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From the good old days of the tag, to the XML-savvy Web services of today, applied Internet language has come a long way. And nowhere is this more evident than in the field of Web application development.

As the Internet grew into a major player on the global economic front, so did the number of investors who were interested in its development. So, you may wonder, how does the Internet continue to play a major role in communications, media and news? The key words are: Web Application Projects.

Web applications are business strategies and policies implemented on the Web through the use of User, Business and Data services. These tools are where the future lies. In this article, I’ll take you through the essential phases in the life cycle of a Web application project, explain what options you have, and help you formulate a plan for successful Web application endeavors of your own. First, though, let’s take a brief overview of Web applications.

Who Needs Web Applications and Why?

There are many entities that require applications for the Web-one example would be Business-to-Business interaction. Many companies in the world today demand to do business with each other over secure and private networks. This process is becoming increasingly popular with a lot of overseas companies who outsource projects to each other. From the simple process of transferring funds into a bank account, to deploying a large scale Web services network that updates pricing information globally, the adoption of a Web applications infrastructure is vital for many businesses.

The Web Application Model

The Web application model, like many software development models, is constructed upon 3 tiers: User Services, Business Services and Data Services. This model breaks an application into a network of consumers and suppliers of services.

The User Service tier creates a visual gateway for the consumer to interact with the application. This can range from basic HTML and DHTML to complex COM components and Java applets.

The user services then grab business logic and procedures from the Business Services. This tier can range from Web scripting in ASP/PHP/JSP to server side programming such as TCL, CORBA and PERL, that allows the user to perform complex actions through a Web interface.

The final tier is the Data Service layer. Data services store, retrieve and update information at a high level. Databases, file systems, and writeable media are all examples of Data storage and retrieval devices. For Web applications, however, databases are most practical. Databases allow developers to store, retrieve, add to, and update categorical information in a systematic and organized fashion.

Choosing the Right Project

Choosing the right types of projects to work on is an extremely important part of the Web application development plan.

Assessing your resources, technical skills, and publishing capabilities should be your first goal. Taking the 3 tiers into consideration, devise a list of all available resources that can be categorically assigned to each tier.

The next consideration should be the cost. Do you have a budget with which to complete this project? How much will it cost you to design, develop and deliver a complete project with a fair amount of success? These are questions that should be answered before you sign any deals or contracts.

Let’s look at an example. A company called ABC needs to develop a Web application that will display sales information created by different sales agents. The data is updated daily through a completely automated process from all 3 service tiers. The client tells you that this entire project must be done in ASP/SQL server and that you should host the application as well.

After assessing all your resources, you and your team come to a conclusion that the company is unable to do data backups on a daily basis. After further discussion, you realize that this is a very important part of the setup for your client, and you should not risk taking a chance with the project. It’s very likely that you will be more prepared next time around, when a similar project lands on your desk, so you decline the job and recommend someone else who has the capabilities to do it right now.

The Phases in a Web Application Project

The Web application development process has 4 phases:

Envisioning the nature and direction of the project

Devising the plan

Development

Testing, support and stability

Let’s look at each of these in more detail.

1. Envisioning the nature and direction of the project

In this phase, the management and developers assigned to the project come together and establish the goals that the solution must achieve. This includes recognizing the limitations that are placed on the project, scheduling, and versioning of the application. By the end of this phase, there should be clear documentation on what the application will achieve.

2. Devising the plan

In this phase, you and your team must determine the “how’s” of the application.

What scripting language is most appropriate, which features must be included, and how long will it take? These are some of the questions that must be answered through this planning phase. The main tangents at this point are the project plan and functional specification. The project plan determines a timeframe of events and tasks, while the functional specification outlines in detail how the application will function and flow.

3. Development

Once the project plan and functional specification are ready, a baseline is set for the development work to begin. The programmer/s or Web developer/s begin coding, testing and publishing data. This phase establishes the data variables, entities and coding procedures that will be used throughout the remainder of the project. A milestone document is prepared by the development team, which is then handed to management for review.

4. Testing, support and stability

The stability phase of the application project mainly focuses on testing and the removal of bugs, discrepancies and network issues that may otherwise cause the application to fail. It is here that policies and procedures are established for a successful support system.

Knowing Your Options and Using them Wisely
Ok, now that you have an understanding of the architecture and procedures behind Web application development, let’s look at what technical options you’ll need to consider for the development process itself.

