digital marketing but to also look ahead to the technologies of the future. As the Internet of Things, location aware and wearable technology move into the mainstream, marketers must be prepared for how they will develop. By taking an Open Marketing approach marketers will not be held back.
By Libby Clark
The Git revision control system is "at the center" of Drupal's hyper-collaborative community says Drupal core committer Angie Byron. The open source content management platform has 37,802 developers with Git commit access, and about 1,300 actively committing each month, she says.
"Git (was) the smartest/safest choice for our community, and a choice that definitely paid off," said Byron, who is also the director of community development at Acquia.
In celebration of Git's 10-year anniversary this week, we talked with Byron about how and why Drupal uses Git, their success stories using the tool, and her favorite tip for pro users. For more Git success stories in our "Git Week" series, see our interviews with Git creator Linus Torvalds, and maintainers on the KVM and Qt projects. And there are more to come still this week.
Linux.com: Why does Drupal use Git?
The short answer is community momentum.
The longer answer is we were on CVS for about a decade (there weren't a lot of other options back in 2001), and went through an enormous evaluation to decide which distributed version control to move to: hg, bzr, or git (see http://groups.drupal.org/node/48818 for the REALLY longer answer).
Git won out, both on the metric of wider adoption among other open source projects we looked at for inspiration, but also within the Drupal community. We discovered that unlike with bzr and hg, numerous Drupal community members were already using Git on client/personal projects, building Git integrations with our various software management tools, and signing up in droves to offer Git support for CVS refugees.
This made Git the smartest/safest choice for our community, and a choice that definitely paid off. (see "success stories" below)
What makes Git such a great tool?
For me, it's Git's ubiquity. Particularly in the last couple of years, Git has become the clear winner in the version control wars, and having one common language to speak with and collaborate with other developers has solved SO many problems.
Top Executives from AT&T, Care.com, IBM and Vecna Also Join Tech Council Leadership Team
BURLINGTON, Mass. April 8, 2015 – The Mass Technology Leadership Council (MassTLC), the State's leading technology association, today announced the election of seven new members to its Board of Trustees.
Comprising a range of the tech sector's most actively engaged and respected leaders, the slate of new executives elected to the Board include:
"The rapid pace of innovation is disrupting markets and the way we do business," remarked MassTLC CEO Tom Hopcroft. "Having a healthy influx of the region's top tech leaders helps keep our organization energized and at the forefront of technology leadership in the region."
"I'm excited to become more involved in advancing the tech community in Massachusetts by joining the board of the MassTLC," said Tom Erickson. "Whether in my current role at one of the nation's fastest growing companies, or at one of the four previous Massachusetts-based firms I have been with, I've enjoyed how globally minded yet community oriented the tech industry is here."
Complementing the new directors, the following Trustees were re-elected to the Board:
The elections were held during MassTLC's Annual Board Meeting on March 19. The Board currently consists of 28 senior executives who collectively represent interests of the organization's 500 member companies and serve as a proxy for the tech ecosystem in Massachusetts.
At its Annual Meeting, the Board also elected officers, including Annmarie Levins, GM for Technology and Civic Engagement at Microsoft, as an incoming Co-Chair. She will serve a two-year term alongside current Co-Chair Chris Schoettle, President & COO of Enservio, whose term ends in 2016. Levins succeeds Kirk Arnold, CEO of Data Intensity, whose term ended at the Annual Meeting in 2015. Other officers elected include Jim Daniell, COO of Oxfam America, as Treasurer, and Susan Rousseau, SVP Workplace Technology at Fidelity Investments, as Secretary.
The voice of the state's tech sector, MassTLC last month released its annual State of Technology report – highlighting successes while calling out key areas where more and faster progress is critical in terms of jobs, investment, education, business climate, government policy and competitiveness.
"I am honored to be taking this leadership role during such an exciting time of change in our community," said Annmarie Levins. "I look forward to working with the MassTLC board and membership on our long-term vision and on how technology can drive both economic and social good in our community."
"Annmarie is a dedicated leader, champion for technology and passionate advocate for Massachusetts – all qualities that make her an excellent fit in the role of co-chairperson," said Chris Schoettle. "Her commitment to promoting and advancing the tech community is unwavering. I'm excited to work closely with her in the year ahead."
About Mass Technology Leadership CouncilThe Mass Technology Leadership Council (MassTLC) is the region's leading technology association and the premier network for tech executives, entrepreneurs, investors and policy leaders. MassTLC's purpose is to accelerate innovation by connecting people from across the technology landscape, providing access to industry-leading content and ideas and offering a platform for visibility for member companies and their interests. For more information on MassTLC, visit www.masstlc.org.
