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Ecommerce Programming for Great Plains Dynamics Gp – Introduction

admin — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:02:26 +0000

If your organization deploys Microsoft Dynamics GP Great Plains ERP and you are thinking on connecting it to your eCommerce site, we would like to give you initial introduction – where to start digging GP, tools, integration options, limitations, pluses and minuses and others typical FAQ. Current version of Great Plains is 10.0, we assume that it is reasonable to be at list on version 9.0, prior to begin ecommerce connection project â?? otherwise you will be reprogramming your integration with version upgrade. If you are on older versions, especially on Pervasive SQL 2000/Btrieve or Ctree/Faircom (this might be the case if you are on GP 7.5, 7.0, 6.0 or earlier), we recommend you first upgrade to MS SQL Server based version (you should contact you MBS VAR and they will provide you with the migration tool and it is recommended that professional Great Plains consultant does the conversion)

1. Sales Order Processing module or SOP. This module is typically integrated with your e-commerce application. In eCommerce you create either SOP Order or SOP Invoice. The easiest scenario is to create order or invoice without inventory items allocation, this is especially recommended if you are trying to program integration in SQL stored procedures

2. Great Plains tables structure. This is one of the first questions, which we hear from developers. You should login GP, depending on version, we will give you the path for version 10.0: Microsoft Dynamics GP->Tools->Resource Description->Tables. Tables are grouped by GP series: Financial, Sales, Purchasing, Inventory, etc.

3. Microsoft Dexterity technology. You should be aware that if you populate GP table records, you should treat GP business logic accordingly. The most important is treating GP Dexterity business logic, which is validated when Great Plains client application tries to read records, populated by you â?? if business logic is violated and could not be validated, Dexterity interface will error out and you will make GP ERP inoperable

4. eConnect. Yes, this is what you should consider to use whenever possible in e-commerce. eConnect core is set of SQL stored procedures, which allow you to create, modify, delete GP master records (customer, vendor, inventory item) and work transactions (such as SOP invoice, or SOP order), plus eConnect allocates invoice or order lines, so the limitation of topic one is not a problem here. What eConnect can not do is post individual transaction or SOP batch â?? this routine is left to GP operator by GP architecture

5. Posting Server. Alba Spectrum Posting Server allows you combine eConnect with autoposting directly from eCommerce application. Posting server is GP Dexterity application and should be installed on separate GP workstation (or your GP server, where you keep GP workstation with Posting server running). When deploying posting server â?? you will need to place approved batches to custom tables and posting server will take care of posting process

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How Can I Use Rss?

admin — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:02:20 +0000

As the popularity of RSS grows rapidly, people continue to search to understand how they can benefit from this growing standard. To answer this question we need to look at it from a couple of different points of view.
RSS for Content readers:
First we will start with the content reader. RSS allows you to subscribe to the information that you want to see and read about. RSS allows you to subscribe to the information that you want to see and read about by using an RSS reader, also called an aggregator. Once you find the feeds that interest you and subscribe to them, you have easy access to a headline, brief description and a link to the complete source, if you want to read further. With so many feeds available, finding the RSS feeds that you are interested can be a little tricky.
Most large websites now offer RSS feeds. Look for RSS, XML, or the RSS symbol to indicate the availability of RSS feeds. Many sites also offer a button to directly add the feed to your favorite reader. In addition to simply surfing for RSS feeds, there are an increasing number of RSS Directories that specialize in helping you to find the RSS feeds that interest you the most.
RSS Directories like Feedage, help categorize and allow you to search for feeds with specific content or focus.
RSS for Content providers:
For content providers RSS allows you to widely distribute a headline, brief description and a link back to your content. This is syndication. There are many ways to get your content syndicated, starting with making sure you have good, clear links on your website that can be followed when a user is browsing your site. Offering a subscribe button to automatically add your feed to the major readers simplifies the task for the content reader, increasing your probability of getting syndicated. Another way to make sure your feed is getting the widest audience possible, is to submit it to the major search engines and the major RSS directories.
RSS is working to help manage the huge amounts of information that is being generated daily, making it easier for the content readers to find quality content and for content providers to connect with their target readers..

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The Atlanta Blogging Class

admin — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:02:18 +0000

Mike and Hollis talk about the Atlanta blogging workshop. www.shockingreallife.com

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GIBBON Slackline Contest at ISPO 2010 – Official Video

admin — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:02:17 +0000

GIBBON called and some of the best slackliners worldwide followed! Enjoy high level slacklining including sick tricks and funny footage from the international Gibbon Family! Slacklining forever!