Windows Web Servers

Microsoft has built a loyal customer base on one important factor - their easy-to-use software. Windows NT/2000/XP Web servers are very fast and easy to administer. The fact that the operating system is a Windows shell means that administrators and authors can easily allow the Web server to interact with other software and hardware applications to transmit and receive data over the Internet. Popular server side scripting languages used with Windows servers are ASP/ASP. net, Java Server Pages, and PHP.

UNIX/Linux Web Servers

UNIX has long been known for its reliability. It is a powerful and robust Web server and operating system. Unix is the server of choice for many large-scale Websites that need content management systems or receive an extremely high volume of traffic. Popular server side scripting languages for UNIX are Java Server Pages, PERL, PHP, and CORBA

Every scripting language has its pros and cons. As I’m not writing a book here, I’ll use the ASP model as my language of illustration. When working with Windows servers, there are several important parameters that the developer needs to throw into the equation, including security, scalability, speed and application design. So below I’m going to help you formulate a successful plan to accomplish all kinds of Web projects.

Planning for a Successful Web Development Project
In order to drastically minimize the risk of project failure, I’ve always approached my application development projects in the following sequence.

1. Identify business logic and entities

Start by gathering information on everything you have. If you are going to be working with databases, begin by enumerating how many entities will be used in the business logic. For example, if your program implements sales data, a sales ticket would be an entity.

Once you’ve identified all your entities, establish a clear guideline for their relationships. This can be done via presentations, flowcharts or even reports.

2. Create a functional specification and project plan

This part, in my opinion, is the most important part of the project. Functional specifications (or functional specs) are a map, or blueprint for how you want a particular Web application to look and work. The spec details what the finished product will do, user interaction, and its look and feel.

An advantage of writing a functional spec is that it streamlines the development process. It takes discrepancies and guesswork out of the programming process, because the level of detail that goes into the plan makes it possible to minimize the misunderstanding that’s usually associated with project mishaps. See examples of well written functional specs at RayComm.com.

Once the functional spec is finished, a project plan must be devised. A project plan is a timeline of tasks and events that will take place during the project. The project or program manager is normally the person who creates a project plan, and their primary focus is to detail task notes while being able to accommodate scheduling and resource information. You can download a sample Excel file for a project plan at Method123.com.

3. Bring the application model into play

As discussed earlier, the application model consists of 3 tiers - The User, Business and Data service tiers, each of which serves a substantial purpose.

Practically speaking, it’s always best to start with the data tier, because you’ve already identified your entities and understand their relationships. The data tier can be an SQL server database, a text file, or even the powerful and robust Oracle. Create tables, relationships, jobs, and procedures depending on what platform you have chosen. If the data is a warehouse (i.e. the data already exists and does not depend on real time interaction), then make sure that new and additional data can be added securely and in a scalable fashion.

A quick tip: using views in SQL server/Oracle can improve dramatically the productivity and performance of your application. They increase speed because they are “stored queries” that don’t have a physical existence.

The Business services tier, in my opinion, is the heart of the application. It involves the implementation of business logic into the scripting or programming language.

At this stage, make sure you’ve already set up your environment for testing and debugging. Always test on at least 2 instances in your application, after all, what may work perfectly for you, may not do so well on other platforms or machines. ASP, XML, PHP, JSP and CGI are some examples of server side scripting languages used at the business service level. Whichever language you choose, make sure that it’s capable of handling all the business logic presented in the functional specification.

The last is the user tier, which is absolutely vital for the interactive and strategic elements in the application. It provides the user with a visual gateway to the business service by placing images, icons, graphics and layout elements in strategic areas of interest, most commonly, based on management research. If you’ll be developing the user tier yourself, be sure to have studied your competition. The last thing you need is for your application to look exactly the same as someone else’s.

4. Develop a support scheme

Being able to support and stabilize your application is very important. Define a procedure call for cases of failure, mishaps or even downtime. Give your customers the ability to contact you in the case of an emergency relating to the program.

A good example of a support scheme is a ticket tracking system. This system allows users to file cases pertaining to a support request and the support team, then makes the case track able. This means that the request is identifiable by a unique code or number. Although ticket-tracking systems are normally used by hosting companies or large scale ASP’s (Application Service Providers), they still serve a valuable purpose in helping keep the application stable.

Over to You…

So there you have it - a framework from which you can begin to plan and develop your own successful Web applications.