By Adrian Bridgwater
OpenScholar is a Drupal-based content management system designed specifically for academic use, created by Harvard University and released under an open source license.
So what?
Well okay you so what types... this tool aims to solve the "Babel Tower" problem many academic institutions face.
What's that?
As the web began to make its way into academia, staff and departments often created their own sites, hiring students or external companies.
Within a few years, many university IT departments found themselves having to maintain an assortment of different code bases written in various programming languages and environments - not only making it hard to update the websites' content, but posing a significant security risk as well.
There must be some kind of way out of here, right?
Increasingly, institutions chose to standardise on a single solution, with Drupal - the open source CMS also used at Whitehouse.gov to Economist.com.
Harvard University chose to take this approach a step further by creating a custom CMS on top of Drupal.
Appnovation today announced that it will commit $30,000 to support the D8 Accelerate project efforts to help move Drupal 8 from the initial beta to a full release.
Appnovation Announces $30,000 Donation to Drupal 8 Accelerate Project.
Appnovation today announced that it will commit $30,000 to support the D8 Accelerate project efforts to help move Drupal 8 from the initial beta to a full release. This directly relates to the Drupal Association's mission: uniting a global open source community to build and promote Drupal.
D8 Accelerate is a pilot program from the Drupal Association to put $250,000 of community funds toward accelerating the release of Drupal 8; due to the strategic impact this work has on the entire Drupal ecosystem. Drupal 8 is the latest release on the Drupal journey, that is substantially more powerful than previous versions and provides new ways to tailor and deploy content that looks great on any device.
"We're excited to support the latest and greatest Drupal release to benefit the whole open source community," said Arnold Leung, CEO of Appnovation. "We also want to accelerate the development of this release and join the more than 2200 passionate people who have contributed to Drupal 8's success so far."
By Michael Keating
An exclusive interview with LA's CTO reveals some of the city's strategy
With more people employed in high-tech jobs (368,500) than any other metro region in the U.S., Los Angeles (population, 3,884,307) is an IT powerhouse. Leading the city's team is Steve Reneker, general manager of the Information Technology Agency and Chief Technology Officer. He is spearheading several initiatives, including the development of CityLinkLA, which is a citywide initiative designed to make high-speed, high-quality broadband available in all areas of Los Angeles.
L.A.'s IT operation faces similar challenges to other city or county tech departments. For example, about 60 percent of the L.A. IT staff will reach retirement age within the next four years. More than half of the seven full-time workers at the help services desk have recently filed for their city pensions. Due to tight budgets, a lengthy hiring process and limited budget authority for hiring, Reneker is using student workers on a short-term basis to keep the city's IT help desk staffed.
To help make its operation more efficient, the city is methodically embracing the cloud. In May, for instance, L.A. is expected to award a 10-year contract covering a new cloud-based municipal e-mail platform.
GPN spoke with Reneker recently about where the cloud fits in L.A.'s municipal IT strategy.
Government Product News: How is the city's IT department structured?
Steve Reneker: We are very decentralized. We have 20 data centers out there, and it's not very efficient. Our data center consolidation strategy calls for keeping three data centers for our private cloud apps, and moving everything else out into the public cloud environment. So over time, as departments need a technology refresh, the options offered to them will include various cloud environments.
GPN: Has your city department embraced the cloud?
SR: We have been moving some city IT functions to the cloud since early last fall. So I would say we have not seen any really significant changes yet. For the future, we certainly hope so.
We have probably seen a small percentage of change. For example, we just moved many of our city web pages to the Acquia cloud experience, which is a cloud-based hosting service and Drupal vendor-content management provider. We've seen a lot of improvement so there's less complexity for our staff that we have to manage. We haven't seen any reductions in staff in the process, however.
GPN: Has using the cloud helped reduce the server population in the Los Angeles city government?
SR: We've certainly seen some reduction in our server population, but we are still early in the process. Our IT unit is about 68 percent virtualized. We are spending a lot of time now going through upgrades on the Windows Server 2003 server operating system. The process gives us opportunities to either virtualize those environments or place them in the cloud. So we think there will be a large increase in migrations to the cloud over the next six months.
Digital customer experience has become a key business differentiator and application development and delivery leaders of front-office, Web, mobile, and digital development must step up to support their firm's initiatives. A number of big organizations have offered digital experience to their customers to remain competitive.
