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There are many sources of knowledge about the ecommerce industry for budding entrepreneurs and seasoned businessmen: online discussion groups, trade magazines, conferences, and many more. On ecommerce blogs, you can find articles on various topics and of varying complexity so it’s a good place to search for information on online stores, track the trends and news from the industry.

Ecommerce blogs – why should you stay up to date?

A blog isn’t only an effective brand promotion tool but also a place where readers can find tips that are useful for business.

The advantages of following blogs include:

• gaining knowledge about the ecommerce industry, technology, marketing, SEO positioning, dropshipping, running a store, the issues related to running an online business,
• making contact with other people from the industry (the author or other readers) in the comments to exchange views or start collaboration,
• getting quick information about the industry news by subscribing to a newsletter or blog,
• the ability to download reports, analyses, and other materials sent to blog subscribers and not available to the public.

1. Digital Commerce 360

Digital Commerce 360, formerly known as InternetRetailer, is a huge information platform with articles published in two sections, one about the B2B sector and another, which hosts materials about retail trade. The articles for this page are created by various authors, including industry journalists and people with hands-on ecommerce experience (company CEOs, product team leaders). They focus on industry news, technologies, technological solutions for business and the creation of reports on the ecommerce market.

In addition to reading publicly available articles, readers can purchase access to a large number of useful reports, as well as economic and ecommerce research (e.g. to a report on marketplaces or research on web page design and customer experience).

Digital Commerce 360 looks like an ordinary business magazine because the entries don’t resemble the compendiums of knowledge typical of industry blogs. On ecommerce blogs, entries often consist of many definitions and “raw” knowledge, allowing the reader to delve into a topic that is new to them. The articles on Digital Commerce 360 focus more on actual events in the world of online stores, opinions and statements of the people from the ecommerce industry.

2. E-commerce Nation

E-commerce Nation is another big portal that publishes articles related to the ecommerce market. In addition to regular authors specializing in the ecommerce industry, the editorial office is also open to materials created by independent authors. You just need to create your own profile on the page. The final modifications and the decision to publish it, however, are left to the regular team. Its editors categorise the published content into seven different thematic categories:

• logistics,
• payments,
• m-commerce,
• marketing,
• conversion,
• cross-border,
• ecommerce platforms.

Source: E-commerce Nation

This page is a huge knowledge base for beginners and experienced ecommerce professionals. In addition to the blog itself, on the page you can find webinars, podcasts, e-books, infographics, as well as a separate subpage with interviews with the people well-known in the ecommerce industry (such as Frieder Egerman, who started his career at Yahoo! or Clark Boyd, specializing in digital marketing, who collaborated with American Express and Adidas).

3. EcommerceBytes

EcommerceBytes is a blog founded by Ina Steiner, an often quoted by ecommerce journalists specialist in selling on marketplaces, and the author of Turn eBay Data Into Dollars. By browsing the published news from the ecommerce industry, you’ll learn what is happening at the largest ecommerce companies in the world, such as eBay and Amazon.

The site consists of three blogs: EcommerceBytes, AuctionBytes and Letters to the Editor. Letters to the Editor is a blog, co-created by the readers. Anyone can describe a certain problem or situation. It’s also worth mentioning that the readers can reply to every letter. Therefore, a discussion arises between the members of the community, and readers can learn not only from the person who wrote the letter, but also from other people leaving comments. AuctionBytes is written by salesmen running their own online stores and selling on marketplaces, and it addresses the current problems of these entrepreneurs. The third blog – EcommerceBytes – contains the news published by the founder of the site. The articles on this blog are aimed mainly at those who like to keep their ear to the ground, and whose business decisions may depend on the moves of big brands. Among the news, however, you can also find more extensive texts on the new trends in ecommerce (e.g. drone deliveries, methods of monitoring the employees working remotely, or the possibility of using artificial intelligence).

The Tools tab contains industry guides written by the readers, e.g. about international shipments and the strategies related to them. An interesting idea was also to create the Ecommerce EKG section, where readers can report information about the errors or difficulties they found on various ecommerce platforms. It’s possible to subscribe to the newsletter in order to be up to date with the new entries.

4. eCommerceFuel

The eCommerceFuel blog was created on the initiative of the entrepreneur Andrew Youderian, and today many ecommerce experts publish on the platform. In addition to the moderators, editors and employees responsible for supporting the community, the blog is also co-created by specialists in various fields, e.g. email marketing or product shipping. Readers will find on this platform numerous articles about:

• sales optimization,
• business scaling,
• branding,
• SEO,
• influencer marketing,
• photography,
• video creation,
• transport.