Web applications will be around for a long time to come. As we move further on into the future, they will become less manual and more automated. This will eventually lead to new kinds of research, but for now, we can be happy with the fact that it is this that drives the Web.

Caesar Fernandes is currently the Business Development Manager at Iridium Plus Technologies, Kuwait’s leading web and IT services organization, where he is in charge of shaping the company’s business strategies, sales and marketing campaigns and their Enterprise SEO services. Prior to Iridium Plus, Caesar helped develop several developmental and research based web applications for multi nationals such as Radioshack and Lee Jeans both in the United States and in Kuwait, and has over 10 years of experience in web project management, application development and SEO.

Spam has got to be one of the most annoying things on the
Internet today. I remember when pop-ups first came on the scene,
every website I went to was inundated with tons of pop-ups, I
hated them, and I’m sure I wasn’t alone. Spam flooded the
Internet with so many copies of the same messages, it’s a very
shameful attempt to force the message on people who would not
otherwise choose to receive it. Most spam is commercial
advertising of get-rich-quick schemes, or products for younger
looking skin. There are basically two types of spam and they
affect Internet users differently. Cancelable Usenet spam is a
single message sent to many Usenet spam is aimed at people who
read newsgroups but rarely or never post and give their address
away. Usenet spam robs users of the utility of the newsgroups by
overwhelming them with a barrage of advertising or other
irrelevant posts. Email spam is another type of spam that
targets individual users with direct mail messages. Email spam
lists are usually created by scanning Usenet postings and
stealing Internet mailing lists, or searching for Web addresses.
What ever IT is, it’s not wanted and thank goodness there are
plenty of websites were they will allow you to download free
spam blockers.

Internet spam filters are a good way to block those pesky spam
pop-ups, in fact, without them, there really is no way to get
from website to website without Internet spam filters today.
Even with spam filters, some pop-up can still get through.
However, most Internet spam filters can recognize more than 98%
of all incoming spam. There are Plugins that can be installed on
your computer that will increase your Internet spam filters to
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that works in conjunction with other Internet spam filters and
some will send you a daily report by e-mail if you want that
will tell you how much spam you receive during that day while
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knowingly, with the intent to carry on any activity which would
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one “creates or procures the creation of a website or domain
name that represents itself as a legitimate online business,
without the authority or approval of the registered owner of the
actual website or domain name of the legitimate online business
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title or imprisoned up to five years or both.

If you have not yet spent the time to optimize your web pages to
improve the chances of being found in the search engines, an SEO
firm should be able to analyze your present site and give you a
report on changes you need to make, ranked in the order
importance.

By applying some ranking to the site analysis report, it makes
it simpler to tackle the work in stages and take care of the
most important modifications first, while leaving the more
subtle changes for later. The SEO consulting firm may also
provide pre- and post-optimization search engine visibility
reports. Through a variety of tracking tools they will determine
metrics for measuring the effectiveness of their services with
respect to increasing your site’s rankings and visitor traffic.

Search Engine Optimization is a fuzzy art in which the rules
and techniques change as quickly as the Internet changes.
Nonetheless, a good SEO consulting expert will always be able to
help move your website towards better search engine placement,
greater visibility, and consequently higher levels of targeted
traffic. When it comes to choosing any professional — a
dentist, doctor, travel agent or hair stylist, it may take you a
couple tries to locate the right SEO professional for your
business, but it’s usually better to focus on what you do best,
and hire experts who spend all their time staying informed and
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Directory Submission Services:

There are thousands of directories on the Internet ranging from
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Your SEO (search engine optimization) firm should seek out
quality directories, and directories related to your website’s
content, and be experienced enough to competently manage the
process of getting your website into the directories. DMOZ for
example has a somewhat lengthy process and stringent
requirements for entry, and it takes persistence to get a link
added. On the other hand, if you’re willing to pay $300 a year,
Yahoo! will add you to their directory though the $300 is
non-refundable and they warn you that payment does not guarantee
entry. These are all details it takes time to learn, but details
a hired Website Marketing expert or company should be savvy with.

Article Submission Services:

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the search engines for the keywords that are relevant to your
business. There are many webmasters who welcome free content to
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Unlike many of the Xsitepro reviews that you might find on the
Internet, this is a fully unbiased review that does not include
a single affiliate link. You see, it is my opinion that you can
not properly review a product if you are hoping to encourage
people to click through via your affiliate link in order to earn
you a commission. It’s fairly obvious, that if you’re looking
for affiliate commission, your review is going to be good, this
means that it is not a fair review.