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Microsoft Great Plains – Implementing ERP System for Mid-size Business

admin — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:04:40 +0000

Microsoft Dynamics GP MRP product family has various options for small, midsize and large businesses. Microsoft Great Plains Dynamics GP package fits to midsize businesses in various industries: discrete manufacturing, services, staffing, project organization and constructions, wholesale, warehouse management, distribution and logistics. In this small article we would like to concentrate on GP software implementation scenarios, including installation, customization, data conversion, user training, custom reporting, integration with legacy system and EDI:

1. Installation â?? technical overview. GP installation creates DYNAMICS and company databases on MS SQL Server 2005 or 2000. Client workstation side is Microsoft Dexterity application with Dynamics.dic, where application business logic is stored. We are not talking here about integration tom Microsoft Office stack of products, especially MS Outlook

2. Integration Manager and eConnect.. eConnect should be considered as background technology to enable integration, especially new type of integration scenarios. IM helps you in initial data conversion, where you need to transfer open AR and AP to your newly implemented ERP system â?? Microsoft Dynamics GP. Regarding

3. eCommerce and batches Autoposting. eConnect, being set of encrypted stored procedures, does wonderful job in bringing work transactions in Sales Order Processing module, which is typical target for eCommerce websites, however automatic batch posting is outside of eConnect scope â?? you will need Albaspectrum Dexterity posting server to do automatic posting for your e-commerce application

4. Dexterity Software Development. If you need GP business processes advancing, modification and tuning, you should review GP customization tools. Great Plains Dexterity is GP Integrated Development Environment with Sanscript programming language. Dexterity programmers are typically rare resources on the job market, and it is recommended to appeal to Microsoft Business Solutions ERP development partners to do Dex customization job

5. GP Reporting. In our opinion, you can deploy various tools for GP, especially if you will follow the rules of separating report result set generation in MS SQL Server stored procedures â?? if you do so, Crystal Reports, Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, and even Microsoft Excel will do wonderful report design job

6. Initial Data Conversion. As our experience indicates, the best approach is to enter GL beginning balances and avoid historical RM, PM, SOP, and POP data conversion, please consider the scenario, when you have old ERP system for data inquiry and lookup

7. GP remote vs. local support. If you work for nationwide public corporation, then you should seek local support for your headquarters or the most important branch. If your ERP system is already implemented, then remote support might be budget saving option

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Link-Building Helps Increase Pagerank

admin — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:04:39 +0000

If you are a website owner you have a passion … to acquire good PR or PageRank. Good PageRank brings traffic and instill confidence on your visitors about your information and products. PageRank is a method by which Google measures the value of a webpage. This typically counts to how many votes (in terms of incoming links) a particular page has got from other web pages on the internet. There are many parameters which have significant influence on the weight of a particular vote (incoming link) like, reciprocal or two-way link, SEO friendly one-way link etc. We have to remember that to get higher PageRank the particular page has to be search engine friendly, means the coding, placement of keywords in Title, keyword density in body text etc. have to be perfect. This will keep the search engines happy as they will get required information easily. PageRank can be acquired fast through link-building exercises. This is the process of earning one-way, or reciprocal links from other websites of relevant content as your or various web directories. It is sometimes difficult to get a link, either one-way or reciprocal from relevant sites of your niche. In such circumstances a web directory can provide you good resource to build quality links for your site. Most web directories provide reciprocal links, which is also known as two-way linking, free of cost. You need to place a link pointing to the web directory somewhere (not necessary in your home page) in your site. In return you will get a Search Engine Friendly link for your homepage placed in the appropriate category. But it is good if you get a one-way link, means there is no need to put a link in your website for the web directory. Almost all web directories provide one-way links in the form of Featured link, for which you need to pay an amount. Still this is favorable because this brings you some value or PageRank the page has where your link is placed. Google considers it as a positive vote for your page from the web directory. The more such links you acquire the more your positive vote (PageRank) increases in Google’s eyes and your page gets higher placement for searches on your niche in Google.

GrafixDirectory is one such web directory where various options of one-way link-building are available.

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RSS: 101

admin — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:04:33 +0000

You don’t have to look far to find the initials RSS on many of your favorite websites. Maybe you see the term “RSS Feed” and wonder if this is a special agricultural product for livestock or possibly something you’d purchase at an electronics shop.
The initials RSS actually stand for ‘Really Simply Syndication’. Some in the technical field also use the initials to correlate with ‘Rich Site Summary’ or ‘RDF Site Summary’.
No matter what you call it, RSS is a means of reducing online searches for regularly desired information in articles, stories, blogs or other specialty information sites.
RSH: Really Simple History
RSS, as we know it, was unleashed just after Christmas 1997 and has been improved upon many times since its inception.
The World at Your Fingertips
In the simplest of terms RSS allows you to select categories of interest and you will be alerted when new content has been discovered. This information is collected and sent on to you for your consideration.
For instance if you have a site you regularly review an RSS feed allows you first-hand notification when new material is available.
Those who do not use RSS feeds are forever conducting online searches to find the information they desire. An RSS feed eliminates the frustration.
The Use of RSS
In order to use an RSS feed you need a feed reader. In most cases this software application will appear similar to an email account. While the software can be purchased it is also possible to find free versions online.
One of the benefits for the end-user is the fact that unlike email you do not need to receive unwanted material. With email you have to opt in and opt out. With an RSS feed you can change the settings whenever you want and receive only the information you desire.
Most RSS readers also provide the requested material in a simplified text format allowing the material to be read without photos and unwanted formatting.
Typically a cut-and-paste of an appropriate website link and a list of predetermined topics is all that is needed to have your RSS reader search for articles related to your interest.
A RSS feed allows you to opt in and opt out without the service you are interested in having to manage a list. An RSS feed also allows you to be as specific as you need to be in the subject matter you want to read.
Really Simple Growth
While RSS feeds are becoming more readily available you should know that not all websites are equipped to provide this service. Look for the orange box with the RSS inside to insure availability.

