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Joomla! 1.5 Templates Cookbook

by packets on Jul.16, 2010, under Opensource, Web Dev | 39 views

Book Description

Templates in Joomla! provide a powerful way to make your site look exactly the way you want either using a single template for the entire site or a separate template for each site section. Although it sounds like an easy task to build and maintain templates, it can be challenging to get beyond the basics and customize templates to meet your needs perfectly.

Joomla! 1.5 Templates Cookbook consists of a series of self-contained step-by-step recipes that cover everything from common tasks such as changing your site’s logo or favicon and altering color schemes, to custom error pages and template overrides. It starts off with the basics of template design and then digs deep into more complex concepts. It will help you make your site more attractive and user-friendly. You will integrate your site with various social media such as Twitter and YouTube; make your site mobile-friendly with the help of recipes for creating and customizing mobile spreadsheets; and use miscellaneous tricks and tips to get the most out of your website. You get all of this in a simple recipe format that guides you quickly through the steps and explains how it all happened. (continue reading…)

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Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administrator’s Pocket Consultant

by packets on Jul.06, 2010, under Business | 20 views

Book Description

Portable and precise, this pocket-sized guide delivers ready answers for the day-to-day administration of SharePoint 2010. Featuring easy-to-scan tables, step-by-step instructions, and handy lists, this book offers the streamlined, straightforward information you need to solve problems and get the job done-whether at your desk or in the field! Topics include deployment, site configuration, enterprise content management, search and indexing, workflows, shared service providers, information management policies, scalability, availability, security, logging and processing analysis, and backup and recovery. (continue reading…)

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Invisible Forces and Powerful Beliefs

by packets on Jul.05, 2010, under Others | 37 views

Book Description
Can Science and Religion Work Together, After All?

It’s time for science and religion to stop shouting at each other and start talking with each other. This book leads the way. It is the result of an extraordinary ongoing conversation among a group of highly respected scientists, physicians, philosophers, and theologians. Together, they share profound insights into the deepest questions humans ask and explore the invisible forces and powerful beliefs that shape our lives. Their insights reflect both humanity’s latest science and its most enduring wisdom. Their answers and questions will challenge you–and reward you with a richer understanding of who we are, what we share, and what it means.

What do we really know about human nature?
How do we see what we see, know what we know, feel what we feel?
How do people come to believe in God?
Where does empathy come from?
What can evolutionary psychology and neuroscience teach us about ethics?
What are the health benefits of faith?
Where do you end, and others begin?
What do marriage, family, and friendship mean?
How can people repair the broken connections that keep them lonely? (continue reading…)

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Moodle 1.9 for Design and Technology

by packets on Jul.02, 2010, under Opensource | 57 views

Book Description

Educators use the Moodle web application to create effective online learning sites. Creating such learning environments that suit Design and Technology subjects requires understanding and implementation of both basic and advanced Moodle features.This book takes a detailed look at Moodle features with examples of how to fully support the Design and Technology curricula using Moodle. It will guide you to incorporate specific modules and blocks to enhance learning as well as allow detailed tracking of performance by using formative and summative assessment tools with ease.

We start with setting up a very basic Moodle course for Design and Technology, and then set up some basic resources and some interactive material. You will customize your own courses and create a course for each of the key areas of the DT subjects and add material to them. We will create some basic reporting and assessment tools and enhance the look of the course. We will use Moodle’s detailed and sophisticated gradebook to assess your student s ‘ learning progress in activities from an assignment to an offline activity. Then we will support students in designing a product or trying a new recipe in food technology in market research to find out exactly what the public wants in relation to their product, by designing a questionnaire. We will allow product design or resistant material students use the HTML features of the questionnaire module to incorporate images into the questions to make it clearer to respondents what it is they are trying to make and sell. (continue reading…)

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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 Application Design

by packets on Jul.02, 2010, under Software Dev | 84 views

Description

Dynamics NAV 2009 is an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software product from Microsoft that can be used for variety of business needs. It is part of the Microsoft Dynamics family, and intended to assist with finance, manufacturing, Customer Relationship Management, supply chains, analytics, and electronic commerce for small and medium-sized enterprises.

This book is a focused tutorial on Microsoft Dynamics NAV application development, so you can develop complete applications and not just application outlines. It will show NAV developers how to create different kinds of applications. Different kinds of application are vital in different industries like fashion, automobile, retail, books (education), and other industries. It starts off by introducing the supply chain that you will be using throughout the book. You will implement the Microsoft Dynamics NAV ERP suite and learn how it is set up and customized for various industries.

You will be able to customize Dynamics NAV to suit the different aspects of a business such as Financial Management, Relationship Management, Production, Jobs, Trade, Storage, Logistics, and so on. The book will take you through these Microsoft-designed application features and show you how to customize and extend them safely. Thus, you will be able to create a structure of your own in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. (continue reading…)

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15 SureBlast Ways to Generate Traffic to Your Website

by packets on Jul.01, 2010, under SEO | 109 views

You don’t need to play dirty just to make more people link to your website and consequently generate more traffic. All you need to do is become more selective and creative with your content while exerting more effort in research. It may be easier said than done, but at least you don’t have to shell out a lot of money for it. Here are a couple of suggestions to get you started on your bid for link popularity stakes.