First off, let me explain what Xsitepro actually is. It’s a
product that is aimed at people without a technical background
who would like to have the freedom and flexibility to launch
multiple web sites. There are a number of reasons why people
would like to do this, most notably to create a web site that
can be used to launch or sell a product, earn affiliate revenue
or make money from contextual advertising, such as Yahoo
Publishing or Google Adsense.

The reason why Xsitepro is so powerful, is that someone without
a technical background is able to launch a fully fledged web
site within just a few hours. This means that you are only
limited by your ambition and time.

To give you an idea of how easy it is to create a new web site,
I have provided this walk through below. However, it is very
much worth pointing out that the tutorials and documentation
provided with this product are excellent. This is very important
as it ensures that you’re able to realise your return on
investment much quicker if you can leverage the full
capabilities of the program.

Creating a website in Xsitepro.

Simply open your Xsitepro program and select “Add Project”. As
you’d expect, this creates a new project, you can name this and
add notes. You can also include your project description and add
your keywords.

Highlight your new project and select “Add web site”, you will
then be given a choice of 4 different web site layouts. These
include, a blank web page, graphical sales letter, sales letter
and affiliate templates. Upon selecting any of these choices,
you will be presented with multiple choice of Xsitepro templates.

For this example, I will select a blank web page, once selected
you will be asked to provide a name. Once you have decided upon
a name, you have the option to provide the following web page
details, title, description, keywords, author, copyright and
other notes. You can complete this immediately, or come back to
it at a later date.

Across the top of your console, you will see the following
tabs, website information, page layout, web pages, other and
publishing details. Our next step is to select web pages, this
is the page that we can add new pages, product pages, article
pages, external links or simply import multiple pages into the
system. It is possible to create 1,000 page web site by simple
importing your keyword list via the multiple page option,
Xsitepro will even capitalise the words if you choose to include
them on your navigation bar.

For each page that you create, you have the option of checking
a box should you wish that page to appear on the navigation bar,
page footer or site map. For the actual page content, you can
choose a traditional HTML view, or you may prefer the Design
view which is similar to a word processor. If you have content
in other programs, you can simply cut and paste into your page.

A very unique feature with Xsitepro is that it helps you to
create pages that are search engine friendly. Each page that you
create is measured for SEO effectiveness, this means that your
“On Page SEO” is always taken care of if you follow the
suggestions made by the program.

Once you have created your pages, you might want to include
your Adsense code or other affiliate links such as Amazon. In
Xsitepro, this is as easy as right clicking. Once you have added
your Adsense and affiliate link information to the program, you
simply right click and “Add Adsense Code” or “Add Snippet”.

Now that your site has content and links, you might well be
ready to upload your site. Again, in Xsitepro this is very easy.
Before Xsitepro came along, I always had enormous difficulty
uploading web sites, this all changed very quickly.

To upload a site, you need to do the following, enter your
domain name, home directory, FTP Server, username and password,
once entered, you select “Tools” and “Publish” . That’s it, your
site begins to upload and you’ll be online shortly.

Obviously, this describes building a very simple web site and
uploading it to the Internet. The objective of explaining how to
create a web site in Xsitepro was to give you a sense of how
easy it is. The real benefit of this product is taking advantage
of all of the other features and functions. Don’t worry, you do
not need to be a technical wizard to get the hand of these,
you’ll pick them up quite quickly and before long you’ll be
creating stunning web sites.

Once you start to gain a little bit of experience from using
Xsitepro, you may identify what I consider to be the only real
weakness of the product, that is the lack of templates that are
available out of the box. It is possible to create original
templates for yourself, however this requires a certain amount
of artistic flair and knowledge of a program such as Photoshop.
Unfortunately, these skills were not handed to everyone.

Fortunately, there are great companies out there that are
starting to provide great Xsitepro templates. These are usually
available via download and you can simply import these templates
into your own Xsitepro program, this allows you to build your
content around the new template.

One of the better companies offering these templates is
Xsiteprotemplates4U.com, they already have a wide selection of
templates available and are adding to their portfolio on a daily
basis, so there should be something there for most people, best
of all is that these fun and original designs will not break the
bank.

I hope that you found this review helpful. I plan to follow this
article up with some more detailed tips and tricks and how to
really start to get the most of this great product.

