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Welcome to the latest issue of ClubRiada, where you'll find new updates of 1stRiadaHeadine, 1stRiadaBillboard and RiadaMelt, along with a top review of RiadaMelt and a special customer offer. We also bring you a new and improved ClubRiada competition and some excellent RiadaGallery submissions. For all the details, see the brief run down below or click on the relevant main link for more information.
Daniel Adair
Founder, Riada International
NEWS
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- New Versions/Builds of 1stRiadaHeadline, 1stRiadaBillboard and 1stRiadaMelt
Riada's award winning web products are used by everyone from commercial web designers to people designing their first web page, producing professional results whilst remaining easy to use and feature packed at a price everyone can afford.
New versions/builds of 1stRiadaHeadline (dynamic headlines/news), 1stRiadaBillboard (advertisements/images/banners) and RiadaMelt (animated text effects) that overcome display problems arising from a recent build of Netscape Communicator, are now available from the Riada web site.
Each product is free for use on a single unique domain while displaying embedded Riada advertisements. To remove these advertisements, a Standard Domain Registration License can be purchased and used on up to 5 unique domains, or an Unlimited Domain Registration License can be purchased and used on as many domains as you like.
Customers who are not already registered users of these products, can obtain more information about them at http://www.riada.com/Products including pricing details.
Existing registered users of 1stRiadaHeadline, 1stRiadaBillboard and 1stRiadaMelt, please see the NEWS topic below for obtaining your free upgrade.
- Free Update for 1stRiadaHeadline, 1stRiadaBillboard and 1stRiadaMelt Customers
1stRiadaHeadline 1.12 (Build 5), 1stRiadaBillboard 1.11 (Build 6) and RiadaMelt 1.10 (Build 12) are free to existing registered customers of previous versions of 1stRiadaHeadline, 1stRiadaBillboard and 1stRiadaMelt.
Check which build you're currently using by selecting the "About..." option from each product's Help menu. If you have an earlier build simply download your update from http://www.riada.com/Download and install!
- RiadaMelt Dazzles Review Site
ZDNet, one of the biggest and best IT news sites on the Internet, has described Riada's animated text product, 1stRiadaMelt, as "an exceptionally easy-to-use program that will add some definite spice to your Website. You can use it to create attractive animated headers, banners, even mini-movies -- the creative uses of the program are almost unlimited". For the full five star review visit http://hotfiles.zdnet.com and type 1stRiadaMelt into the search box and click on the link that appears.
- Special Offer: 40% Customer Discount on 1stRiadaMelt
Existing Riada customers can purchase a copy of RiadaMelt at a special discounted price until the 31 July 2000. To obtain your RiadaMelt at the discount price, please refer to the instructions in the Issue 11 ClubRiada news brief, recently emailed to customers.
COMPETITION
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The high quality of entries was making it increasingly difficult to choose winners, so we've scrapped all but the "Gold" Award and now even more of you show off your web site!
The Gold winners for this issue of ClubRiada are Miracle Baseball, On The Cutting Edge, Student Nurses Association of Pennsylvania, Prestige Caravans, RSC Associates Inc and the Wrexham Soccer Club Fan Site, for their outstanding use of Riada products. Check out their winning entries below along with this issue's other great RiadaGallery submissions.
Winners of Gold awards each receive a free registered copy of any current Riada software title of their choice, and a link to their site and a congratulatory note is also published on the *FRONT PAGE OF THE RIADA WEB SITE*. All winners receive Gold trophy image to display on their Riada enabled web site and they are also highlighted in the ClubRiada section on the Riada web site. Submissions for both Hints/Tips and RiadaGallery are eligible and entries are assessed in terms of originality, usefulness and style with which Riada products are applied.
Don't forget to submit your Riada enabled web site to RiadaGallery or Hints/Tips for the next ClubRiada issue by emailing mailto:club@riada.com.
RIADAGALLERY
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Show off your Riada enabled web site to the world by submitting it to RiadaGallery. A page of links of RiadaGallery submissions is maintained under the Info section of the Riada web page along with an archive of back issues of ClubRiada. This month's RiadaGallery submissions include:
Miracle Baseball - Gold Award
The Fort Myers Miracle Professional Baseball site has perfectly integrated RiadaButton as a menu bar with images positioned to display one larger image, 1stRiadaBillboard to display sponsor logos and 1stRiadaHeadline with links to team news, photo gallery, the latest quiz and more! http://www.miraclebaseball.com
OTCE.com - Gold Award
On The Cutting Edge web and Internet services have used 1stRiadaHeadline and a foreground image/mask to create a sleek, modern and very professional first impression. http://www.otce.com
Student Nurses Association of Pennsylvania - Gold Award
Cleverly uses RiadaButton with animated images and links as a navigation console - move your mouse over the hearts and watch them beat! Also makes great use 1stRiadaBillboard to display nursing employment and housing advertisements. http://www.snap-online.org/
Prestige Caravans - Gold Award
This Australian company makes excellent use of three Riada products: RiadaButton with audio as a navigation bar with drop-down menus, 1stRiadaBillboard to display images of caravans, staff and various dealerships, and 1stRiadaHeadline to promote the latest caravan special offers.
http://www.prestige-caravans.com.au
RSC Associates Inc - Gold Award
Winners of the 1999 Residential Managers of the Year award, this real estate site uses 1stRiadaHeadline with images and links to display the latest rental apartments - click the image and learn more about the property of your dreams. http://www.rsc-associates.com
Wrexham Soccer Club Fan Site - Gold Award
Hear the crowd roar as you kick the soccer ball around the stadium to score another goal! Cleverly uses RiadaVivo (animation product) with audio and browser status line text to promote its screen saver at http://www.red-passion.com/download/ and also uses 1stRiadaHeadline to display the latest team news on its main page http://www.red-passion.com
DSSDdBase.com - this company designs database systems for school administrators and makes great use of 1stRiadaHeadline with images to display its logo and company services, as well as using RiadaButton as a menu bar. http://www.dssdbase.com/
Harman Industries Inc - this worldwide company provides solutions and services for the freight and transport industries, and makes great use of 1stRiadaHeadline to display company news, products and services. http://www.harmonind.com
Wattsongs - this web design company and online store uses 1stRiadaHeadline to link visitors to the rest of their site. http://frontpage.lightspeed.net/wattssongs
Holly Community Club - this Washington club uses RiadaButton with tool tips and email links to display its executive board members' email address and contact numbers - click a member's name that appears across the top of the page and an email window opens for your use. http://hollynewsnet.org/HCC/
Pilotenclub-wien.at - the Pilots Club of Vienna uses RiadaButton with animated images as a menu bar - move your mouse over the bi-planes and watch them fly while you link to other pages.
http://www.pilotenclub-wien.at/luftfahrerverband/fmain.html
Sungas - this Brazilian on-line store sells quality sports wear makes good use of 1stRiadaHeadline, RiadaMelt and RiadaButton. http://www.sungas.cl
St Francis - the Cary, North Carolina branch of the St Francis United Methodist Church uses 1stRiadaHeadline to display the latest church news with links to the full stories. Visit http://www.saintfrancisumc.org and click on the UMC news link.
Tampa Baptist Academy - this Florida, USA site uses 1stRiadaHeadline with images to link you to more information about the school. http://www.tba-rams.org
Banburyshire Web - check out the community, businesses and tourist attractions of the City of Banbury, UK, and how this web site has used 1stRiadaHeadline as a news ticker. http://www.banburyshire.co.uk
To submit your Riada enabled web site to RiadaGallery for the next ClubRiada issue email mailto:club@riada.com.