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Guest post by James Mowery

In the fast-paced world of the Internet, it’s important for businesses to have a good, quality website. Web design is part of the new face of marketing, and a well-designed site only helps when it comes to attracting customers.

A website is one of the best sales pitches a business can have in today’s market, and a recognizable URL will stick in people’s minds longer than a passing glance at a storefront. Many websites have become synonymous with the businesses they represent, and more and more brick-and-mortar businesses are beginning to sell their products on the Internet.

Quality web design gives customers quick access to important business information. Being able to know at a glance what products and services a business offers fits the busy lifestyle of today’s consumer. An excellent homepage is better than a brick-and-mortar storefront in its ability to catch and keep a customer’s attention. Having information close at hand to back up a company name or logo adds to business
credibility. The more a site can tell a person in a short amount of time, the better.

An attractive site layout utilizing well-placed blocks of text and quick-loading images can help catch prospective customers’ attention and keep them browsing long enough to become interested in what a business has to offer. If products and services are offered on the website itself, it is imperative that customers be able to find what they want without having to search for too long. The longer a person has to look, the less likely they are to stay on the site.

Having a well-designed business website is with clear information is essential to attract today’s Internet-savvy consumer. The information such a website conveys can be the difference between gaining or losing customers.

About the author:
James Mowery is a computer geek that writes about
technology and related topics. To read more blog posts by him, go to laptop computers.

DATE: 04/26/2010
START TIME: 19:00 CST
ESTIMATED END TIME: 23:00 CST
SERVICES/EQUIPMENT:    BlueArc Cloud Storage
PURPOSE OF WORK:     Upgrade
IMPACT OF WORK:       See Bellow

BlueArc engineers, our partners in storage, will be conducting a scheduled upgrade on the Titan High Performance Network Storage appliances. This work will begin April 26th, 2010 between hours of 7:00 PM CST and 11:00 PM CST.

During this scheduled maintenance window all accounts that are currently utilizing BlueArc Enterprise storage will be offline for the duration of the upgrade.

This upgrade will involve upgrading current Titan 2000 (http://www.bluearc.com/html/products/titan-2000.shtml ) to Titan 3000 (http://www.bluearc.com/html/products/titan-3000.shtml).

This will further improve our reliability and dependability on our storage.

Please let us know if you have any concerns.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

I’ve promised my family and friends that I would create a Blogger counterpart of the plugin I did last night for WordPress, the Facebook “Like” Button Widget Plugin.

Well, I don’t want to keep you from waiting. Here’s how you do it:

1) Login to Blogger (I preferred Blogger Draft in this example)

2) Click “Layout” on the blog you want to add the Widget

3) Click “Edit HTML”

4) Tick the “Expand Widget Templates” checkbox.

5) Search for the following code (you can use CTRL+F on your browser)
<div class=’post-outer’>

Once you found it, on the next line you should find this code <b:include data=’post’ name=’post’/>. If you found that, it means you are on the right spot.

Copy the code below and paste it right after that <b:include data=’post’ name=’post’/> code (highlighted yellow above).

<script>
fb_like = &quot;http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=<b:if cond=’data:blog.url’><data:post.url/></b:if>&quot;;
document.write(&quot;<iframe scrolling=’no’ frameborder=’0′ allowTransparency=’true’ style=’border:none; margin:10px 0 0 0; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:auto;’ allowtransparency=’true’ src=’&quot;+ fb_like +&quot;’/>&quot;);
</script>

UPDATE: The above code doesn’t seem to work because copying it from here adds some funky characters in the markup. Grab it here instead:
http://snipplr.com/view/32953/facebook-like-button-on-blogger/

Like the highlighted code in the screenshot.

6) Click “Save Template”

7) You’re done! Refresh your main blogger blog now and you should be able to see your new Facebook “Like” Button Widget

Got it working? Post your URL in the comments below. Cool huh?

Add the new Facebook “Like” Button Widget Plugin on your WordPress Blog. Download it here.

Instructions:

1) Download the “Facebook-Like-Button-Widget.zip” file
2) Extract and upload `facebook-like-widget.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
3) Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
4) That’s it!

It should look like this

I’ve given the widget a style ID so you can target it in CSS. The id is “facebook_like”.

If you’ve installed it on your blog, please post your URL in the comments below. Thanks.

PHP User Group Philippines (PHPUGPH) together with Microsoft Philippines supporting Filipinos be competitive in the global IT industry landscape.

“Filipino developers don’t have much resources, funds and support to do research and unfortunately, they also don’t have enough training for them to excel even though Filipino developers are one of the most skilled in the global IT industry. The purpose of the summit is not only to share knowledge about PHP alone but also to inform developers of the good programming practices and other tools that would aid them in their work,” said Cherrie Ann Domingo, president of PHP User Group Philippines.

“We’re confident that Filipino developers will thrive in a competitive atmosphere because this is where their creativity and ingenuity will set them apart. By ensuring a robust software economy, we’re also able to support the development of our national economy,” said Microsoft Philippines platform strategy manager Arnie Locsin

Source: ABS CBN News