Visual Impact Web Design News

How to know what Version of osCommerce you are using?

2010-06-10T08:44:00.000+10:00

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

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

2009-12-23T09:20:00.004+11:00

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

Syndicate your osCommerce Specials page into SalesHQ.com.au

2010-01-18T11:43:00.009+11:00

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

How to replace the "subscribe" button with an image

2010-05-07T10:15:00.002+10:00

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

2010-05-07T10:05:00.005+10:00

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

2010-05-03T14:44:00.002+10:00

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

2010-04-22T15:23:00.025+10:00

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

2010-04-19T11:59:00.005+10:00

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

2010-04-14T14:25:00.003+10:00

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!

2010-03-17T12:03:00.001+11:00

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

2010-03-11T13:06:00.003+11:00

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

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

2009-10-22T14:00:00.006+11:00

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

Make life easier & download the latest Internet Browsers

2010-03-02T11:33:00.006+11:00

Windows Internet Explorer

Mozilla Firefox

Apple Safari

Google Chrome

What's your Favourite Internet Browser?

Sharing & Editing Documents on the web with Google Docs

2010-03-01T16:31:00.013+11:00

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

2010-02-26T11:59:00.011+11:00

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

2010-02-25T09:53:00.001+11:00

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

2010-02-18T08:42:00.001+11:00

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

2010-02-17T08:04:00.001+11:00

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

new contract - Google Map API needed

2009-09-30T08:06:00.001+10:00

Google Map API needed like http://bit.ly/3elTpj Please let me know if you can do this.

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

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

2010-02-03T12:18:00.003+11:00

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

Add your business to Google Local Business Center for free!

2009-06-19T14:15:00.005+10:00

click here to add your business

Are you attending any Bridal Shows this Year?

2009-07-30T09:37:00.005+10:00

I have an E-mail Marketing Program that runs on my server and I can give you access to use it for $39/month.

For Bridal Shows you could get potential clients to enter their details for a ‘competition’ or ‘subscribe & save offer’, which will then collect all of the potential contacts details in a database.

You can also have an auto-respond email, so when they check their emails on Monday morning, your business is on top of their minds.

You can create unlimited amount of contact lists, so you could have one for potential, current and existing clients to market to with ‘newsletters’

Once the form is created I can paste the code into any website, so there is no branding.

Let me know if you are interested. You can read more here http://www.interactonline.com.au/services/emailmarketing.html or ODER NOW here http://www.interactonline.com.au/billing/cart.php

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

2010-01-06T10:25:00.003+11:00

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

Now offering Link Exchange!

2009-11-12T08:59:00.001+11:00

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"

2009-11-11T13:30:00.006+11:00

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"