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Looking To Boost Your Electronic mail Advertising? Consider These Guidelines!

It is very important have a crystal clear knowledge of methods to properly do e mail advertising and marketing. Steering clear of junk folders is essential to finding the reader see your e mail, but how can you know if your emails work well. Read on for top ideas on the net!

Your topic lines should be simple and to the level. Try to keep your subject matter series at or below 60 personalities. This will assist to seize the eye of your own individuals, making them wish to look at the contents of your e-mail. When there is no way close to employing an extended issue line, make certain you mention probably the most pertinent info first therefore it is not eradicated if it receives for the recipients mailbox in which it might be truncated.

If you want to transform your e-mail marketing plan, consider using Text message messages in conjunction wit your e-mails. When they are used collectively, this is extremely successful to get your potential customers all of the knowledge which you want these people to have got. It is possible to create more consumer awareness by way of sms messages and efficiently manufacturer your company.

Take into account emailing without images. Pictures can be entertaining, but they also could also make time to load when they fill by any means. Be wary of the reality that its not all many people have substantial speed online. Content material is king, which means that your concentrate should generally be for the textual content. Virtually all folks will remain with you should you really do so.

Get authorization before emailing a customer. If you are chilly calling or emailing your clients, they are going to truly feel annoyed. Your customers could opt out of your mailing checklist, but an even worse scenario is if they document you as a spammer and also you turn out blacklisted.

You might possibly use social media sites, like Facebook or myspace, Flickr, or YouTube, to create your electronic mail marketing and advertising more productive. Let consumers share your information with close friends, and will also improve the clients that want to read through your posts.

In case you have set an opt-out weblink within your email, you ought to, it can be crucial for you to accede to the desires of your respondent instantly. In the event you will continue to send a single electronic mail per day on an complete week ahead of the opt-out enters into effect, clients may sense that you will be not respecting their hopes.

Be sure that you get approval through the subscriber before you decide to send out them an e-mail. When you fire off unsolicited emails, the recipients are certainly not more likely to get you critically. Some claim that they could find yourself not desiring to partner with your organization ever again.

Whilst email marketing can be a very successful tool, it only is effective if you utilize it properly. With all the tips using this short article, you can now reap the rewards associated with an efficient email advertising campaign. Start implementing these guidelines, and you’ll swiftly see great things from email advertising.

If for any reason you crave more information or wish to implement these ideas into your business reach us and we will be more than glad to assist you.

Enabling Captcha in OpenCart 3.0.2

As your store get popular, so does the spam messages from any of the contact form. The registration forms are not an exception either, resulting in lots of fake customers.

In all such cases CAPTCHA codes are one of the best ways to avoid all the bots. There are two different CAPTCHA modules integrated in OpenCart version v2.1.0.1 onwards. It just takes just couple of minutes to set it up.

This tutorial walks you through these simple steps to enable CAPTCHA in OpenCart.

How to enable OpenCart CAPTCHA?

All the default OpenCart forms can be protected with the CAPTCHA fields.

OpenCart 3 comes with the following Forms

  • Customer Registration form
  • Guest Checkout
  • Product reviews
  • Returns page form
  • Contact Us form

OpenCart comes with two versions of CAPTCHA. in the basic version (customer has to enter letters and numbers he/she sees in the picture)

basic-captcha

The second version is the Google reCAPTCHA. It adds the “I’m not a robot” field to OpenCart forms, please ensure to select ReCaptcha version 2 only, as OpenCart 3 does nnot yet support version 3:

google-re-captcha

Both of these CAPTCHA modules can be installed in OpenCart admin > Extensions > Captcha section:

captcha-list

Install the CAPTCHA type you wish to use. Once Installed, it needs to be enabled by clicking the EDIT Button (Pencil Icon) and change the extension status to Enabled.

If you wish to use Google reCAPTCHA then first you need to register your online store in the Google Recapcha website and get Site Key and Secret key codes.

Once you have enabled the CAPTCHA modules you need enable it for the various forms that can be protected with CAPTCHA. To do this – go to OpenCart admin > System > Settings and click the edit the store button. Now in the Options tab and scroll down to the CAPTCHA section:

captcha-forms

In this place you need to select the CAPTCHA module to use, and the forms that need to be protected with a CAPTCHA.

That’s it – after saving this setttings, the selected forms in your OpenCart store will be protected with the CAPTCHA of your choice.

