UniFlip is the first in the world to develop an online system that automatically converts MS Office 2000, 2007 and Adobe PDF files into Flip Flash page e-publications and e-documents.

The online service can be used for e-magazines, e-brochures, e-catalogues, photo albums and other ordinary printed publications. The system includes a range of user customized enhanced functions in one single online process and everyone can use the system – no technical knowledge required.

Upload the file to the UniFlip server and you soon receive an email with a link to the file, now converted to Adobe Flash online e-publication.

If you can’t be published in the “real world” then why not do it in cyberspace? You may have to jump in the blogging bandwagon. Bloggers are like online columnists and their blogs are their online columns. Since blogging standards are quite loose (although a certain code of ethics should still be followed and more of this in later posts), bloggers can choose the theme, the content, and the style of their blogs without an editor snooping behind him. You also don’t have to pay much. If you have a computer with internet connection, then you’re all set. Just check several sites on the web that offers free blogging space.

A website was launched this week for punters who fancy a go at creating software for vintage Acorn 8-bit hardware. RetroSoftware.co.uk was set up to give a helping hand to anyone who wants to take a nostalgic trip back to the days of hacking together 6502 assembler code or wants to experience writing for 1980s microcomputer hardware for the first time. Beta testers, musicians, artists and illustrators and other contributors are also welcome to join in, we’re told.

It’s hoped the site will reach a point where it can begin publishing users’ software with proper disc releases and printed materials, just like the good old days when the Acorn Beeb ruled the classroom and fought against the ZX81 for a place in every British living room.

Determine your audience. Is it for kids or for adults? Do you need to put Parental Guidance signs? What language would you use? Will your target readers access your site in school, in the office, or at home? Will your site be viewed by users with slow Internet connection?

Are these questions important? Yes! The design and content of your site will largely depend on whatever answers you come up with.

Make sure that the site is organized. Users will not return to your site if they get confused navigating through it. Besides, an organized design would also be easier to maintain. You can easily add or change the design and content eventually. The best way to insure this is to create a diagram on the flow of information that will be used in your site. The simpler you make it, the easier it is for you as the designer and also for your readers.

If you have no idea yet on how to start, research. Visit similar sites and take note of how they are designed and presented. Of course, this doesn’t mean that you copy them. But at least you’ll get an idea on now to go about your own site.

Don’t forget to read up on new innovations. The Internet is pretty much fast when it comes to introducing new web services and internet applications that can be good additions to your site. In other words, try to keep up with the changes.

Websites are of great use in our society today. Businessman and almost all institutions use websites to disseminate information to different people around the world easily through the World Wide Web. Generally Websites as well as the World Wide Web had been design for the purpose of facilitating information sharing. The quality of websites greatly depends on its content and how it was published.

Here are some web publishing tips that will ensure that your website to be a hit:

• Make sure to use real stories that will promote your site’s goal. Create few profiles to be promoted in your site

• Use thumbnails (57×57). Effective thumbnails capture the detail of your sites content. It should also give visual ties to text and headers of your site. Thumbnails should also be an active link.

• Use simple words that can be easily understood by the visitors.

• Go direct to the point. It is better to be concise and clear with all the points.

Ahh… what is considered plagiarism in Web 2.0? Difficult since most if not all blogs tend to get information from other blogs of the same niche. You really don’t have to ask permission if you are to link to the other site. After all, the Web 2.0 Culture promotes freedom in information exchange. Despite this, it is always nice and ethical to inform the writer or webmaster of a particular blog if you mean to link to it (which can always be reciprocated by a link-back) or if you are to get a lot of information, most especially original content, from his site.

Most original graphics (static and animated) and text are under the protection of U.S. and international copyright laws. In this case, research first on where or whom to get the necessary permission to reproduce the particular text or graphics. Free information exchange does not equal to plagiarism.

If you aren’t confident about making your own content, then you can enlist someone else to do your writing for you. Just make sure that any content submitted to you – or even the stuff you write yourself – passes a plagiarism checker to see whether your content has already been published on the web.

Besides, people always love reading original content, and as long as you keep posting something new regularly, people are bound to come back because it’s something they won’t find anywhere else.

The import/export feature opens up a whole new range of portability for your blogs, as well as allows for a few new options in the blog creation process. To get you started, we’ve rounded up a handful of ideas that can be done with importing and exporting:

* Merge two or more blogs into one. Have a few scattered blogs and want to get a fresh start? Now you can combine comments and posts from multiple blogs into a brand new blog.
* Move individual posts from blog to blog. Cross-publish your posts on multiple blogs, or transfer large batches of posts from one blog to another with a single click.
* Back up your blog to your own storage. It’s never a bad idea to create backup copies of your own content, and now you can easily export an archival copy of your blog to your hard drive with a simple tool.
* Move your blog somewhere else. Our standard Atom XML export format will open up new blogging channels between providers, and let you take your content with you should you decide to move somewhere else. And of course, if you decide to come back to Blogger, importing your export file will get you back up and running in seconds.

As of the moment, it’s only available for Blogger blogs.

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