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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------ClubRiada, The Riada Newsletter, Issue 8, May 1999
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INTRODUCTION - from Riada founder, Daniel Adair.
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Welcome to the latest issue of ClubRiada. The update to the ever popular RiadaBillboard has arrived and is available for download, along with an update of 1stRiadaHeadline! For this and all the latest Riada news, see the brief run down below or click on the relevant main link for more information.
Daniel Adair
Founder, Riada International
NEWS
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- New Version of RiadaBillboard Released: 1stRiadaBillboard 1.10
RiadaBillboard quickly became a very successful and popular advertisement/banner/billboard web tool when it was first released, thanks to its flexibility, ease of use and solving the problems commonly encountered by web developers.
1stRiadaBillboard displays advertisements, images, banners, and billboards sequentially or randomly with more than 20 eye-catching transitions to choose from. It saves valuable web space by combining your banners into the space required by a single banner and removes out of date billboards for you - simply choose on which days to display billboards and when they should expire. And if your billboards/banners change frequently, you can generate input files, instead of modifying your page every time it changes - just upload the input file!
With version 1.10, 1stRiadaBillboard just got better. Listed below is just some of what's new in 1stRiadaBillboard.
* Don't limit yourself to static images - use jpegs or animated gifs for attention grabbing advertisements, banners and billboards.
* Quickly and easily create projects containing multiple images with the Open Multiple Images function.
* Add borders to perfectly integrate projects into your web pages, with a variety of styles and color options to choose from.
* Vary the settings of individual or global billboards with the Duration and Wait controls.
* The pre-emptive context sensitive Help that is displayed will automatically change as you move around the product, guiding you while you work.
* 1stRiadaBillboard's new graphical user interface means it's even easier to create billboards for your web site, without any tedious HTML or Java editing.
1stRiadaBillboard 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 $32AUD (approx. $20US) and used on up to 5 unique domains. Or an Unlimited Domain Registration License can be purchased for $59AUD (approx. $37US) and used on as many domains as you like.
Additional information about this product is available at:
http://www.riada.com/Products/RiadaBillboard
- Free Update for RiadaBillboard Users
An Unlimited Domain Registration License of 1stRiadaBillboard 1.10 is free to registered users of RiadaBillboard 1.03 or earlier. To obtain your free copy of the update, simply download 1stRiadaBillboard from the Riada web site at http://www.riada.com/Download
Once installed, you'll need to re-enter the following details into the product's Registration dialog box, as per your original registration email sent by Riada when you first purchased RiadaBillboard 1.03 (or earlier):
(1) Registration Name
(2) Registration Key
(3) Customer ID
If you no longer have a copy of your registration details, please email sales@riada.com.
IMPORTANT: As version 1.10 of 1stRiadaBillboard introduces many changes and new features, projects created with previous versions of the product may be affected. To ensure your existing projects function correctly, you must generate a new HTML segment to include in your page. This involves re-publishing pages created with previous versions of the product as well as uploading new class files and compressed class files, when you re-publish your project.
If you have projects which read data files as input, you must re-create these files and upload them to your server (along with the new HTML code segment and class files). If you generate these input files with some other application (eg. CGI), you must change your script to produce the new format.
- New Build of 1stRiadaHeadline
An update (Build 70) incorporating minor fixes to 1stRiadaHeadline 1.10, Riada's dynamic headlines/news ticker product, is available from the Riada web site. Customers that are not already registered users of 1stRiadaHeadline, can find more information about the product at http://www.riada.com/Products/RiadaHeadline including features and price details.
- Free Update for 1stRiadaHeadline Users
The update (Build 70) of 1stRiadaHeadline 1.10 can be downloaded from the Riada web site at http://www.riada.com/Download and is free to existing registered users of 1stRiadaHeadline. Check which build of 1stRiadaHeadline you have by selecting the "About 1stRiadaHeadline..." option from the 1stRiadaHeadline Help menu. If you have an earlier build, simply download and install the latest 1stRiadaHeadline update (Build 70)!
- Review Sites Rave About 1stRiadaHeadline 1.10!
1stRiadaHeadline was recently awarded the very hard to get, Cool Tool of The Day title, and was described as having "...really lived up to its billing...killer features...the category-killer of Java news tickers...worth putting on even your most discerning client's sites..." . For the full review, visit http://www.cooltool.com/tool.cgi?id=812 . 1stRiadaHeadline also earned an outstanding five out five "dudes" at FileDudes.com!
