Microsoft Office 365 or Google Docs?

I was surprised today with just how well Microsoft came across in the Microsoft Tech.Days Q&A with CEO Steve Balmer. Microsoft has a clear focus on targeting enterprise customers. The acquisition of Nokia, the surface device and Windows 8.1 all seem to come across as an attempt to catch the market up. And, to the general public that is probably how it will stay. But considering it from a business point of view, this is a clear planned approach to bring touch screen devices to business in a meaningful way, whilst tackling the BYOD dilemma.

The question small businesses should be answering right now, is should they be moving to the cloud. And it is an excellent advertisement when your CEO can pull out his tablet device and say this is what I am using and it is making my business work life easier. Steve points out, there are only a couple of players in the enterprise productivity market – Microsoft and Google. I have leaned towards Google Docs recently, as the Android operating system, on phones and tablets, have really made accessing business info a simple, easy to use affair. Now, however, I really would consider using Office 365 and for larger teams it really does look like it will deliver a reliable productive environment for your business.

EU Cookie Law on Horizon Web

As you will now have noticed it is an EU requirement that your website displays a message on how your site uses cookies.

You can contact ECI Bluesky Support for a script which will do the job for most users. However, it does not work across all browsers.

To add the cookie warning as seen here to your site do the following:

1) Log on to your web sites admin page. Add the following to code in the CSS Editor and Save Changes

.CookieShow
{
display:block;
position: fixed;
padding: 8px 21px;
z-index: 10000;
background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.85);
bottom:30px;
right:30px
}
.CookieHide
{
display:none;
position: fixed;
padding: 8px 21px;
z-index: 10000;
background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.85);
bottom:-1000px;
left:-1000px
}

2) Go to Overrides and the Additional Header section and add the following:

<div id=”cookiemessage”>

<p>We use cookies to help provide you with the best possible online experience.</p>

<p>By using this site, you agree that we may store and access cookies on your device.</p>

<a href=”javascript:;” onClick=”acceptcookies();”>Click here to hide message</a> </div>

<script type=”text/javascript”>

<!–

if (document.cookie.indexOf(“allowcookies”) == -1) { document.getElementById(‘cookiemessage’).className=’CookieShow’; }

else { document.getElementById(‘cookiemessage’).className=’CookieHide’;  }

function acceptcookies()

{

document.cookie = “allowcookies=1;expires=Mon, 23 Jul 2040 22:00:00 GMT”;

window.location.reload();

}

//–>

</script>

3) Save Settings.

You should now see a box at the bottom right of the screen.

If you are wondering why I’ve put it on the bottom right, when it is on the bottom left on the example site? Because I can’t click on the admin link when it is on the bottom left!

Falkirk Supporters Society

I am currently enjoying setting up a wordpress blog for the Falkirk Supporters Society.

The site is hosted by Vida Host who have been a very reliable host for me on previous projects.

The site uses the following WordPress plugins

This is the first time I have used the PayPal plugin and I thoroughly recommend. (The instructions are very concise but they do cover everything you need to know.)

The site layout is developed from the Twenty 12 layout and includes banners for Open X Ad Server.