Now for the first time ever you can get Digital Delivery of your favourite Sportfishing DVDs at www.fishingdvds.tv

The idea of the website portal came about for a number of reasons, most significant of which were the desires to buy fishing DVDs online from the convenience of home, not having to wait for the physical delivery of the product, no matter in which format they were (NTSC or PAL) they could still be played from a disc on any computer, and above all else not having to pay excessive courier or postal costs.

The concept raised several issues; 1) how to deliver huge file sizes across the internet (most DVDs are about 4.2 GB in size) 2) how to convince the film producers that their work would be safe from copying by ‘pirates’ 3) where would the DVDs be sourced from, and 4) how the DVD digital products should be presented to the public on the internet.

Fortunately there was significant interest in the project from an international content delivery network (one of the largest in the world), an innovative Norwegian company that had developed a combined payment platform and DRM (Digital Rights Management) clearing house, the creators of a compression utility developed in a Danish university that are based in Germany, and a ‘cutting-edge’ website development company based in Madeira, Portugal.

Visit the site here and see video and DVD productions from leading film producers in the sportfishing film industry.

The site has been carefully crafted around Joomla 1.5 and VMart. Navega Bem - Web Design were responsible for the project design, programming and development. You can read the case study about this project at ‘Fishing DVDs Case Study‘

Having closed the company for 2 weeks to allow everyone to enjoy the summer holidays - it’s now back to work with a precise to-do list that ensures the smooth continuance of both design work and clients sites.

The most pressing issue for us is the upgrade of all our sites from 1.5.x to 1.5.6
This security release was put out on the 12th of August and one of our sites was attacked and went down screaming exactly one day later. Fortunately, with a support strategy designed to combat such eventualities and a bod on standby - we were back up and running within 90 minutes. But many tales of woe are creeping across developer blogs - explaining a not so swift return to normal service.

If you didn’t upgrade yet - get the security update at the Joomla site

SECURITY [HIGH] Fixed security hole in reset logic to check for proper token length.

We back up our sites daily - this should be common practice for any Joomla professionals running sites for their clients or offering ISP services.

The 2008 Madeira Wine Rally, the largest automobile event in the Region is into its second and final day.
Famous names from the world of motor racing and their cars are taking part in this major event.

58 participants were allowed to start the race with 21 special stages, to be covered by the drivers over three days.

With the second and final day of the Madeira Wine Rally underway, the top five drivers appearing on the leader board are fighting a heated battle for points and podium positions.

At lunch time today the Peugeot domination over the last several stages of Rally Madeira came to an end – somewhat – along the numerous curves of the Ponta do Pargo 1 stage, when Giandomenico Basso’s Abarth Grande Punto and Bruno Magalhaes’ Peugeot 207 tied for the stage win.

Navega Bem  wants to thank everyone that helped in getting numerous technical projects ready in a timely and professional manner for the start of the Rally. Special thanks to Marcia:

See you all at the party

Portugals renowned Dj Foksen has launched his new official website with professional support of ‘Navega Bem - Web Design‘.

The site has been designed by Sara Lomelino and many interactive features are incorporated in the Joomla 1.5 framework: Image gallery, live digital audio feeds, download and media areas as well as the latest charts. Of course you can find all the latest news about Dj Foksen and upcoming dates of special venues. Visit the site ‘Dj Foksen - The Official Website‘.

Our Real Estate Agent CMS solution includes full design, multilingual
capability and search engine optimization. Just add your properties!
No license fees, no monthly fees, no maintenance fees or set-up fees.
Learn more about our award winning Joomla websites at Navega Bem - Web Design.

the-property-agency.com is a brand new website that has been developed by Navega Bem - Web Design.
The Madeira Property Specialists website is a combination of three companies each licensed in their field of work to provide the best possible service to both local and overseas clients. This collaboration is a trouble free way in finding your new home here on the Idyllic Islands of Madeira & Porto Santo whether you are looking for a new build or an old property.

Clearview-homes Group
“The Clearview-Homes group is your number one company to see you through every aspect of buying and personalizing your new dream home, we have many house developments along the south west coast of Madeira to suit every body’s requirements and budgets”. David Albon

Proprifunchal, Mediação Imobiliária – AMI 6265
“My goal is to make the process of buying, selling, or owning a home stress free, enjoyable and rewarding for you and an efficient service from me” Graça Caires

Macnicasa, Construções Lda – Alvará 54969
“We Pride ourselves on the level of construction from start to finish, we give attention to every detail providing the Quality that you would expect of an efficient new home. Most of our clients have been astonished at the standard of finishings and ultimately the sheer value for money.
As from the 1st of July of this year all new properties have to ahere to stringent rules with green issues high on the agenda. All new properties will be graded into four categories from A+ to B-, A+ being the highest specification and build quality.  B- Being the lower specification and build quality.
From a recent appraisal of all the properties we have in construction at the moment, all have been rated within the highest specifications and build quality”.  Fábia Gomes, Civil Engineer.

The site has been developed by Joomla specialists Navega Bem - Web Design. The company have developed their own Real -Estate solution that is competitive with the biggest software solutions available in the realty market.

Managing Director Chris Szabo explains “we have developed a complete real estate agency solution that is crafted around the Joomla framework. We don’t market our component to other developers - our strength lies in creating complete Real Estate Agent websites in a package that includes a unique design, our proprietary real estate component, search engine optimization and submission to all the major search engines and directories.
The only thing our clients need to do is add their properties”.
“The big advantage with our real estate solution is that there are no license fees, no monthly fees, no maintenance fees or set-up fees. Also, we have developed more integrated features than most of the other solutions put together. The properties can be exported or imported and we already have XML exportation to several locations such as Properazzi, Google Base, Imo-Portugal, Habinet, Lardocelar and GiMob. Others are being developed.”
“Utilizing Joomla as the backbone of the site we can offer clients a multilingual CMS Real Estate Agent website that you can manage from anywhere in the world. All you need is an internet connection and a standard browser. The complete site (CMS & Real Estate) is managed through just one back office

Find out more about Professional Real Estate Agent websites here.

So you already have a website?

Ask yourself these questions about your website…

The ‘Balancal‘ Big Game Fishing operator located on Madeira island, Portugal - has launched its new website which has been fully developed around the Joomla CMS framework.

The new site is very dynamic and takes advantage of the latest technologies to give site visitors a content rich and knowledgeable experience.

The site has been developed by Navega Bem - Web Design and is just one of six projects that has been undertaken by the Madeira island based web development company for the Palheiro Estate Group.

There seems to be a lot of difference in opinion about which links are most beneficial for your website. So let me give you some facts.

What are absolute links?
An absolute link defines the location of the document in total including the protocol required to get the document, the server to get it from, the directory it is located in and the name of the document itself.

An absolute link will look like this:
<a href=”http://www.navegabem.com/index.html”>Home</a>

What are relative links?
A relative link on the other hand takes advantage of the fact that the server knows where the current document is. Thus, if we want to link to another document in the same directory, we don’t need to write out the full URL. All we need to use is the name of the file.

For example, if we are looking at the link in the previous example, and we want to link to a file called index.html in the same directory, we don’t need to write out the entire URL.

A relative link will look like this:
<a href=”index.html”>Home</a>

What does Google say about relative and absolute links? Read more….

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Posted by Chris Szabo, MD Navega Bem - Web Design - Madeira island - Portugal

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