- Customer Contact Details
If your email address or other contact details are about to change, please remember to email sales@riada.com from your existing email (ie. before you no longer have access to it) with your new email address and contact details, as outdated email/contact details will delay your access to registration details, support and news of product updates through ClubRiada.
COMPETITION
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The Gold winner for this issue of ClubRiada is Tribute Restaurant http://www.tribute-restaurant.com for their excellent use of 1stRiadaHeadline. Check out their RiadaGallery submission below along with the Silver and Bronze winners.
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:
Tribute Restaurant - Gold trophy winner
Excellent use of 1stRiadaHeadline as a navigation tool by this award winning restaurant. Background images, transparent foreground images, text and links that call up frame sets, rise up and out of a wine bottle label.
http://www.tribute-restaurant.com
Golden West Accounting Systems - Silver trophy winner
1stRiadaBillboard is cleverly integrated into the top/side navigation bar as a "circular" home button that appears on every page, and displays the company logo, advertisements and images of Arizona. Site also uses 1stRiadaHeadline.
http://www.goldwest.com
Big Spring Jam - Bronze trophy winner
Huntsville Alabama's huge annual charity music festival has made excellent use of RiadaButton as the controls/buttons on a car stereo to navigate around the site, listen to music, link to a feedback form and more - and the stereo display changes according to your selection!
http://www.bigspringjam.org
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
For the latest in Science news from Australia's national broadcaster - check out this cool site's excellent use of 1stRiadaBillboard and 1stRiadaHeadline, and what went on during Science Week!
http://www.abc.net.au/science
International Data Group (IDG)
The worlds leading IT media, research and exposition company has made good use of 1stRiadaHeadline to display the latest IT news/links on their Vietnam office's stylish web site.
http://www.idgvietnam.com/
Arizona Association of School Officials
Very clever use of 1stRiadaBillboard and 1stRiadaHeadline. News stories are database managed and fed into to 1stRiadaHeadline from a file.
http://www.aasbo.org
WeLcom Musik Studios
This German site makes top use of 1stRiadaBillboard and 1stRiadaHeadline on its main page to display music advertisements and news.
http://www.netmusik.de
Nueva Opinion
This online Texan newspaper in Spanish makes excellent use of RiadaLinx and 1stRiadaHeadline to display all the latest news headlines and links.
http://www.nuevaopinion.com/inicio.htm
GameSoup.Com
For all the latest goings-on in the PC gaming universe, this great site uses 1stRiadaBillboard and 1stRiadaHeadline. Check out the latest games!
http://www.gamesoup.com
New Visions Software
1stRiadaBillboard has been very cleverly used as PC screen to show sneak previews of this software company's latest Windows screen savers. Great effect!
http://www.nvsoftware.com/apache/apache.htm
McCall and Associates
Great use of 1stRiadaBillboard as the "store front" sign of this architectural firm's very stylish web site.
http://www.mccallnet.com
InfoTile
A comprehensive ceramic and stone tile online resource, this Australian site makes great use of 1stRiadaBillboard and 1stRiadaHeadline.
http://www.infotile.com.au
Nottingham Forest Football Club
Good use of 1stRiadaHeadline to display late breaking soccer news headlines, on this site dedicated to the well known English soccer club.
http://www.the-eye.com/cityground.htm
The Beautiful Game
This soccer dedicated site uses 1stRiadaHeadline to great effect to display live score updates. A must for soccer lovers!
http://www.the-eye.com/bgame.htm
Rainer International
This Nevada firm has been producing and supplying quality footwear to the law enforcement community since 1979, and makes great use of 1stRiadaHeadline on its web site.
http://www.rainierboots.com
BBQ Judge
For the latest in BBQ competitions, cook-offs and other news, visit Judge Dave at this Florence Alabama site and how he uses 1stRiadaHeadline. Mouth watering!
http://www.bbqjudge.com
Calvary Ministries
This Springfield Ohio site uses RiadaCartel for announcements LED style on their site.
http://www.calvaryministries.com
The Listening Point
This site uses RiadaCartel and 1stRiadaHeadline to display cabin rental information.
http://home1.gte.net/boxcar/jerry.htm
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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 mailto:club@riada.com. Or if you have any suggestions for current/new products, email us at mailto:feedback@riada.com.
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