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Thanks to the valiant efforts of a handful of Marxist historians, it's now public knowledge that the Paraguayan War, the bloodiest conflict in Latin American History, was fully instigated and backed by the evil British.

In “The Absent-Minded Imperialists” (Oxford, 2004), Bernard Porter, a foremost historian of the British Empire, tells us that in the crucial decade of 1860 only about 10% of the House of Common's time was devoted to Imperial matters.

Given the preeminence of the Paraguayan question in the minds of these statesmen, we can only assume that the full 10% mentioned above was dedicated to it. The rest of the Empire, after all, practically managed itself.

Recent research of Parliamentary archives has just uncovered the minutes of the fatal session where the decision to destroy Paraguay was finally made.

It's a shocking document, reeking of hypocrisy and evil, that finally proves undisputedly all the boldest, seemingly nonsensical accusations of the Marxist historians.

I've always known they were right.

* * *

Our story begins in the early 1860s, at the recently completed Houses of Parliament, London.

Those distinguished Lords, entrusted with the keeping of a mighty Empire where the sun never sets, where the fog never lifts and where blood pudding never goes to waste, are busy deciding a matter of the utmost, most crucial strategic importance for the daily lives of British tax-payers everywhere.

Are they discussing the new system of brick-line sewers, essential for the sanitation of the city, or the massive crowds of Eastern European refugees recently fleeing to England, or even the imminent construction of the first underground railway in the world?

Of course not, silly reader. Why would they, of all people, worry about such trivialities?

The British Lords have their priorities straight: they are concerned about Paraguay.

Says Lord Boyle Roche:

“I must confess to you, my fellow Lords, I couldn't sleep last night. Yesterday's dire revelations, made to his house by our overseas spies, kept circling round my head like dizzy vultures excited by the prospect of eating the rotten carcass of the recently deceased swan that sang the swan song of our Empire!” At that, he loudly pounds at a nearby table, or, alas, he tries, but there is no table nearly, so his fist just hangs there in mid-air as he proceeds: “We must boldly go into that lion's den and protect our lion's share of the world! The British eagle shall not allow that swan to sing its final song!“

Lord Gibbon, although confused by the mixed metaphors, agrees:

“It's clear that Paraguay is the greatest threat the British Empire has ever faced since Napoleon. I don't know about you, gentlemen, but I'll not suffer for the decline and fall of the British Empire to take place on my watch!”

“Napoleon Shmoleon!” Chuckles nervously Lord Nelson, the Third, “That shorty olive-eating Corsican was never a threat to our mighty Empire. A mere nuisance. A fly we swatted at Trafalgar.”

“A fly we swatted at Waterloo.” Coughs Lord Wellington, the Third, gently correcting.

“Whatever,” Shoos Nelson, making a bold gesture as if swatting the fly in question right there and then: “the point is that the French midget was nothing compared to the Paraguayan Lion, Solano Lopez. If we don't take immediate action, it will be the Continental blockade all over again. By the end of the decade, we shall have another enemy army facing us on the other side of the channel. Paraguayan Armies will be marching through Piccadilly, their battleships will be sailing up the Thames and we'll be forced to adopt their disgusting eating habits.”

“I heard they like to drink a hot infusion of herb leaves!” Trembles Lord Earl Grey. “Who's ever heard of such barbarian custom!”

“Order! Order!” Calls Lord Thatcher. “I think the awesome might of the Paraguayan Republic has been amply demonstrated and it is obvious for all to see. The question before this House is: what shall we do to protect our Empire from this clear and present danger?”

“I think we should do whatever the Americans tell us to do.” Says Lord Blair, visibly trembling, “What's their opinion?”

“We can fend for ourselves!” Interjects Lord Churchill, “Let's keep the Americans on the bench. We can always call them if we get in a jam we can't get out of.”

