DCKAP Builds HealthCare Infotainment for Lyceum Health

DCKAP Builds HealthCare Infotainment for Lyceum Health
MyHealthTips.com brings accessible & entertaining evidence-based health information

Useful and funny health films from Dr. Robert Buckman, with MONTY PYTHON star Terry Jones help people understand and manage chronic diseases, complemented by online tools and coaching-support systems from Lyceum Health. The health tips are validated by evidence-based research from medical experts.

Myhealthtips.com brings the top ten tips for health videos featuring Dr. Rob Buckman and Terry Jones. Myhealthtips.com also has News & Digests, Online Tools & Resources, Points & Rewards, Experts Stories and Patients Stories. The site offers five online, subscription-based programs created with medical experts and award-winning entertainers. Videos discuss Type 2 Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Weight Control, How to Quit Smoking and Asthma.

DCKAPdeveloped the health care application Myhealthtips.com for Lyceum Health. Powered by the open source content management platform running millions of web applications, Drupal, this versatile edutainment site was built by DCKAP to the unique business requirements and precise client specifications in seventy seven days. The site effectively demonstrates configurability and customization, creative use of media, content delivery and payment processing functionality, with a delightful user experience. And don’t forget the gift option at checkout!

Technologies Used

• Drupal 6.22
• PHP 5.3
• MySql 5.1.37
• Wowza Media Server 3.0.3

Myhealthtips.com implements Ubercart for online sales of the programs offered (videos, web tools and pdf documents), along with processing for VAT. It helps the users to purchase the programs in their currency of choice, including the US Dollar, the Euro and the Canadian Dollar.

Payment processing in enabled using Paypal Payment Pro.

Videos of all the chapters of every program are shown on the site using JW Player.

WowzaMedia Server and Windows Media Security are used to make the videos highly secure. Health Programs content is loaded as a PDF documents. Document reader is embedded in the website using Scribd so that the user can easily read, search, print and download the files.

Wowza Media Server is a unified server software used for streaming of live and on-demand video, audio, and rich Internet applications (RIAs) over public and private IP networks to desktop, laptop, and tablet computers, mobile devices, IPTV set-top boxes, internet-connected TV sets, and other network-connected devices.

A team of world-class support program facilitators, health educators, medical copywriters and editors, designers, medical illustrators and technology experts, Lyceum Health researched and developed over 1,500 patient and family education programs over the last 14 years. Lyceum Health teams up medical experts with award-winning comedic entertainers. MyHealthTips.com is owned and operated by Lyceum Health.

In 1994, Dr. Buckman was made Canadian Humanist of the Year, and in 2003 received the Fleming Medal of the Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science. Rob had passed away in his sleep on his flight home to Toronto in October 2011. This would honor Rob’s legacy, not only as a leading expert in doctor-patient communication, but also as a gifted comedian and entertainer.

Writer, film director, performer, comedian, popular historian, political commentator and TV

documentary host Terry Jones is best known for his Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Terry studied English and History at Oxford. He continues to lecture and has received honorary doctorates from several universities.

Joomla 1.7.2 Released

Joomla 1.7.2 Released

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Open Source Sees Surge in Q3/11 – Client Interest in Drupal Up

Open source technologies for business applications, from small business solutions to enterprise-grade systems, registered higher interest from clients during third quarter 2011, DCKAP has noted.

New projects during this period have shown a distinct preference for the open source web development platform Drupal.

Fremont, CA Oct. 21, 2011 – Open source technologies for business applications, from small business solutions to enterprise-grade systems, registered higher interest from clients during third quarter 2011, Fremont based global technology services company DCKAP has noted. New projects during this period have shown a distinct preference for the open source web development platform Drupal.

Globally, open-source software is driving innovation. Recent research confirms the trend in corporate governance with high profile, scalable sites increasingly migrating to Drupal. The study also shows 187 of the Inc. 5000 companies have their main site on Drupal. Business, education, government and many other sectors see Drupal as the next generation platform to create a robust Web presence. Corporate world continues to gain significant benefits from open-source web and database applications. Drupal has demonstrated that it can significantly improve SEO rankings.

DCKAP, with its extensive expertise, has been at the forefront of offering services in Drupal development, having developed numerous Web applications using Drupal. DCKAP provides comprehensive Drupal services for business web applications.

DCKAP has developed many successful Drupal applications with MySQL, such as. DCKAP’s Drupal development group is staffed with experienced developers, programmers, designers and SEO specialists.