  • How to generate social traffic
  • How to grab forum traffic
  • How to create back links to generate traffic
  • How to generate traffic from articles
  • How to use newsletter to generate traffic
  • How to use exchanges to generate traffic

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Facebook Marketing: Designing Your Next Marketing Campaign, 2nd Edition

by packets on Jun.24, 2010, under Business | 71 views

Product Description

The All-New, Up-to-the-Minute Guide to Facebook® Marketing: Better Techniques, Better Results!

In this completely revised book, top Facebook marketer Justin R. Levy shows how to use Facebook to attract more customers and earn more profits. This isn’t hype: It’s actionable information based on the real experiences of companies and individuals who have used Facebook to supercharge their businesses and careers. Levy covers it all, from the absolute basics to attracting visitors and building your community. You’ll discover the latest tools and Facebook Apps–and new best practices for everything from search to privacy. Packed with real case studies, this is the only Facebook business guide you need: your fast, complete blueprint for success.

Coverage includes

• Learning from the pioneers and avoiding beginner’s mistakes
• Developing a winning Facebook marketing strategy
• Establishing a presence that starts working fast and grows with you
• Designing Facebook ads that drive more clickthroughs at lower cost
• Using Facebook Connect and Live Stream Box to reach customers outside Facebook
• Monitoring what customers are saying about you in real-time
• Communicating more powerfully with widgets and Apps
• Addressing privacy concerns
• Building communities that promote loyalty and innovation
• Using Sweepstakes and other traffic builders
• Mastering advanced Facebook marketing tips, tricks, and hacks
• Preparing for the future of Facebook (continue reading…)

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Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 on Demand

by packets on Jun.18, 2010, under Web Dev | 77 views

Product Description

Need answers quickly? Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 on Demand provides those answers in a visual step-by-step format. We will show you exactly what to do through lots of full color illustrations and easy-to-follow instructions.

Includes
Workshops
ACE Exam Objectives
More than 600 Essential Dreamweaver CS5 Tasks

Inside the Book
• Understand and use the latest web technologies to create sites
• Choose the right site structure and layout for sites
• Create and use web page templates to quickly create pages
• Use the simplified site setup to create and work with sites
• Use Live view to design your web pages under real-world conditions
• Create and maintain Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• Use coding tools to develop consistent and reusable code
• Insert Adobe Photoshop files to create image Smart Objects
• Manage collaboration with multiple developers
• Use Subversion to manage different site versions
• Manage local, remote, and testing sites
• Transfer, synchronize, and validate sites (continue reading…)

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Facebook: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition

by packets on Jun.07, 2010, under Manuals | 70 views

Product Description

Facebook’s popularity is skyrocketing, drawing more than 400 million people to this combination online village green, personal website creator, and souped-up address book. But one thing you won’t get when signing up is a printed manual. Enter Facebook: The Missing Manual, Second Edition — the witty, authoritative guide you need, now revised and updated to include all of Facebook’s latest features.

Coverage includes:

  • Getting started, getting connected. Signing up is easy, but the real payoff comes when you tap into networks of coworkers, classmates, and friends. This book explains it all-including how to pick and choose who gets to see what, and how to steer clear of people you want to avoid.
  • Adding applications. Ranging from silly (fortune cookies and video games) to serious (goal tracking), thousands of mini-programs can transform your Facebook account into an addictive, one-stop resource. Learn how to find and install your favorites.
  • Facebook for grownups and businesspeople. Facebook isn’t just for Junior anymore. Thousands of companies and business professionals use the site for everything from project collaboration and advertising to filling (and finding) jobs. This book is written for adults of all ages.
  • Protecting your privacy. Creeps are everywhere online, but on Facebook you can feel especially exposed with so much personal info on display. This book offers an easy-to-follow, multi-pronged approach to staying safe. (continue reading…)
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Windows 7: The Missing Manual

by packets on Jun.06, 2010, under Manuals, Operating System | 80 views

Product Description

In early reviews, geeks raved about Windows 7. But if you’re an ordinary mortal, learning what this new system is all about will be challenging. Fear not: David Pogue’s Windows 7: The Missing Manual comes to the rescue. Like its predecessors, this book illuminates its subject with reader-friendly insight, plenty of wit, and hardnosed objectivity for beginners as well as veteran PC users.

Windows 7 fixes many of Vista’s most painful shortcomings. It’s speedier, has fewer intrusive and nagging screens, and is more compatible with peripherals. Plus, Windows 7 introduces a slew of new features, including better organization tools, easier WiFi connections and home networking setup, and even touchscreen computing for those lucky enough to own the latest hardware. (continue reading…)

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