“Besides,” Says Lord Thatcher, who was also a good friend of the Americans, “they're too busy playing Civil War. When they figure out who's in charge, they'll let us know. The American Civil War is no concern of ours, 'tis but a trifle in world affairs. None of our strategic, long-term interests are at stake there and I see no reason for us to even go into such a pointless subject. We are here to manage the greatest Empire on Earth. We must have vision. We must concentrate on what's vital for our survival and prosperity.”

And, after a dramatic pause, he drops it: “We have to focus on the Paraguayan menace, gentlemen!”

At that, Lord Smith asks for the floor and thus he begins:

“The menace is not only military, my fellow Lords, although it's self-evident that Paraguay is a super-power. But the invincible Guarany republic threatens us in a more fundamental way. Even if they don't use their awesome military power to sweep the Royal Navy off the seven seas, the very economic example they set is enough to crush our Empire within a generation. Those evil concepts we devised to take over the world, such as free trade and utilitarianism, will just not be able to withstand the onslaught of the Paraguayan communal example. Liberalism will be exposed for the fraud it is and we'll be left with nothing. Not even the invisible hand will be able to extricate us from this predicament.”

Lord Bentham, also very frightened and visibly shaken, adds:

“The Paraguayans have perfected the most efficient, utilitarian and socially-conscious economical system known to man. The country enjoys economic prosperity unequaled in the History of Mankind. The sum of happiness of individual Paraguayans is greater than the sum of happiness of everyone else in the planet combined. Or, worse yet, it would have been, if Paraguayans ever thought of themselves as individuals, but they don't. The whole country is a communal, well-oiled machine entrusted to the enlightened leadership of Lopez. The government is designed like a benign panopticum, in which Lopez can observe each citizen at will, and they all feel reassured, being under his compassionate glance. Every Paraguayan knows how to read, write, do the basic arithmetic operations, prove the Pythagorean theorem and discuss the relative merits of Aquinas' scholastic theory vis a vis Aristotelian logic.”

“The roads are paved with gold and everyone lives on their own palace. Each citizen contributes to the improvement of society according to his ability and gets paid according to his needs. There is no trading, and therefore, no capitalism, no surplus value, no exploitation of man by man. Since there is also no competition among individual members of the community (need I repeat that they don't even think of themselves as individual members of the community?), there's no crime, no vice, or any kind of unhappiness. Unhappiness, by the way, used to be against the law, but this law was dropped last year, since it had never been enforced: there is simply no unhappiness in Paraguay.”

“It gets even worse,” adds Lord Bezos, “They have the most technologically advanced industrial complex in the world. They are self-sufficient in food, raw materials, military equipment and even oil, to which they haven't found a use yet, but Paraguayan scientists guarantee it's going to be big. Their scientists are currently working on a top secret project our spies could barely penetrate. Apparently, they are creating huge abacus-like calculating machines which will be connected by telegraph wires and will revolutionize the way we buy books or concert tickets, without having to leave the comfort of their homes!”

Meanwhile, the quiet sobbing of Lord Smith had become so audible as to embarrass the other Lords. When he notices all eyes on him, the poor liberal chap simply cracks:

“You see, you see? There's no hope! How can we compete with that?! What can we do? It's finis britaniae!”

At this dark moment of despair, the clear-headed and bold Lord Chamberlain takes the floor and tries to put some sense into their Lordships' heads:

“Let us not delude ourselves, gentlemen. There's no way we can defeat Paraguay, neither militarily nor economically. I suggest appeasement. I volunteer to go there myself and give Lopez all our assurances that if he annexes Uruguay or decides to launch an aggressive war against Brazil or Argentina, he shall have nothing to fear from us. This way, he might show us some leniency when he rules the world. If we do this, we might finally have peace in our time.

“You always want to surrender!” Spits Lord Churchill, “What are you? Bloody French? Let's fight! We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender! And if we attack Paraguay with all we have right now, we may have a sporting chance of defeating Lopez. Or at least we'll go down in flames, fighting, like good Britons. As for me, I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat!”

“Though we are not now that strength which moved earth and heaven, what we are, we are…” Sighs, nostalgically, Lord Tennyson.