With DCKAP’s custom online content applications and user communities in Drupal, you can publish rich content, interact with customers, build communities around your products and services and achieve a competitive edge. Drupal’s extensible architecture also provides a significant advantage and is well suited for enterprise web applications.

Drupal enjoys a steady growth of its user base. A study by w3techs showed that currently, nine websites among the top million every day, decide to start using Drupal. While during the year the usage of Drupal grew steadily from 1.4 per cent to 1.7 per cent of all websites, it has seen a steep rise during July-Sept, 2011.

Usage of Drupal for websites
src: W3Techs.com, 3 Oct 2011

About DCKAP
DCKAP (www.dckap.com) is a Fremont, CA based global technology services company delivering technology driven business solutions that meet the strategic objectives of the clients. Founded in 2005, with offices in USA, the UK, Australia and development center in India, DCKAP has earned appreciation from well respected Fortune 100 companies for its competent applications development services.
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Word Press, Why Use it on your Website

Have you ever tried to say something in a unique way only to discover you couldn’t and then settled down for the mundane way of saying it? This is precisely what happens to many people in the Internet world. They know what it is they are after whether it’s a slogan for a product or a product description to include in a press release but they know nothing about phrasing it or marketing it. They are also ignorant of how to get their work done through the internet. WordPress can change all that.

First up they should look into what E-Commerce is. This system allows website owners to market their products and also pay for the marketing or selling of the products with a shopping card. This gives the owners the convenience of putting their entire expenses on one monthly bill rather than have to worry about finances and have to keep checking to assure oneself that everything was paid punctually and completely.

After this the website owner should create an account with several compatible websites or those that deal with same or similar topics. The reason for so doing is the creation of a membership of these sites that enables the owner to sell goods from his site to the compatible site so that revenue is generated. As a result articles could be bought for coaching and consulting purposes from the other sites, giving more revenue to the site owner. Specific articles like instructional articles could get in more revenue if there is demand for them like “How to get out of debt in 12 months without giving up your home.” You can get income from news articles also but since news is free it should be news that is not widespread or is geared towards the website’s content. As an example the local news station would cover the horrible crash on the freeway in which 4 lives were lost but it would not spend a tenth of that time on how much baseball cards have gone up or down in value in the last 10 years. But if this was your website’s special niche you can treat it as newsworthy.

WordPress is the best companion to the website software you are trying to set up because it is easy to use and is compatible with any software program that a computer has. You can also use it to track your E – Commerce actions and the revenue you generate from the articles you sell. You can learn from it how to write articles and publish them so that they look professional. You can zoom in and find that one phrase you want that will make you sound like an expert in your field and add to your intelligence factor and credibility amongst customers.

10 Excellent Reasons to Use WordPress

WordPress is the most famous blogging tool available today. It is also a powerful content management system which you can use for more than just blogging. You can build a powerful business website using WordPress. There are 10 main reasons why WordPress is excellent for small business websites.

1. The first reason for WordPress is it is free to use and is only a one click installation in your hosting package. There are no fees for using WordPress and you can create a site with the same ease of choosing a template or adding content.
2. The designers of WordPress kept the end user in mind. Technical skills are not required like knowing HTML, CSS or any other computer coding. Even a first time computer user can install and update content because it is straightforward and easy to use.
3. Because WordPress is blogging software you can publish content with ease. The content can take different forms like articles, news, specials, tips or anything else that has to do with your small business. In turn the search engines will index your content and send traffic back to your website
4. You will find a WordPress website to be fast and fully searchable. If you add a search box to your website visitors will go to your post and articles archive and find the required information
5. You will now find a static home page on WordPress websites where the company’s main message is displayed front and center for your visitors. You can assign the blog section to any other page and give it any name you want like blog, news, specials or events.
6. A small business owner can choose from any one of the many WordPress templates and can use it as it is or modify it so it looks and feels like it is in line with his business. The best part is that no content is lost when the templates are changed and you can use the preview option to check on how the new template will look before agreeing to a change.
7. The size of your WordPress business website, small or large, depends upon you. Your WordPress website can be one page long or it can have a complicated navigation system with menus that display, sections, subsections, and sub – subsections etc. This means that you can expand your WordPress at will
8. Plug-ins and widgets support the WordPress websites and help with SEO functions, advertising, form creation, spam control, menus and lots more. Their creators support the plug-ins and widgets which are free to use.
9. Once you have made your WordPress go online you can edit it from any computer anywhere in the world. So the small business owner can add, modify or delete content anywhere, anytime. The services of a web designer are not needed for making small changes to your business website.
10. All the data from your WordPress website can be backed up. So if you should have a disaster with your current hosted version of your website, you can still recover your valuable data. And if you choose to you can even move your entire website to another web host service

