Speaker Dave Blankenship will give a presentation on Microsoft Office Live Essentials. Dave uses MS Office Live Essentials for building his own website. Most of his presentation time will be a demonstraation of the live development capabilities of MS Office Live; he will also spend time discussing the non-web development elements of MS Office Live.

Dave has been in the technology industry for 24 years, he was a programmer/analyst for 17 years at various large corporations. He recently opened an office in Affton, MO for his business, Information Agent.

This meeting is our Anniversary Homecoming, celebrating 10 years of service. Everyone who has ever been involved is invited back for fun and rememberances. We will have Birthday Cake and nostalgia from former board members.

The presentation will cover a short history of AJAX development (who invented the technology, timeline, etc.), identify what types of problems does this technology solve, and then cover one or more examples of using AJAX (complete with source code) in real application. The examples will demonstrate using AJAX to display updates to a log file as the logging occurs in a web application.

David's presentation will be a combination of PowerPoint presentation and demo, using Rational Software Architect (integrated development environment).

ASP Odyssey: One man's odyssey as he tries to navigate through setup and deployment of his organization's information filled website.

Alan Barasch has been in the process of converting a website that was originally 3200 static pages (created from his Excel macros) to ASP and SQL Server for 6 months. The first draft is online at http://missouri.mophi.org. He would like our help in building the DataGrid and web.config.

Alan Barasch has been involved with the St. Louis Web Developers organization and its predecesor since before 1995. At present, he is an unemployed Excel developer who also happens to know a thing or two about web development. He is a director and vice-president of STLWebDev.

Our speaker for this month's meeting is Mark Murdock from Lantern Global Information Security, speaking on Penetration Testing - Mark will be discussing Lanern's techniques, tools and examples about penetration testing and share ideas how to better secure your projects.

One area of Lantern Global Information Security's focus is to challenge the technical and physical environments of an organization in order to identify exploitable vulnerabilities that pose a significant risk. Lantern Red Teams perform an objective-based simulation of an adversarial attack in an effort to improve upon security posture by exposing and exploiting vulnerabilities and weaknesses in particular systems. Role-based Penetration Testing allows an organization to set the scenario for an engagement.

Our speaker for this month's meeting is Alan Barasch, speaking on Cascading Style Sheets. Alan has been a web designer for 9 years and has been a member of STLWEBDEV almost since its inception. He primarily works in Microsoft Excel development. Some of his sites include http://Missouri.mophil.org, http://xl.barasch.com, and http://food.barasch.com. At present, he is employed at Anheuser-Busch, Retail Shelf Merchandising as a Data Coordinator

As Alan will tell you, Cascading Style Sheets are one of the easiest ways for a webmaster to affect the look and feel of a website. With CSS, colors and layouts can be changed in an instant across one page or the complete site. Styles can easily be established for web presentation, printing, special needs, and voice. Styles can be made to handle any type of browser that are thrown at them.

The program originally scheduled for August, "Spatially Aware Maps", will be presented at a later date.

Don't Click on the Blue E — "For anyone who has grown disenchanted with Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser, Don't Click on the Blue E! offers help. It gives non-technical users a convenient roadmap for switching to a better web browser--Firefox. This how-to guide is a must for all those who want to browse faster, more securely, and more efficiently." Quote from www.oreilly.com

Scott Granneman — Scott Granneman specializes in helping schools, non-profits, and business harness emerging technologies. Through presentations, consulting, and publications, Scott explicates the power of the Internet, the World Wide Web, and related technologies. He has helped educate thousands of people of all ages--from pre-teens to senior citizens--on a wide variety of topics. A mix of educational experience and practical know-how enables Scott to deliver the kind of hands-on solutions his clients expect. And, as the Internet continues its phenomenal growth, he helps his clients take full advantage of each new evolution of this emerging technology. Detailed information is available at www.granneman.com.