“What we are is doomed,” Shouts Lord Chamberlain, “unless we act fast and prostrate ourselves at the merciful feet of Lopez!”

“Enough, enough!” Claps Lord Thatcher, “We already know the situation is dire. Lord Chamberlain and Lord Churchill have at least offered us some suggestions, albeit not very palatable ones. Do we have any other suggestion on the floor? Are we really limited to surrendering or fighting for our lives? Isn't there a middle ground? Isn't there a way for us to solve this problem without getting our hands dirty? We're Lords here, after all.”

Finally, Lord Bond, James Bond, head of the Intelligence Committee, stands up and suggests:

“Well, we do have an undercover agent very well-placed in the Brazilian government. I think it's the perfect time for us to use him.”

“And what do you suggest, Bond, Lord Bond?”

“Simple. Let's have them fight this war for us. After all, those South American countries have no self-determination. They have no national, historical reasons of their own to fight and kill each other. If they do, it's only at our imperialistic instigation, right? So, let's instigate. It won't be difficult for us to get our local puppet governments in Brazil and Argentina to join forces and make a tabula rasa out of Paraguay.”

“Good idea,” Says Lord Gibbon, “we may even get Brazil to topple the Uruguayan government, place a puppet president in power and we'll have a Triple Alliance against Paraguay.”

“Triple Alliance.” Muses Lord Wellington, “I like the sound of that. Someone, please, take it down for further use.”

“I just don't think we should rely on those Argentineans.” Cautions Lord Thatcher, “They're always up to something, I can feel it in my bones. When we least expect it, they will attack us, I'm telling you!”

“You worry too much,” Says Lord Sheffield, “The Argentineans will never be able to even scratch us. Besides, if they ever try, we can always use the Falklands as a sea base to wage war on them.”

“Paraguay is just too powerful.” Argues Lord Chamberlain, getting back to the subject “Lopez may be too much for Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay to handle, even if they're together. Do you think Agent 'I-Want-It-Now' would be willing to throw Brazil in its possibly bloodiest, longest war, just because we tell him to? After all, he's the Emper-

“Quiet, stupid!”, Storms Churchill, “Not in here. These are open procedures. Would someone please strike that from the record?”

“Rest assured,” Assured Lord Bond, “Agent 'I-Want-It-Now' will do whatever we tell him to, if he wants to keep his shipments of cameras, microscopes, telescopes and other gadgets flowing.”

“I can't believe this could possibly work!”, Says Lord Nelson, “They would have to be more than stupid, they would have to be almost suicidal, to destroy, at our evil, imperialistic instigations, their last, best hope of economic independence and prosperity. Can't they see Paraguay is Heaven on Earth?”

“They are Latin-Americans, Nelson. Mongrels, mixed-blood. For God's sake, they're brown! They will jump if we say jump. Don't worry.”

“Some more enlightened spirits may even see through our schemes and denounce our evil conspiracy.” Admits Lord Bond, “They may even write books about the open veins of Latin America or about Paraguay, an American genocide, but they would only be a handful of lucid, isolated voices lost among the crowd. Those mongrels will believe what we tell them to believe: that the war was fought for their own national, historical reasons.”

“What suckers!” Laughs Churchill.

“It gets better.” Points out Lord Rothschild, “Do you think those brown apes have enough money and equipment to wage a decent war against mighty Paraguay?”

Rothschild leaves the question hanging for a moment and suddenly they all hear the roar of Lord Smith's laughter.

“Of course, of course!” There are tears in his eyes again, but now he's crying from joy: “They will have to borrow money FROM us to buy war equipment FROM us to destroy OUR enemy whom WE told them to destroy! By Golly, it's just perfect! See, didn't I tell you the invisible hand would set everything right? I knew it.”

“It's win or win, gentlemen.” Concludes Lord Thatcher, “Even if Paraguay is able to beat our Triple Alliance, it will be weak enough for us to finish it off on our own. And, no matter what happens, they will all be in our financial clutches forever! The foreign debt will cripple their development for at least a century and a half.”