Changing default image width of 600 px in TYPO3 Version 9

Typo3 by default limits image width to 600 px. You can easily change this setting using TypoScript. These TypoScript can be usually located on the root Template record. If not you can try using the object browser to find the exact location.

You can change TYPO3 default image size in setup and in constants of the the base template record. You need to login to the bckend in order to edit the TYPO3 backend template record.

The following TYPOSCRIPT is applicable to TYPO3 version 7 onwards including TYPO3 version 9

styles {
content {
textmedia {
# maximum width of generated images
maxW = 2400
# maximum width of generated images (beside text)
maxWInText = 2400
# column spacing in pixels for multiple image columns
columnSpacing = 10
# row spacing in pixels for multiple image rows
rowSpacing = 10
# spacing to the text
textMargin = 10
}
}
}

If you are looking forward to change the image size in TYPO3 version 6 or lower the code is bit different as follows:

In CONSANTS:
styles.content.imgtext.maxW = 700

In SETUP:
tt_content.image.20.maxW = 930

This article was first published on 3rd October 2009!

CodCifer – Saving time and Money is not just the main criteria!

With our new product CodCifer (#CodCifer.com) our main goal was not only to save time and cost. CodCifer is built with passion and love towards the developer community to help them in several ways. There were various hidden things that gets done during the development. CodCifer hence is not just about saving time and money, we can help reduce a lot of unwanted effort by the software developer at various stages.

This advanced GUI based source code generation tool not only helps you generate source code easily, but it also comes with many of the features as given below:

Standard Compliance

The source code generated using CodCifer is ensured to meet the standards set by the respective APIs. This ensures that the source code generated by one developer/agency is also easily manageable by others. There are also no Additional API Code used to achieve a specific task. The code is pure, plain and simple.

Uncompromised Quality, Security & Performance

We have tested and checked the generated source code to ensure it does not have any security loop holes. In all possible places the framework’s standards and best coding practices set by the community for quality and security and performance are followed.

Server Side Validation

New Browsers and computers are sure very powerful enough to run modern JavaScript and HTML5 based applications. But it does not mean a developer can ignore the validations at the server side. If you ignore to add server side validations, the consequences can be detrimental. Server side validations are thus a part of our build process.

Client Side Validations

Client side validations are an integral part of the web applications to ease the life of the end users. Client side validations are done in CodCifer using the HTML5 standards as well as the respective JavaScript or HTML frameworks. Bootstrap and jQuery have their own way of doing validations. These are part of the source code generated.

Plugins/Modules/Extensions

Most of the backend frameworks like Symfony, Laravel, CodeIgniter and TYPO3 ExtBase have the ability to put our custom code as either plugin or extension or a module. CodCifer helps you specify a name for such a module, and thus the code you get is not going to change the core.

Migrations between frameworks

Consider there is an application written in some old obsolete framework. The client now insists that he wants Symfony.

Let us Imagine the amount of time and effort needed to migrate.

We started coding with Symfony, and say 10-15 days have passed. Our client met a friend who said Laravel is much cooler! Now client is hesitant to use Symfony!

What if we don’t have a developer who knows Laravel? But we do have expert developers, who can learn and work on Laravel?

Well such cases happen, and are quite common. We usually protect ourself with the initial agreements made with the client. What if the other framework he mentioned was really better for his needs? The time and cost factors may not permit us to proceed even at an early stage. Client may have to stick to the previously selected framework or he may be hard pressed on his choice and thus we may lose the project.

CodCifer is quite helpful in such scenarios. It can take the DB schema from the old application. Then you can define the form inputs using GUI, and proceed to generate source code in any framework the client needs.

Re-Usable!

CodCifer architecture is built with re-usability in mind. There are several ways in which this can be achieved.

  1. Re-use a previously defined project.
    Consider we got a project, which is very much similar to the project that is completed and released about 6 months ago.
    Can we really re-use any of it’s model / controllers / table structure?
    The possibilities can vary, and in most cases the chances are quite less. We have to change an already completed project, which is made to suit a specific needs. The project may share similar database model, but the busniness logics could be different. The time and effort needed may be lot more than doing it from scratch.On the other hand, CodCifer lets you clone a project with one click! All you will need to add is the business and design logics to suit this new client’s requiremnts.
  2. Re-use frequently used tables / fields using Generic Imports
    In software development there are a set of common tables and fields, that are usually part of every project. One project may need some tables, the other project may not need the same set of tables. Such needs are usually handled using manual copy/paste procedures on either file or codes, or even by removing un-used tables / code from a dumy codebase we usually keep.CodCifer has an advanced mechanism here. We call it Generic Imports, we can define such common tables under various groups, and import into our project whenever the need arises.

