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Updates > Update Archive > Detailed Changes March 2003 (currently open)

Previous detailed changes to AbleStable®: March 2003

Recent changes to AbleStable® made over the calendar month of March 2003 are listed below. Maintenance entries are in black text, new content is highlighted:

Last change of month made: 30 March 2003

New Partner: AI Internet Solutions, the developers of the respected CSE HTML Validator, is the newest Partner at AbleStable®. Check out their Partner Profile at AbleStable®, and their Special Offer for AbleStable® users.

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March 2003

New Special Offer: CSE HTML Validator Professional is a fast, powerful, highly user configurable, and easy to use professional HTML, XHTML, and CSS development tool that helps you create syntactically correct documents. Save 15% at AbleStable® on the Standard and Pro version of this excellent application.
All second-level pages available within our drill-down directory have been updated. The location field of creative professionals now features town, city, and country.
New Article: The Art of the Free Sample: If you've created something that's easily distributable over the Internet, you could give all or part of it away as a free sample. Why you might consider this and how you would go about it is the focus of this article.
• New 'Discipline' added to our directory of creative professionals: A new Discipline entry '3D' is introduced under the Creative Area 'Visual Art'. The Discipline '3D' now appears under the Creative Areas 'Multimedia' and Visual Art'.
Creative News
: News Centre: selected arts and media highlights brought to you in association with Guardian Unlimited, the premier Internet news service based in the UK.
DTLink Software joins AbleStable® as a Partner and brings you a special offer saving you 20% on AnswerTool! A great email utility that helps you save hours in support time.
• The Member Centre is updated with a new look Partner Offers feature.
• The Graduate Centre is also updated with a new look Partner Offers feature.
• AbleStable® announces the development of its' soon to launch Product Area and introduces it's five star award.

5 Star AbleStable Award All products at AbleStable® must: be of particular use for creative people; be robust and reliable; provide good support; receive consistently high ratings from their users and the media; provide information about the product that is easily accessible on the Internet.

AbleStable® reserves the right to withdraw products at their sole discretion and operates a fully independent star rating system based on: AbleStable's® own independent assessment; user feedback and ratings; press and media reviews and ratings (including Internet articles and reviews)
• Enjoy a 10% saving on Top Style Pro, our new special offer in association with Bradsoft.
• Our Special Offers Area has been completely updated with separate pages for each offer.
The Column: The Column is a new monthly feature that follows the lives and fortunes of creative people. We kick off The Column with a tale of hope and uncertainty.
Weblinks, our listing of related web sites, is improved with the addition of two categories and additional entries.
• An additional field denoting a creative agency [ca] has been added to project descriptions throughout the Project Area. Project Posting and My Projects have also been updated to reflect this change.
Exhibitions Feedback has been updated and improved.
• General maintenance schedule including: site-wide link check; external link check; search indexing; and server performance monitoring.
Special Offers is improved with clearer linking.
• Our Projects Centre has been updated with a more direct route to post projects on every project results page, and an improved pdf Project Posting Guide (available after a project has been posted).
• People may now post up to 3 FREE projects per year (up from 2), more than enough for most small companies and individuals.
• Project postings may now be renewed FREE OF CHARGE at My Projects.
New Article: Get That Job!: Sound advice and guidance for creative people on how to land the right job.
• Our Project Notification form has been improved.
Weblinks has been updated with new entries.
New Article: Working with Office Freelancers: A creative professional often has a mountain of administration to attend to. This article explores the benefits of employing an office freelancer who can significantly reduce the pressures of running a creative business.
• Our Glossary entries for the terms Creative Area, Discipline and Skill are expanded.
• Our Privacy Statement and Terms and Conditions have new links to our Data Protection entry under the UK Data Protection Act.
• An additional entry is provided under General FAQ's that describes our directory organisation.
Computer Arts Magazine (internal link at AbleStable®), The world's best selling creative magazine from Future Publishing, celebrates their partnership with AbleStable® with a special offer for our premium listing for creative professionals. Creative professionals buying the March Issue 81 of Computer Arts can receive a 50% saving on our Showcase Member level. For more on this offer go to Special Offers.
• Updates (this page) and the Update Archive are current for the start of March 2003.
• To view all updates for the month of February go to February Updates.



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News about AbleStable®

The Column (20 March 03)
The Column
is a new monthly feature that follows the lives and fortunes of creative people. We kick off The Column with a tale of hope and uncertainty.

My Notes is launched
(15 February 03)
My Notes is launched. My Notes is a sophisticated notepad that assists in the search for creative professionals. My Notes enables users to create live records that can be easily viewed. This helps with the task of comparing and contrasting the differences between creative people. All Creative Areas within our drill-down directory have been updated with a button that opens My Notes in a new special window.

Site Sponsor Area launched
(11 February 03)
• AbleStable® is seeking one company that has a proven record of providing an exceptional service to creative people that wishes to enjoy a unique association with us as our Site Sponsor. Our new Site Sponsor Area is now complete for companies to find our more about this great opportunity.

The AbleStable® Sponsorship arrangement provides a ready-made and cost effective solution for businesses who wish to support the creative community. We hope you find the information we've provided helpful, and that our Example Contract is effective in clarifying the mutual benefits and commitments of our sponsorship agreement. We have ensured the area enjoys open access so all our users can evaluate and comment upon this important development at AbleStable®.


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Major Updates

My Notes is launched (15 February 03)

My Notes is launched. My Notes is a sophisticated notepad that assists in the search for creative professionals. My Notes enables users to create live records that can be easily viewed. This helps with the task of comparing and contrasting the differences between creative people. All Creative Areas within our drill-down directory have been updated with a button that opens My Notes in a new special window.



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