Oh, in case you have not already guessed, I think that Xsitepro
is a great product. Their sales page does not do it justice at
all. Whether you’re technical or non technical and currently use
Dreamweaver or Frontpage to create your web sites, I fully
recommend that you look into Xsitepro. There’s a one year
guarantee, so really there is nothing to lose!

Good luck.

We all want high impact graphics for our Web sites - Right.

Sometimes it is easy just to pick a template that comes
included with a site builder and or hosting package.

There are also thousands of Free templates that you can
download from the Internet.

But for those of us who want full control of our design
and graphics, it is first a matter of sitting down and choosing
your site design and color scheme.

Your site theme, design or layout will play a major part in the size
and number of graphics you will use on your site. Somewhere along
the process you will have to decide on how many and the quality
of your graphic images.

Images used on websites are usually Gif and jpg or sometimes
png and the odd bitmap image. Gif and Jpg images can be adjusted
in quality and size to be a smaller file size to strike a balance between
quick loading and image quality.

You may have an awesome graphic but if it takes 2 minutes to
load on your page, you will notice by checking your Web site
stats you will notice a difference between the number of page
requests and pages viewed.

As the purpose of your Web site is to attract visitors and for
them to make a positive decision either to request more info,
join your Newsletter or to make a purchase, every lost visitor
is a lost potential customer.

The header at the top image on a page often includes a logo
or the name of the company or website. This is usually the
largest image on a page. So if it is the full width of the page
of 760 pixels wide, and depending on the height it may be
worth considering cutting it into two pieces.

There are two reasons for dividing an image into smaller pieces,
firstly having your image load faster as two separate pieces and
secondly as many browsers load 5 images at one time, your header
should load faster.

There are also webmasters who prefer all images to preload
before displaying the complete page and some sites have two
images for the one button, the image you see on first viewing
the page and the image you see when you hover the mouse,
cursor over or click on the button. Often with buttons that
use two images these will be set to preload with the page so
that they are loaded or stored ready for when you click the
button.

Note that different browsers may load pages in a different order.
as a webmaster it is good practice to check your page in Netscape,
Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and the Browser that Google
is possibly going to introduce soon.

Your site layout may differ in appearance in the different browsers
and some of the latest http versions and scripts will possibly not
work in older versions on certain Browsers.

There is a balance to make your page quick to load and to be
pleasant to the eye.

Many sites are using a very small image as a background image,
for example if you are placing your buttons across the page you
can create an image that looks like a raised bar but only one pixel
wide. As an image of say 25 by 1 pixel it will load very fast as a
background, once the browser loads this image one time, it then
multiplies the image across the page.

Many sites use this background approach for their header, side bars
and or their buttons and insert the logo as a normal image and the
buttons are added as text links over the top of the background image.

Backgrounds are generally a small image that when loaded
by your browser sits at the top left of the web page and multiplies
itself across and down the page. A background image can be as small
as 2 or 3 pixels square and up to full screen size.

The simplest are the thin lines usually of two colors. The more complex
may include a water mark of the company logo.

TIP,
The fewer colors or shades used in any image either as a
background, header of banner the faster it will load.

Here is a list of images that form the first impression of anyone
who visits your Web site. Make that first impression count.

• Header
• Logo
• Buttons - bar
• Side panels
• Bottom bar
• Background image
• Product images
• Banners

These images can be for decoration or they can tell a story.
The old saying is still true in that a picture can tell a story
that would normally take a thousand words to express.

Create an overall color scheme for your site, one that uses
contrasting colors where text is used and a theme where
images are used.

With Web site templates you can easily change image color
and add text in many basic graphic editing programs, but
to create your own images you may require a more professional
program.

Adobe GoLive Web site editor and Adobe Photo Shop allow you
to build your site and edit images. There is an Adobe package that
includes other Adobe products, a very good package.

Macromedia also have a Web site and image editing package
in Dreamweaver and Fireworks.

But there are many free Web site and image editing software
available. I find that when editing images I use Adobe Photoshop
and Fireworks for adding and embossing text.

Different software give different results. I use a Sony camera,
when I compared the software supplied by Sony and Adobe
I found that a photo downloaded to the Sony image editing
software where an area of a photo 3 pixels wide was displayed
in Adobe Photoshop it appeared at 7 pixels wide. I don’t have
any idea why this is but I now edit all my photos in Photoshop.

