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Updates
> Update Archive
> Detailed Changes October 2002
(currently open)
Previous detailed changes to AbleStable®:
October 2002
Recent
changes to AbleStable® made over the calendar
month of October 2002 are listed below. Maintenance
entries are in black text, new content is highlighted:
Last change of month made:
30 October 2002
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New Article: Forensic
Art: Little Known, Highly Effective: Uncovering
the profession of the forensic artist, Wesley Neville
provides a rare insight into the valuable speciality
of law enforcement.
October 2002
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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.
• General maintenance schedule including: site-wide
link check; external link check; search indexing;
and server performance monitoring.
• New Article:
Childhood:
Dreams and Creativity: Dreams and creativity are
a part of a child's everyday life. Depending on those
around them children's creativity is in turn nurtured,
ignored, commended or discouraged. This article provides
food for thought on how the experiences of our childhood
form our attitudes and views of who creative people
are.
• New Article:
EU
Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications:
This article offers an overview and outline guide
to the European Directive on Privacy and Electronic
Communications which European Member States will adopt
by October 2003.
• General improvements and additions to the Homepage:
new recommendations section; new links to Client
Intro, Member
Intro and Partner
Intro pages; new Summary of Services page.
• Our Awards page
has been revised with the addition of unsolicited
recommendations.
• The
Exhibition Area is now fully integrated site-wide
at AbleStable®. Read more
below about this exciting community forum of creative
work.
• Web
Links has been updated and expanded to include
more links to developer resources and sites.
• New Exhibition:
AbleStable's® first Exhibition Behind
The Mask opens. The exhibition has been curated
and designed by Mike de Sousa, the Director of AbleStable®.
• New Article:
The
Creative Block: Finding the Light Switch: Creative
professionals spend their days inventing and reinventing.
Sooner or later fatigue sets in. Here's an article
exploring the world of ideas and how they ebb and
flow in the current of a creative mind.
• All pop-up informational browser windows at
AbleStable® improved for Apple Mac users.
• New Article:
Copyright:
Ownership and Protection: Creative professionals
make their living from the efforts of their originality.
We investigate the world of copyright ownership and
how creative people can try to protect the fruit of
their creative labours.
• Additional FAQs covered concerning our Payment
Gateway: General FAQ;
Member FAQ; and
Payment FAQ.
• Directory
Index: major overhaul: following constructive
feedback our Directory Index is now available as two
separate pages or as one large catch-all page.
• AbleStable's® Payment Gateway has
now opened and features many advanced options (more
below). Note: our Payment Gateway has now been
replaced by our Online
Store.
• Site Map major
overhaul: following constructive feedback our site
map is now available as three separate pages or as
one large catchall page.
• Most Searched Creative Areas updated: go to
the Member
Centre to see the current list.
• Look and feel changes: the Quick Tour buttons
and Quick Tour Flash movies have been updated. View
these changes at the Quick
Tour Centre.
• Payment Gateway complete: AbleStable's®
Payment Gateway is undergoing final tests before it
opens. Our Payment Gateway features many advanced
transaction options including the ability to: provide
a secure payment transaction environment fully integrated
and supported by WorldPay; carry out card payments
in a variety of card schemes; pay for services in
UK Pounds Sterling, US Dollars, and Euros; view past
orders; request refunds; delete or add orders at checkout;
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. Watch
this space...
• All pop-up browser windows providing additional
information at AbleStable® have been simplified
and improved.
• Member
Comparison page: The Member Service Level Comparison
page has been improved and updated.
• FAQ additions: An additional FAQ relating to
the Free Member Service Level to Member
Frequently Asked Questions is now available.
• Refund policy explained: our Terms
and Conditions now has a section relating to our
refund policy for paid services.
• Error handling for unavailable and restricted
web pages at AbleStable® improved.
• Updates and the Update
Archives at AbleStable®
are current for the start of a new month.
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To view all updates for the month of September go
to September
Updates.
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News
about AbleStable®
New
Search Engine (23 September 02)
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.
Read more below...
Major update to accommodate our forthcoming Payment
Gateway (19 September 02)
Major changes are underway at AbleStable®
in preparation for when our Payment Gateway goes live
in October. The majority of these changes relate to
our paid services for creative professionals and businesses
in the creative industries. Find more details below.
AbleStable's® Payment Gateway
to open October 2002 (9 September 02)
Note: Our Payment Gateway has now been replaced by
our Online
Store.
Our Payment Gateway will open in October 2002 and
will be hosted by WorldPay, leaders since 1993 in
online debit and credit card processing. Our Payment
Gateway will be hosted as part of WorldPay's 'Click
& Build' integrated Internet payment environment
ensuring seamless integration with our site, and a
premium payment transaction service for our registered
users.
After placing an order for a service, creative professionals
and businesses in the creative industries will be
redirected to WorldPay's secure server to enter their
card details and make the financial transaction. AbleStable®
will never receive or store card details, and thereby
minimises the possible risks of fraud and impropriety.
Written Extracts Added to Member Profiles (7
September 2002)
Creative professionals may now show an example of
their writing content and style at AbleStable®.
Each text extract is presented on it's own web page.
When a writing extract is requested by clicking a
'click for written extract' image, a new browser window
opens with the example extract. This new feature helps
people to gain a good sense of a creative professionals
writing qualities, and helps potential clients make
a general assessment of their skills. Co-authored
work is not presented on Member Profile Pages for
copyright reasons.
To view an extract scroll to the bottom of a Sample
Profile Page and use the 'click for written extract'
button.
To add extracts to your Member Profile go to My Profile
and find the heading 'Adding written extracts to your
Member Profile', then click the link 'find out how'.
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Major
Updates
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.
Payment Gateway
preparations (19 September 2002)
Major changes are underway at AbleStable®
in preparation for when our Payment Gateway goes live
in October. The majority of these changes relate to
our paid services for creative professionals and businesses
in the creative industries.
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