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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------ClubRiada, The Riada Newsletter, Issue 9, August 1999
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In this issue we give you a sneak preview of Riada's latest hot web tool, 1stRiadaMelt, tell you how to get a copy before it's official Internet release and how to take advantage of our special customer discount! We also have for you the latest 1stRiadaBillboard and 1stRiadaHeadline updates, RiadaGallery with who's been using Riada products and how, an amazing entry from our competition winner, and what to do if you've lost your registration details. Cheers!
Daniel Adair
Founder, Riada International
NEWS
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- New Riada Product: 1stRiadaMelt 1.0
Whether you're promoting a movie, service or simply highlighting your company name and logo, you can now bedazzle visitors to your web site and keep their attention with the dynamic text effects of 1stRiadaMelt.
You'll never run out of ideas with the huge range of transitions and colors. You can even create your own effects! Ripple, slink and melt your text horizontally or vertically through all the amazing colors of the rainbow.
Total design control is in your hands with speed, pause, border styles and other attributes for perfect effects and integration into your web site.
You can even incorporate logos and other images, and all images can be animated and used as a background or foreground mask.
Use the Dynamic Text to embed the date and time into melts, and keep them up to date, by choosing on which days to display melts and when they should expire. If your melts change often, save even more time and effort by dynamically updating them with a file from the server.
1stRiadaMelt's design environment means you can easily create projects with just a click of a button, without complicated editing of HTML parameters, and a context sensitive Help is displayed to guide you while you work.
1stRiadaMelt is free for use on a single unique domain while displaying embedded Riada advertisements. To remove these advertisements, a Standard Domain Registration License can be purchased for $29AUD (approx. $19US) and used on up to 5 unique domains. Or an Unlimited Domain Registration License can be purchased for $53AUD (approx. $34US) and used on as many domains as you like. Projects produced with 1stRiadaMelt require a Java enabled browser. 1stRiadaMelt's design system requires Windows 95/98/NT, 8 Mb RAM and 3 Mb free hard disk space.
Additional information about this product is available at:
http://www.riada.com/Products/RiadaMelt
- Special Offer: 40% Customer Discount on 1stRiadaMelt
Existing Riada customers can purchase a copy of 1stRiadaMelt at a special discounted price until the 18th August 1999. To obtain your 1stRiadaMelt at the discount price, please refer to the instructions in the Issue 9 ClubRiada news brief, recently emailed to customers.
- New Builds of 1stRiadaBillboard and 1stRiadaHeadline
Updates of 1stRiadaBillboard 1.10 (Build 76) and 1stRiadaHeadline 1.10 (Build 71) are available from the Riada web site. Customers that are not already registered users of 1stRiadaHeadline or 1stRiadaBillboard, please visit http://www.riada.com/Products/RiadaBillboard and http://www.riada.com/Products/RiadaHeadline for more information and price details.
- Free Update for 1stRiadaBillboard and 1stRiadaHeadline Users
The update (Build 76) of 1stRiadaBillboard 1.10 is free to existing registered users of 1stRiadaBillboard, while the update (Build 71) of 1stRiadaHeadline 1.10 is free to existing registered users of 1stRiadaHeadline.
You can find out which build of 1stRiadaBillboard or 1stRiadaHeadline you currently have by selecting the \"About\" option from the Help menu of the products. If you have an earlier build than those listed above, simply download and install the latest updates!
Please note that if you are still using version 1.03 (or earlier) of 1stRiadaBillboard or 1stRiadaHeadline, after installing the updates you'll need to re-enter the following details into each product's Registration dialog box, as per your original registration email sent by Riada when you first purchased version 1.03 (or earlier) of the products:
(1) Registration Name
(2) Registration Key
(3) Customer ID
If you no longer have a copy of your registration details, please complete the form at http://www.riada.com/Sales/lostreg.html.
- Lost Registration Details
You can request a copy of your registration details by completing the form at http://www.riada.com/Sales/lostreg.html, but please note that losing your registration details is like losing store bought software disks/CDs. Riada cannot guarantee that copies/re-issue of registration details will be provided, so if you still have the Registration Confirmation email sent to you by Riada, you should print it out and keep a back up copy on diskette, in case of hard disk failure.
