Personal injury ensuing in catastrophic injuries can cost you large amount of money, trouble and suffering and pain. Since the Insurance Companies are unwilling to even up victims fully, assay help from a certified attorney immediately. Personal injury can be fatal, whether it is due to an truck/auto/ industrial accident or by medical malpractice. Even so, it tends to come forth as a cause of further botheration if you find no indemnity.
So, if you are injured, say someplace in Houston and want to be compensated for your injury, lost wages,medical bills and suffering and pain from the Insurance Company, think again. Insurance companies normally try to promptly settle out of court anterior to the victim getting the proper medical rating and usually provide low compensations, thus building hiring a Personal injury attorney a must to assure that you receive the suitable compensation you are arrogating.
Now, before you enter on the process of chooses a Texas Personal injury Lawyer it is essential to keep a few things in mind. Here are some of the significant tips you might like to bring into consideration. First of all, never demand help from lawyers comprising the Insurance Companies. They work on sake of the Insurance Companies and are not appearing out for your best interest. It is great that you do not address with anybody from the Insurance Company till you employ a lawyer.
Find out whether the accident was an injury-bringing out accident so that a recompense claim can be built, presence of grievous injuries like multiple fractures, surgery/ hospitalization or death of a dear one are all some examples of such. Before you search by Newspapers or yellow pages, talk with your friends, colleagues or relatives if they can bear on any capable Personal injury attorney. If not, you can look for Local lawyers on the internet.
Another feasible option is searching by the yellow pages or some other directory that accommodates information about the Lawyers in your city. After you get a list of the Lawyers in your area, bear a thorough background search on each and every one. Inspect their official Website and go by their profile, check out their Professional status and the work record.
You can check the Lawyer’s Profile in through the State Bar of Texas Website. You can get the certificate of the selected attorney, their experience, the date of their license issued and whether the Lawyer has any complaints filed against her/him. Narrow down the listing of Personal Injury Attorneys to a one digit number and start calling them. Speak to them about your Case and ask with them questions such as the how many number of similar Cases they have handled, how many won and many more.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
What Is Freelancing?
Nowadays, a freelancer is defined as someone who sells his or her services to employers or clients without a long-term contract.
Freelancers often deal directly with their clients, or possibly work as a contractor to a number of larger businesses, which then on-sell the freelancer’s services to their own client base. In the main, working as a freelancer implies that you don’t have staff working for you, and that you frequently work for more than one client.
It’s fair to say that nowadays there are more freelancers working in diverse fields than ever before, and much of this explosion is directly related to the rise of the Web. The Internet has been responsible for a huge jump in the numbers of freelancers operating around the globe. The ease of electronic communication, ability to develop virtual teams among other freelancers online, and broad acceptance of freelancing has meant that over the past decade or so it has become a highly popular career choice for millions of people.
The most common industries in which freelancers dwell in abundance, apart from the Web, are knowledge-based professions such as copywriting, photography, business consulting, information technology, journalism, marketing, and graphic design. Many of these offline professionals have a role in our online sphere as suppliers or consultants, and many of the principles discussed in this book would apply to their world as well.
However, this book will discuss principles of successful freelancing as the relate specifically to the Web; if you are a web designer or web developer considering going it alone, this is for you.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Three step for building your reputation
Amongst clients: When you do consistently good work you will naturally develop a positive reputation amongst your clients. Every freelancer should strive to build a strong reputation with their clients as it leads to referral work and repeat jobs.
Locally: Being known in your area is one step better as you will be get work from unexpected sources who may have heard of you even though you haven’t heard of them. This is the first step to having a reputation that proceeds you.
In your industry: If you are known as being amongst the best in your industry in a specific area or overall, you will be able to command far higher rates as well as better jobs. As an expert, you will also earn the respect of your clients, and your suggestions and input will carry more weight. Sometimes you may not even need to be amongst the best to be well known. You may simply be outspoken or have a knack for generating publicity. A reputation takes time to build and requires you be genuinely good at what you do. You should be aiming to build a reputation that reinforces your brand value, however a natural part of any reputation is expertise.
