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Octeth Will Be In London From The 2nd To The 5th Of October
06th Sep 2007,
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Octeth will be attending the Future of Web Applications conference which is being held in London, from the 2nd to the 5th of October. If you are in London and you are interested in meeting the Octeth team, do drop an email at cem@octeth.com. It will be a pleasure for us to meet you.
We need your help
23rd Aug 2007,
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Hi Everyone,
As you know, we didn’t send our monthly newsletter on July and August. We are currently redesigning our newsletter, moreover thinking about changing the contents of our newsletter.
At this point, we need your help. If you spend a few minutes on getting back to me about what you want to see in our monthly newsletter, we will be quite happy to suit your needs by implementing your feedbacks in our newsletter.
In previous newsletter issues, we included brief news from Octeth, feature spotlight from our products, handy email marketing tips and email marketing jargon. Addition to these, if you want to see a new section on our monthly newsletter, just contact me by email cem [at] octeth [dot] com or post a comment below.
Looking for your feedbacks, thanks!
How We Manage Versioning And Development?
23rd May 2007,
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Hi Everyone!
In this post, you will find detailed information about how the versioning of projects is managed and how everything is well organized in a team working environment. Though we are a small software development company which consists of only 5 developers, 1 support specialist, 1 editor and sales men across Europe and the United States, our projects must always be planned involving the whole team.
Our office is equipped with mainly Fedora Core Linux servers, Ubuntu Linux workstations, iMac, Macbook, Macbook Pro and Mac Pro computers. A few Windows computers are also in attendance for testing purposes.
We are currently making use of the Subversion (SVN) version tracking environment to monitor our projects internally. Our office servers are connected to the internet and we can access our office version repository from anywhere utilizing our laptops (thanks to firewalls and VPN).
Once a new feature add-on has been created or a bug in one of our projects has been fixed, our Subversion storage area is instantaneously updated. This engrosses two advantages:
- We can go back and see what has been modified. We can revert to the previous revision whenever required.
- Subversion automatically handles conflicts and combines all the changes made by the different users.
Different code editors are used for developing our well-liked products. The ones most presently used are:
- ZendStudio (Linux and Mac OS X)
- TextMate (Mac OS X)
In addition, SVNX Subversion client is being employed in Mac OS X but it is preferable to use SVN through shell. However, both ZendStudio and TextMate have built-in support for Subversion.
For project management, we are using activeCollab project management solution which is quite similar to 37Signals Basecamp. OmniPlan in Mac OS X is used for detailed project management. According to us, it is the best project management solution.
Flow charts, database structures and similar charts are designed by the help of OmniGraffle in Mac OS X. It is another solution from the Omni Group. Omni’s solutions are much appreciated. They are easy to use and have great user interfaces just like other Mac applications.
All user interfaces and website designs are being achieved by Mert on Macbook Pro with Adobe Photoshop CS3 and some supplementary design softwares.
Moreover, the creative and productive working environment we have at the office helps us to get rid of stress.
In the following days, I will post about our office environment, how we work every day. I will also include some photos, so stay tuned.
Congratulations to Aykut!
21st May 2007,
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Our heartfelt congratulations to Aykut, our support specialist, who has just got married this weekend. The Octeth Team will have to manage without him until he’s back from his honeymoon on 28th. We all wish him a very happy wedded life!
Welcome Aboard Umut!
14th May 2007,
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Umut has just joined the Octeth team and has already been of great assistance in the improvement of the latest oemPro version. He’s an astounding PHP programmer, and he’s a veteran in PHP/MySQL, Java, Perl and AJAX. Umut will be henceforth involved in Octeth projects related to the development of Octeth’s products.
To view Umut’s profile, click here
Octeth.com is completely redesigned
02nd May 2007,
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Hi Everyone,
For the last few weeks, we were working on the re-design/re-development of our new Octeth.com corporate website. Finally, it’s completed and we opened our new website yesterday. Take a look at it at www.octeth.com
Our new website has great improvements on client area, shopping cart/checkout process and product pages.
Client area is now easier to use and find the right thing. Shopping cart and checkout process is simpler and takes less time to complete. And product pages are more targeted and includes screen casts. Take a look at Oempro’s Feature Tour page at http://www.octeth.com/products/oempro/featuretour.php.
In the following days, we will continue improving our website. We will keep you updated through here.
Welcome aboard Jason!
22nd Mar 2007,
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Jason Henderson of Big Marketing has been involved in the marketing and technical side of the internet for himself and his clients since 1996. He is considered an expert in search engine optimization, email marketing, and sales conversion. Jason is also regarded as the world’s leading expert in search engine optimization for the Miva Merchant shopping cart. He also just co-founded Better Posture Guaranteed, a company focused on helping marketers work more efficiently and reduce their pain and stress.
Welcome aboard Zihni!
15th Mar 2007,
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Octeth Team is growing! Our latest team member is Zihni. He is very experienced PHP programmer and problem solver. He will take active role on oemPro and Mailium product line developments.
Welcome aboard Zihni!