Among the materials, you can find content in various forms. Extensive specialist articles, industry news, annual reports on the ecommerce trends and training courses are available to interested readers. The podcasts created by the site founder are a large part of the content that makes up the blog. Sometimes by himself, and sometimes with the invited guests, he talks about creating one’s own brand and business, referring to his own story. He mentions, for example, how living in two different places at once had an impact on his career.

Excerpt from the report on the ecommerce trends in 2019. Source: eCommerceFuel

The recipients of the materials published on eCommerceFuel create an active community. The membership is paid, but after joining the forum, you’ll be able to participate in discussions with other entrepreneurs and have access to the materials available only to people belonging to the community. Closed networking meetings are also held.

5. A Better Lemonade Stand

A Better Lemonade Stand is a blog founded by Richard Lazazzera – an entrepreneur, advisor and investor from the ecommerce industry. He was developing the Shopify platform before deciding to seriously focus on developing his blog. Originally, his site was in the form of a blog, where the entrepreneur shared with his readers his own experiences gained while creating and running an ecommerce company. Today it’s created by many authors, and some guest texts sent by readers are also published.

This blog is aimed at a wide audience – both novice entrepreneurs and experienced experts from large corporations who are able to shape the ecommerce industry will find useful knowledge there. You can find entries about ecommerce platforms, interesting marketing tools, using various communication channels for promotion and many other materials.

Source: A Better Lemonade Stand

The texts on the blog can be filtered according to the phases of business development the text relates to (“build, launch, grow”). When browsing the articles in the section about the business building phase, we’ll find texts about interesting business ideas and general tips on ecommerce. In the texts on launching a store on the market, we can find information on interesting technologies and marketing. You’ll learn from them how to promote your own business. The publications on the growth phase include evaluations of useful business tools and tips on how to scale your business. It’s worth subscribing to the newsletter in order to receive notifications about the texts you are interested in.

6. Ecommerce Platforms

Ecommerce Platforms is a blog founded by Catalin Zorzini. The author is the creator of the Mostash content marketing agency, he recently released a free mindfulness app with Zen teachings and built the ethical.net page, which enables finding ethical alternatives to the mainstream products and services.

Ecommerce Platforms is a page almost entirely devoted to online store building software and related technologies. We can find comparisons of ecommerce platforms, and information about the latest software versions. You can also expect mentions of payment systems, reviews of IT solutions for ecommerce and industry news.

On the blog, we can find two interesting subpages: Resources and Definitions. The first one contains links to the software, tools and articles recommended by the author. The second contains an alphabetical list of ecommerce terms. After clicking the query, we are redirected to the definition of a particular issue.

7. Sylius blog

Sylius is a Symfony-based system for building online stores. On the official website of this solution, there’s also an industry blog with many interesting entries about ecommerce solutions.

Source: The Sylius blog

On the blog, you can find information aimed at developers, about the possibility of using this software to build an online store, and tutorials on creating and developing an ecommerce website. In addition, there are also published articles about the current trends in the industry, business strategies, and available Sylius functionalities for stores – such as the possibility of integrating various payment methods, availability of analytical tools, etc.

8. Droptica blog

We also invite you to follow our blog. The ecommerce entries are an important part of its content. The articles on online business constitute a solid dose of knowledge about the industry and interesting solutions such as Drupal Commerce and Sylius, which we implement.

Our blog will certainly be of interest to you, regardless of whether you are already active or just a beginner in the ecommerce industry. If you’re wondering which technologies are most suitable to meet your specific business needs, we’ll be happy to share many interesting facts about store design. We advise between choosing a marketplace and an ordinary online store. We also advise on how to approach the sale of electronic products and show what interesting functionalities for ecommerce you can implement at your store.

Ecommerce blogs – summary

It’s worth following popular blogs from the ecommerce industry and absorbing the news. This way, you can efficiently learn about the trends and solutions that you may later use in your own business. Browsing through multiple pages can be time-consuming, so be sure to subscribe to your favorite blogs to get notifications. Subscribe to the Droptica blog to find out what’s new in the ecommerce industry.

Theme creation in Drupal is not as easy as it may seem. Therefore, there is space here to make your work easier. Often, however, we take shortcuts for this purpose, but these do not always bring the desired results or contradict Drupal’s philosophy and generally accepted best practices.