Lord Thatcher then breaks into the most scary, maniacal and contagiously evil laughter. Soon, all the distinguished Members of Parliament are also laughing diabolically and rubbing their hands in anticipation of the utter destruction of Paraguay and the crushing of Latin America's last, best dream of political and economical self-rule.

The last one to join in is Lord Bond, maybe anticipating that his great-grandson would still defeat many wicked villains with similarly sinister laughters, but, hey, he says to himself, you have to admit it, it IS fun to be this evil, and he starts laughing and rubbing his hands too.

“Delenda Paraguay!“

* * *

Estudei a Guerra do Paraguai durante muitos anos. Felizmente, pesquisadores mais recentes já estão derrubando a ridícula versão revisionista, muito em voga nos anos setenta, de que o Paraguai era o paraíso, que Lopez era um santo e que a guerra foi instigada pelos ingleses.

O melhor e mais completo livro sobre o conflito é Maldita Guerra (2002), do Doratioto, que condenou todos os outros à obsolescência do dia pra noite. O recente romance do excelente jornalista investigativo Leandro Fortes, Fragmentos da Guerra Grande (2004), é sensacional. Sobre o espinhoso tema da participação de escravos brasileiros, recomendo o livro do meu amigo Ricardo Salles: Guerra do Paraguai: Escravidão e Cidadania na Formação do Exército (1990).

Esse continho é minha mui-humilde contribuição ao debate. Realmente me pergunto quantas pessoas seriam capazes de pescar todas as referências que joguei. Essa sexta-feira, 5 de março, o historiador inglês Leslie Bethell (que vasculhou incessantemente os arquivos britânicos em buscas de provas dessa conspiração) vem falar aqui na universidade e vou dar uma cópia pra ele.

Por que escrevi em inglês? Porque não consegui escrever em português. Quando você cria personagens que conversam em uma língua que você domina é totalmente impossível escrever o diálogo em outra: soa sempre artificial e forçado.

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This week has brought a ton of new perspective into my life with a job search after notice that my leadership role will be eliminated for “efficiency” in July.  I'm not in love with the change forced upon me, nor the decision of the person who made it, but I understand it.   Do “people” and “institutions” see the value of servant leaders, or do they gravitate to the rhetoric of performance and the inherent energy wave of great speeches, and personal charisma? Perhaps my performance training and experience prepared me for this sort of emotional roller coaster ride. It doesn't make it easier, but is helps me to understand and deal with it.

In the singing world, musicians and artists are subjected to positional authority every time they audition, every time they go to a rehearsal. It is a learned response from lessons, coachings, and education at an early age.  Someone else always knows more, is the authority, is the expert, or is simply “in charge”.  The hope is that the things which the experts and leaders know, are what matters in the end… That is a good question to think on further for the future of the arts. Do they get it?   

Someone does indeed have to make decisions for things to happen. I often joke that I have problems with authority anytime I'm not the person in authority.  I got that from Bill O'reilly in his book “Bold, Fresh” and I admit there is more truth buried in there than I openly admit.  However, because of my “problem” I have developed a coping mechanism rooted in transparency and earned respect which has proven itself time and time again. This perspective shields me personally but makes my life hard sometimes. It would be so much easier to simply fit into the machine…play my role.. and tow the line. C'est la vie.. I am not built to ever just fit in to the system, for better or worse. I am a tranformation specialist, who is always seeking to make the system and the results better.. every day, every minute… For me, the day that you are good enough, is the day that you should probably begin your retirement.  I will never be good enough, as my life's goal is the journey not some objective end..

Positional authority wanes with politics and the times.  People with REAL power are those who get things done, take care of themselves and others, and find ways to succeed despite and often in spite of those with the positional power.  I have spent a long time now, building my “authority” based on accomplishments outside “the system”, on my own, one person at a time, one opportunity at a time. It makes me feel good to do it on my own, but it is hard to say the least. Perhaps, it is harder than it needs to be.