Recently Wipro has partnered with Acquia, a digital experience company, to deliver digital experiences for its clients around the world. Wipro leverages the Acquia Platform on critical client projects that require an open and agile framework to integrate content, community and commerce.
With the Acquia Platform, Wipro brings together the open source drupal web content management framework and a suite of digital engagement services. The platform can connect a broad range of applications that optimize digital experiences for greater relevance and impact, said a company statement.
"Open source generally leads to greater choice for customers, downward price pressure and accelerated innovation as community development models upend the economics of traditional software R&D. Wipro's innovative solutions and technology depth, combined with the robustness of the Acquia Platform and the cost benefit of offshore and open source is a winning combination for global enterprises," said Andrew Aitken, GM & Global Open Source Practice Leader, Wipro Ltd.
"Through this joint approach, we are providing solutions to help our clients create amazing experiences for their customers. We're helping global brands focus on the insights, interactions, integrations, and innovations that make extraordinary things happen for brands, businesses and their customers," he added.
Collaboration to Focus on Innovation in Financial Services, Life Sciences and Retail Sectors
New York, USA, London, UK and Bangalore, India - March 15, 2015: Wipro Ltd. (NYSE:WIT), a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company today announced its partnership with Acquia, the digital experience company, to deliver best-in-class digital experiences for its clients around the world. Wipro leverages the Acquia Platform on critical client projects that require an open and agile framework to integrate content, community and commerce.
With the Acquia Platform, Wipro brings together the open source Drupal web content management framework and a suite of digital engagement services. The platform can connect a broad range of applications that optimize digital experiences for greater relevance and impact.
He added, "Through this joint approach, we are providing solutions to help our clients create amazing experiences for their customers. We're helping global brands focus on the insights, interactions, integrations, and innovations that make extraordinary things happen for brands, businesses and their customers."
Wipro and Acquia will develop solutions and go-to-market strategies for its clients, initially focusing its efforts in the financial services, life sciences and retail industries.
"Together with Wipro, we're helping global brands think ahead in how they approach customer engagement, empowering them to gain deeper insight into their customers and deliver extraordinary digital experiences," said Joe Wykes, vice president of channel, Acquia.
The Acquia Platform helps Global 2000 brands build and deliver personalized digital customer experiences for every customer on every device. For digital marketers and other practitioners, the Acquia Platform includes tools that understand customer behavior to personalize sites and convert visitors into customers. The Platform is delivered from a resilient cloud and supports DevOps best practices, freeing brands to focus on their customers and not their data center.
Wipro has a strong advisory, consulting and delivery capabilities in the digital space that help businesses engage customers in a better way, increase their wallet share and deliver superior customer experience through a seamless experience across multiple devices and channels. Wipro helps global enterprises to navigate the complex digital landscape and help them discover their full potential in the digital space through next-generation digital solutions.
About Wipro Ltd.
Wipro Ltd. (NYSE:WIT) is a leading Information Technology, Consulting and Business Process Services company that delivers solutions to enable its clients do business better. Wipro delivers winning business outcomes through its deep industry experience and a 360 degree view of "Business through Technology" - helping clients create successful and adaptive businesses. A company recognized globally for its comprehensive portfolio of services, a practitioner's approach to delivering innovation, and an organization wide commitment to sustainability, Wipro has a workforce of over 150,000, serving clients in 175+ cities across 6 continents. For more information, please visit www.wipro.com
About Acquia
Acquia is the digital experience company. Empire Life, Warner Music Group and Stanford University are among the more than 4,000 organizations that are transforming their digital businesses with Acquia's open cloud platform. Global 2000 enterprises, government agencies and NGOs rely on Acquia to create new revenue streams, lower costs, and engage audiences more deeply through content, community, commerce and context.
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Contextualisation to deliver personalised content and offers across all channels achieves better customer experience, says Acquia.
Digital has changed everything in today's world of online commerce. Personalisation of digital experiences is no longer an extra, but an expectation. If a customer has visited your site once, they expect you to recognise them on subsequent visits and they expect a tailored experience.
A study by Janrain showed that the majority of consumers – 75 per cent – like it when brands personalise messaging and offers. Personalisation is a win-win; customers are presented with what they want to see, and in turn they're more apt to have higher conversion rates and greater satisfaction.
In fact, O2's study The Rise of Me-tail shows that adding personalisation to a shopping experience could lift sales by 7.8 per cent. In order to provide a personalised experience, businesses must leverage data from multiple sources, and apply that data to serve customers with relevant content, product recommendations and services based on intent, location and interests.