Here is a Template Directory listing free site templates, buttons,
backgrounds, 3D text creator, clip art and scripts.

http://www.itsyournet.co.nz/free-web-templates.html

If you are using a template or image downloaded from the
Internet check to see if there is a copy right or if the template
or image is supplied for personal use only, i.e. not for commercial
use as a business Web site.

When considering creating a Web site you also need to give
some thought to the hosting. If your site is a graphics intense
site and people are going to download lots of images you need
to consider the hosting package as there are so many different
sizes and band width packages supplied.

Your finished Web site must be appealing to your target market.
If you are marketing products or services to Businesses your site
should reflect a business atmosphere, as opposed to a gardening
site where you can display images of garden gnomes, bags of
fertilizer and flowers.

Remember every Pixel counts when editing quality images.
But the opposite is true for quick loading Web sites.

May your week be a highly graphical one.

PETER GREEN.

Editor of ~ The INDEX ~ ezine.

Editor@Internet-income-index.com

http://www.Internet-Income-Index.com

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Two of the trickiest things to design is a professional proposal
and a professional invoice. An invoice is something that should
be used in every business but usually in start ups or one man
companies it is something that is overlooked. It will not only
allow for you and your client to keep a record of transaction of
payment. It will help your company look more professional, help
you keep better records and also know who needs to pay as well
as who is late with payment.

Setting up an invoice isn’t that tricky. It can be very complex
in nature or very simple, just remember it is there to keep a
record. The goal is to make it as professional as possible.
Simple invoices can contain a few details, while more complex
ones can be designed to hold more information but can become
confusing if not setup properly. Also creating and having a
pre-made invoice template will save you alot of time. If you
wanted to you could print out multiple copies, stack them in a
clean area and when it is time to bill a client enter in their
information by hand(writing with a pen) and mail it off to them.

So you may be wondering what an invoice should have on it? Well
that is simple. No matter how simple or complex an invoice may
be they all usually have the same relative information on them.
This is because no matter what business you run there are just
some things that stay constant in the business world. So when
setting up your invoice there are some things you may want to
keep in mind:

-Keep it simple in design -Keep it clear -Make it professional
-Keep it clear(Did I repeat myself here?hmmmm. Guess so. I just
wanted you to get the point. keep it clear so it is easy to
ready)

Your invoice should be set up in three sections.

Section 1: Your Header:

Section 2: Your Body:

Section 3: Your footer.

Not these three sections will contain all the information you
will need. Let me break them down for you.

The Header: This should contain your company name, your url and
contact information:

Company Name Here. www.CompanyNameHere.com
Info@CompanyNameHere.com : 555-555-5555

The Body: This should contain more details for the invoice as to
do with payment and due dates. Such as:

Invoice Date: 09/16/05

Project Name: Name Here.

Invoice Name: Name Here.

Payment Portion: Final Payment

Total Amount of Project: $1000

Amount that has been Paid: $500

Amount still owed: $500

Invoice Amount(%): $500(50%)

Payment Options: Credit Card, Paypal, Money Order.

To make payments via credit card or paypal log on to
www.youpaymentaddress.com/adad?php0902?/

To make payments via money order please send to the address
below: Address here.

Due Date: 09/23/05

The Footer: Should just contain your information and a thank
you:

Company Name : Address : Contact Information : Url : That you
for doing business with Company Name

Hope this helps. Good luck with your future projects!

ChandigarhITHub.com is an e-marketplace for buyers, sellers,
venture capitalists and knowledge seekers of ICT (Information &
Communication Technology) based products & services. The
objective of ChandigarhITHub.com has been to introduce latest
products & services to business-to-business (B2B),
business-to-consumer (B2C) and consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
fraternity which enables them to explore the market and transact
business from their desktop.

ChandigarhITHub.com spans across Northern India that has 4 out
of top 10 states namely; Punjab at no.1, Himachal Pradesh at
no.2, Haryana at no.5 Jammu & Kashmir at no.10 (source: India
Today Survey “India’s Best States” August 2004). The ICT based
products & services market for Northern India is expected @ 200
crores per annum which is 35% of the total Indian market
potential.

ChandigarhITHub.com under its B2B initiative has provided
manufacturers, distributors and service providers an opportunity
to electronically discover & appoint value-added-resellers
(VARs) and franchisees. This functionality has not only helped
new players to establish their network in short-duration but has
also given immense insight to the established players about
market share and business performance index so that they are
able to realign their business strategies to get the best
results.