Probably many of you know that as in any other CMS or framework we work on, in Drupal, we can achieve the same goals by choosing different paths to reach them. In the course of my experience, I have faced common mistakes made by Drupal beginners repeatedly, and I have managed to track many codes created by novice and experienced Drupal developers. I have seen how much different the approaches they use. As part of this article, I would like to introduce 7 tricks I have selected (or just shortcuts) that make it easier to work on creating a theme, which many programmers I have never heard of.

Due to the fact that with each release of the Drupal subversion there are various significant changes, I would like to emphasize the examples discussed here that are compatible with the core 8.9.x version. All presented tricks, although they may be sometimes controversial in use, they are fully consistent with the art and can be used for projects.

1. Use of the #context key in the rendering array

One of the common problems when creating templates is the ability to pass data between them. This usually requires programmers to perform complex operations, e.g. when processing templates. The challenge becomes even more difficult when some hooks have already been cached and data upload was still needed. There may be many ideas for solving the problem, but with the Drupal 8.8 version, the problem is solved by the #context key.

Suppose we have implemented hook_preprocess_node, in which we add some additional element using a dedicated template, but we would like to still have access to the node object in it. This is where the #context key comes in handy.

function my_module_preprocess_node(array &$variables) {
  $node = $variables['node'];

  $variables['my_custom_element'] = [
    '#theme' => 'my_custom_theme',
    '#title' => t('My custom theme title'),
    '#context' => [
      'entity' => $node,
    ],
  ];
}

This makes it possible to pass any data from one rendering table to another. You can fit anything in it, e.g. an instance of an object that we will need in further processing:

function my_module_preprocess_my_custom_theme(array &$variables) {
  $node = $variables['#context']['entity'];
  // Do whatever you needed with the node entity in your custom theme...
}

It’s worth mentioning that this variable is also available in hook_theme_suggestion_alter, which can further facilitate making suggestions for additional context-dependent template names.

2. Cache support in twig templates

More and more demanding graphic designs of websites, as well as page optimization (in terms of the amount of HTML code returned), forces us to use some shortcut solutions, e.g. extracting the field value directly in the entity template (node type).

Solutions such as

{{ content.field_my_reference_field.0 }}

displaying only single field instead of the content variable can have disastrous consequences in the form of cache problems. In the rendering arrays, apart from the final HTML code, there are also keys responsible for storing such cache metadata: tag, context and max-age. If you want to be sure that the metadata will be collected correctly by the renderer service, just add one magic line in the template:

{% set rendered = content|render %}

In the example of a node template, it will be the content variable, but it can be any “main” variable of your template. Passing such a main rendering array through the render filters allows you to correctly collect all cache metadata, without having to display the entire content variable. At the same time, the solution does not have any negative impact on the performance of code execution, as long as we use cache mechanisms.

3. Theme suggestion without using hook_theme_suggestion_

Yes, it sounds like something completely crazy. However, this solution is available “out of the box”. It is enough to add the suggestion to the values hidden in #theme or theme_hook_original in any rendering array (e.g. in hook_preprocess_HOOK) keeping the template naming convention.

As a result, the variable value set in this way

function my_module_preprocess_paragraph(array &$variables) {
  $paragraph = $variables['paragraph'];

  if ($paragraph->bundle() === 'my_awesome_bundle') {
    $variables['theme_hook_original'] = 'paragraph__my_custom_theme_suggestion';
  }
}

records a suggestion for a given base template (paragraph), allowing you to create a template file named: paragraph-my-custom-theme-suggestion.html.twig Nevertheless, I would limit this solution to exceptional cases. For general use, I would recommend a hook dedicated for this purpose.

4. Safe filter replacement | raw

This filter is generally considered to be potentially dangerous (increases the possibility of successful XSS attacks) and is used in single cases. But it should be avoided as much as possible. I suggest looking for a better way, especially since one of them is extremely easy to use, as you will see in an example.

Let’s assume that we have a field that is to finally display the image, but for some reason we would like to omit all the HTML code generated along the way.

The easiest way to do this is:

{{ content.field_my_image_field|render|striptags('<img>')|trim }}

Experienced Drupal developers know that such a solution, instead of displaying an image on the page, will display the whole as plain text encoded into HTML entities. Yes, you can add a raw filter, but you can do it differently using Drupal’s Render API with the #markup key:

{{ {'#markup': content.field_my_image_field|render|striptags('<img>')|trim} }}

The method is perhaps a bit less readable than with the filter, but it is safe. HTML code will still be filtered here and only allowed safe tags will be passed through.