COMPETITION
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The Gold winner for this issue of ClubRiada is Holiday Media for their outstanding use of RiadaButton. Check out their RiadaGallery submission below along with the Silver winner (used RiadaLock) and the two Bronze winners (both used 1stRiadaHeadline).
Winners of Gold awards each receive a free registered copy of any current Riada software title of their choice, and a link to their site and a congratulatory note is also published on the *FRONT PAGE OF THE RIADA WEB SITE*. All winners receive either Gold, Silver or Bronze trophy images to display on their Riada enabled web site, plus the web sites of Silver and Bronze winners are highlighted in the ClubRiada section on the Riada web site. Submissions for both Hints/Tips and RiadaGallery are eligible and entries are assessed in terms of originality, usefulness and style with which Riada products are applied.
RIADAGALLERY
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Show off your Riada enabled web site to the world by submitting it to RiadaGallery. A page of links of RiadaGallery submissions is maintained under the Info section of the Riada web page along with an archive of back issues of ClubRiada. This month's RiadaGallery submissions include:
Holiday Media - Gold trophy winner
A virtual holiday experience with RiadaButton perfectly integrated into a town map, on this Dutch holiday site. Move your mouse over the red spots on the map to see images of the different bungalows available for hire, read the tool tips or click the images to visit other pages for more information. See their winning work at http://www.bungalowparkdekievit.nl/plan.htm and visit the team at http://www.holiday.nl/
Sound Gallery - Silver trophy winner
Ingenious use of RiadaLock as part of a quiz/competition. Correct answers form your User ID and Password - enter them into RiadaLock and you could win a prize! Try it out and while you're there, explore the original music, paintings and sculptures from this Swiss online gallery.
http://www.soundgallery.com/quize/default.htm
University of Virginia - Bronze trophy winner
1stRiadaHeadline with Commencement and Expiry dates, means headlines appear when needed and disappear when out of date! Replaces a paper document to display the Department of Neurology's weekly conference announcements. Also uses an image as a headline.
http://www.med.virginia.edu/medicine/clinical/neurology/
Mount Oak Church - Bronze trophy winner
1stRiadaHeadline is used to display church news, worship times and even a link to directions/map, with a background image and background color co-ordinated with site.
http://www.mtoak.org
Holiday Media
1stRiadaBillboard has been perfectly integrated into the header graphics/page banner to display images of the Netherlands on this tourist information site.
http://www.citycamps.com/index.html
Modzilla Inc
Explore the amazing looking, interactive site of this Arizona company that develops web sites for corporations and small companies - and check out how they've used 1stRiadaHeadline!
http://www.modzilla.com/index1.html
James A. Murray Enterprises
Visit this site for your PC Y2k solutions, custom jewellery and original J. Murray photography. Great use of 1stRiadaBillboard to exhibit James' beautiful photographs!
http://www.jamurray.com/photo
Holiday Media
1stRiadaHeadline is used with a foreground image/mask to display the latest holiday specials. While you're there, book your next vacation!
http://www.holiday.nl/
McPhee Electrical Ltd
Provides commercial electrical construction, service and maintenance to some of the largest and best known international companies. Their company logo is used as background in 1stRiadaHaedline, while company info appears using the Fade headline style.
http://www.mcpheeusa.com
Reminders Northwest
A business site offering premier time management tools and services, as well as phone and internet packages. The RiadaButton navigation buttons change color when your mouse moves over them and take you to other pages that appear in a separate browser window.
http://www.remindersnorthwest.com
Stockdale Music
This major, central Californian music store uses 1stRiadaHeadline on its site.
Pay them a visit, and (or rent) an instrument!
http://www.stockdalemusic.com/menu.htm
La Feste
Everything you ever wanted to know about fireworks, feasts and entertainment! This site is in French and English, and uses 1stRiadaHeadline.
http://www.lafeste.com/SomGB.html
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Don't forget to submit your Riada enabled web site to RiadaGallery or Hints/Tips for next month's ClubRiada issue by emailing club@riada.com. Or if you have any suggestions for current/new products, email us at feedback@riada.com.
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