Advantages of WordPress
1) It’s easy to opensource and free.
2) It’s easy to maintain.
3) It’s interactive, which helps build community.
4) It builds credibility and stable web pages.
5) It’s more flexible in structure than a traditional website.
6) It is very search-engine friendly.

eTeam Pakistan is assigned to work for CataractDR. An upcoming portal for awareness of Cataract (safaed motia) in Pakistan. The project is scheduled to go live by end of January 2012.

New website for BOS is now live. This is the first phase of the project – soon dynamic sections of the website and parents portal will also go live.

Had a great time at Port Grand last Friday evening. We all enjoyed the long walk, unusual calmness of Karachi port and mouth-watering dinner at Ghaffar. Arshad Sahab, Farhan and Zulqarnain we missed you this time but hopefully will arrange another party soon… enjoy the pictures!

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A chart depends on the following building blocks:

Chart Library
Charts are exposed as JavaScript classes. Google Chart Tools provides many chart types for you to use. Although the default appearance is best for most situations, you can easily customize a chart to fit the look and feel of your website. Charts are highly interactive and expose events that enable you to connect them to create complex dashboards or other experiences integrated with your webpage. Charts are rendered using HTML5/SVG technology to provide cross-browser compatibility (including VML for older IE versions) and cross platform portability to iPhones, iPads and Android. No plugins are needed.

DataTables
All charts are populated with data using a common JavaScript DataTable class. Having a common data structure makes it easy to switch between chart types. This class exposes methods for sorting, modifying, and filtering data. You can populate a DataTable programmatically from data that you retrieve from your own database, or you can request data from a data provider that supports the Chart Tools Datasource Protocol.

Datasources
You can query websites that implement the Chart Tools Datasource protocol. The Datasource protocol includes a SQL-like query language, and is implemented by Google Spreadsheets and Google Fusion Tables, as well as third party data providers such as SalesForce. You can even implement the protocol on your own website and become a data provider.

They say Pak-China friendship is deeper than the oceans and higher t
han the mountains, right? But what do we know about our “best friend”? Besides Kung fu and chow mien, we’d say not much!

“A Journey of Friendship” will help you explore this exotic destination, only to discover that China is as dynamic as its size. From delectable cuisine to luxury shopping, from world heritage sites to state of the art technology; China has it all!

Visit their facebook page.

HTML 5 is the next revision of HTML, the standard programming language for describing the contents and appearance of Web pages. HTML 5 aims to allow the Web browser to become a development platform. The primary goal for HTML 5 is to ensure interoperability among browsers so that Web applications and documents behave the same way no matter which browser or device is used to view them.

Presentations is available here for reference: HTML5 First Look

eTeam is targeting to finish this project in October 2011.

G.E.A.R. is an initiative for generating employment alternatives to promote self-reliance. The idea is to serve the capable and economically deprived individuals and families so that they are able to make their ends meet. G.E.A.R. encourages viable small businesses to grow so that individuals, groups, villages, cities, and finally the entire national economy can prosper.

• The Investors contribute to the G.E.A.R. Fund. (We call it investment rather than donation because the Almighty has promised manifolds reward for those who invest in the well-being of fellow humans)
• G.E.A.R. gives easy term, interest free loan/equipment to the borrowers after due diligence of their capacity.
  The borrowers return the loan to G.E.A.R. in easy installments.
• The G.E.A.R. fund is therefore, replenished to fund new borrowers and the circle of those who benefit keeps increasing.

eTeam is proud to be associated with G.E.A.R. in helping them achieve their objectives by keeping effective presence on the web.

Ms. HUMA BAQAI is an Associate Professor, Chairperson, Department of Social Sciences, IBA Karachi. has remained associated with the media for the past several years both as an analyst and anchorperson. She has anchored current affairs shows on NewsOne and PTV. She has also taught at Department of International Relations, Karachi University for 10+ years. She is a visiting faculty at Air War College, Karachi.

HumaBaqai.com is designed and developed by eTeam.

We have launched a new product Al-Quran Computer DVD in collaboration with one of the leading publishers of Quran Idara -e- Al-Qu raa nul Mubiin Karachi.

Following are highlights:

1. Arabic, Urdu & English Translation and Romanised Arabic Scripts
2. Arabic Qir’at by Imam Kaba and Imam Masjid Nabwi
3. Easy Urdu Translation by Hafiz Fahim Uddin Siddiqui

The product is available as download for International users and can be ordered in Pakistan from eTeam website.

As a team we often discuss Pakistani Politics but never come to any conclusion which is similar to what we see on TV channels daily. Our knowledge on the topic is mostly based on News we read, watch or hear and thus far from the reality. Keeping our team’s interest in Pakistani and global politics we invited Dr. Huma Baqai (Chairperson, Department of Social Sciences – IBA, TV Anchor and Political Analyst) for our eVisit Session held on 5th July 2011.

The session was very informative and gave us a different view on Pakistani Politics and its players. We discussed the role of our institutions and politicians and how they get manipulated by foreign powers for their advantage. We discussed why we are in this current state and what can take us out of this crises.

The complete video of this discussion will be uploaded soon.

- Overview of the product / technology
- Installation
- Different Features
- How to customize a pre-build theme
- Plug-ins and Widgets

In continuation of eTeam’s knowledge sharing initiatives team member Raza Usmani gave a presentation on Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). The presentation gave a detailed view on the topic and helped everyone understand latest trends around application development and cloud computing.

SaaS, PaaS & TaaS presentation is available here for download.

The evening started with a bowling tournament which was evenly contested and was jointly won by Naveed and Faraz with scores of 90. Saif came second with 87 points. A super dinner followed at Rangoli right after the bowling drama.