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Ad Monsters launches their first Latin American Ad Ops conference in Brazil.

We have the pleasure to announce that one of our long time clients has expanded their presence to South America. Ad Monsters, will be presenting a new conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil on April 24, 2012. AdMonsters brings together a global community of online advertising operations and technology leaders to connect, share, innovate and grow within the continually evolving online advertising ecosystem.

Expanding upon our Web and Application development services, SGC now offers expanded services to provide brands, retailers, content/media companies, agencies, enterprises and other businesses with greater access to their customers using smartphones and tablets. Smartphone Apps can enable companies like yours to offer their customers/users a more interactive and efficient experience than they otherwise enjoy by browsing your non-optimized Web site.

Of all of the misconceptions I will be covering this one is perhaps the most controversial. There is a very evident dividing-line with one side saying that the site should not be touched during updates and the other side says that the site would be worthless if it cannot be used; at all; while new code is being written. Of course I see both sides of this argument because I am usually in the middle of what the client needs and what a developer wants. The main issue with this topic is that often these two sides do not understand the other’s view and reasons for the request.

It is not totally surprising to me that the Web industry is growing as fast as it is with mobile/tablet platforms taking off like rocket cars on salt flats. I guess all of the above go hand-in-hand and this also means they will continue along this path for the foreseeable future… in my own humble opinion.

Design creation (or UI) is a critical process in the creation of an application or website.  There are many steps in the creation of a project and while each step is essential to the success of a project, design is the foundation of how that project will look.  The result of the design phase (or mockups) will then stand as a contract which can be referred to later to assure the final result is what was ordered.

There are several ways to improve Drupal performance, and to be more honest, there are several ways to improve your infrastructure supporting Drupal (e.g. Web Server, MySQL Server, PHP opt-code cache, Varnish/Boost HTML cache, Application cache (Memcached/APC), Pagespeed (output compression/optimization), etc). You can also add gigs of RAM to your server, more processors and perhaps deploy your Drupal site on a cluster of 10+ dedicated servers.

Sometimes we need to hide a module to avoid certain known conflicts on a site. The Following is a specific use case for doing as such:

Note: Use jQuery UI 1.8 in an specific admin page

• Module jquery_ui is installed and provides version jQuery UI 1.7
• jQuery UI 1.8 is needed in admin page: "admin/build/custompage"

Issue

Once "jquery_ui" module is installed, the "context" module plugin "reaction block" will load "jquery_ui" on every page load.

It is no surprise that here at SGC we love coffee. In fact, I think most people enjoy a nice cup of coffee. I walked into what I call the "Command Center" early today I was a little surprised when I saw our Systems Architect drinking a Slurpee. The Command Center is where the Systems Architect sits and basically controls many different aspects of our web development company.
 

Recently I were archiving a Drupal site and needed to move the "files" folder to another path. Then some critical issues raised:

• Image paths were using an nonexistent path
• All file links were missing the domain name

The following modules were affected:

The 8.9 magnitude earthquake in Japan followed by the destructive tsunami has left more than 550,000 people displaced and living in shelters. The death toll continues to rise and could near 10,000. Reports indicate that Japan has not faced this kind of devastation since the Second World War.
 
At Santex, we understand that the Internet is probably the most powerful tool to share information. We want to provide you a link to a website that lists the different ways that you can help Japan. Japan needs help. Anything can and will help.