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  • Google Caffeine: How does it affect your site

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    5 July, 2010

    Caffeine is Google's 21st Century answer to an indexing system that was slow and stale. It provides 50 percent fresher results for web searches than their last indexing system. 

    We've built Caffeine with the future in mind. Not only is it fresher, it's a robust foundation that makes it possible for us to build an even faster and comprehensive search engine that scales with the growth of information online.
    -Carrie Grimes, Software Engineer for Google

    Google's old Indexing system would update it's index by re-scanning the entire web and updating their database in one big hit, which meant there was a significant delay for any website updates to come through.

    With Caffeine, Google is still constantly scanning the entire web, but it updates its index in smaller portions more often. This means that when searching in Google you are finding much fresher content sooner.

    Still not making sense?

    Just imagine if the painters of the Harbour bridge left covers over the newly painted parts of the bridge and didn't remove the covers until the entire bridge was re-painted, It would be a long while before we got to see a fresh coat of paint. Instead the painters reveal each freshly painted section as soon as a section is finished.

    So how does that affect my website?

    Caffeine means that Google users will be able to find your newly created, updated and scheduled webpages  much quicker, increasing the traffic to your site and the effectiveness of your analytics.

     

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    Now go grab yourself a coffee, write some new content and see how long it takes for Google to index it.
     


  • Photo Galleries dynamic display options expand

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    18 June, 2010

    One of the best advantages of using the Siteflex Photo Galleries module is the array of display options you can utilise to fill your website with the latest imagery from your organisation, automatically.

    However, occasionally you may want to keep a gallery out of the dynamic display listings. For example, showing a client a slideshow of mockups, photos taken from a private event or just a collection of embarrasing pictures that the kindness in your heart stops you from letting the world see.

    With this in mind we've introduced the Visibility setting to Photo Galleries. You're now able to set individual Photo Galleries to Private to remove them from any public automatic listings. You're still able to embed and link to the gallery as normal.
     

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    We've also modified the existing latest_galleries content code to show a list of the latest galleries by the date it was created, rather than taking into account the last modified date.

    Of course checking out the most recently modified galleries is a cool function too, so we've introduced two new codes to compliment the existing ones, modified_galleries and modified_galleries_list.

    If you're worried about all these codes; worry not, they'll be a part of the new Siteflex Editor interface when that launches for all Siteflex users.

    For advanced users, related Siteflex Photo Gallery codes are:

    • modified_galleries=NUM
    • modified_galleries_list=NUM
    • latest_galleries=NUM
    • latest_galleries_list=NUM
    • galleries=NUM (list all public galleries in alphabetical order)

  • Siteflex for Designers: Listing your Siteflex products is now more flexible

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    16 June, 2010

    Crafting up a Siteflex page about your latest product promotion? If you have your products online via the Siteflex Products module, normally you'd probably link to the relevant page within your Products structure.

    Now you can list your products right within your Siteflex page, based on a Product Category, Manufacturer, Filter or a cross-section group of up to three Product Filters.

    This new selection of Siteflex components is intended to be a visual call to action for your website's users to enter into your Products system proper, or to show a small limited selection of products rather than needed the user to click further into the website.

    Product Codes

    For advanced users, the Siteflex content codes are:

    • prod_list_cat=CAT,NUM
    • prod_list_manuf=MANUF,NUM
    • prod_list_filter=FILTER,NUM
    • prod_list_filters=FILTER,FILTER,FILTER,NUM
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