I stick by the line that you shouldn't have to tell people how good you are.. if you really are that good, then they will see it on their own.  I believe in people to recognize talent, achievement, results, and even intentions.. That may be a flawed approach, but it is now deeply seated in my leadership model, my theology, and my daily actions.  It would seem that social media and the advent of real time connections via FB, Twitter, and even blogs.. the most valuable would be more easily recognized… I'm not sure of that anymore, but I am hopeful.

It is a hard and slow road to build a network of influence based on a lifetime of service, discipline and hard work. Just think, the idea that you would have to prove your worth before being granted authority or reward is almost foreign in our current culture of meism, real time rewards… Even after achieving a position, we should realize that we have to constantly reearn it with results, sort of like playing king of the hill as a child.

Position only grants the reality of challenge, of struggle, to “stay on top”.. Real leadership is granted because the leader is the servant and those being led know it. The supposed power is granted freely and the burden is heavy.The servant leader understands politics, and the dynamics of need, but has learned that they are a cruel master.  He/She must lead by example, from the “front of the chevron” into battle, surrender, defeat, or victory. Despite the outcome, the servant leader cannot be deposed because the power comes from those being led, not from the position.

Positional power is indeed earned, but it is subjective and fleeting. Institutions fail because leaders embrace positional power over influence and servanthood.  Leaders fail because they replace their humility and earned competency with hubris.

Command just doesn't mean what most people think it does. 

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You have to be clear on what your basis are for promoting your products. Aside from earning money from your products, there might be other promotion objectives that you have for advertising it. You may want to get it known, spreading the word out there that your product exists. That is only 2; you might have other goals for wanting to promote it.

It is important to be clear cut on what you want to achieve out of your product. So you will know by a certain period of time on whether you have achieved your promotion objectives or not. You will know whether you have met your expectations and be able to improve depending on what happened, whether the sales are down or not.

All these products have points for improvement. Sometimes, all it lacks is a full evaluation from the usefulness of the product to pricing and how the advertisement was handled. Being able to evaluate these aspects, give you a chance to improve what is lacking. So be clear-cut and precise on what your promotion objectives are. By doing so, you will be able to add value to the brand and deliver what you set yourself to deliver. That is how important it is.

Usually when you set your promotion objectives, you should have evaluated what happened to last year's goals. Where they met? What were the problems and how much are the returns for the entire year? These are just some of the questions that should be answered in relation to last year's goals so you will be able to adjust your objectives accordingly.

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Introduction

When I decided I needed a website for my business I had no idea of the planning involved. Like most people, I thought web design meant deciding on the graphics and the look of the pages and then by some magic it would all happen.I simply hadn’t had any exposure to the planning and build process which I now know to be extensive!

I have a friend who is in the business of SEO web design and website development so I approached him for a quote. As a complete novice who is computer literate up to a point, I was amazed at the depth of initial questioning required to find out exactly what my requirements were.

I had no idea about the various elements and the structure of the site and I found it mind blowing when I learnt about the amount of work involved. So I thought other people would be interested to know more about this complicated process particularly if you consider yourself a non computer person and have to get a website built. I have asked my SEO friend to supply the technical information for this article.In case you are wondering ‘SEO’ stands for search engine optimisation, and refers to the practise of getting your website ranked as close to the top of the results for a particular search term in a search engine. You see you’re learning already!

Stages in the Process

Target Audience

Before building a website there are important questions to consider. I was asked who would be my target audience. Who are my customers likely to be? Would they be children, businesses, home owners, sales people, parents or teenagers and so on? If you are not clear on your target audience then you are not going to be able to set the tone of the site correctly so this is a very important consideration.

The Objective of the Website

Then I was asked, what was the objective of my website? Did I want to sell services on line or use it to market my business and get more leads for potential customers? Maybe I would want to use the site as an online brochure to showcase my services. Another possibility was to use the website to foster a community so that I was in contact with other like-minded people, with chat rooms, online discussions and being supported by advertising on the site. This didn’t really apply to my business, although I did think about offering to advertise allied services!

