Visual Impact Web Design News

How to know what Version of osCommerce you are using?

noreply@blogger.com (Visual Impact Web Design) — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:44:00 +0000

You'll find the project version in " /includes/application_top.php"

Search for "PROJECT_VERSION"

I found the answer here http://www.clubosc.com/how-to-know-what-version-of-oscommerce-you-are-using.html

How to replace the "subscribe" button with an image

noreply@blogger.com (Visual Impact Web Design) — Fri, 07 May 2010 00:15:00 +0000

To make your subscribe forms or enquiry forms a bit more graphical you can simply change one line of code to use an image instead of the default style button.

Find: <input type="submit" value="Subscribe" />
Replace with: <input border="0" src="images/submit.jpg" type="image" value="Subscribe" />

Definitions:
src = source url of the image
border = this gets rid of the blue link border around the image
value = calls the action of processing the form

How to create an iPhone or iPod Touch Icon

noreply@blogger.com (Visual Impact Web Design) — Fri, 07 May 2010 00:05:00 +0000

Paste the following code between the tags on your webpage <link href="apple-touch-icon.png" rel="apple-touch-icon"></link>
Create a 57px x 57px PNG file. (no need to add the shinny FX to it as the devices do this for you)
upload the file to your root directory (i named mine apple-touch-icon.png)
then go to your website on your iPhone or iPod Touch
Click on the + icon
Select "Add to Home Screen"

see the images below for my clients screen shots

Inserting an anchor link into your webpage using Adobe Contribute

noreply@blogger.com (Visual Impact Web Design) — Mon, 03 May 2010 04:44:00 +0000

Go to where you want the link to go to.
On top left menu...click on "Insert", then "Section Anchor"
Name it (don't use spaces & capitals)
Go to the image or text you want to have as the link.
Click on the “Link” icon and select “Browse to webpage”
On the bottom of the pop up make sure “Advanced” is expanded and use the drop down list to choose the anchor
Save & Publish

any question please comment on this post or contact us

My Melbourne Joomla Day 2010 Roundup + Notes

noreply@blogger.com (Visual Impact Web Design) — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:23:00 +0000

The below post are some notes I have typed up from the Melbourne Joomla Day 2010. Please feel free to correct me if I have misquoted or interpreted anything in the wrong way. There are some great links to template sites, 'how to' videos, Joomla Extensions and Browser Plugins.
Melbourne Joomla Day 2010
13/2/2010
Joomla 101 and Administration - Presented by Raoul Callaghan
Hosting a Joomla site on local PC

http://www.virtualbox.org
Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), Solaris and OpenSolaris, and OpenBSD.

http://jumpbox.com/app/joomla15
JumpBox for the Joomla! Content Management System Version 1.5.x
How to run a JumpBox on VirtualBox > http://blog.jumpbox.com/2008/12/22/jumpbox-on-virtualbox/ [video]

Advice for beginners
Never use “admin” as a username. For security reasons.

Joomla Extensions

JCE – A content editor for Joomla. It is a better WYSIWYG editor. http://www.joomlacontenteditor.net/
ReDJ – shortens urls, url redirection, aliases etc. http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/structure-a-navigation/url-redirection/7189
Access to admin area by using a IP address blocker. Go to http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/access-a-security/site-access to browse extensions. To find your own IP address go to http://whatismyip.com/
inlineACL Content Plugin Plugin – simple access control within an article. “The access to your articles or even a part of them can be hidden/shown for the users of your site.” http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/access-a-security/content-restriction/5673
Akeeba Backup – backup your Joomla website. You can also zip your local site and import to a live site. http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/1606/details

Joomla Template Design & Development - Presented by Norm Douglas
Firefox Plugins

ColorZilla http://www.colorzilla.com/firefox/ Advanced Eyedropper, Color Picker, Palette Viewer and other colorful goodies
MeasureIt https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/539Draw out a ruler to get the pixel width and height of any elements on a webpage
http://browsershots.org/ is a website where you can compare compatibility of your website with many browsers

Joomla Extensions

xml generator - http://mediensozialismus.de/tools.html
http://www.ijoobi.com/ has many great extensions. Receive 25% off using the following code, “Melbourne-Joobi-Apps”
CCK (Content Construction Kits) go to http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/news-production/content-construction K2 is a major player > http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/news-production/content-construction/8061Video demo here http://community.getk2.org/video/the-k2-movie-bliptv Zoo is also a major player http://www.yootheme.com/blog/item/root/zoo-20-beta-released

