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Sausage Sizzler - Time-saving Technology |
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| Editorial July 16th, 2003 |
G'Day Sizzlers!
Ever wonder if technology controls you rather than you
controlling technology? I think the premise is that technology
should make our lives easier, however I sometimes think we are
slaves to our tech toys! This week Gear Grinders makes a return
with an opinion piece from Peter. I will be featuring any
interesting technology related forums, our Sizzler Forum members
start in the future. The topics do not have to be purely about
the Web or Web Design and Programming, but they do need to
involve something that would be of interest to Sizzler Newsletter
readers to be featured.
Kevin has a couple of interesting articles, one of which goes
into the basics of obtaining visitors IP addresses for logging
and tracking purposes.
I have also put in a reminder of what a great service is offered
by Sausage Domains. There is money to be saved by swapping to
this service. I swapped all of my personal domains over a while
ago.
Read, learn and implement!
Keep on sizzling!
Nathan Allan
Sausage Sizzler Editor
editor@sausage.com
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The beta testing of our new FTP client continues. Feel free to
get involved at any point! Already we have cured some problems
and added some features. There has also been some interesting
comments on potential pricing.
Note that this version will time out after 21 days.
Build 10 is now available here:
http://www.sizzlerforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1827
View the whole discussion on the progress of this new program and
post your comments, bugs and suggestions here:
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Visitors' IP Addresses
A powerful way to show would-be abusers you mean business in
tracking them down is if you can show them you have their IP
Address before they start.
This article will show you how to record and display a visitors'
IP address.
http://www.sizzlerforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1876
Tip by Kevin Hannan
Time to get back to some old fashioned values?
Peter explores if we have all gone a little technology mad. Are
some of us staying on the cutting edge just so we can say we are?
Is some of the new technology out there really necessary for us?
Read and put in your own two cents worth at:
http://www.sizzlerforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1828
Opinion by Peter Rodrigues
Saving Time With Bulleted Lists
This week I want to give an example of how HotDog allows me to
improve my customer service and reduce my costs in doing so. This
is a powerful factor in business success and can only benefit you
and your client.
For whatever reason my clients cannot insert bullet points in the
texts they email me. Bullet points are an efficient way of
getting large amounts of information across quickly. They are an
effective tool and are here to stay. Therefore I have to show
some flexibility in amending the lists for them even though it
cuts into my time and costs me money, reducing my profit margin.
Then I discovered HotDog's Insert List. In one easy step I have
the speed, precision and control that I demand. I can now create
lists exactly as my clients want them - quickly. Quite simply, it
doesn't get any easier than this. Even my most experienced
colleague cannot hand-code quicker than this function, saving me
time and money with each email my clients' send.
All you have to do is highlight the text you want to bullet or
list. You can then access the Insert List function by going to
Format | Convert on the main menu - or more easily by right-
clicking your mouse - and then select 'Convert Selection to
Bulleted List'.
In one easy step you are given all the available options, making
this function valuable for beginners and professionals alike. You
can continue to edit your code within the text box, select the
list type, the numbering style and a heading for completeness.
When you press OK all the code is automatically inserted for you.
It's as easy as that!
You can also do nested lists by repeating the function for each
sub-list. This effectively does away with proof-reading when it
all goes wrong when hand-coding thereby enhancing its value even
more.
So the next time you need to do a list just type, copy or import
your text in HotDog and run the Insert List function and see for
yourself why HotDog is the Professionals' choice that is as
easily at home for beginners.
Comment on this article here:
http://www.sizzlerforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1877
Tip by Kevin Hannan
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- You will receive an email that you simply reply to
- Hey presto! Your a fully fledged Sizzler Forums member!
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