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]]> http://www.avai.com/2011/06/20/hello-world/feed/ 1 Zoo 2.0 – A New Way To Experience The Zoo http://www.avai.com/2010/12/23/yt/ http://www.avai.com/2010/12/23/yt/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 04:08:50 +0000 admin http://www.arizonagovernment.net/wordpress/?p=73 We’ve been steadily upgrading Zoos to version 2.0 over the last year and a half. When we say “upgrading”, we mean a mobile app for zoos (accessible by other smartphones as well). This is a major change. For the first time, the zoo is in the pockets of those who are likely to visit – that means the experience continues beyond the physical limits of the zoo itself. And, when they visit, they have greater control over the entire experience.


If they want more education, we can tell them everything we know about each animal. We can supplement that information with video and photographs of the actual animals (this is handy when the animals aren’t visible). They can learn about any animal in the zoo, by searching or by clicking on an interactive zoo map.


If they want to plan their day to include feedings or presentations, they can create a custom tour by viewing a list of upcoming events and adding them to their planned visit schedule. This helps them plot their course upon arrival, and notifies them of event start times so they won’t miss anything.


Obviously, a big advantage is reduction of paper waste (e.g. maps, schedules, special fliers, and information pamphlets) – enabling zoos to further improve their conservation efforts. Not only does this reduce waste, the information is actually easier to navigate – so guests get more out of the information. It also has a long shelf life – the documents become a part of the App, and can be easily refreshed by authorized Zoo personnel.


Using the built-in GPS, the application can pinpoint the users location and show them the closest exhibits, restaurants and facilities. We’ve also created a social network function, so our guests can locate their friends and family who are also visiting the zoo.


And, finally, the zoos can push information to those who’ve downloaded. That means that on a slow day, the zoo can push an entrance fee special to quickly increase visitors. Or, encourage members to attend a Zoo fundraiser.


The zoos we’ve enabled with our Mobile App Platform include:


International
The London Zoo


Domestic
The Cincinnati Zoo – View the Video
The Dallas Zoo
The Detroit Zoo
The Houston Zoo
The Memphis Zoo
The Seattle Zoo (Woodland Park) – View the Video

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Next and Previous Links

The Next and Previous post links guide your visitor through your WordPress site. When it comes to creating strong site-wide navigation, some of the most powerful tools for moving your visitor around are these link tags.

There are two sets of tags that move the visitor through your WordPress site: posts_nav_link(), which displays both the Previous and Next links, and the combination pair of previous_post() and next_post(), which each display one of the Previous or Next links. This article will look at how these two tag sets work.

Note: “Previous” and “Next” in this case refer to posts in the order that they are in, not to any particular direction in time. This often confuses many people, as WordPress, by default, displays posts starting from the newest and proceeding backwards in time. Using this default ordering, “Next” would be moving backwards in time, because the “next” page after page 1 would be page 2, and that would move to older posts. If the post ordering is changed (like via a manual usage of query_posts in a template), then the links will point in different directions. This codex article uses both methods without explanation, because it is example code only. So it is important to keep in mind that the function is referring to an order that is independent of chronological time.

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Next and Previous Links

The Next and Previous post links guide your visitor through your WordPress site. When it comes to creating strong site-wide navigation, some of the most powerful tools for moving your visitor around are these link tags.

There are two sets of tags that move the visitor through your WordPress site: posts_nav_link(), which displays both the Previous and Next links, and the combination pair of previous_post() and next_post(), which each display one of the Previous or Next links. This article will look at how these two tag sets work.

Note: “Previous” and “Next” in this case refer to posts in the order that they are in, not to any particular direction in time. This often confuses many people, as WordPress, by default, displays posts starting from the newest and proceeding backwards in time. Using this default ordering, “Next” would be moving backwards in time, because the “next” page after page 1 would be page 2, and that would move to older posts. If the post ordering is changed (like via a manual usage of query_posts in a template), then the links will point in different directions. This codex article uses both methods without explanation, because it is example code only. So it is important to keep in mind that the function is referring to an order that is independent of chronological time.

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