Building a reputation is dependant on three elements:
(1) You must do something to set you apart
The actions you take to improve or expand your reputation depends on whether you want to focus on your industry, clients or your community at large. If your focus is your industry you might speak at an event or create a local group. If your focus is the community at large, you might speak at your local chamber of commerce to small businesses wanting to learn more about your industry, or create a blog that offers information to those wanting to learn more about your industry. If you are building a reputation amongst clients you might aim to win awards, produce consistently good work or provide amazing levels of service that people can’t help but talk about.
(2) You must generate publicity
Building a reputation is to become renowned or famous in one area. To do that you must be noticed. This means networking, being seen at events, or volunteering for not-for-profit activities. Your aim should be to network and become widely known in your industry or community.
(3) You must be consistent
The reason a reputation takes time to build is that it must be done consistently and over time. You can’t provide great service to one client and not to another and expect to maintain a reputation for great service. Similarly you can’t build a reputation as an expert by writing a single article or winning one award. You must repeat your achievements and develop your reputation over time and on a consistent basis.
Although difficult, building a reputation will reap rewards. You will gain respect in your industry and from clients, you will win better jobs and your rates will be a reflection of that.
Locally: Being known in your area is one step better as you will be get work from unexpected sources who may have heard of you even though you haven’t heard of them. This is the first step to having a reputation that proceeds you.
In your industry: If you are known as being amongst the best in your industry in a specific area or overall, you will be able to command far higher rates as well as better jobs. As an expert, you will also earn the respect of your clients, and your suggestions and input will carry more weight. Sometimes you may not even need to be amongst the best to be well known. You may simply be outspoken or have a knack for generating publicity. A reputation takes time to build and requires you be genuinely good at what you do. You should be aiming to build a reputation that reinforces your brand value, however a natural part of any reputation is expertise.
Building a reputation is dependant on three elements:
(1) You must do something to set you apart
The actions you take to improve or expand your reputation depends on whether you want to focus on your industry, clients or your community at large. If your focus is your industry you might speak at an event or create a local group. If your focus is the community at large, you might speak at your local chamber of commerce to small businesses wanting to learn more about your industry, or create a blog that offers information to those wanting to learn more about your industry. If you are building a reputation amongst clients you might aim to win awards, produce consistently good work or provide amazing levels of service that people can’t help but talk about.
(2) You must generate publicity
Building a reputation is to become renowned or famous in one area. To do that you must be noticed. This means networking, being seen at events, or volunteering for not-for-profit activities. Your aim should be to network and become widely known in your industry or community.
(3) You must be consistent
The reason a reputation takes time to build is that it must be done consistently and over time. You can’t provide great service to one client and not to another and expect to maintain a reputation for great service. Similarly you can’t build a reputation as an expert by writing a single article or winning one award. You must repeat your achievements and develop your reputation over time and on a consistent basis.
Although difficult, building a reputation will reap rewards. You will gain respect in your industry and from clients, you will win better jobs and your rates will be a reflection of that.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Introducing the Zend Framework
The Zend Framework is indeed, in the words of the immortal Ernest Hemingway, a
“moveable feast.” Conceived and implemented as a robust, feature-rich component library for PHP developers, it allows you to quickly and efficiently perform a variety of common application development tasks, including creating and validating form input, processing XML, generating dynamic menus, paginating data, working with Web services, and much, much more!
Perhaps the most important contribution of the Zend Framework, however, is that it has advanced the art of PHP development by introducing PHP developers to a more standardized and structured approach to PHP programming. This structured approach results in cleaner, more maintainable and more secure applications, and it’s one of the key reasons that more and more developers are switching away from the older “ad-hoc” style of programming to the newer, framework-based approach.
For many novice PHP developers, though, the Zend Framework is a scary leap into the unknown. The Model-View-Controller pattern, the loosely coupled architecture, and the large number of available components often serve to befuddle developers who are used to “regular” procedural programming and find framework-based development too complex to understand.
It’s no exaggeration to say that PHP is today one of the most popular programming languages in the world, and the toolkit of choice for millions of Web application developers across the planet. According to recent statistics, the language is in use on more than 22 million Web sites and a third of the world’s Web servers—no small feat, especially when you consider that PHP is developed and maintained entirely by a worldwide community of volunteers with no commercial backing whatsoever!
