2008 October | W3TechSupport

PHP eFax v1.1 Released

ORANGEVALE, Calif.- October 16, 2008 – In 2007, Made to Order Software created a software package to support the eFax protocol using the PHP language. Early in 2008, we offered the PHP eFax package for developers to send faxes from your web server to anywhere in the world.

php efax

Now we offer PHP eFax version 1.1 that not only sends faxes, but also accepts inbound faxes. With a single call to the PHP eFax object, you will know everything you need to know about your incoming faxes, including whether they worked and how many pages were received.

eFax® is a j2 Global Communication company offering a reliable system to send and receive worldwide faxes cheaply. Because of its high reliability, it is used by major bank and insurance companies. Their system works with the Internet and is directly accessible to your web server, whether it is local to you or far away from your company offices.

DHTMLX Ajax Components Suite Updated – Version 2.0 Brings Simplicity to Web Interface Creation

St. Petersburg, Russia, October 13, 2008 – DHTMLX (dhtmlx.com) is pleased to announce the update of its dhtmlxSuite, a complete suite of Ajax-enabled components for building rich web interfaces. Version 2.0 brings a new approach to building application interface simply by arranging its modules via newly introduced dhtmlxLayout control. It not only allows developers to effortlessly construct interface structure, but also provides the possibility to easily compose DHTMLX components into a single layout.

The current release also includes important bug fixes and performance improvements together with unified skins and better mutual integration of the components. DHTMLX v2.0 introduces some new components such as:

dhtmlxLayout

A simple and affordable way of arranging elements of interface structure visually on page is now available through a new DHTMLX component – dhtmlxLayout. It provides a good deal of ready-made Layout patterns that can be applied to sophisticated web applications. The possibility to integrate other UI components from DHTMLX line into dhtmlxLayout panels easily is one more significant feature of this innovation.

dhtmlxAccordion

A new Accordion component is able to display several parts of content using multiple panes. The content displayed in each pane may vary from text and graphics to other dhtmlx components. All the dhtmlx components can be attached to the Accordion panel with a single script command.

Interspire Knowledge Manager 5.0 Released

Interspire have just announced the availabilty of their Knowledge Manager solution version 5.0, previously known as ActiveKB (reviewed here). Mitchell Harper, Interspire Product Manager, wrote in product announcement :

This new version marks a significant step in our product strategy, turning the product from a simple web-based, self-service FAQ system into a fully-featured, enterprise-grade knowledge management tool which can be used to reduce customer support, share company-wide knowledge and reduce staff training costs.

New features in version 5.0 include:

Microsoft SQL Server & LDAP support – Easily integrate Interspire Knowledge Manager with your existing Windows-based Active Directory network and databases.
Complete workflow support – Setup content publishing rules and processes which allow knowledge workers and their managers to efficiently publish and approve knowledge items.
Integrated news posting and syndication – Post news items, information and upcoming event details directly to the front page of your knowledge base.
Index and search inside attachments (Word, PowerPoint – XP/2003/3007, PDF, etc) – Attachments can be uploaded and are automatically indexed and can be searched through your knowledge base.
Staff contribution reports – Assign contribution quotas to knowledge works and view reports outlining their contribution in the last day, week, month or custom date range.
and many more features

You can check also our support section powered by version 4.5 of Interspire Knowledge Manager under http://support.phpmagazine.net/. Product tour and demo of Interspire Knowledge Manager 5.0 are also available.

Interspire Shopping Cart 3.5 Streamlines Buying Process and Increases Conversion Rates for eTailers

Improve Online Sales by Integrating Single Page Checkout, Custom Shipping Zones and Other Store Management Features Such as Support for iPhone Order Processing

SYDNEY, Australia — Interspire, the global leader in e-commerce, content management and email marketing software, today announced availability of Interspire Shopping Cart 3.5. The newest version of the Interspire private label e-commerce software is the perfect option for businesses searching for a simple way to build and manage an online store with the intrinsic ability to increase conversion rates.

While there are many ecommerce software options, the problem is that they are difficult to use and are often hard to customize without help from a web designer. Retailers find that few programs offer key functionality for running an online business. For example, they do not integrate with marketing tools or provide business intelligence so that business owners can improve their offering.

“A variety of industry analysts in the ecommerce space advocate improving personalization, offering secure buying options and providing quick transactions to turn visitors into customers,” said Eddie Machaalani, CEO and co-founder of Interspire. “Etailers need intuitive products that can impact conversion rates. Interspire products wrap all the features and options needed into one package so our customers can get up and running quickly and sell more.”

Ra-ajax, New Ajax Library By The Creator Of Gaia

Thomas Hansen the creator of Gaia Ajax Widgets have recently announced that he is no longer with Gaiaware and already started a new ASP.NET Ajax library Ra-Ajax and a new company Ra Software AS. Thomas have quit Gaiaware due to disagreeing on the future of the company with the others, you can read his very long blog post on the current situation.

Ra-Ajax his new Ajax library is under LGPL 3 license is an ultra lightweight, slick and small Ajax library for ASP.NET and Mono which tries to completely abstract away JavaScript from the developer. It’s true that the library is new, but its size zip-compressed already exceed the 7Mo ! The website provide some good samples including Event system, Effects, Dynamic Controls, Button, Checkbox, DropDownList, Image, Labels, Panel, TextBox, Accordion, Calendar, InPlaceEdit, RichEdit, Timer … and more. More information and download at http://ra-ajax.org/.