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Web_Design_A : Part I

Custom Manufacturer Under Cabinet Light

When selecting under cabinet lights manufactured for task lighting in any room or work
area, it is important to choose fixtures that will present as much of a low profile visible
presence as possible and produce an even wash of clear, glare free lighting over counter
tops and work benches. Most cabinet lighting manufacturers provide a broad range of
options to accommodate both standard cabinet dimensions, new construction builds, and
glare reduction to prevent reflected light from straining the eyes. Contractors and end users
alike, however, run into difficulty when trying to match custom cabinet dimensions to
standard strip lighting lengths or when retrofitting new equipment to older cabinets in homes
under remodel. It makes much better since to eliminate the time often wasted in trying to
find a perfect match for a custom piece by simply ordering from a custom under cabinet
lighting manufacturer. Because these under cabinet light lighting fixtures are custom
fabricated to order, fixtures can be both tailor made for new build outs or retrofitted to fixer
uppers with only minimal damage, if any, to existing surfaces.

Another drawback presented by lower commercial grade and retail strip lights is inadequate
glare shielding. Most under cabinet lights are manufactured with frosted lenses intended to
soften the intensity of the light and minimize excessive glare. While they do a good job in
keeping the light below levels that would actually blind a person, they provide insufficient
shielding to completely eliminate the indirect glare that that can reflect off of granite, marble,
or glossy surfaces. This presents a nuisance to a person working in a kitchen or washing up
in a guest bathroom, and in work areas, even indirect glare over prolonged periods of time
can create eyestrain. To overcome this, custom manufacturers, design under cabinet lights
or task lighting products that eliminate both direct and indirect glare altogether. Unlike some
puck lights that are partly visible, custom strips are so compact they lie completely hidden
from view. Instead of frosted lenses, they use metal glare shields specifically engineered to
anticipate the wise variety of counter tops in custom homes and commercial environments.
This completely eliminates glare while maintaining optimal clarity. Regardless of the viewing
angle, custom, proprietary lighting strips conceal the light source and virtually eliminate
glare.

One of the main causes of glare to begin with lies in the actual positioning of under cabinet
lights. Manufacturers of fluorescent under cabinet fixtures tend to design them to mount on
the back wall with the light thrown forward. This of course causes both indirect direct and
indirect light to shine into a person's eyes. By contrast, custom manufactures often design
low voltage under cabinet lighting strips to more efficiently mount beneath the front end of
the cabinet underbelly. This mounting technique works best with linear strips that are
relatively small in size. Larger fixtures cannot support their own weight in many cases
without the 'back rest' of the wall, thus creating the forward throw of annoying, excessive
light. More compact, LED strip lights, strategically angle the light from the front of the
cabinet onto the workspace. These linear strips that rely on unique lamping designs create
a more ambient pattern of luminosity that cascades downward in an even layer of light that
is clear but not blinding.

The most cost conscious choices for under cabinet LED strip lights are those manufactured
as 12VAC strips. Higher-end lighting lamps such as xenon that normally consume greater
amounts of electricity by design will use less power when installed on a low voltage linear
strip. Some manufacturers will also make 24VAC cabinet lights with incandescent bulbs for
more standard kitchen and break room lighting. Some, like Phantom Lighting, have recently
introduced superb LED replacement lamps that can competitively match quality to industry
mainstay light sources at only 80% of the power consumption rates of previous technology.
This allows for both relamping upgrades at a fraction of retrofitting costs, and for LED puck
light replacements that pay off with long-term power cost savings with a more aesthetic,
minimized physical presence.

One final thought to always remember when purchasing higher-end linear strips---The best
under cabinet lighting manufacturers custom make their lights to your needs rather than
requiring your needs to bend to their mold.

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for details!

WEB_DESIGN_A : End of Part I

Web_Design_A : Part II

Custom Software Development Checklist

Custom database software development is facilitated by the use of a checklist of standard
questions to be answered before a system is created, and before analysis begins. This
checklist is provided to assist in the Analysis/Requirements phase of a new custom software
development project.

If you are interested in having 21st Century Technologies, Inc. create a new system for you,
then the following checklist and the associated answers will facilitate the analysis process.
The answers can be e-mailed or faxed to us at the email address and fax number at the
bottom of the page.

BUSINESS CONSIDERATIONS

1. Desired delivery date or proposed project schedule.
2. Business reason for, and urgency of project.
3. What are the cost constraints?

4. Use cases - description of how each group of users will be using the system.
a. General business process - web user will buy a product, web user will add a customer,
web user will add contact information, etc.
b. Input/Output - web users will enter data into forms, data will be imported, administrator
must run many management reports, administrator needs to export to Excel and text, etc.
c. Frequency of activity - many times each day, once daily, weekly, etc.
d. Cycles of activity - weekly sales reports to all sales managers on Monday morning, close
books at end of year, etc.