I hadn’t quite realised the scope of a website but as I was asked these questions it became clear that a lot of careful thought went into the preparation before building a website.

Creating a Site Map

The importance of creating a site map is to get it clear in your mind of all the pages you will have on your website so you can prepare the content for each page and begin to design the flow through the website, such as when a user adds a product to their basket, then enters their delivery and billing address and makes the credit card payment in the correct order.

A sitemap is basically your blueprints or technical drawings from which all the other elements of building the site will stand, such as planning the navigation, SEO, copy writing and the flow through the site.

The aim is to make the site as simple to use as possible so that there are no barriers to getting into the website or making a purchase. For that reason often user name and passwords are set for the customer so that they are not put off making a purchase by having to register. How many times have you gone to buy something online and then been faced with having to choose a user name and password to create an account, and fill out all of your address details and decided not to bother in the end? Well they just lost a sale!

For a non e-commerce site things are simpler with a contact form which allows you to receive enquiries by email without publishing your email address on the website, thus avoiding junk email.Web forms can also validate the information before you receive it, so ensuring that the phone number provided does not contain words, and that the email address is in the correct format, for example. These things may sound very technical to us lay-folk but I assure you everything has to be decided on before starting on the construction of the site.

Your Domain Name

Choosing a domain name is often quite a challenge because every name you initially come up with will almost certainly have been taken. Domain names ending in .com are by far the most popular and internationally recognised; the snag is that it’s very popularity means that the majority of the shorter names have probably already been registered. However, you can usually think of some domain name that is available, which is much less time consuming than trying to purchase a previously registered domain name from its existing owner, most of the time just contacting them, and getting a reply is a challenge.

So looking at names with endings such as .net; .org .co.uk or .info may be able to provide you with the domain name you want. When choosing your domain name it is very important to include one or more of your keywords if possible as this can apparently help with search engine rankings. So although the name of your business is the obvious choice for a domain name, it is not necessarily the only option.

Copy

The next stage is preparing the content. This is not the design of your website – just the words and visuals you want to have one each of the pages.

Having gathered all the previous information you will need to decide what imagery you want to use within the website content. As we all know, a picture speaks a thousand words and remains in people’s memory far longer than just words.

For each image you could also have a caption, as the caption of an image is the next ‘most read’ words on the page after the page title. Images and their captions need to be clickable. When you click on a picture it should take you to the next stage of the process such as the sale page or placing an enquiry if your website is for lead generation. All images should also have alternative text or alt tags. Alt tags will display the hover text when you position your mouse over the picture, but also they are used by screen readers to assist visually impaired users know what the image is about. See the section below on Accessibility and Compliance.

Website Design

Finally we come to the design of your website.

I asked my friend in web design to comment about this and he says it is one of the most difficult stages of the process because it’s so subjective.

There are a number of ways to approach web design but ultimately you need to create a design brief for the designer(s) to work from. Look at other websites and your competitor’s websites to find out what you like or dislike. The design brief should give reference to the logo, any existing brand guidelines or schemes and fonts and colour schemes, and should also detail which pages of the website that the designer is being tasked with creating visuals for. See the Sitemap section below.

The very best results will be achieved by using a graphic designer, and beware – not all graphic designers are the same. A graphic designer who designs specifically for print is working in a different discipline than a graphic designer who designs for screen and specifically the web. So choose your designer carefully, look at other work that person has done and determine whether or not you like their style.

If you are working in the big time and budget allows, use multiple graphic designers who have all been given the same design brief and request three concept designs from each designer. If the client themselves also do a graphic design, even if it’s a back of the envelope scribble, you will then have 10 concept designs. The next step is to get them all together and select the preferred elements from each design. Then give the work to the selected graphic designer to work up as the final artwork. Once you have reviewed the final visuals the artwork files will then be provided to the developer, usually in layered Photoshop files.

The artwork should be finalised and agreed on by everybody before construction of the site begins. Otherwise it can lead to costly and time consuming changes and frustration for both the developer and the client.