Contextualisation – knowing your customer's interests, behaviour and content preferences across all channels – is a more thoughtful and comprehensive approach to personalisation that is quickly becoming a key component of the customer experience.
By Camille Tuutti
The White House wants to overhaul the federal customer experience, but it won't be easy.
Let's be honest: The federal government isn't exactly known for its five-star customer experience. Whether applying for student loans or Social Security benefits, paying taxes or seeking health care information, Americans have a multitude of complaints about the difficulty of interacting with federal agencies. Even President Obama took notice and directed agencies in April 2011 to improve the way they serve citizens.
The push to plug the weak spots in federal customer experience gained momentum in 2014 with the launch of two new organizations—18F, a General Services Administration office created to help agencies improve online operations, and the U.S. Digital Service, a White House office that aims to untangle gnarly technology projects and make them successful. Illustrating the importance of customer experience—or CX in techspeak—USDS highlighted the issue in its Digital Services Playbook.
Despite these efforts, federal CX has been a bit of a bust.
A November 2014 study by Forrester Research went as far as calling federal customer service "disastrously weak." The CX Index, which measures how customers perceive their interactions with organizations in terms of the ease, effectiveness and emotion of an experience, found that agencies earned an average ranking of "very poor." Even more troubling for the government is that even the highest-rated agency still scored lower than the worst private sector organization Forrester examined. "Compared with dozens of auto, banking, retail and e-tail companies we also ranked, federal CX looks downright bleak," wrote the report's author, Rick Parrish.
By Bailey McCann
Forum one and Acquia have partnered to launch a digital government accelerator with the goal of improving collaboration between knowledge workers in government, think tanks, foundations and NGOs. The accelerator will allow these groups to build knowledge hubs and work through problems surrounding procurement and technical questions.
The solution will work on Acquia's open cloud platform for public sector. The accelerator was built with Drupal Commons and includes a range of services for strategic planning, governance, member management, metrics sharing, and training. It is also FISMA compliant.
Alexandria, VA - March 11, 2015 - Forum One, a digital agency working with the world's most influential problem-solvers, is launching the Collaboration Accelerator to streamline collaboration between knowledge workers in government, think tanks, foundations, and NGOs, by easing the technical, procurement, and security barriers that typically plague online collaboration in government and the NGO community. For the first time, digital teams will be able to quickly build online communities of practice or knowledge hubs and collaborate with other governmental and NGO organizations.
Building on the success of this solution within the private sector, Forum One is bringing this solution to market in partnership with Acquia – which provides an open cloud platform for integrated digital experiences. Acquia and Forum One have collaborated on many engagements over the years, including work for the American Red Cross and the Environmental Protection Agency.
"As transparency and open data initiatives gain momentum, we're seeing more collaboration between government agencies and non-governmental organizations," said Kurt Voelker, Chief Technology Officer at Forum One. "In fact, the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, a global partnership housed at the World Bank that seeks to advance financial inclusion, has successfully used this platform to communicate and interact with constituents to support development around the world."
Oxfam, an organization dedicated to fighting global poverty and advancing human rights, relies on the Collaboration Accelerator to improve transparency and communication and enhance the impact of its services. Neal McCarthy, Oxfam America's Senior Manager of Shared Services Applications, says, "At Oxfam, breaking down organizational silos so that the right people can easily connect and share across all 17 of our international affiliate organizations is a big deal. The Collaboration Accelerator is helping us do just that."
Built with Drupal Commons, the Collaboration Accelerator helps team members manage groups, share resources and track projects from start to finish using their desktop or mobile device. The accelerator also includes a range of services designed to keep the community active and engaged, namely: strategic planning, governance, member management, metric setting, and training.
Delivered on the Acquia Platform, the Collaboration Accelerator is designed to support U.S. government agencies in achieving and sustaining compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA). The Acquia Platform has helped federal agencies deploy government data and applications in the cloud and comply with rigorous security requirements.
"Agencies that work together effectively are best positioned to impact people's lives and improve the performance of digital government," said Todd Akers, vice president of public sector at Acquia. "The Collaboration Accelerator addresses three primary requirements for government and NGO collaboration platforms: support for robust security, flexibility to customize the solution for different working groups, and services to make sure that the community lives on until its work is done."
For more information go to www.forumone.com/accelerator.
About Forum One
Forum One is a digital agency that combines tech savvy, issue sophistication, and design execution to help influential organizations craft solutions for the world's most pressing problems. Since 1996, Forum One has been passionately committed to helping its clients extend their influence.
For more information visit www.forumone.com or email [email protected]
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