“moveable feast.” Conceived and implemented as a robust, feature-rich component library for PHP developers, it allows you to quickly and efficiently perform a variety of common application development tasks, including creating and validating form input, processing XML, generating dynamic menus, paginating data, working with Web services, and much, much more!
Perhaps the most important contribution of the Zend Framework, however, is that it has advanced the art of PHP development by introducing PHP developers to a more standardized and structured approach to PHP programming. This structured approach results in cleaner, more maintainable and more secure applications, and it’s one of the key reasons that more and more developers are switching away from the older “ad-hoc” style of programming to the newer, framework-based approach.
For many novice PHP developers, though, the Zend Framework is a scary leap into the unknown. The Model-View-Controller pattern, the loosely coupled architecture, and the large number of available components often serve to befuddle developers who are used to “regular” procedural programming and find framework-based development too complex to understand.
It’s no exaggeration to say that PHP is today one of the most popular programming languages in the world, and the toolkit of choice for millions of Web application developers across the planet. According to recent statistics, the language is in use on more than 22 million Web sites and a third of the world’s Web servers—no small feat, especially when you consider that PHP is developed and maintained entirely by a worldwide community of volunteers with no commercial backing whatsoever!
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Magento is an open source script for your e-commerce store
Magento is an open source e-commerce system that runs on most web-hosting services. It is one of the most powerful, flexible, and customizable e-commerce systems at your disposal. It is also the fastest-growing e-commerce system available on the market.
Magento offers you an extensive suite of powerful tools for creating and managing an online store. As your online store grows, you can be sure that this robust e-commerce system will handle your needs. However, getting started with Magento can be difficult without the right guidance. This book provides that guidance in the form of a step-by-step approach to build a simple and effective online store. As you follow along with the guided lessons, you will see how an online coffee store is created from the ground up. This book will do more than just show you what you need to do when you build your store. We will discuss why we choose certain options and how to make the best decisions when faced with Magento's many options.
Magento enables you to create several stores that you can control from the same
administrative interface. For example, you could have a discount store, a retail store, and a wholesale store—all controlled from the same Magento installation. To make the administration even easier, these stores can share payment and customer information. Although multiple storefronts are beyond the scope of this book, what you learn about setting up a single store will be applicable to any storefronts that you decide to add later.
Although Magento enables you to accept payment in multiple currencies, this book shows you how to create a store that accepts a single currency. However, the payment methods that you set up for the single currency can also be used for multiple currencies if you decide to expand your store in that direction.
Magento offers you an extensive suite of powerful tools for creating and managing an online store. As your online store grows, you can be sure that this robust e-commerce system will handle your needs. However, getting started with Magento can be difficult without the right guidance. This book provides that guidance in the form of a step-by-step approach to build a simple and effective online store. As you follow along with the guided lessons, you will see how an online coffee store is created from the ground up. This book will do more than just show you what you need to do when you build your store. We will discuss why we choose certain options and how to make the best decisions when faced with Magento's many options.
Magento enables you to create several stores that you can control from the same
administrative interface. For example, you could have a discount store, a retail store, and a wholesale store—all controlled from the same Magento installation. To make the administration even easier, these stores can share payment and customer information. Although multiple storefronts are beyond the scope of this book, what you learn about setting up a single store will be applicable to any storefronts that you decide to add later.
Although Magento enables you to accept payment in multiple currencies, this book shows you how to create a store that accepts a single currency. However, the payment methods that you set up for the single currency can also be used for multiple currencies if you decide to expand your store in that direction.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Best 8 Wiki Software for your project
There are lots of open-source and commercial wiki software packages available online. You can search with Google with the wiki keyword and can find lots of wiki software. Here are a few popular wiki software packages available:
1. DokuWiki: DokuWiki is a simple wiki engine based on PHP and can be used to create any type of document. It is simple and standards compliant. It is suitable for small companies, development teams, and user groups. The most interesting part of this wiki is that it does not have any database. As a result all the data is saved in a plain text file. The syntax is very simple yet powerful enough to create any type of content. Key features include: simplified editing, linking, support for image and other files, plug-ins support to extend wiki functionality.
