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Updates
> Update Archive
> Detailed Changes December 2002
(currently open)
Previous detailed changes to AbleStable®:
December 2002
Recent
changes to AbleStable® made over the calendar
month of December 2002 are listed below. Maintenance
entries are in black text, new content is highlighted:
Last change of month made:
27 December 2002
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New Article: Customising
Error Pages: Lauri Harpf shows how the notorious
404 error page can be used to the advantage of web
site owners. Special instructions for creating custom
404 error pages are also provided for site owners
whose site is run under the 'Apache' hosting solution.
December 2002
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Site-wide removal of 'Forward' and 'Backward' links
in top left navigational area to improve page simplicity
and legibility.
• General maintenance schedule including: site-wide
link check; external link check; search indexing;
and server performance monitoring.
• New Article:
Good
Article Writing: This primer sets out some general
guidelines for how best to write high quality articles
that will be welcomed for inclusion at AbleStable®.
• Minor editorial and design improvements to
Payments and Our
Services.
• New Exhibition:
a thought provoking new exhibition at AbleStable®
is now on-line. Connections
explores the ways we connect with one another through
powerful imagery and language.
• News Update:
News Centre:
selected arts and media highlights brought to you
in association with Guardian Unlimited, the premier
Internet news service based in the UK.
• The Information
Page for our Payment Gateway has been updated
with the addition of a summary of contents, and improved
copy. Note: Our Payment Gateway has now been replaced
by our Online
Store.
• The
Member Free Service Level application is improved.
• External indexing of AbleStable®
improved with more effective search engine robot optimisation.
• The Projects
Centre has additional copy to explain our policy
on project acceptance.
• Member
Benefits has been improved and updated with the
addition of a summary of contents and highlighted
benefits to reflect our recent changes.
• New Article:
Sheep,
Art, and Money: By taking an example of an arts
project that was perceived as a waste of public money,
this article exposes the world of governmental arts
funding.
• The Press
Centre has new screenshots of our homepage to
reflect our recent changes.
• New redirection pages ensure external links
to folders (as opposed to files) at AbleStable®
do not return error messages but provide the user
with link options and a search facility.
• Our Homepage
enjoys some subtle improvements with the addition
of four new links under our highlighted content.
• Our Services has been updated to reflect the
addition of our Freeware Area and Special Offers and
now includes a full content index.
• New Article:
Art:
Pay to View: Contributor: John Ohannesian: In
his question and answer essay, John Ohannesian argues
for the Pay to View Art Gallery.
• 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.
• Weblinks,
our resource of invaluable links to web sites that
carry services and resources for and about creative
professionals, has been reviewed and significantly
updated.
• Updates (this page) and the Update
Archive at AbleStable® are current
for the start of December.
• To view all updates for the month of November
go to November Updates.
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News
about AbleStable®
Showcase
Galleries Introduced (19 November 02)
• 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.
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. More Below
New Discipline Introduced (15 November 02)
A new Discipline 'Logo
and Branding' is introduced under the Creative
Area 'Illustration'. This Discipline is cross referenced
with the identical Discipline 'Logo and Branding'
available from within the Creative Area 'Design'.
Projects Centre Opens (7 November 02)
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. More Below
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Major
Updates
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.
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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