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SEO friendly web content management system launched

September 30, 2008 in thought-after by Lafinboy | No comments

After months of fine tuning, and a rebranding, Amplify are pleased to announce the public launch of their search engine optimisation content management system, Boost Optimiser.

Built from the ground up to enable designers and content editors to rapidly build and manage search engine optimised websites, Boost Optimiser fills a gap in many CMSs available today.

Tight integration with Google Analytics and Website Optimizer Tool allows quick development of whole sites, mini-sites and landing pages tailored to rank well with the major search engines.

Online demos of the CMS are available at the Boost Optimiser website, and applications from resellers are welcome. Check it out at www.boostoptimiser.com.au.

Using Gmail Notifier with HTTPS

August 29, 2008 in thought-after by Lafinboy | 1 comment

Google recently changed an option in Gmail to allow the user to use HTTPS for the whole session, not just the login. As a security conscious user, I immediatelly took advantage of the option and switched over to full time HTTPS communications with Gmail.

The first problem I found with making this choice is that the Gmail Notifier tool does not play nicely with HTTPS, and so could not login and retrieve data from my Gmail account. Bah!!

Luckily, there is a workaround available while Google get an update sorted. Details below are sourced from the Gmail Help Discussion list on Google Groups.

  1. Download http://www.google.com/mail/help/downloads/notifier_https.zip
  2. Open up the folder.
  3. Double-click on the file called notifier_https.reg to install it.
  4. Click 'yes' when you're asked to confirm if you want to add the information to the registry.
  5. Restart the Notifier.

And you're done! The Notifier will now work with Gmail set to always use HTTPS. If you decide you don't want to use that setting anymore, you'll need to install the other file in the zip folder – notifier_https_undo.reg – to reset Notifier.

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JQuery port to PHP

August 28, 2008 in thought-after by Lafinboy | No comments

Came across this little gem today, a partial port of JQuery to PHP5. Looks awesome, and I already have several uses for it. Now I'm off to play :)

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Apple iPhone, the Pope, what next!

July 9, 2008 in Rants by Lafinboy | 2 comments

Australia, and more specifically Sydney, is about to be hit by two of arguably the biggest crowd pullers in the world today.

The launch of the Apple iPhone in Australia is due on July 11th, and Pope Benedict XVI is due to arrive in Sydney on July 13th for World Youth Day 2008. Both events are causing quite a stir, and not all for the good.

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CMS user guide

July 7, 2008 in Amplify Eleven by Lafinboy | 1 comment

After another round of development releases of our Search Engine Optimisation CMS, Amplify Eleven, I have updated and reorganised the CMS User Guide and CMS Developer Guide.

There are still sections of the guides that are light on content, but I am working this week on completing each guide. And not a moment too soon – lead developer James Beattie is busily unit testing the latest improvements and enhancements to the CMS in preparation for the version 1.0.2 release. Watch this space for news on that release.

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