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Previous detailed changes to AbleStable®: September
2003
Recent
changes to AbleStable® made over the calendar
month of September 2003 are listed below. Maintenance
entries are in black text, new content is highlighted:
Last change of month made:
29 September 2003
•
New Column: The
Creative Spark: Where does our creativity come
from? Some believe it is a divine gift, others that
it is exclusive to those with a particular predisposition.
Form your own view after reading this thought provoking
investigation.
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September 2003
•
New Member Tour:
Take our great new Member
Tour (Flash 6 player required) which provides
detailed information for creative professionals
about our Member Services.
• Our Store descriptions for our Member
Services have been improved to match the release
of our new Member Tour.
• New Article:
Grant
And Award Applications: We present the kinds
of questions and issues that arise in grant and
award applications so creative people can more fully
prepare for what may often be experienced as an
intimidating and bewildering process.
• New Freeware:
StripMail:
removes '>' and '|' characters from received
e-mail text in case you want to forward a message
or use its content elsewhere. A great tool for support
management.
• Updated Freeware:
Popcorn:
an ultra-lightweight POP3/SMTP e-mail client that
allows you to check multiple emails on the server
before it reaches your computer.
• The presentation of Freeware
at AbleStable has been improved with a simpler pop-up
window that provides detailed information about
the featured software.
• Creative News:
News
Centre: selected arts and media highlights brought
to you in association with Guardian Unlimited, the
premier Internet news service.
•
New Store:
A major update at AbleStable has taken place with
the launch of our completely redesigned Store. We
continue to enjoy the security and expertise of
WorldPay as our payment processor who is integrated
into our store environment. AbleStable does not
receive or store card details (all payment transactions
are, and will continue to be, carried out on WorldPay's
secure server).
• Our FAQ Area
has been significantly updated to reflect resent
changes to our services.
• Our Site Map
contains new links to the different areas of our
Store.
• General maintenance schedule including: site-wide
link check; external link check; search indexing;
and server performance monitoring.
• New Article:
Getting
Ready For Chat: This introductory guide assesses
the strengths and pitfalls of Internet chat through
the perspective of the book author and provides
great advice for anyone considering this avenue
of self promotion.
• New Article:
Keeping
Your Site Easily Transferable investigates the
issues relating to the transfer of websites from
one host to another.
• Our Registered
Users page has been improved with clearer text
and a simpler layout.
• Our Terms
and Conditions have been updated to reflect
recent additions to our services.
• The following generic domain name has been
added to our Domain
Name Portfolio:
www.project-posting.com.
•
New Article: Website
Design For Accessibility: Designing websites
to suit as many visitors as possible is a great
challenge. Differences in hardware, browser software,
and visitor needs all have to be taken into account
when trying to find that 'best compromise'. In this
extended two part guide, Andrew Ward guides the
web designer through the main issues surrounding
web design accessibility.
• Competition Winners:
View the Winning
Entries to our competition in association with
Computer Arts on the theme of 'Home'.
• Our great online Glossary
is expanded with a host of new entries.
• Updates (this page) and the Update
Archive are current for the start of September
2003.
• To view all updates for the month
of August go to August Updates.
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