E-consultancy.com (www.e-consultancy.com) announced on November 8 that J60 (www.j60.com) was chosen by mandy.com (http://mandy.com), one of the leading global resources for the production community receiving over 3.5 million impressions per month from 145 000 unique visitors, to redesign its website, give it a new fresh look and improve its usability.
The Zope 3 development team (http://zope.org) announced on November 8 the launch of Zope X3 3.0.0 final (http://zope.org/Products/ZopeX3) after almost three years of development. Zope X3 is the next major Zope release and has been written from scratch based on the latest software design patterns and the experiences of Zope 2. The "X" in the name stands for "experimental", since this release does not try to provide any backward-compatibility to Zope 2. Zope is an open source web application server primarily written in the Python programming language. It features a transactional object database, which can store not only content and custom data, but also dynamic HTML templates, scripts, a search engine, and relational database (RDBMS) connections and code.
OurSportsCentral.com (www.oursportscentral.com) announced on November 8 that in an effort to make the team accessible to fans and potential players around the clock, the Manchester Wolves have added clickable banners to their website www.manchesterwolves.com. One banner allows fans to renew or purchase season tickets through an online form with the opportunity to win a Wolves jersey. The other banner allows interested potential players to sign up for open tryouts that are coming up on December 4. Pro Sports Media, with which the Wolves have had a relationship since the team’s arrival in Manchester, designed the banners and forms for the website. The company does website design and implementation for several professional athletic organizations. The Wolves are the first professional football team that Pro Sports Media has worked with.
Digital Media Net (www.digitalmedianet.com), leading online publisher for the digital media industry, announced on November 9 the launch of a new cluster of publications targeted specifically toward Macintosh creative professionals. With the debut of the five new Mac-centric sites, Digital Media Net now produces more than 50 online trade publications and newsletters, strengthening its position as the world's leading provider of industry information for the digital content creation market. The new sites address the needs of Macintosh professionals in five industry segments: audio, video, DVD , design and animation. Announced and launched on November 9 are the following five new Mac publications: Mac Video Pro (www.macvideopro.com), Mac Audio Pro (www.macaudiopro.com), Mac Design Pro (www.macdesignpro.com), Mac Animation Pro (www.macanimationpro.com) and Mac DVD Pro (www.macdvdpro.com).
Content Management AG (www.cm4all.com), developer of CM4all Website Creator, announced on November 4, 2004 that it has introduced a Dutch language version of the CM4all solution. Web hosting provider Amen (www.amenworld.com), a subsidiary of Via Net.works (www.vianetworks.com) is the first distributor of the product. Amen already sells CM4All Website Creator in France, England, Italy, Spain and Portugal.
Carlsbad, California-based Search Engine Optimization, Inc. (www.seoinc.com), a professional search engine optimization firm specializing in achieving high rankings for its clients on the Internet's major search engines, announced on November 8 a new website design division called SEODEV.com that leverages the company's knowledge of search engine ranking procedures by building websites that are architected from the ground up to raise clients' online visibility. All sites are engineered according to strict technical specifications incorporating elements required to achieve maximum recognition by search engines, such as a spidered internal link structure, a directory architecture that incorporates keywords, and a particular balance between Flash content and crawlable text.
Label Los Angeles (www.labellosangeles.com), a company which specializes in promoting new and established designers from the Los Angeles area, announced on November 8 the launch of a new online shopping resource specializing in women’s apparel and accessories from Los Angeles-based designers at www.labellosangeles.com. To set the website apart from the competition, Label Los Angeles and their web design team, Fluidesign (www.fluidesign.com), created a Macromedia Flash and eCommerce integrated site. The technology makes the online experience fluid as shoppers navigate the site by item or designer.
TemplateMonster.com (www.TemplateMonster.com), one of the largest website templates providers on the Web and a first-rate E-commerce project in web design enjoying more than 30 000 unique visitors daily, which consistently numbers among the top 1000 most popular websites on the Internet, announced on November 8 broad availability of Ready-Made Affiliate Shops, a multilingual program that enables users without E-commerce experience or programming and design skills to open a website templates shop and start earning 20% commission on every sale immediately.
GlobeTechnology.com (www.globetechnology.com) announced on November 5 that Barrie, Ontario-based Hot Banana Software Inc. (www.hotbanana.com), a cost-effective, easy-to-use, feature rich Web Content Management System which allows non-technical content creators to control their Web site in an efficient and timely manner, has signed Brussels-based Connexion Corporate Communications SA (www.connexion.be), a Belgian business-to-business communications agency, as a channel partner for Hot Banana software.
a la mode (www.alamode.com), a leading developer of desktop, mobile and Web tools for real estate professionals, and iHomefinder (www.iHomefinder.com), a leading developer of Web-based tools to enhance productivity and increase sales for real estate agents, announced on November 5 that users of a la mode's Agent XSites will be able to implement iHomefinder's customized solution for displaying MLS active listings on their personal websites. iHomefinder's suite of website tools and services empowers local real estate offices and agents to increase sales, improve productivity, enhance customer service and compete in the online real estate marketplace. All iHomefinder programs operate on a client's website using the client's branding and website design. a la mode Xsites, on the other hand, allow real estate professionals to deploy a professional Web presence that manages transactions and communications with their clients and provide an integrated platform for their own day to day processes.