2. PhpWiki: PhpWiki is a clone of original WikiWikiWeb. It was the first wiki software written in PHP and was released in 1999. It supports a majority of the databases. The installation process is very simple and gives you what you look for in an out-of-the-box solution. It supports plug-ins in order to increase functionality. It is suitable for freeform discussion-based site creation and also for collaborative development sites.
3. PmWiki: PmWiki is a PHP-based wiki that does not require any database. It is very easy to install and to extend its functionality. It supports a template system in order to change the look and feel of the website as well as the functionality to a great extent. It also provides an access control system in order to protect site pages or groups of pages by enabling a password-protected mechanism. It also gives ample opportunity to customize the site as well as extend its functionality using plug-ins.
4. Wikipage: It is small, but a wiki standard, easy-to-use system. Wikipage is more secure than Tipwiki. It has password-protection support for access control, multilanguage and multisite support. Other common features include file uploading, table support etc.
5. TWiki: TWiki is a flexible, powerful, and easy-to-use enterprise collaboration platform and knowledge management system. It is a structured wiki written in Perl. It is typically used to run a project development space, a document management system, a knowledge base, or any other groupware tool, on an intranet or on the Internet. It does not require any database since the data are stored in file system. It has a powerful plug-ins system with more than 200 plug-ins available to use such as spreadsheet, image gallery, slide shows, drawings, charts, graphs, etc.
6. Kwiki: Kwiki is perhaps the simplest to install, most modular, and easiest to extend. It is written in Perl and also available in CPAN. Other than providing basic wiki features,Kwiki by default offers slide shows, page backups, privacy options, and blog capabilities that are not found in any other wiki. It supports a plug-ins system in order to extend functionality.
7. MoinMoin: MoinMoin is written in Python and has been derived from the PikiPiki wiki engine. This wiki uses a flat file and folder in order to save data. It does not require any database for operation. It is extensible and customizable. It supports sub-pages, Unicode, RSS feed, a template system, theme support, an access control list, and an anti-spam feature.
8. QwikiWiki: QwikiWiki is another wiki system written in PHP and does not require any SQL database in order to operate. It uses cookies and its own file system in order to process and manage files. It has some key features like file uploading, a template system, and an access control system.
1. DokuWiki: DokuWiki is a simple wiki engine based on PHP and can be used to create any type of document. It is simple and standards compliant. It is suitable for small companies, development teams, and user groups. The most interesting part of this wiki is that it does not have any database. As a result all the data is saved in a plain text file. The syntax is very simple yet powerful enough to create any type of content. Key features include: simplified editing, linking, support for image and other files, plug-ins support to extend wiki functionality.
2. PhpWiki: PhpWiki is a clone of original WikiWikiWeb. It was the first wiki software written in PHP and was released in 1999. It supports a majority of the databases. The installation process is very simple and gives you what you look for in an out-of-the-box solution. It supports plug-ins in order to increase functionality. It is suitable for freeform discussion-based site creation and also for collaborative development sites.
3. PmWiki: PmWiki is a PHP-based wiki that does not require any database. It is very easy to install and to extend its functionality. It supports a template system in order to change the look and feel of the website as well as the functionality to a great extent. It also provides an access control system in order to protect site pages or groups of pages by enabling a password-protected mechanism. It also gives ample opportunity to customize the site as well as extend its functionality using plug-ins.
4. Wikipage: It is small, but a wiki standard, easy-to-use system. Wikipage is more secure than Tipwiki. It has password-protection support for access control, multilanguage and multisite support. Other common features include file uploading, table support etc.
5. TWiki: TWiki is a flexible, powerful, and easy-to-use enterprise collaboration platform and knowledge management system. It is a structured wiki written in Perl. It is typically used to run a project development space, a document management system, a knowledge base, or any other groupware tool, on an intranet or on the Internet. It does not require any database since the data are stored in file system. It has a powerful plug-ins system with more than 200 plug-ins available to use such as spreadsheet, image gallery, slide shows, drawings, charts, graphs, etc.