Navigation

Another important consideration when building a website is how you want your navigation to work. You can have links within the content of your website, in the text, so there are not just links from the menu. You will need to decide whether the links will open into a new window, retaining your original page open or just change the page to the one clicked on. Next time you go online, you will realise how much thought has gone into the way in which a website works. You will may also have some ideas for improving how some of them work after reading all of this!

Production

Finally the preparation has been done and the site is ready to be built. Now for the more technical stuff! You will need to have decided which programming language to use to build the website. There are two main types for developing a website, one is Unix based, and the other is Windows based. Each one has advantages and disadvantages. If you are starting from scratch then it probably won’t matter, so you can go with the preference of your professional doing the work. My website is built on the Unix platform (apparently!) which is the same as many of the more well known websites such as Ebay, Facebook, Google and Amazon. Also your website hosting must be compatible with the development language with which your website is built.

Work In Progress

The best way to build a website and be able to monitor work in progress is on the web server where the site is ultimately going to live. This way, those involved in reviewing the work can see work in progress and provide feedback throughout the development process.

Launching Your New Website

The moment of excitement comes when your site finally goes live and you see the results of all the thought that has gone into the whole process.

Having put in many hours rewriting mission statements and demolition legislation texts for our demolitions website I was thrilled when the site eventually went live.

As soon as the site has gone live there is no substitute for real world testing though, so ask as many of your friends and colleagues to view the website from their own offices and give you their thoughts.

Accessibility and Compliance

The website has to meet the current standards for website coding and doing so insures that disabled users, such as the visually impaired, can still access the entire website if they are using a screen reader. It is also a good idea to also discuss conformance moving forward, particularly if you have a web content management system, because and accessible of compliant site may become un-accessible after six months of being edited by you if you do not add or edit the website content in an accessible manner.

Unforeseen Items

There are always things that arise in any project which you suddenly realise you have forgotten, so no matter how well the web designer prepares and asks the right questions, there is bound to be a last minute change of mind or addition to the site. The main aim is to minimise the number of glitches that might arise because they aren’t calculated in at the start and they could cause extra costs and delays on the date of the website going live.As a general rule it is always a good idea to get he site live to the original plans and then look at an update after it has gone live, unless it is a very small deviation from the initial plans.

Reporting and Monitoring

Once your website is up and running, you will want to know how many people visit your website and from that number how many actually buy the products or place an enquiry. From these statistics you can work out the ratio of visits to sales and gradually make changes to improve the ratios. There are some reliable statistics packages such as Google Analytics or Web-Stat.com which allow you to collect and review website visitor data in near real time. All you need to do this is to have a small block of code inserted into each web page on your site.

Another useful service that Web-stat.com provides is to monitor the website and warn you by email or text message if the site is offline.

Marketing

Once the website is live there are lots of things you can do to market your product or service. The first step is to submit it to the search engines and at the same time write articles, and press releases. Getting links to the site from forums, blogs and other social networking spaces are other options. For more on this subject ask your developer about SEO, remember that’s search engine optimisation.

How to be Found on the Web

One of the first questions I was asked was, ‘Do you want it to be found by Google the main search engine?’ If I did then there was a whole process of establishing Keywords. So finding the best keywords are vital if you want to be found in Google. He says there are two main types of keywords. The first is the trophy, or generic, keyword for the industry which in my industry is simply ‘demolition’. The second kind of keyword is the long tail keyword. These are not searched for as frequently but if you can get a match then they are much more likely to convert into customers. A good example of this in my industry is ‘factory demolition company Derby’. So it is very important to do a lot of research on keywords to find both those that are the most popular and the most specific. Generally most users only look at the top ten results so you will want to get your website promoted so as to get on this page for your chosen keywords. By using a keyword research tool such as the keyword lookup in the Google Web Master Tools kit you can find the single most popular keyword for your industry.

