Jazar Logo

I thought that you may like to see the first version of the Jazar logo. It is dull .. we are not quite there.. but it's always nice to see a first draft.

Here we are :


... what do you think?

Publish Your Content Externally

I have found this in Site pro news newsletter, and found it quite interesting.

You can publish your content externally by submitting your content to other websites and newsletters.

No matter what niche you are in, chances are there are other sites and newsletters about that topic. Seek them out by spending some time at a few email newsletter directories. A few of the better ones include...

EzineHub.com
Ezine-Dir.com

An email newsletter (also called ezine) directory can help you gather and grow a list of email newsletters, including editor names and email addresses. Contact editors in your niche once a month with your content. Let them share it with their readers. Of course, you'll include your footer with URL after each article.

Some final tips about your content before you get busy...

Don't publish self-serving content. Keep it strictly informational.

Always proof-read your content 3 times. If you have another pair of eyes available, have them read it too.

Include references to clever and helpful websites when you find them. If readers find useful sites they'll be sure to read your content every time they come across it. (It's OK to use affïliate links sometimes, but not always.)

Keep your footer short and to the point, especially when you are sharing your content with editors in hopes of getting it re-published.

MarketingSherpa

I think that Laurent is not going to stick to this blog, is he ... I wondered then how many of these politicians, or stars are actually writing the blogs themselves (not that Lolo is a star, or a politician, but please allow me this digression). Mmmh, don't think a lot ...

You have for instance the stars blogs, Gillian anderson, ..., or Moby.... Or the politians ones, such as DSK one.

Let's have a look at what the web offers as the best regarding weblogs... at least from MarketingSherpa's point of view (is the guy who has found the name french ...?) :

MarketingSherpa, the excellent resource for online marketers, just awarded seven marketing blogs with a readers' choice awards, comprising votes by 826 respondents. The winners were:

Best individual's blog on the general topic of marketing and advertising: Adrants

Best group weblog on the general topic of marketing and advertising: AdLand

Best PR-topic blog: CanuckFlack

Best b-to-b marketing-topic blog: Dana's Blog

Best blog on small business marketing: Duct Tape Marketing

Best blog on online marketing: Search Engine Lowdown

Top readers' choice write-in vote: Strategic Public Relations

New Font!

Here is the new font I have created for Galide

Have a look at the page : yep, you can see the text above, not an image. Magical? Not quite yet, but very clever! It took me a little while, but I eventually got my grip on it.

So, first read this very good article. It wil give you the keys about how to display your own font on a website.

Then you have to create your own font. I did the following
1) downloaded this font creator application (1 month free - plenty of time to create your font - by the way, if any body has a crack for this application, please let me know!)
2) used Teoma font in photoshop and created 26 layers, one for each letter (font size = 400) : then create 26 jpgs (1 for each letter) and imported them in the application to create my own font

Et voila!

Troy - review

I thought I could drop a line here about Troy. This is the kind of movie you don't really want to praise. Blockbuster's, big trendy stars, etc ... But I found myself thinking about this movie today, dreaming about this movie (I was Achiles) 2 days ago...and I thought : weel, not too bad a movie if I still remember about it more than 2 days later!

Now, time to analyse what makes Troy a good movie (from my point of view at least). Mmh, It's not that hard actually : Brad Pitt performance. He is just a very good actor, such as Robert Deniro, Gene Hackman, etc ... and the end of the movie leave you pondering : how far am I from being Achiles? a few hours at the gym I am afraid!!!

La barre d'outils Google a été installée.

La barre d'outils Google a été installée.

Mon web dépucelage

Hi guys, This my first mail on a website.....fantastic. So I Just wanted to say that we're going to write the most fantastic business venture in the world you've ever read. Just that !
I've got a bet with Manu: to have a drink at the copacabana beach in two years. Cool hey. To win this bet, I'm goin to create a company...And I'm just wondering for a marketing strategy at the moment.

Manu I'm gonna win, Hope you too and, we'll be there in two years...

Reading this blog from your desktop

I didn't know about these blogs... But more I read about them now, more it looks like the future of the web!!!!!

You can received news from different blogs straight on your desktop, the same way you receive emails in your outlook mailbox

1) Go Here And download this rss reader.
2) Ctrl+O : add the following address - http://www.jazar.net/galide/atom.xml
3) That's it - you'll receive the articles straight into your blogbox.

I love this blog concept!

Create a sticky ad on your website

Let's get a bit technical today. I'll teach you how to add a sticky advert (or call for an action) on your website :

Step 1 : A bit of avascript

Test if the cookie is there :

function GetCookie (name) {
var arg = name + "=";
var alen = arg.length;
var clen = document.cookie.length;
var i = 0;
while (i < clen) {
var j = i + alen;
if (document.cookie.substring(i, j) == arg)
return getCookieVal (j);
i = document.cookie.indexOf(" ", i) + 1;
if (i == 0) break;
}
return null;
}