As you have just seen even though WordPress was originally meant to be a platform for blogging you don’t have to use it only as a blogging tool. You can use it run your website with or without a “blog.” Your website gets many advantages from using WordPress. You can use it for easy publishing and to change the content. And if you want your search engine rankings to be good you need fresh unique content. You WordPress website is a content management system that takes care of all your needs like updating your website.

PHP Application Development How it Helps

If you want a general purpose scripting language that is used extensively in web development application look no further than PHP development. It has an additional advantage in that it can easily be embedded into HTML as well. There are many people the world over who know PHP but among them only relatively few are able to handle it effectively.

PHP supports different databases including well known ones like MySQL, Oracle, Informix, Sybase, Solid, Generic ODBC, PostgreSQL, etc. The wonder of PHP is that it can change its functionality according to ones requirements. You can also develop complex websites. Other than developing websites PHP has been used in the development of enterprising solutions like e – shopping carts with CMS, CRM solutions, web calendars for communities etc. Developers have also used it for open source software integration like OsCommerce, Drupal, Joomla, Typo3, Simple Machine Forum, vBulletin, phpAdsNew, phpBB Eventum, and others. PHP has become an accepted scripting language worldwide thanks to its benefits and areas of applications. In the glut of software languages today PHP stands fourth.

If you are on the lookout for PHP developers in India who are very knowledgeable about PHP web development than you must try to find a company that is a specialist in PHP application development. Now PHP in India also has made many people interested. Because of its importance many companies are now outsourcing PHP programmers. You can hire a company that has carved a niche for itself in open source development.

Developers of PHP in India have served clients from across industries like Retail, Telecom, Travel, and others. Noting its importance many PHP developers in India have begun using this technology .

After reading of its benefits you would doubtless want some of its features on your website. So hire a PHP developer now. You will get complete web application development solutions. If you want customized Web Application Development facility, then they can also provide you with that. A good PHP programmer will plan the process, implement it and finally test the application for long shelf life. This means you have zero maintenance on your hands. Any problem you face or help you need in the future can be obtained by contacting a PHP web Development Company. They also have prompt after sales service. For more info visit as at dckap.com .

Magento Makes Shopping Easy

Magento makes a lot of things easier both for the customers and for the administration.

Magento has an excellent programming structure and is able to update project codes frequently. The time taken to install these updates is less. There’s no need to go through lines and lines of codes. Other open – source shopping cart software is difficult to customize but Magento gives a whole range of possibilities for customization.

It is only the interface that makes use of versatile modular designs and this helps to create all of the modules that are needed to be created while making them customer friendly. The control over stores and sites is impressive. In fact a number of stores and websites can be controlled with just one administration panel and the updating security is easy. Magento also offers order editing and coupons, meta tags and SEO URL’s and even comparisons of products, capacity to edit order emails, reporting of abandoned shopping cart and the ability to estimate shipping without having to log in to one’s account.

Also good feedback is received from shoppers. They say that Magento helps them to easily find the product they are searching. And if they are already in the checkout process and want to order something else they do not have to leave the check out as they can see their order information and edit it from where they are. They can even ship to numerous addresses by completing just a single order. Customers really like the fact that they can make their own wish list and also are able to rate and review the products they purchased.

All About Drupal

Drupal – What is it?

It is an open – source content management system (CMS). It is an environment that allows you to develop powerful websites quickly and easily.

Drupal. Why use it?

Because it’s free. You can use it to manage your website content by storing and editing your content and data displaying website pages easily and instantly edit your websites appearance using Themes (templates). Drupal allows you to easily add features to your website such as Image galleries, Blogs, Forums, Calendars, Video streaming, Podcasts and many more features. Drupal has a large online community which support each other and develop Drupal add – on modules to give extra functionality to the system. Begin now with Drupal at Drupl.org

Drupal. How it works

There is a database in which all content such as articles, information, user details etc. are stored. One can access and manage the database via a database server. Themes are used to handle the design and layout of a Drupal site. Graphics and text are used to style these template files. By using themes you can change the appearance of your website without modifying any of your content. PHP programming language is used for Drupal. Because it is open source, PHP is free to use.