SEO & Self Promotions
Go to unanswered posts on forum and reply to them with a solution

Social Networking - Presented by Azrul Rahim
http://www.jomsocial.com/ lets you create your own social network > Groups, media, Facebook connect, follow users, share photos

Starting Joomla for Designers - Presented by Nick Sibbing
Template websites

Siteground - http://www.siteground.com/joomla-hosting/joomla-templates.htm
Joomlashack - http://www.joomlashack.com/
Joomlacapital - http://www.joomlacapital.com/
Youthemes - http://www.yootheme.com/ Yootools Bundle http://tools.yootheme.com/
Youi : can not find site
Rockittheme - http://www.rockettheme.com/joomla-templates

Joomla Performance - Presented by Mark Giglio

Turn on Gzip for faster browsing > if the host is well configured for it > check first
ping web address in cmd promt to find out communication speeds
geoip tools have around 90% accuracy of where your website server is > make sure you get a hoist that is very close to your target audience location
Firefox plugin = yslow
Yahoo! YSlow https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5369 > YSlow analyses web pages and suggests ways to improve their performance based on a set of rules for high performance web pages. > check in administrator/index.php?option=com_config before and after using gzip on/off
static joomla sites should turn their chache module on > please read more into this http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=470&t=326990&start=30

YouTube Insights - video statistics

noreply@blogger.com (Visual Impact Web Design) — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:59:00 +0000

Find details views, demographics, discovery & countries etc for your YouTube account.

A good "how to" video I found is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj2hbcwOaZM

adding the "AddThis" button to Joomla

noreply@blogger.com (Visual Impact Web Design) — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:25:00 +0000

The easiest guide to adding the "AddThis" button to Joomla as a module or as an article plugin.
Go to http://www.addthis.com/tools/joomla

Podcasting Solution needed please!

noreply@blogger.com (Visual Impact Web Design) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:03:00 +0000

Does anyone know of software that writes xml for video podcasting?
Writing the xml manually is taking up too much time.
thanks in advance!

Contract Available> e-commere solution with a Sales Agent module

noreply@blogger.com (Visual Impact Web Design) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:06:00 +0000

We require a website the plugs into a e-commerce website so the sales agents can log into it and see what their retailers are buying and how much commission they are earning.

Have a solution?
contact us here please http://www.interactonline.com.au/contact.html

Make life easier & download the latest Internet Browsers

noreply@blogger.com (Visual Impact Web Design) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:33:00 +0000

Windows Internet Explorer

Mozilla Firefox

Apple Safari

Google Chrome

What's your Favourite Internet Browser?

Sharing & Editing Documents on the web with Google Docs

noreply@blogger.com (Visual Impact Web Design) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:31:00 +0000

You need to create an Google account here https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount
Go to http://documents.google.com and start creating files
Please see this video for a good explanation

Google Consulting Services

Choose the correct Photo Gallery for great (SEO) Search Engine Optimisation

noreply@blogger.com (Visual Impact Web Design) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:59:00 +0000

There are so many choices out there when choosing the right photo gallery plugin for your content management system website.

Below is a video of a great example of a Joomla website photo gallery plugin (lightbox style)

Below is a video of a bad example of a static html website photo gallery plugin (javascript style)

Using the correct way for SEO can really make your site increase it's traffic.

check out our web services

Contract Available - Magazine Subscription Site

noreply@blogger.com (Visual Impact Web Design) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:53:00 +0000

I still can't find a good solution for an e-commerce site that is good for recurring billing of magazine subscribers. We will manually mange the payment, but just need email reminders sent.

contact us

noreply@blogger.com (Visual Impact Web Design) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:42:00 +0000

Vimeo's top 25 favorite videos of 2009 http://ping.fm/QGCUS

noreply@blogger.com (Visual Impact Web Design) — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:04:00 +0000

Make sure you Subscribe to our Email Newsletter @ http://ping.fm/FK2r6 and you'll never miss a sale

Contract Available > e-commerce site that allows customer to upload images for each item

noreply@blogger.com (Visual Impact Web Design) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:18:00 +0000

I'm after an e-commerce solution which allows a customer to upload images for each item.

i.e. user chooses 5 white t-shirts, then uploads an image for that order, then pays for the order

please contact me here http://www.interactonline.com.au/contact.html

Syndicate your osCommerce Specials page into SalesHQ.com.au

noreply@blogger.com (Visual Impact Web Design) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:43:00 +0000

