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We have posted online additional photos from general conference. There is a link to them on the Ensign home page, where you’ll also find a link to experiences from people who attended conference.

PDF versions (showing the full graphic layout) of the manual Preach My Gospel are now available online in the LDS.org Gospel Library in the following languages:

Albanian, Armenian, Bislama, Bulgarian, Cambodian, Cebuano, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Fijian, Finnish, French, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kiribati, Laotian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malagasy, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tahitian, Tongan, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

Because of the complex layout of the Preach My Gospel manual, we have not yet placed the XML text online, pending an upgrade to a newer XML schema. Therefore, you must access this manual temporarily on a special English page or on the individual language pages.

Normally, you can access PDF versions of many items in the Gospel Library in two ways:

1. Visit the Gospel Library > Additional Media Formats > PDF index page.
2. When viewing an item, click View on the format bar above the text, either at the chapter/article level (to see a PDF of just that chapter/article) or on the table of contents (to see a PDF of the entire item).

An English audio recording of the manual Preach My Gospel is now available in MP3 format in English on LDS.org.

You can access all the Church’s audio files from the LDS.org audio page.

The Church is now beginning to provide audio recordings in various languages for the manual Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, Jr. The following are the languages and the scheduled dates for posting the last of the MP3 audio files on LDS.org. Files for many of the chapters are already online.

English: completed (We also have a podcast for the English audio files at webfeeds.lds.org.)
Spanish, Russian, Korean, Mandarin: May 30, 2008
Portuguese, French, Cantonese, German, Italian: June 5, 2008
Japanese: June 12, 2008

You can access all the audio files from the LDS.org audio page. You can also access them from the individual chapters in the manual by clicking Listen on the format bar above the chapter text.

My new blog RichmanRamblings.blogspot.com is where I post stuff that doesn’t fit on ldsWebguy.com or any of my other sites.

The General Conference Ensigns are on their way to subscribers this week.

Elder Paul V. Johnson counsels us to “Decide now to make general conference a priority in your life. Decide to listen carefully and follow the teachings that are given. Listen to or read the talks more than once to better understand and follow the counsel. By doing these things, the gates of hell will not prevail against you, the powers of darkness will be dispersed from before you, and the heavens will shake for your good.” (Paul V. Johnson, “The Blessings of General Conference,” Ensign, Nov. 2005, 52)

If you don’t have a subscription to the Ensign, you can order one at LDScatalog.com. You can even get a subscription with 2 copies of each conference issue. You can also get audio and video files at generalconference.lds.org.

LDS.net is a network set up by the More Good Foundation as a place where members can blog, chat, share testimonies, and participate in groups and forums.

A lot of good things are happening on LDS.net. See the LDS.net blog for a description of 4 people who have been baptized because of LDS.net and other investigators who are learning about the Church.

If you want to learn more about how to participate in things like LDS.net, see the More Good Foundation Web site or the LDS Online site.

A few days ago, I blogged about creating social network called LDS Online at LDSonline.ning.com.

It’s been up for only 3 days and already has 52 members, 7 forums, and 3 groups.

Another post from the Web 2.0 Expo:

Integrating SEO, Usability, and Internet Marketing for High Performance Results

Web sites are not “projects.” They are living, breathing environments. SEO, usability, and Internet marketing are often introduced on completion of the site and retrofitted later to support visibility and promotion to target audiences. This is counter-intuitive and country-productive.

Every aspect of the experience needs to be optimized with intent:

• Web site architecture
• user experience and interface
• content
• metadata
• assets
• media & publicity
• Internet marketing

Proven methodologies

• Competitive research and positioning (not copying other successful sites)
• Keyword research and positioning
• Ongoing content management
• Metadata optimization
• Formatting to maximize efforts, leverage best practices for widespread success (metadata, keyword utilization, etc.)

Since search engine algorithms change, best practices sustain these changes over time, without putting your site at risk of being blacklisted and will perform best for YOUR Web site.

True SEO incorporates (1) company mission, (2) unique value proposition, and (3) pre-qualification of audience. You want to attract people who are perfectly matched to your content.

Usability:

• Give your visitors what they want as quickly as possible.
• Promote engagement before they “bounce” (leave your site).
• Empowers the user to control the experience.
• Empowers viral marketing.
• Provides clear execution of desired outcome at all times.
• Promotes conversion.
• Answer every conceivable question or objection leading to the conversion.

Your mission is to meet the immediate and long-term needs of your audience.