ChandigarhITHub.com under its B2C initiative has given buyer the
prerogative to procure the products & services in the ICT domain
swiftly & economically. ChandigarhITHub.com provides the buyer a
competitive analysis of the desired products & services. The
buyer has the option to select vendors depending on how closely
they meet buyer’s procurement criterion and these vendors are
intimated immediately through e-mail so that vendors can contact
the buyer and a logical conclusion is given to the transaction.

ChandigarhITHub.com provides C2C interaction opportunities for
consumers to share, partner and transact business;
special-interest-consumer-forums on different subjects that has
been created for the consumers to eliminate their apprehensions
& do good decision-making. ChandigarhITHub.com being a local
entity understands the business culture, buyer-seller
sensitivities and the positioning strategy for established as
well as new business ventures; therefore ChandigarhITHub.com is
a MUST for any ICT player to perennially maintain its visibility
in this part of the country. ChandigarhITHub.com team
understands that for the growth of this portal it is imperative
to e-enable business establishments and for this purpose
ChandigarhITHub.com has built a team to provide services in
terms of domain registration, website development & management
and e-business enablement.

The process of keywords search is well-known. However large the
company can be, whatever industry it operates in there are
usually some persons at the company who can perform this task.
However, once the keyword search has been performed one should
start working these keywords phrases into the text of your
web-site. The person who performs this task is a web site
copywriter.

Apart from being creative and have an aptitude fro producing
appealing, memorable and attracting content the professional web
site copywriter should be able to write the text in
easy-to-read, convincing and action-driven style. He should also
be able to perform thorough web site analysis and understand how
the web site maintained by you should be changed or adjusted in
order to get higher conversion rates. But even if he has these
qualities it may not be enough. It today’s highly competitive
and ever-changing online world it is indispensable for him to
understand current marketing trend, what customers want to
purchase as well as what expectations they have. Apart from this
he must also analyze marketing and advertising strategy of the
main competitors of the company and propose effective
adjustments in the content of the web site to countervail them.

If you are hiring experienced web
site copywriter it is advisable to look through his
portfolio in order to get an insight into his experience.
Experienced web site copywriter who has already provided some cop
ywriting service should indicate what type of copywriting he
has been working on and what results he has achieved. Moreover
he must also understand modern marketing techniques such as
writing press releases and writing article. The web site
copywriter should always keep himself abreast of the latest
changes in marketing in order to produce high-quality content.
If the web site copywriter you intend to hire matches the above
mentioned criteria, than he will be able to bring high results
for your company.

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Passwords to access computer systems are usually stored, in
some form, in a database in order for the system to perform
password verification. To enhance the privacy of passwords, the
stored password verification data is generally produced by
applying a one-way function to the password, possibly in
combination with other available data. For simplicity of this
discussion, when the one-way function does not incorporate a
secret key, other than the password, we refer to the one way
function employed as a hash and its output as a hashed password.
Even though functions that create hashed passwords may be
cryptographically secure, possession of a hashed password
provides a quick way to verify guesses for the password by
applying the function to each guess, and comparing the result to
the verification data. The most commonly used hash functions can
be computed rapidly and the attacker can do this repeatedly with
different guesses until a valid match is found, meaning the
plaintext password has been recovered.

The term password cracking is typically limited to recovery of
one or more plaintext passwords from hashed passwords. Password
cracking requires that an attacker can gain access to a hashed
password, either by reading the password verification database
or intercepting a hashed password sent over an open network, or
has some other way to rapidly and without limit test if a
guessed password is correct. Without the hashed password, the
attacker can still attempt access to the computer system in
question with guessed passwords. However well designed systems
limit the number of failed access attempts and can alert
administrators to trace the source of the attack if that quota
is exceeded. With the hashed password, the attacker can work
undetected, and if the attacker has obtained several hashed
passwords, the chances for cracking at least one is quite high.
There are also many other ways of obtaining passwords illicitly,
such as social engineering, wiretapping, keystroke logging,
login spoofing, dumpster diving, timing attack, etc.. However,
cracking usually designates a guessing attack.

Cracking may be combined with other techniques. For example, use
of a hash-based challenge-response authentication method for
password verification may provide a hashed password to an
eavesdropper, who can then crack the password. A number of
stronger cryptographic protocols exist that do not expose
hashed-passwords during verification over a network, either by
protecting them in transmission using a high-grade key, or by
using a zero-knowledge password proof.