We have created a php page that goes into your osCommerce store, which then links directly into www.saleshq.com.au
click here for example 1
click here for example 2
For $1 a day you can have your osCommerce Specials page syndicated into SaleHQ.com.au. Contact sales@saleshq.com.au

New CD-ROM & DVD Duplication & Print Price List is now Available

noreply@blogger.com (Visual Impact Web Design) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:25:00 +0000

CD-ROMs play an important part in promotion and learning for many companies. Unlike websites, CD-ROMs are in a physical form, so employees, students or potential clients can take something with them after your first meeting, whether it be a conference, promotional show or one-on-one meeting. Once inserted into a CD-ROM drive they automatically start, playing at full screen, so the user does not get distracted.

click here for new price list

Turn your E-Commerce store into an RSS feed and syndicate to the world

noreply@blogger.com (Visual Impact Web Design) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:20:00 +0000

CRE Loaded RSS Export - $ 39.00
CRE Loaded RSS Export is contribution, which allows syndicate products from your CRE Loaded store using popular syndication formats. RSS is open file format for information export, which is used by variety of sites/services, RSS-aware software and most popular internet browsers (like Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari etc.) to review and import your products. MediaThink: RSS: The Next Big Thing Online (an introduction to RSS implications for business) Wired Magazine: Aggregators Attack Info Overload CNN: Welcome to the 'new' Web, same as the 'old' Web Main features: multilanguage support ability to export into 3 formats: RSS 0.92, RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0 ability to store feed on your server online documentation and Quick Start instructions and more Additional feature: You can export this feed to Edgeio.com, to get additional exposure! Creloaded Rss, Rss Creloaded, Export Creloaded Rss

click here for more info

Now offering Link Exchange!

noreply@blogger.com (Visual Impact Web Design) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:59:00 +0000

If you would like to get on our links page go to http://www.interactonline.com.au/links.html

How do you interact with your clients? "get the brand in their hands"

noreply@blogger.com (Visual Impact Web Design) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:30:00 +0000

Apps Electrics Celebrates Anniversary in Style
Today i finished a clients project where we made a presentation in Flash and converted it to an iPod, iTunes & iPhone compatible mv4 file and copied it to 70 iPod Nano's.

The iPod Nano's we purchased were the same colour as the clients branding and had their logo printed on the back of every iPod.

When each client receives their Christmas present they get a branded iPod with a video thanking them for their support over the pat 3 generations of directors.

In summary this is the ultimate way to put a video message in a clients hands and they will refer back to it for years to come as the Apple iPod range are so popular and the "brand is in their hands"

How do I track files (such as PDF, AVI, or WMV) that are downloaded from my site?

noreply@blogger.com (Visual Impact Web Design) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:19:00 +0000

check out Google's help page to find out how click here

I'll be doing a step by step video soon of how I do it, so make sure you subscribe to my YouTube Videos

Complete Client Management, Billing & Support

noreply@blogger.com (Visual Impact Web Design) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:51:00 +0000

WHMCS is an all-in-one client management, billing & support solution for online businesses. WHMCS handles everything from signup to termination, with automated billing, provisioning & management. With WHMCS, you're in control with a very powerful business automation tool.

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Web Design Freelancers Needed > Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Perth, Hobart

noreply@blogger.com (Visual Impact Web Design) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:00:00 +0000

Visual Impact Web Design wants to expand and offer local web design services to all of Australia.
If you are a freelancer or small company who would love new client leads for website design, email marketing, SEO, PPC or CMS, solutions please let me know.

please contact me here http://www.interactonline.com.au/contact.html

Communicate Live with anyone, anywhere in up to 45 languages.

noreply@blogger.com (Visual Impact Web Design) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:38:00 +0000

Here is a great site I came across. www.babelwith.me
"Communicate with anyone, anywhere in up to 45 languages. BabelWith.me is a simple, free group chat that automatically translates your conversation as you type."

Even though this seems like the best chat invention ever, automatic translation for professional website use is a bad idea.

Here is a quote from the Commercial Translation Centre's website Article: "Free Translation"
"the word "run" depending on the context may have up to 47 possible translations and so far a human translator is still required to decipher this."

In conclusion, instant online chat & website translation is fun, but can be quite offensive to the potential or existing client.

read more at http://www.ctc4.com/eng/tips/free_translation.html