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Links

Kephra Design has collected a number of links from around the internet that we have found helpful or of interest to us. We hope you will also find something here of interest.

The links are divided into the categories below to assist you in finding the most helpful information for your needs.

Not-for-Profit Resources

A collection of links of special interest to Not-for-Profit Organisations, Associations and Community Groups.

NFP Analysts - www.nfp.net.au
A resource of information and links for the use of management and boards of not-for-profit organisations and associations in Australia.
Associations Forum - www.associations.net.au
Associations Forum Pty Ltd is a commercial business which facilitates the sharing of knowledge, information and experience among not-for-profit organisations in Australia.

Privacy Issues

Privacy is an important issue for Not-for-Profit Organisations and Australian legislation regarding staff, member and donor is changing all the time. Here are some important resources to get you started.

Electronic Frontiers Australia - www.efa.org.au
Electronic Frontiers Australia Inc. is a non-profit national organisation representing Internet users concerned with on-line freedoms and rights.
The Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner Australia - www.privacy.gov.au
The Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 details 10 National Privacy Principles. The full document and supporting information can be found at this Government site.

Website Portfolio

Links to websites designed and developed by Kephra Design and websites containing images or multimedia created by Kephra Design.

Ordo Templi Orientis Australia - www.otoaustralia.org.au
Kephra Design have been involved with Ordo Templi Orientis Australia since 1996. In this time we have completed two iterations of their main website. The current version of the site required Kephra to design, develop and implement a "member's only" extranet. It includes news, library, procedural handbooks and a content management system.
Instar Wedding Cars - www.instarweddingcars.com.au
To help avoid future web development costs the Instar site is designed to be easily updateable without any HTML or web design knowledge! Photos, News, Testimonials and new Vehicles can be added to the site directly by the client through any standard web browser.

The Instar Wedding Cars web site was built using free Open Source technology such as PHP, MySQL database and a Linux/Apache Server, which also significantly reduced site costs for the client.
Try Silence for 60 (RIDBC) - www.trysilencefor60.com.au
Try Silence for 60 is the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children's new fundraising initiative aimed at increasing awareness at the challenges facing deaf children in our community.
Klasse Industries - www.klasse.co.nz
Klasse Industries manufacture quality Pine wooden door knobs in New Zealand for export to a global market. They needed a simple catalogue style site that was both modern and functional.

Software

Links to software companies producing software used by Kephra Design.

Adobe - www.adobe.com
Producers of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Acrobat, integral parts of the Kephra Design toolbox
Macromedia - www.macromedia.com
Producers of Fireworks and Flash, image manipulation and animation software.
OpenOffice.org - www.openoffice.org
The OpenOffice suite is a free, open-source replacement for MSOffice and Lotus Notes. It includes a word processor, spreadsheets, presentations, drawing program with full database connectivity. Kephra Design use OpenOffice for all its documents, spreadsheets and presentations.
Eovia - www.eovia.com
Eovia are the wizards behind Carrara 3D Studio, the cheapest and most feature-rich 3D Modelling, Renderiing and Animation package available.
HTMLKit - www.chami.com
Chami makes the best HTML/XML editor out there and it is cheaper than Dreamweaver or Homesite by quite a few dollars... it also has better features! HTMLKit is the Kephra Design web authoring environment of choice.