NATURE OF APPLICATION

1. Do you have a desired development tool or technology in mind? You may want to split the
application into some parts that can be run on a Windows workstation computer, while other
parts (like reports, or timecard entry screens) are accessed via a web browser on your local
intranet. Web applications and reports can be viewed on all computer types and operating
systems that are capable of viewing web pages. Some tools currently available to build the
system are listed here:
a. C#/VB.NET
b. ASP.NET
c. Active Server Pages or Cold Fusion for robust database driven Web applications
d. ColdFusion
e. Visual Basic
f. SQL Server
g. MS Access
h. JavaScript - for cross browser compatibility,
i. VBScript - for server scripting, and client scripting if Internet Explorer is the only client
browser
j. Dreamweaver - for higher ended client functionality
k. SQL Server Reporting Services
l. Crystal Reports - for Windows and Web based reports
m. ActiveReports
n. Excel
o. PowerPoint
p. Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Systems - dial 1 for English, 2 for Spanish...
2. If other applications are involved (MS Word, MS Excel, QuickBooks, etc.), what version
will be used?
3. Desired screen resolution (800x600, 1024x768, etc.),
4. Screen Size (15", 17", 19', 21")
5. Preferred Font and size (Arial 10, Times New Roman 12, etc.)?
6. Target Windows version for each client computer in the system (98, NT 4.0, 2000, XP,
2003 Server, etc.),
7. Web Server ' MS Internet Information Services (IIS), Apache, etc.
8. Target computer Operating System if not a Windows Platform - Apple, Unix, Linux, etc.
9. Target workstation hardware for all client stations,
a. Clock speed '1333, 1500, 2000, 3000, etc. MHz,
b. Hard drive space ' 100, 200, 400, etc. Gbytes,
c. RAM ' 128Mb, 256Mb, 512Mb, 1Gb, etc.
10. If a network application, which network and version? 'Windows, Novell 3.1, Novell, etc.

11. What are the drive letters for the networked back end databases if a network
application? F, G, H, etc.? This reduces the deployment effort by developing in the same
environment as the target workstations.
12. If available and pertinent, please provide a network configuration diagram with paths to
server (where database will reside) and all clients, security/user groups, etc.
13. Is 24x7 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week) uptime required? If so, please explain the
business need. We will discuss this further. The cost goes up as more uptime is required.
More resources are needed - various personnel on pagers, redundant computers or
components like power supplies RAID or mirrored hard drives, etc.
14. Is Internet/Intranet data access desired?
a. For data entry?
b. For report reviewing only?
c. To disseminate existing documents?
d. To email notification of pre-determined business trigger events (project milestone met and
approved, employee appraisal ready for approval, etc.)?
15. Is Security desired?
a. Extremely high network (Internet) security - firewall, proxy server, etc.
b. Database level security - MS Access has security, but SQL Server has a much tighter
security model tied in with the Win 2000/NT operating system.
c. Application level security
d. Minimum (pseudo) security algorithm ' low cost
e. Please specify User Groups that may have special Security needs requiring different
levels of security:
i. Administrative Assistants
ii. Analysts
iii. Engineers
iv. Managers
v. Company Owners
vi. System Administrators
16. Are Backup Scenarios currently in place? Backups will be an integral component of the
system. The importance of this cannot be over emphasized.
a. Daily, Weekly, Monthly onto tape
b. Daily, Weekly, Monthly onto CD or other optical drive
c. Onto another computer
d. Regular backups located at a remote site
17. Are Anti-Virus protection and policies in place? It is an important part of ensuring that a
system stays up and running.
18. Will remote troubleshooting be desired? The addition of Error Processing and Logging
software will facilitate remote support and troubleshooting.
19. Desired Documentation?
a. None
b. Installation
c. User
d. Administrator
e. Software
f. On-line help
g. Special
h. All of the above

