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Updates
> Update Archive
> Major Updates 2002
(currently open)
Update: Previous Major Updates by Year: 2002
(originally
listed on our main Updates page under 'Last Major
Update')
General
Archive 2002: Contents
New
Freeware and Special Offers (3 Dec 2002)
Showcase Galleries introduced (19 November
2002)
Projects Centre Opens (7 November 2002)
Exhibition Area Opens (20 October 2002)
Payment Gateway Opens (7 October 2002)
New Search Engine
(23 September 2002)
Member Area Redesigned (July 2002)
Beta site launched (July 2002)
Free quality-fiction e-book offered to
all new Members (June 2002)
Launch schedule for beta site announced
(May 2002)
Free
resources at AbleStable® (April 2002)
Welcome to our new look (March 2002)
AbleStable® hits a milestone (Feb
2002)
AbleStable® enjoys redirection on
key generic domain names (Jan 2002)
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New Freeware Area and Special Offers
(December 2002)
• Our new Freeware Area launches at AbleStable®.
The freeware that is featured is unconditional freeware:
no nag screens; no advertisements; no registrations;
no payments; no spying; no collection of demographic
information; and no unauthorised Internet connections
from your system.
• New Special Offers at AbleStable® feature
discounts brought to you by our Partners.
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Showcase Galleries introduced (19
November 2002)
Showcase Galleries for creative professionals are
introduced at AbleStable®. Showcase Galleries
feature examples of Member's work and are available
under all paid Member Service Levels. All Member Profile
Pages have undergone changes to accommodate this new
service.
The introduction of Showcase Galleries at AbleStable®
sees a significant increase in the examples of work
creative professionals can present at AbleStable®
. There is no increase in Member Service Level payments
for this service improvement and existing Members
who enjoy paid Member Service Levels have been automatically
upgraded.
To view an example of a Showcase Gallery go to our
Sample Profile, scroll down the page, then use the
'Showcase Gallery' button. A new Showcase Gallery
page will open.
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Projects Centre Opens (7 November
2002)
AbleStable's ® Projects Centre is launched for
individuals, commercial businesses, and non-profit-making
organisations to post projects for creative professionals.
A project is creative work people want done. Posting
a project is the act of advertising the work people
want done. Creative professionals who are interested
in carrying out the posted projects can then contact
their potential clients directly.
People may post 2 projects per year without charge.
This amounts to a cash benefit for commercial businesses,
private individuals, and non-profit-making organisations.
Further projects may be posted for a small charge,
either as single or multiple projects. Additional
project postings may be purchased from our Payment
Gateway.
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Exhibition Area Opens (20 October
2002)
The Exhibitions Area at AbleStable® is
a forum for anyone creating original materials that
are viewable and/or audible on-line, and features
permanent and short term exhibitions with contributions
invited from the general public and creative professionals.
There is no charge to submit work to the Exhibitions
Area as it is established and run under a permanent
basis as part of AbleStable's® Community
Development Policy.
We hope you'll find our Exhibitions are thought provoking
as much as a pleasure to your senses. All our Exhibitions
have been specially created and are only available
at AbleStable®. Behind The Mask, the first
exhibition at AbleStable®, is curated and
designed by Mike de Sousa, Director of AbleStable®.
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Payment Gateway Opens (7 October
2002)
AbleStable's® Payment Gateway has now opened
and features many advanced options including the ability
to:
• provide a secure payment transaction environment
fully integrated and supported by WorldPay
• accept any of the following payment cards for
its' services:
Visa; Mastercard; Eurocard; Visa Debit; Switch (UK
only); Solo (UK only); Delta; JCB
• convert services to the following currencies:
UK Pounds Sterling; US Dollars; and Euros
• allow customers to view past orders
• allow customers to request refunds
• allow customers to delete or add orders at
basket, checkout, and payment pages
• immediately notify and invoice customers of
payment by email and more
Our Payment Gateway fully integrates design elements
from AbleStable's® main site to create
a sense of continuity and trust.
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New Search Engine (23 September 2002)
We have a brand new search engine at AbleStable®
which transforms our users' search capabilities. Users
can now search different realms of our site at lightning
speed. 'Deep Search' and 'Quick Pro Search' have been
replaced by a leaner, more effective single search
engine that our users can access right from our homepage.