If the cookie is there, do nothing. If it is not there, set the cookie :

function SetCookie (name, value) {
var argv = SetCookie.arguments;
var argc = SetCookie.arguments.length;
var expires = (argc > 2) ? argv[2] : null;
var path = (argc > 3) ? argv[3] : null;
var domain = (argc > 4) ? argv[4] : null;
var secure = (argc > 5) ? argv[5] : false;
document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) +
((expires == null) ? "" : ("; expires=" + expires.toGMTString())) +
((path == null) ? "" : ("; path=" + path)) +
((domain == null) ? "" : ("; domain=" + domain)) +
((secure == true) ? "; secure" : "");
}

and initialize the ad

Step 2 : Initialize the ad
We will not use a popup here. We just use a div (#sponsorAdDiv {position:absolute; height:1; width:1px; top:0; left:0;}).

function initAd(){

if(!ns && !ie && !w3) return;
if(ie) adDiv=eval('document.all.sponsorAdDiv.style');
else if(ns) adDiv=eval('document.layers["sponsorAdDiv"]');
else if(w3) adDiv=eval('document.getElementById("sponsorAdDiv").style');
randAd=Math.ceil(Math.random()*chanceAd);
if (ie||w3)
adDiv.visibility="visible";
else
adDiv.visibility ="show";
if(randAd==1) showAd();
}

the function showAd makes the frame sticky ..

Step 3 : Display the ad

function showAd(){
if(adCount<adTime*10){adCount+=1;
if (ie){documentWidth =truebody().offsetWidth/2+truebody().scrollLeft-20;
documentHeight =truebody().offsetHeight/2+truebody().scrollTop-20;}
else if (ns){documentWidth=window.innerWidth/2+window.pageXOffset-20;
documentHeight=window.innerHeight/2+window.pageYOffset-20;}
else if (w3){documentWidth=self.innerWidth/2+window.pageXOffset-20;
documentHeight=self.innerHeight/2+window.pageYOffset-20;}
adDiv.left=documentWidth-200+calunit;adDiv.top =documentHeight-200+calunit;
setTimeout("showAd()",100);}else closeAd();
}

..make sure to add the closeAd function to your js file too, otherwise people could get upset if they to wait till the timer times out!

function closeAd(){
if (ie||w3)
adDiv.display="none";
else
adDiv.visibility ="hide";
}

Step 4 : Add the code to your html page

<div id="sponsorAdDiv" style="visibility:hidden">
<table width="450px" height="350px" bgcolor="#000000"><tr><td>
<table width="445px" height="345px" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><tr><td align="center" valign="middle">
<center>
<img src='http://www.mywebsite.com/images/img1.jpg' alt="Join our newsletter"><br/>
<form name=mailer id=mailer method=post action='mailto:my@website.com?subject=send_info' ENCTYPE='text/plain'><input type=hidden value=submit name=submit>
<input type='image' src='http://www.mywebsite.com/images/bton1.jpg' id=subscribe value='Subscribe'>
</form>
<input type="button" value="Close" onclick=closeAd();>
</center>
</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
</div>

Thst's it! Don't hesitate to post comments if you have any questions ...

You can see a live example Here

Enjoy!

No Wake-boarding - Tartiflette Instead!

Today is raining, I should have known!!! So, well, no wake boarding today.

Right, to stay fit, I will go for a tartiflette instead. We have found a french retailer at the market, and I have bought a superb piece of Reblochon. I have never cooked a tartiflette before, but hey, "qui ne tente rien n'a rien".

Here is the recipy :
Serves 4

Potatoes (600 g)
Bacon (200 g)
Crème fraîche (10 cl)
1 reblochon
White wine (5 cl)
Butter (5g)
1 Chalot
1 pinch of Muscade
Black pepper, salt

Cook potatos for 30 minutes. On the side, cook chalots, with white wine and butter.

Put bacon in a pan. Split the cheese in 2. Pre-heat the oven to 225°C.

Cut potatoes in cubes. Mix them with the bacon and the chalots. Add the cream and the muscad. Add Salt/black pepper if necessary.

Put everything in a big plate, and add the reblochon on the top. cover with kitchen foil and leave the plate in the oven for 10 minutes. remove the foil and leave the plate in the oven for 5 more minutes.

Serve

Cordoba - "la Belle"

The weather is so miserable in London today... I wish I was in Cordoba, ...Let's our thoughts fly over there, just for a few seconds ....

  

Looks nice, doesn't it. You have just to jump on a plane destination Sevilla, and then rent a car to go Cordoba. Don't miss the "white villages" on the way, these are "magnifico"!

  

Wake boarding

Laurent seems to be to busy at the moment to do any work on this blog ...mmmmh....

Ok, Sunday this is wakeboarding time. We go to the Princes Club juste outside London.

I just wanted to check their website out, ...impossible to find it directly in google. Maybe a good idea to suggest some SEO work on their site ...

Wonder what wakeboarding is. Hey, just have a look below! Fun innit! (promised, I'll add a photo of myself as soon as I have learnt how to jump like that!)

  

How to update your blog ...

It's very simple in fact!

1) : Download the google toolbar. You can find it Here

2) : Click on the orange B (B like Blogger, and fill in the information (Username and password)

3) : Type your text. You can use simple html to make your message look a bit nicer...

4) : That's it! wonderfull isn't it!

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About Us

Laurent & Emmanuel have set up a common objective: to meet in exactly 2 years on the copacabanapopur beach to share a drink and have a look at the way they have gone through the past 2 years.

Well, here we are : DAY 1

Well, Day 1 is pretty simple, emmanuel creates the galide Blog. If you come across this very special blog, you may be interested to see what we look like :

Emmanuel Ide	Laurent Galabert