Customizable to your needs

Each Corporate Agency usually has his own additional API or extra set of features, that they usually add to every software they write.

Such as an extra DB Layer, or file upload layer, Validation Layers and so on. They may even wish to add a set of codes in each controller or model or a set of additional methods for each controller, and so on.

If there is any such customization requirements, CodCifer Corporate plans are for you. We offer customizations to suit your exact needs.

Run on own server

If a corporate wants, we can provide the VM images, that helps you run CodCifer on your own intranet/internet servers.

Easy to Maintain

A standard method of coding, also ensure that the end code is also easy to maintain. This is a big game changer as it helps save huge cost of maintenance to the client at a late point of time.

One GUI for all

Today CodCifer supports 4 backend frameworks.

Symfony, Laravel, CodeIgniter and TYPO3 ExtBase were initially chosen by us. Support for Django, NodeJS is in pipeline.

On the front-end side BootStrap is used as the HTML Framework and jQuery handles the JavaScript codes. Support for Foundation, 960.gs and Skeleton are in planned for the next version release. In this second version we also planned that jQuery would be accompanied by ExtJS, AngularJS, Ember.js and ReactJS.

This frameowrk support would be increased with time. Thus a common GUI for various frameworks and which is so easy to use that even a freasher can easily generate the source code without much hassle.

CodCifer – Source Code Automator

CodCifer is our new too lthat helps developers in saving a lot of time during the initial software development life cycle.

Current Scenario

Whenever a new project comes in, the main goal for any company is to ensure it is started as soon as possible, and at the bare minimum costs.

There are companies that had their own tool to kickstart a project. Several companies usually keep their own set of codebase to start off with their new project. This is a cool way, and we were able to really surprise our clients with the speed at which we used to start our project.

We prepared dummies, and codebase and several such tools to kickstart as well as to ensure we are able to develop faster, and our concentratin was also on an easier future maintenance.

Was  such mechanism really fool-proof?

As time goes on, these codebase we regularly use should also be maintained, and upgraded as with the new technology changes.

The frameworks we use gets upgraded, there are various frameworks in use at the server-side for Back-End Programming, and too many HTML, CSS and JavaScript for the Front-end programming and Frontend rendering.

For several major companies such maintenance used to come with huge cost factor involved. On the other hand, time factor. Not everyone was able to find enough time to maintain their own codebase.

So, Start From Scratch

Whenever a client asked for a new project, and if the client insisted on using the latest version of the frameworks, one had to start from scratch. This time, Clients are again surprised about the huge time it took, and the usual default stuff that should be there, was  just missing. Validations not happening, or the Cool URL re-writing is being missed, and several other things would have been forgotten, or was just not feasible enough to start!

Even a well organized company had to start a project from scratch, and had to go through several such hurdles.

Migration issues

We had similar issues when we migrated from TYPO3 3.x to 4.x, then Migrating TYPO3 from 4.x to 6 LTS, and now we have similar issues when migrating TYPO3 from 6 LTS to 7 LTS or 8 LTS or 9 LTS, this is an altogether new dilemma.

The migration is not an easy task, the time and cost factors involved are huge, not every client would like to bear it.

Source Code Generators

The art of source code generation is not something new. There are several companies that had their ER diagram, and UML generation software products built with source code generation for various programming languages. One could even have their own template.

Even TYPO3 came with source code generators such as Extension-Builder, and Kick-Starter.

Many programming languages even come with their own source code generators to create basic code for CRUD. Most such source code generators are not easy, and re-usability is not always possible. Finally, the end code produced needs to be manually migrated to the modern frontend rendering frameworks.

The Spark

I needed to start a project faster, and ensure that I am always on par with the latest trends. The quality should always be consistent. If a client wants to upgrade, there had to be an easier way, and migration to a complete new technology should also be easier. Time is money, it is a major hurdle for everyone, no one wants to waste time unless it is inevitable.

These are what sparked me to think of CodCifer. Initially I thought to make it as a replacement for the Extension-Builder for TYPO3 alone. But I found similar issues all around, so I planned on a product that works for all.

CodCifer is not just a plain source code generator. But the way it works, and helps makes it one of the strongest around. There are several ways the services of CodCifer can be utilized.

I will try to explain CodCifer further in my upcoming blog articles and Youtube videos.

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This is a tool meant for the developers to save time and money. On a long run, our motto is to take it towards open-source.