Conclusion

Wheww. What an amazing amount of work! I hadn’t realised when I started the process of getting a website up and running, how complicated it all is and how many factors you have to consider before even designing the website. The word web design is really a misnomer, as people often think it’s just about the graphic design on the home page, and the branding of the product. Unless you are a computer whizz, most people have no idea how much goes into designing and building a website and the systems that support the work you want it to do. I hope that this article gives you an understanding and insight into the whole process of website development from start to finish.Next time you type in a web address or click on a link to a website, remember all the above work that has probably gone into it!

Just about all rabid sports enthusiasts would enjoy showing support for their favorite team(s) — and putting on the colors of that team is one excellent manner of showing your loyalty. Putting on a team jersey with your favorite player’s name will be fashionable forever.

Stylish, flexible, comfy and presenting pure team spirit – perfect for a sports fan(atic)!

One thing to look for is authenticity, because that guarantees high quality; that the item has been carefully produced to be exactly the same as the teams' jerseys in material and style. So your sports jerseys look great and they keep you comfortable.

Look for serial numbers or holograms as indicators that the jerseys are legitimate. Also purchase from a reliable source to guarantee a genuine jersey.

Sports jerseys are available in many colors and designs. People do not always choose a jersey just because they follow that team. Many people have a favorite athlete they may have followed for years, across several teams.

Sport jerseys are highly fashionable and so even non sports fans often choose to wear them. Some people buy their jerseys purely because the jersey looks good, and they look good in it.

Customised jerseys are also available – you can create your own individual jersey with your own colors, name and number. Good if you are determined to make your own sporting 'fashion statement'. There are lots of customized options offered through the many reliable suppliers of sports jerseys, so it is easy to express your individuality.

Whether you are putting on your jersey to show fashion sense or to show team spirit, sports jerseys have become an essential clothing item. And, above all, sports jerseys will never go out of style.

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The variety of insomnia remedies available over the counter can often be enough to make you feel more confused than the affliction itself! It has been estimated that more than one and a half million adults in the USA utilize holistic and complementary sleep loss remedies every year to control sleep problems.

Almost everybody has fallen victim to the occasional sleepless night, when we finally awaken in the morning feeling un-refreshed and unprepared to handle a new day. On the other hand, insomnia describes an ailment in which people have difficulty sleeping for days, perhaps weeks at a time. When allowed to remain with no treatment, what invariably began to be a nuisance, could develop into a chronic difficulty. Consequently it is advisable to get command of this situation, before it can take control of you — along with your daily life.

Combining herbal insomnia remedies along with different strategies is usually a wise course of action due to the fact insomnia is often provoked by quite a few elements. All the same, through combining and incorporating adjustments in your life/sleep conditions together with a complementary herbal remedy, this problem is often controlled. When it isn't extreme, then it can almost definitely be eradicated by just utilizing drug free insomnia remedies.

Melatonin is a natural human hormone; the brain creates serotonin which in turn converts to melatonin as soon as the sunlight is lowered - ie. at nighttime. It is a common option when you have difficulties getting to sleep after a sharp modification has occurred in their sleep pattern; possibly after jetting off to another time zone or simply because of work shift changes.

Swallowing melatonin around half an hour in advance of going to bed as well as engaging in a suitable relaxation process can offer an easy way to improve sleep. Relaxation techniques, for instance Yoga exercises, breathing and visualisation have been shown to be successful during the challenge for a important night's sleep. And for many people that is particularly correct once combined together with one of the popular complementary insomnia remedies out there.

Despite the fact that Melatonin is one of the very popular drug free sleeping disorder cures, it's not suited to everybody. Numerous authorities advise that individuals having particular mental health illnesses, such as depression probably should not use melatonin. Nor should it be utilized by expectant and nursing mothers.

Valerian has been utilized to handle insomnia for a long time, despite the fact that exactly how it works is still obscure. Several scientific tests indicate that it functions by means of influencing the levels of the GABA inside the brain, which in turn is a 'soothing' neurotransmitter. Contrary to the majority of the insomnia solutions given by the physician, for example sedatives, relaxants and anti-anxiety drugs, Valerian isn't thought to be habit forming. However, although herbal, it should not be taken in addition to other medications as well as alcohol.

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