The ZendCon PHP Conference 2009 is the largest event of the PHP (the language CATS is written in) community in the world. This conference provides our two lead developers, Andy and Andrew, with the ability to meet with fellow developers, Web experts and IT managers from all industries. Throughout the week Andy and Andrew will be attending various sessions focused on taking advantage of and learning more about highly advanced PHP techniques straight from the experts. This will help give us fresh ideas when implementing new features into CATS! We have setup a post to update the community and document their trip. You can follow along and feel free to post by clicking here.

There's no shortage of requests for LinkedIn integration. We're proud to announce that as of today, via our Firefox toolbar, you can now import LinkedIn profiles, resumes and images directly into CATS. [b]Capture Resumes:[/b] If you're viewing a [url=http://www.linkedin.com]LinkedIn[/url] profile with a resume attached, we'll capture this document and attach it to the candidate record automatically. This resume can be used with submission, forwarded to hiring managers and can be quickly viewed with our magic preview tool – no need to open Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Word. [b]Capture Photos:[/b] While a typical resume likely won't include a photo, many [url=http://www.linkedin.com]LinkedIn[/url] profiles do. The toolbar will capture these pictures and neatly attach them to the new candidate profile. They'll even show up in the pop-up previews when you hover a candidate's name throughout the system. [b]Location Translation:[/b] [url=http://www.linkedin.com]LinkedIn[/url] has a nasty habit of saving addresses in the generic “Greater New York Area” or “Lakeland, Florida Area” formats. When performing a search of filter, this becomes an annoyance and would be much more convenient if stored as “New York, NY” or “Lakeland, FL”. We've developed and will continue to extend a database of these values to automatically perform this conversion when importing profiles from [url=http://www.linkedin.com]LinkedIn[/url]; therefore, linking state and city properly whenever we can. [b]What is [url=http://www.linkedin.com]LinkedIn[/url]?[/b] [url=http://www.linkedin.com]LinkedIn[/url] has over 47 million members in over 200 countries and territories around the world. A new member joins [url=http://www.linkedin.com]LinkedIn[/url] approximately every second. With executives from all Fortune 500 companies and profiles for an overwhelming number of professions, it's quickly become one of the top databases available for the sourcing of new candidates. [b]How to Get Started[/b] Even if you're already using our CATS Firefox Toolbar, it's best to follow these instructions to upgrade to the latest version to ensure that all of the features are available to you: 1) Login to CATS. 2) Click on the “Settings” tab. 3) Click on the “Downloads” link in the blue bar. 4) Follow the on-screen instructions to upgrade. The toolbar requires the Mozilla Firefox web browser to run. This browser is completely free, available for Mac and Windows and is recommended by CATS for the best performance. You can download it at http://www.getfirefox.com. If you have any ideas for other websites you'd like our toolbar to support, we would love to hear them. Visit our forums and post your suggestions.