20. What is the proficiency level of all users for the target tools and environments '
Windows, Excel, etc.?
21. Will interfaces to other systems (accounting, payroll, another database, GIS, truck
routing, etc.) be required? This will affect the data model and system configuration, so early
planning for these interfaces is critical to their successful inclusion into the system.
22. Is an audit trail function desired for changes to existing data? What parts of the system
will need to be audited?
23. Is government reporting or data security required ' Sarbanes Oxley, HIPAA, etc.
24. Number of reports. A sample hardcopy or at least hand drawing of each will significantly
help in determination of report prices and commonalties (company headers, formats, etc.).
Important items are:
a. Number of sections including sort groups,
b. Definition of the source data for all fields in each section and their calculation method,
c. Summaries,
d. Desired output format:
i. Windows screen preview
ii. HTML
iii. E-Mail
iv. PDF
v. Delimited Text
vi. Excel spreadsheet
vii. Other outputs
25. Is an ad hoc user-defined reporting, data retrieval, or analysis (On Line Analytical
Processing (OLAP), Data Mining, etc.) capability desired?
26. Is an installation program needed for distribution of an application to many users?
27. Is an automated network or internet installation desired?
28. Are custom point to point communications needed? This may also include automated
faxing.
29. Special Considerations:
a. Unique business rules, calculations, desired warnings, etc.
b. Significant text parsing
c. Known or possible issues and problems that may be alleviated with testing
d. Voice driven capability
e. Multiple databases (Access and SQL Server, Oracle, etc.)

DATA AND VOLUME

1. How many users are expected on the system in the near (first 6 months) and long (1 ' 3
years and past) term?
2. How many users are expected to use the system at the same time during peak periods in
the near and long term?
3. What type of data traffic will be on the network for the near and long term - numbers, text,
images, video, multi-media, etc.?
4. What is the expected volume of traffic for the near and long term?
5. What is the estimated number of data records to be stored for the near and long term?
6. Do we need to import data from existing files or systems? Note that Characters like ' " #
have special significance in data processing and conversion, and require special code
handling. Names (D'Joy) and other data fields may contain these characters.

a. No. Example data will usually be provided in database, text, or spreadsheet format. This
helps significantly in system testing and allows for error discovery and error trapping before
the system is delivered.
b. Yes.
i. Is all or part of the existing data needed? What parts?
ii. Can use of the existing data be stopped while we convert the data into the new system?
iii. Is this a one time data conversion, or will we have to import data from existing systems
regularly?
iv. Are some fields mostly blank?
v. Are some desired fields missing?

for details!

WEB_DESIGN_A : End of Part II

Web_Design_A : Part III

Custom Software Development Checklist

Custom database software development is facilitated by the use of a checklist of standard
questions to be answered before a system is created, and before analysis begins. This
checklist is provided to assist in the Analysis/Requirements phase of a new custom software
development project.

If you are interested in having 21st Century Technologies, Inc. create a new system for you,
then the following checklist and the associated answers will facilitate the analysis process.
The answers can be e-mailed or faxed to us at the email address and fax number at the
bottom of the page.

BUSINESS CONSIDERATIONS

1. Desired delivery date or proposed project schedule.
2. Business reason for, and urgency of project.
3. What are the cost constraints?
4. Use cases - description of how each group of users will be using the system.
a. General business process - web user will buy a product, web user will add a customer,
web user will add contact information, etc.
b. Input/Output - web users will enter data into forms, data will be imported, administrator
must run many management reports, administrator needs to export to Excel and text, etc.

c. Frequency of activity - many times each day, once daily, weekly, etc.
d. Cycles of activity - weekly sales reports to all sales managers on Monday morning, close
books at end of year, etc.

NATURE OF APPLICATION

1. Do you have a desired development tool or technology in mind? You may want to split the
application into some parts that can be run on a Windows workstation computer, while other
parts (like reports, or timecard entry screens) are accessed via a web browser on your local
intranet. Web applications and reports can be viewed on all computer types and operating
systems that are capable of viewing web pages. Some tools currently available to build the
system are listed here:
a. C#/VB.NET
b. ASP.NET
c. Active Server Pages or Cold Fusion for robust database driven Web applications
d. ColdFusion
e. Visual Basic
f. SQL Server
g. MS Access
h. JavaScript - for cross browser compatibility,
i. VBScript - for server scripting, and client scripting if Internet Explorer is the only client
browser
j. Dreamweaver - for higher ended client functionality
k. SQL Server Reporting Services
l. Crystal Reports - for Windows and Web based reports
m. ActiveReports
n. Excel
o. PowerPoint
p. Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Systems - dial 1 for English, 2 for Spanish...
2. If other applications are involved (MS Word, MS Excel, QuickBooks, etc.), what version
will be used?
3. Desired screen resolution (800x600, 1024x768, etc.),
4. Screen Size (15", 17", 19', 21")
5. Preferred Font and size (Arial 10, Times New Roman 12, etc.)?
6. Target Windows version for each client computer in the system (98, NT 4.0, 2000, XP,
2003 Server, etc.),
7. Web Server ' MS Internet Information Services (IIS), Apache, etc.
8. Target computer Operating System if not a Windows Platform - Apple, Unix, Linux, etc.
9. Target workstation hardware for all client stations,
a. Clock speed '1333, 1500, 2000, 3000, etc. MHz,
b. Hard drive space ' 100, 200, 400, etc. Gbytes,
c. RAM ' 128Mb, 256Mb, 512Mb, 1Gb, etc.
10. If a network application, which network and version? 'Windows, Novell 3.1, Novell, etc.
11. What are the drive letters for the networked back end databases if a network
application? F, G, H, etc.? This reduces the deployment effort by developing in the same
environment as the target workstations.
12. If available and pertinent, please provide a network configuration diagram with paths to
server (where database will reside) and all clients, security/user groups, etc.