Users can filter their search results immediately
by choosing to search one of four different realms:
• All of AbleStable®
• Creative Professionals
• Help and Information
• The Library
The search process is very fast and the most relevant
content appears at the top of result/s page/s. The
level of search result/s document detail is also significantly
improved with text extracts, URL addressing, file
size, and last modified date. In addition, users may
access a detailed search guide from within the search
result/s page/s. Our search engine can handle thousands
of documents and has been designed with scalability
in mind. Watch this space as we continue to improve
it's performance and delivery.
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Member
Area Redesigned
(29 July 2002)
The Member Area at AbleStable® has been
improved as a result of Member feedback. Changes include:
change of colour design and implementation of matching
context navigational buttons to aid readability; new
registration invitation; new 'why register' pop-up
window link explaining the advantages of joining AbleStable®;
new welcome message. Thanks to all who took time in
contributing to this update.
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Beta
site launched (4 July 2002)
The beta launch of AbleStable® took place
during summer 2002.
Our beta site establishes a base of registered creative
professionals at AbleStable® and enables
drill-down searching of creative professionals. Although
extensive off-line testing of our site has already
been carried out prior to our launch, the beta phase
continues this process with particular emphases on
usability issues. A further element of this phase
is to ensure AbleStable® is easily located
on the major search engines and directories.
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Free
quality-fiction e-book offered to all new Members
(June 2002)
New Member applicants at AbleStable® are
now given the option to download a free quality-fiction
title at the close of their Member application process
(this download requires no form filling and Member
applicants may choose to commence the download immediately).
It's our way of welcoming new Members...
The Burial of Georgio Sánchez by Mike
de Sousa is a lyrical evocation of passion, self-sacrifice,
and necessary deceit.
“Wonderfully written and beautifully poetic...”
Bloomsbury
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Launch
schedule for beta site announced (May 2002)
The AbleStable® beta site will go-live
July 2002. Anyone visiting AbleStable®
will be able to search our site using our drill-down
directory. The site will also feature a host of free
resources to all our visitors. Our Resource Centre
features articles, reviews, guides and more.
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Free
resources at AbleStable®
(April 2002)
One of the defining characteristics
of AbleStable® will be the quality and
scale of our resources centre. The Library will contain
articles, reviews, e-books, news, web links and an
on-line glossary.
AbleStable® aims to become a premier destination
for creative professionals and people interested in
all things creative and we will be supporting the
creative community in a number of exciting ways. Keep
calling back to catch a glimpse of what promises to
be a major internet initiative.
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Welcome
to our new look (March 2002)
Visitors to AbleStable®
will find some recent improvements. The name of this
site now resolves to www.ablestable.info to reflect
the informational nature of AbleStable's®
introductory site. We've made the link buttons larger
and altered their style to make them easier to click,
and we've also added text links below the content
area to aid accessibility. We hope you like these
alterations together with the subtle changes to the
colour scheme which makes for easier reading.
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AbleStable®
hits a milestone (Feb 2002)
Our
aim is to build a ground breaking internet directory
service that is simple to use and employs a high degree
of functionality. We're as excited about AbleStable®
as when we first started work on it eight months ago,
and we've invested a great deal of resources during
the development process. We're now reaping the benefits
of our careful planning and have reached a significant
milestone.
The database and site architecture, together with
the graphic design of AbleStable®, has been a
mammoth task as it passes the initial prototype stage.
We now move into a new phase of development and exhaustive
testing, and look forward to completing a fully functional
beta test site (for internal testing and not to be
available on-line) by April 2002.
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AbleStable®
enjoys redirection on key generic domain names (Jan
2002)
Domain names are hugely important to the success and
accessibility of any web site. AbleStable® has
over sixty domain names that relate to creative activities
and establish our credentials in delivering a world
class directory of creative professionals.
We
have a very strong portfolio in all the top level
commercial domain names (.com, .info and .biz) and
we also hold many .co.uk generic domain names. Here
are just a few examples of how easily people will
be able to find us through redirection: creativefreelancers.com;
creativepro.info; creativerecruitment.biz; creativeprofessionals.co.uk.
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