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Updates
> Update Archive
> Detailed Changes September 2002
(currently open)
Previous detailed changes to AbleStable®:
September 2002
Recent
changes to AbleStable® made over the calendar
month of September 2002 are listed below. Maintenance
entries are in black text, new content is highlighted:
Last change of month made:
30 September 2002
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Further additions and improvements have been made
to the Member and
Partner Frequently
Asked Questions.
September 2002
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Payment Gateway Preparations: Many changes in preparation
for our Payment Gateway: Member
Centre; Why
Register?; Compare
Member Services; Free
Member Services; Gateway-Info;
FAQ Centre; FAQ
Members; Terms
and Conditions.
• New Search Engine:
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. Read more below...
• 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.
• FAQ's updated: Our extensive Frequently
Asked Questions have been completely revised with
an additional FAQ page dealing with Payment issues.
• Page Updates:
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.
• New Article:
Finding
it Online: Internet Research Made Simpler by Philippa
Gamse. This article offers some suggestions for good
research techniques, and for evaluating the credibility
of the results.
• New Press Release:
Our new press release is available at Stop
Press while its associated Archive,
the Press Centre,
and Reviews
are updated.
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The International Association of Web Masters and Designers
have awarded AbleStable® the 2002-2008
Golden Web Award in recognition of excellence in web
design, originality and content.
• New Awards Page:
Awards at AbleStable®
presents industry recognition of our website.
• A new generic domain name has been added to
our domain name portfolio:
www.creative-freelancer.com. When anyone enters this
names in a web browser connected to the Internet they
will be automatically redirected to AbleStable's®
homepage. Redirection provides additional paths to
discovering our services and establishes AbleStable®
as a leading informational provider for the search
of creative professionals on the Internet.
• Our Terms
and Conditions have been amended to take account
of our Payment Gateway which is due to go live during
October 2002. The main changes apply to the 'General
Conditions' section and detail the different Service
Levels available to creative professionals.
• New Article:
Writing
About Yourself: The Best Brief Bio: The act of
summarising a life in a few well chosen words is far
more difficult than it might at first appear. This
article guides the reader through preparing a simple
but effective biographical entry.
• General maintenance schedule including: site-wide
link check; external link check; search indexing (corrections
to search script); and server performance monitoring.
• Our About Us page
has been rewritten to offer a broader coverage of
the philosophy that underpins AbleStable®.
• Our Payment Gateway will open in October 2002
and will be hosted by WorldPay, leaders since 1993
in online debit and credit card processing. Read more
below .
• Written extracts go live. Creative professionals
may now present written examples of their writing
at AbleStable®. All sample profile pages
now have example extracts. Find out more below.
• New Article:
Keeping
Your Pop-Ups - and Your Audience: Although pop-up
windows are disliked by most Internet users, many
businesses continue to use them as part of their advertising
strategy. Lauri Harpf's article provides valuable
advice for those who feel the pop-up window must be
present on their site.
• New Article:
Why
Pop-Ups are Pop-Bad: Lauri Harpf explores the
effectiveness of pop-up windows and advises against
their long term use as a web site promotional strategy.
• New Article:
Mining
For Gold In Your Web Traffic Logs: Understanding
your Web site’s traffic patterns is a crucial
component of your marketing mix. Get some invaluable
advice about interpreting your web site logs.
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The Updates Archive
now covers August 2002.
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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)
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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