Increase the impact of your e-mail advertising efforts
E-mail messages are one of the premier advertising techniques of the Internet
era. However, plain text e-mails are no longer sufficient. Today, HTML
messages make your advertisements stand out.
A well-designed HTML message or newsletter can give your organization a
professional edge, and increase response rates from your advertisements.
Of course, HTML e-mail messages aren't some sort of silver bullet capable of
solving all your advertising woes in one fell swoop. We've probably all seen
ineffective HTML messages, the ones with the graphics that take too long to
load, broken links, or even (gasp!) the dreaded blinking text.
With a little technical knowledge and a few design considerations, you can
start sending your o... (more)
One of the most common requests made of developers is that they create a
password-protected area on a site, be it for registered users or
administrative functions.
Ideally we'd like to have a system that automatically detects if users are
logged in when they access a page and sends them to a login page if they're
not. We also want to keep track of the users' state when they log in, so we ... (more)
Most commercial Web sites have secure areas that are accessible only to
authorized users. Here's one schema for managing access control for a Web
site.
Many times you need to limit access to particular templates on your site,
either for customers who must purchase enhanced capabilities or for
administrative functions available to a select few. The framework described
in this article giv... (more)
The crowded auditorium was abuzz with anticipation. The snatches of
conversation from around you were meaningless jargon to those not in the
know. A hush fell over the crowd as the moment they were waiting for arrived
- Ben Forta walking on stage. Okay, he's not rock star, but the closest thing
to it in the ColdFusion community.
If you didn't attend the CFUNITED (www.cfunited.com) confere... (more)
If you've been to Adobe Labs lately or keep up with the blogosphere you've
probably heard the buzz about Spry. It's a new AJAX framework from Adobe.
It lets designers build rich Internet applications with little or no
programming. The Adobe-Macromedia combine has been pushing RIAs for years and
its vision is just now moving into the mainstream.
Adobe had three goals when creating Spry: ope... (more)
Kelly Brown is the CTO of About Web (www.aboutweb.com), an Internet solutions provider in the Washington, DC, area. He has a BS and MS in computer science and is a Microsoft-certified systems engineer.
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