Ian Bicking has just blogged about a new project he is building called toppcloud that will provide an easy deployment container utilizing his virtualenv. We here at Web Cube have deployment scripts using fabric, however we have long admired the simplicity of Google App Engine's deployment, and will watch Toppcloud with interest.

With the hotly anticipated Apple tablet computer slated for release today, the growing presence of mobile style devices is set to continue to grow. The Web Cube platform is poised to help your business expand into mobile, with core mobile capabilities on its immediate roadmap.

Stay tuned to find out more with our own mobile plans.

Web Cube CMS and online payment processor Braintree have partnered to provide to a global e-commerce solution that allows for easy, secure international credit card processing. This exciting partnership allows Web Cube clients to leverage Braintree’s trusted payment gateway to grow their global e-commerce sales. Braintree is currently featuring Web Cube and this strategic partnership at http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com/why-braintree/partners/.

Quiksilver Go wins the Web Marketing Association's 2009 Sports Standard of Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Web Development. Check out the details here. Quiksilver Go uses Web Cube's Video and Photo features. The website also taps into Web Cube's full-frame flash ready components to deliver a cinematic user experience on the front end.

Django Con has been a great experience so far. We have been able to bond with many developers in the community and been inspired by the conversations and talks.

Thanks to Brian Luft from Lincoln Loop for giving a shout out to our CEO, Aaron Cuker in his panel about how to sell Django. During this panel we gained insight from lead Django developers at NASA, PBS, and others.

We have found quit a bit of interest in our E-Commerce platform. We feel that there is a big need for the product within the Django Community and we aim to provide the best E-Commerce Django platform.

We are giving a lightning talk today about Web Cube's E-Commerce Model. After this conference we hope to solidify several new reseller relationships that offers the value of the E-Commerce and Core Products to Companies and Agencies across the nation.

Download our Lightning Talk Presentation - Click Here

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Just a quick check in from Djangocon 2009. There is a buzz about Test Driven Development, and we at Web Cube have been listening intently. Eric Holscher's talk on testing in Django provided a great overview and was in line with our own internal goals for continuous integration. James Bennett provided further insight on the necessity of well documented and clean code, and Brian Rosner's talk on deploying Django provided some alternate solutions to our own deployment mechanisms. We spent some time with Jared Kuolt of partner hosting company Slice Host. A special thanks to the PDX python user group for taking on the Djangocon masses for their monthly meeting, and to Web Trends for hosting. And finally, an emphatic plug for Portland beer!

Web Cube 3.0 E-Commerce has been updated to include additional features on the front end and back end. Features include product zooming, page filtering, and dynamic SEO implementation. Stay tuned for more details on Web Cube 3.0.

We will be unveiling the updated Web Cube E-Commerce 3.0 at the upcoming DjangoCon conference in Portland September 8-12.

Web Cube Core now offers 2 options for the layout of photos.

The "Galleries" feature allows you to add multiple photo galleries to your website. The Galleries feature include a main photo, zooming, description, scrolling thumbnails and list of galleries. Here is an example:

http://www.prgproducts.com/gallery/

If you only need one set of photos on your website you will want to use the "Photos" application. This feature has a main photo, zooming, description and scrolling thumbnails. Here are some example of this feature in action:

http://www.thestrategicconquest.com/gallery/

http://registration.btpaintball.com/biggame/photos/

The new Web Cube 3.0 Core includes "Info Pages". We came up with the concept of "Info Pages" due to the demand for large content sections on our client websites. Our clients need the ability to easily add, update, and remove content sections such as "Services". They also need to be able to organize these sections in multiple levels of categories, sub-categories.

The Info Pages feature allows you to easily add, edit, and categorize large content sections. You can also embed images and graphics in the page content.

Contact Us for a demo if you are interested in taking a tour of the Info Pages feature and other features in the Web Cube Core.

We recently updated the Press feature in Web Cube Core. The press feature can now be used to showcase press articles and link directly to the featured products from the article. If you have a Web Cube Store, you can easily link the products in the store to related press articles. Below are some examples of the press feature in action:

www.vixswimwear.com/press

www.knockknock.biz/press

www.stampdla.com/press

We have released Web Cube Core 3.0 which includes several feature upgrades. The 3.0 Core includes new FAQ's, Info Pages, and Press features.

Web Cube Core 3.0 also has an updated "out of the box" front end design. The clean layout of the videos, photos, blog, and other features reduces the amount of development time required to make these features match the look of the website that you are building.

Contact Us for a demo if you are interested in taking a tour of the software update.

The new Vix Swimwear site was unveiled on July 1st to rave reviews and impressive numbers. The new enterprise-level e-commerce site includes high level features like 1-page checkout, product grouping, easy product merchandising, easy coupon generation, and back order management. Check out the style and substance at www.vixswimwear.com.