6. Kwiki: Kwiki is perhaps the simplest to install, most modular, and easiest to extend. It is written in Perl and also available in CPAN. Other than providing basic wiki features,Kwiki by default offers slide shows, page backups, privacy options, and blog capabilities that are not found in any other wiki. It supports a plug-ins system in order to extend functionality.
7. MoinMoin: MoinMoin is written in Python and has been derived from the PikiPiki wiki engine. This wiki uses a flat file and folder in order to save data. It does not require any database for operation. It is extensible and customizable. It supports sub-pages, Unicode, RSS feed, a template system, theme support, an access control list, and an anti-spam feature.
8. QwikiWiki: QwikiWiki is another wiki system written in PHP and does not require any SQL database in order to operate. It uses cookies and its own file system in order to process and manage files. It has some key features like file uploading, a template system, and an access control system.
Friday, December 18, 2009
You should know about MediaWiki before using wiki engines
Before we get down to starting on wiki engines (and wikis in general), I would like to take a minute to present a case in point—the wiki that started it all.
Wikipedia
The free encyclopedia that anyone can edit is the slogan of Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia. Wikipedia is a great online resource center for everyone and every purpose. It is the biggest multilingual encyclopedia available online, containing over 2 million articles and still growing. You won't be surprised to hear that many of us have first heard the term wiki from the site Wikipedia. Have you ever wondered what software is managing such a huge number of articles and performing flawlessly? The software is none other than MediaWiki, a wiki engine that manages wiki site. Now let's see what a wiki means.
Wiki
A wiki is a browser-based collaborative writing environment, in which a community may amass and exchange information on particular topics, and to which anyone may contribute without having web programming skills. In other words, a wiki is a piece of software that is used for collaborative content creation. Different people have different ideas about what a wiki really is, but whichever definition we take, a wiki is software that handles complex problems in a
simple manner.
According to Leuf and Cunningham, the creators of the original wiki concept, "a wiki is a freely expandable collection of interlinked web pages, a hypertext system for storing and modifying information—a database, where each page can easily be edited by any user with a forms-capable web browser client". The content can be directly linked to that found in other wikis and in web documents.
In many situations, we need something collaborative on the Internet. We should be able to contribute to a particular discussion and ensure that everyone has the ability to participate. Wiki gives us this opportunity and flexibility to perform such tasks. To use a wiki, we do not have to be a webmaster or have knowledge about web programming. We do not need any special software for that. Just open a web browser, go to a wiki site and start writing. We neither have to wait for a webmaster to upload our contents and share with others, nor do we have to wait for any administrator to approve our contents to be shown. We can do it ourselves instantly.
Wikipedia
The free encyclopedia that anyone can edit is the slogan of Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia. Wikipedia is a great online resource center for everyone and every purpose. It is the biggest multilingual encyclopedia available online, containing over 2 million articles and still growing. You won't be surprised to hear that many of us have first heard the term wiki from the site Wikipedia. Have you ever wondered what software is managing such a huge number of articles and performing flawlessly? The software is none other than MediaWiki, a wiki engine that manages wiki site. Now let's see what a wiki means.
Wiki
A wiki is a browser-based collaborative writing environment, in which a community may amass and exchange information on particular topics, and to which anyone may contribute without having web programming skills. In other words, a wiki is a piece of software that is used for collaborative content creation. Different people have different ideas about what a wiki really is, but whichever definition we take, a wiki is software that handles complex problems in a
simple manner.
According to Leuf and Cunningham, the creators of the original wiki concept, "a wiki is a freely expandable collection of interlinked web pages, a hypertext system for storing and modifying information—a database, where each page can easily be edited by any user with a forms-capable web browser client". The content can be directly linked to that found in other wikis and in web documents.
In many situations, we need something collaborative on the Internet. We should be able to contribute to a particular discussion and ensure that everyone has the ability to participate. Wiki gives us this opportunity and flexibility to perform such tasks. To use a wiki, we do not have to be a webmaster or have knowledge about web programming. We do not need any special software for that. Just open a web browser, go to a wiki site and start writing. We neither have to wait for a webmaster to upload our contents and share with others, nor do we have to wait for any administrator to approve our contents to be shown. We can do it ourselves instantly.
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