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Create Local Websites With Ampps. The majority of web developers develop their websites and services locally before they publish them on the Internet.

Create Local Websites With Ampps

This makes sense in a variety of ways, from saving a lot of bandwidth to faster updating or improved security. Even better, new technologies have made it a lot easier to setup a local web development system on any PC. Ampps, which stands for Apache MySQL PHP Python Softalicious, is a free web development environment for the Windows and Mac OS X operating systems that can be installed with just a few clicks. Once up and running, it is up to the user to install web applications from the local admin interface. The program can install 260 web applications that include highlights such as WordPress, Joomla or Drupal, and lesser known applications such as the course management system Moodle, several types of Wikipedia-like applications or feed aggregators such as Gregarius. A click on install opens the software setup page with all information filled out automatically. Shopp — plugin ecommerce for wordpress.

WordPress e-Commerce Plugin a WordPress Shopping Cart Plugin by Instinct. Taking the Guesswork Out of Design. Creativity breathes life into successful websites.

Taking the Guesswork Out of Design

However, creative ideas and solutions can sometimes seem like guesswork—and guessing is risky business. So what can designers do to show clients they’re using a solid strategy and have the best intentions? The following exercises are a great way to start discussing and documenting aspects of design to help clients shed their fear of creativity and encourage them to join the design process. Set clear goals#section1 Some people feel they know why a website should exist, but struggle to create direct and measurable goals.

A modified acceptance criteria exercise is the simplest and most effective tool I’ve found for setting clear and powerful goals. Example request: We’re redesigning our website because we need more traffic and an updated look, and want to become more respected in our industry. Example goal template: We want to __________ because ____________ so that ___________. Example goals: Organize the pages#section2 Example result: 15 Excellent Corporate Blogs to Learn From. This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

15 Excellent Corporate Blogs to Learn From

Creating and maintaining a corporate blog, or a blog of any sort for that matter, isn't always the easiest of tasks and doesn't come naturally to most people. There are a lot of considerations to take into account — theme, topics, audience, content, design, writers, multimedia, promotion, writing style, comment policies, and so on. Above and beyond all of that, you also need to consider the blog's name and URL. Although the act of creating blog posts can be quite simple, forethought and planning must first go into the creation of a corporate blog in order to keep the processes running smoothly, especially if multiple bloggers are involved.

We recently outlined 10 tips for corporate blogging for businesses hoping to focus on key elements of creating a blog in the corporate world. 1. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. eCommerce. YouTube Embedded Player Parameters - YouTube APIs and Tools - Google Code. Overview This document explains how to embed a YouTube player in your application and also defines the parameters that are available in the YouTube embedded player.

YouTube Embedded Player Parameters - YouTube APIs and Tools - Google Code

By appending parameters to the IFrame URL, you can customize the playback experience in your application. For example, you can automatically play videos using the autoplay parameter or cause a video to play repeatedly using the loop parameter. You can also use the enablejsapi parameter to enable the player to be controlled via the IFrame Player API. This page currently defines all parameters supported in any YouTube embedded player. Note: Embedded players must have a viewport that is at least 200px by 200px. Embed a YouTube player You can use any of the following methods to embed a YouTube player in your application and specify player parameters.

Embed a player using an <iframe> tag The <iframe> tag below would load a 640x360px player that would play the YouTube video M7lc1UVf-VE. Embed a player using the IFrame Player API. Where grammar lives!

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