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Avoiding Common Blogging Mistakes-Refer to your previous blog posts in relevant posts

admin — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:04:32 +0000

www.TheNetworkingHousewife.com Your blog is an ongoing story or conversation. You will want to refer to previous posts often because you wont want to explain to new readers the entire contents of your previous articles. Insert links to the relevant posts, and keep an easily accessible archive of your most significant articles.

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Blog Marketing Tips for Success

admin — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:04:31 +0000

Blogging are one of the effective tools for online sharing of thoughts and ideas on a variety of topics. Bloggers attain huge success through blogging, provided they market their blog well.
Generally, blogs consist of core components such as content, frequency and distribution, to increase their success. Nonetheless, bloggers need to make online visitors return time after time to their blog through efficient business strategies.
With mounting number of blogs on the Internet, it is a mystery for many bloggers to make their blog unique among all other blogs on the Internet. There are literally several kinds of blogs and certain strategies are applicable to all of them.
Effective Tips:
Below discussed are some effective tips to get more traffic for a blog site:
1. First, target the audience according to the blog post. This is of utmost importance and bloggers need to consider it before venturing into online blog marketing. It is necessary that offered services satisfy the needs of target audience. There needs to be accurate customer division in blog marketing.
2. After targeting the precise audience, bloggers need to seek all essential sources on the Internet to know what people wish to buy and look for. For this, conducting online survey is of great use. Through surveys, bloggers ask questions about audiences’ likes and dislikes.
3. In addition, bloggers need to read the minds of target audience well. This helps to know what the audience likes to read on other people’s blogs. This determines the usefulness of a blog, which all audiences are likely to read. Thus, bloggers can access different ways and means to update their blogs for grasping constant attention of visitors.
4. It is equally important that bloggers consider the market competition and accordingly modify their blog from time to time. For this, bloggers need to analyze strategies used by their competitors and know how efficiently they carry out the same to achieve business success. Obtaining all these details certainly enables bloggers to develop new strategies for improving their blog, which can receive more clicks.
5. It is necessary that search engines bring the blog in front of visitors, when they search for relevant items. Hence, a blog has to have keywords, which most of the viewers will use for searching and buying things on the Internet. Although this is a difficult task, it is very helpful for maximizing profits.
6. Web links play a vital role in the success of online blog marketing. Hence, paste several web links that are related to the blogs. More the links in a blog better will be its performance. The moment visitors witness that a blogger’s blog is a beneficial resource they return time after time to that blog and refer others to go through it. Bloggers can also access several free tools to help them in this regard.
Overview:
Effective marketing of blogs needs dedication in terms of investment of time, ideas and efforts. Work smartly, invest hard effort in blog marketing and witness benefits in the form of search engine visibility, better customer relationship, increased sales and better brand reputation on the Internet.

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Lisa – Lonely City (original song)

admin — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:04:16 +0000

Hope you guys enjoy this new song I wrote Please let me know what you think! (feel free to watch in HQ for better sound!) Tokyo is getting really cold.. I ate natto right before this =X Thank you always for your warm comments and messages I always read them all! Blog & Live info// ?????????? ameblo.jp Download song mp3: fantasiimaker.wordpress.com Stream song: www.myspace.com Facebook: www.facebook.com Lyrics & translation: fantasiimaker.wordpress.com ??????Next Live)? 1?7? ????? ?????? ??????.switch? ??? 20:15???? ????? ??? ?151-0013 ?????????3-28-4-B1F ??? www.otonami.com ———– Lonely City Lyrics, music, arrangement by aozorafantasii (Lisa) ?????????aozorafantasii In the night, so far away I hear the stars are calling out my name but ???????????????? It’s Friday night, I’m on a crowded train ?????????????????????????????? Even if you push me, I’ll be here holding on to you tight ??????????????In this lonely, lonely city of light how can I find myself? oh lonely, lonely city, I feel I need you more than ever now.. In the night, so far away I hear the stars are calling out my name but ????????????? This melody is what has brought us here ?????????????????????????? ???? ????????????? ??????? *repeat chorus*

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