13. Is 24x7 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week) uptime required? If so, please explain the
business need. We will discuss this further. The cost goes up as more uptime is required.
More resources are needed - various personnel on pagers, redundant computers or
components like power supplies RAID or mirrored hard drives, etc.
14. Is Internet/Intranet data access desired?
a. For data entry?
b. For report reviewing only?
c. To disseminate existing documents?
d. To email notification of pre-determined business trigger events (project milestone met and
approved, employee appraisal ready for approval, etc.)?
15. Is Security desired?
a. Extremely high network (Internet) security - firewall, proxy server, etc.
b. Database level security - MS Access has security, but SQL Server has a much tighter
security model tied in with the Win 2000/NT operating system.
c. Application level security
d. Minimum (pseudo) security algorithm ' low cost
e. Please specify User Groups that may have special Security needs requiring different
levels of security:
i. Administrative Assistants
ii. Analysts
iii. Engineers
iv. Managers
v. Company Owners
vi. System Administrators
16. Are Backup Scenarios currently in place? Backups will be an integral component of the
system. The importance of this cannot be over emphasized.
a. Daily, Weekly, Monthly onto tape
b. Daily, Weekly, Monthly onto CD or other optical drive
c. Onto another computer
d. Regular backups located at a remote site
17. Are Anti-Virus protection and policies in place? It is an important part of ensuring that a
system stays up and running.
18. Will remote troubleshooting be desired? The addition of Error Processing and Logging
software will facilitate remote support and troubleshooting.
19. Desired Documentation?
a. None
b. Installation
c. User
d. Administrator
e. Software
f. On-line help
g. Special
h. All of the above
20. What is the proficiency level of all users for the target tools and environments '
Windows, Excel, etc.?
21. Will interfaces to other systems (accounting, payroll, another database, GIS, truck
routing, etc.) be required? This will affect the data model and system configuration, so early
planning for these interfaces is critical to their successful inclusion into the system.

22. Is an audit trail function desired for changes to existing data? What parts of the system
will need to be audited?
23. Is government reporting or data security required ' Sarbanes Oxley, HIPAA, etc.
24. Number of reports. A sample hardcopy or at least hand drawing of each will significantly
help in determination of report prices and commonalties (company headers, formats, etc.).
Important items are:
a. Number of sections including sort groups,
b. Definition of the source data for all fields in each section and their calculation method,
c. Summaries,
d. Desired output format:
i. Windows screen preview
ii. HTML
iii. E-Mail
iv. PDF
v. Delimited Text
vi. Excel spreadsheet
vii. Other outputs
25. Is an ad hoc user-defined reporting, data retrieval, or analysis (On Line Analytical
Processing (OLAP), Data Mining, etc.) capability desired?
26. Is an installation program needed for distribution of an application to many users?
27. Is an automated network or internet installation desired?
28. Are custom point to point communications needed? This may also include automated
faxing.
29. Special Considerations:
a. Unique business rules, calculations, desired warnings, etc.
b. Significant text parsing
c. Known or possible issues and problems that may be alleviated with testing
d. Voice driven capability
e. Multiple databases (Access and SQL Server, Oracle, etc.)

DATA AND VOLUME

1. How many users are expected on the system in the near (first 6 months) and long (1 ' 3
years and past) term?
2. How many users are expected to use the system at the same time during peak periods in
the near and long term?
3. What type of data traffic will be on the network for the near and long term - numbers, text,
images, video, multi-media, etc.?
4. What is the expected volume of traffic for the near and long term?
5. What is the estimated number of data records to be stored for the near and long term?
6. Do we need to import data from existing files or systems? Note that Characters like ' " #
have special significance in data processing and conversion, and require special code
handling. Names (D'Joy) and other data fields may contain these characters.
a. No. Example data will usually be provided in database, text, or spreadsheet format. This
helps significantly in system testing and allows for error discovery and error trapping before
the system is delivered.
b. Yes.
i. Is all or part of the existing data needed? What parts?

ii. Can use of the existing data be stopped while we convert the data into the new system?
iii. Is this a one time data conversion, or will we have to import data from existing systems
regularly?
iv. Are some fields mostly blank?
v. Are some desired fields missing?

for details!

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