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> Update Archive
> Detailed Changes November 2002
(currently open)
Previous detailed changes to AbleStable®:
November 2002
Recent
changes to AbleStable® made over the calendar
month of November 2002 are listed below. Maintenance
entries are in black text, new content is highlighted:
Last change of month made:
30 November 2002
•
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.
November 2002
•
Design improvements to the Projects
Area: the colours of the contextual navigational
buttons within the Project Area are changed to aid
viewing.
• Error documents improved with the addition
of search facilities and stylistic changes.
• Server temporarily
down: On 23 and 24 November we experienced
serious problems with our web servers. The problems
were related to a relocation of our web servers and
they were not fully resolved until around 18:00 GMT
on 24 November (although access would have been available
intermittently from approximately midday on 23 November).
We are currently mointoring our service in its current
state, and are also taking steps to remove the possibility
of further issues. Although our on-line availability
is better than 99.6% uptime, this was our worst outrage
since we began our service and we apologise to all
our users who attempted to visit our site during this
period.
• New Resource:
GNU
Free Documentation License: The GNU Documentation
License is intended to make a manual, textbook, or
other written documentation 'free' and to ensure the
author of that work is credited. We have included
a copy of the GNU Documentation License at AbleStable®
for general reference.
• New Resource:
An
Overview of the GNU Project: The GNU Project aims
to provide free software for all. This article outlines
the background and principles of The Free Software
Foundation (FSF) who are responsible for the GNU Project.
• About Us revised.
• Our Domains
revised.
• Notify
Me is introduced into the Project
Centre. Project Notifications allow people to
be: notified about projects when they appear in a
particular Creative Area/s; or reminded about revisiting
the Project Centre at a later date. This service is
free and users may unsubscribe at any time.
• 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. 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
• Image
Upload carrying information and instructions about
how to format images for Member Profile Pages and
Showcase Galleries has been revised.
• New Article:
Creativity:
As We Grow Old: Goethe, Titian, and Edison are
testament to the vitality and creativity that can
define people in their later years. Creativity need
not decline as we grow older. If we choose, our later
life can be a period of great creative productivity.
• Our Introductory
Guide for first time visitors has been completely
revised and updated to reflect recent changes at AbleStable®.
• 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'.
• General maintenance schedule including: site-wide
link check; external link check; search indexing;
and server performance monitoring.
• New Article:
An
introduction to CGI: An introduction into the
world of the Common Gateway Interface (CGI or CGIs),
an immensely useful computer protocol that provides
the opportunity to introduce interactivity and increased
functionality into web sites without programming or
coding knowledge.
• Improved top navigational menu includes three
new links: Payments,
Registered Users,
and Jobs
(Project Centre). The links to the Client, Member,
and Partner Centres can now be found on the new Registered
Users page.
• New and updated Frequently
Asked Questions with new additions at FAQ
Clients and FAQ
Members.
• Changes to the Homepage
includes a bulleted option list for people requiring
creative professionals, a feature summary for creative
professionals, and a 'new' content feature.
• New homepage screenshots available at the
Press Centre.
• Fluid
Dynamics Software (local link) joins AbleStable®
as a Partner.
• Our
Projects Centre is launched for individuals, commercial
businesses, and non-profit-making organisations to
post projects for creative professionals. More below
• New Review:
The
Fluid Dynamics Search Engine: We review the search
engine that promises to offer high quality search
queries and results at the fraction of the cost of
paid subscription services.
• Our Update
Archive has been improved and simplified.
• New Screenshot
Page of our free web site available to all new
Members at AbleStable®.
• Additional terms are covered in our Glossary.
• Updates and the Update
Archive at AbleStable® are current
for the start of November.
• To view all updates for the month of October
go to October Updates.
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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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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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