There are 3 things required to work; a server environment, such as Apache, A PHP Server and a mySQL database server. You can download all of these in a complete package to use while developing websites on your PC. Windows users can check out Xampp, while Linux users can use Lamp. You can install Drupal and start making websites when once you have your development environment set up

How to install and setup Drupal

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How Drupal Themes work

Your content is styled and displayed by Drupal using themes. Theme template files and theme functions make up a theme. You can see your theme template file through an html and css styled template file. So your site design and content are separate. This means that you keep your content intact while changing the visual display easily.

How to change the theme in Drupal

There are two themes that can be applied to your website in Drupal; the default Theme and administration Theme. The administration theme is applied when the administrator is logged in and he is viewing pages under the Administer menu item. For all other cases the default theme is applied to the website. To change the default theme, navigate to Administer, Site Building, and Themes. Scroll down to select the theme you want and enable it by checking the checkbox. Activate it by selecting the radio button (column labeled as default). Scroll down and click Save configuration. To change the administration theme, navigate to Administer, Site Configuration, and Administration theme. Select the name of the theme you want to use as the administration theme. Click Save configuration.

Improve Your Online Store with Magento Ecommerce

Setting up an online store is a fast growing business. You can sell many items online like clothing, gadgets, computers, mobile phones, jewelries, books among others. To cater to this trend there is a need for ecommerce software applications to support online businesses. One of the most versatile ecommerce software applications that are prominent today is Magento Commerce. With this software you can control every department of your online business from merchandising to promotions.

What is Magento Ecommerce?

It is an Open Source ecommerce application. This means that your store and your platform are free to customize it based on the business model’s directions and its goals and objectives. There is also the advantage of scalability since you can expand freely in the years to come. More customers can be reached by site owners through using Magento’s multi-store retailing functionality. Also Magento technologies have SEO features and user experience that will help the business to grow.

What Magento Ecommerce has to offer?

Magento is many featured. It has special tools like marketing promotions and tools, site management, multi-address shipping, product browsing, and many more that will distinguish your business from others. Here are some of the more prominent features.

Site Management – You can control multiple websites and stores from one Administration Panel with this tool. You can share or retain as much info as you wish.

Marketing and Promotion Tools – This helps to increase conversion rates by creating efficient variety of promotions.

Catalog Management – Use this tool to manage the dynamic catalog through an admin interface. There are many options to choose from.

Analytics and Reporting – This tool helps you to react to your customer needs by providing visibility in store performance.

Shipping – This tool will show you the real-time carrier rates, with support for account specific rates, flat or table rates for your customers.

Order Management – with this tool you can view orders, create invoice/receipt and shipment records for Sales Orders, and credit memos for your customers.

Payments – Magento is integrated with a variety of major payment gateways out of the box, and also alternative payment methods from PayPal, Amazon and Google.

The features listed here are just some of which Magento has to offer. With Magento Ecommerce, creativity is unlimited.

PHP–International Web Programming Language

If you are keen on finding a web based application that will give you both a user friendly experience and also manage your database then you need look no further than Hyper Text Pre-processor or PHP. PHP was invented in 1995 and is now the best web programming language around. If the client wants integration to take place between the project and the database, this program is perfect. PHP is an open source web development framework so it has all built – in enhancements that turn it into a complete web application developing program for any requirement. Other giants like .Net and Java lose out the PHP which has an edge over them.

These days the requisite is for a dynamic website where the content can be modified and periodically updated. Sadly there was a shortage of such sites. This made it very difficult for programming languages and things only got worse when the client asked for SEO friendly websites. With the advent of PHP the problem of a static website came to an end. Every new version that hit the market increased the performance and security of the internet programming language.

Features

The lines of code are drastically reduced with PHP. This helps the quality team in the testing process.

Safe and secure applications

PHP enabled websites show increased performance, reliability and user friendliness

Because PHP is an open source language cost and time is reduced in building an application or a website

PHP websites helps both developers and owners. Easy to maintain site and PHP has international standards of language.

Website owners who have used PHP to build up their websites have an easy search engine friendly website that develops multi features web based applications. The majority of companies hire PHP programmers as the work gets done on a project basis and on time. Web developer hire on the other hand is the best way if you want to be free of problems like managing employees, time for resources and studying about latest technologies.

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