5. Referencing a template file from a different theme/module

If you haven’t used Twig mechanisms such as include, embed or extend in your template files, I suggest to take the DRY rule into account in every aspect of programming (or web development in general). Themes are the places that suffer most from duplicate code, both in template files and in style sheets.

Many times I have encountered the entire template file was copied, e.g. from an inherited theme or a module, only to add some surrounding HTML code or modify a single template block. The same effect can be achieved by referring to a parent file using the aliases @module_name @theme_name. Suppose we have a template file (card) in our sample module named custom_card

<div >
  {% block card_header %}
    <div >{{ header }}</div>
  {% endblock %}
  
  {% block card_content %}
    <div >{{ content }}</div>  
  {% endblock %}
  
  {% block card__footer %}
    <div >{{ footer }}</div>
  {% endblock %}
</div>

And now in our theme, we would need to add some additional elements in the header block, e.g. an icon. The most common thing is to copy the entire template code, but this can be done more simply and without repeating the code:

{% extends '@custom_card/card.html.twig' %}

{% block header %}
    <div >
      <div >{{ icon }}</div>
      {{ header }}
    </div>
{% endblock %}

6. View reloading using InvokeCommand

As you know, the Views module allows to create views that use AJAX technology. This is done to dynamically switch between the different pages of the view, but also to display the results of the response to value changes from the provided form. But what to do when the content of the view needs to be refreshed due to performing some action outside it, e.g. after sending a request to the controller from another block? Or to submit a form on the same page? Well, there are two very convenient functionalities available in the Drupal core.

The first one is the default RefreshView event registered on the view, which causes the view to be refreshed using AJAX (I recommend that you enter it in the browser console on your example view and observe the effect).

The second mechanism is InvokeCommand, which allows in the AJAX response to return the jQuery method call, along with the given parameters on the DOM element. Combined, this gives you this example code:

class MyCustomController extends ControllerBase {

  /**
   * Perform the update and refresh the view.
   *
   * @return DrupalCoreAjaxAjaxResponse
   *   Ajax response.
   */
  public function doUpdateAndRefresh(): AjaxResponse {
    // Perform some sort of logic needed for your controller.
    $this->doUpdateOperations();

    // Refresh the view.
    $response = new AjaxResponse();
    $response->addCommand(new InvokeCommand('#my-view-block', 'trigger', ['RefreshView']));

    return $response;
  }

}

In my example, there were forms for user approval inside the generated view. In response to the entry of such a form, I needed to display an updated list. As you can see, basically one extra line did all the magic without any extra effort.

7. Use of Drupal.debounce

For the very end I want to describe something which is not so much a trick as good practice. The Underscore.js library is bundled with Drupal core, but many developers do not use it at all. It includes a number of functionalities. One of the most common cases where the capabilities of this library are not used is the so-called deboucing, i.e. preventing multiple code execution in response to a given event – most often it is a change in the width of the browser window.

I have come across code many times that resembled:

function onResize(callback) {
  var timer;
  return function (event) {
    if (timer) {
      clearTimeout(timer);
    }
    timer = setTimeout(callback,100, event);
  };
}

$(window).resize(onResize(function(e) {
  // Resize implementation goes here.
}));

Of course, this is an exemplary and the simplest implementation, and such code will execute correctly. The question is: why reinvent the wheel? Answer: to improve Drupal compatibility in the core of Drupal, and also to increase the convenience of work for developers – there is a debouncer port from the underscore library.

Just add a dependency to your library

- core/drupal.debounce

and add the following implementation in the JS code:

$(window).resize(Drupal.debounce(function () {
  // Resize implementation goes here.
}, 100));

Isn’t it easier? And most importantly, we use something that has already been well written once.

Summary

Although I have come across a lot of interesting approaches to working with themes in our Drupal agency, it must be emphasized that many things come with experience. Especially novice developers should follow Drupal’s philosophy from the very beginning. They should understand why they are doing something in a certain way. This allows us to see Drupal’s capabilities more easily and learn to use them to increase the comfort and efficiency of work, without losing the cleanliness of the code.

 

DrupalCamp London 2019 is approaching fast. Are you ready for another great time with Drupal? This year, 42 sessions on Drupal and related topics are scheduled. This is a really tasty bit for any Drupal developer who can come. We hope, that with our help, you will choose the most promising lectures. Below are a few sessions you should definitely visit. We’ve picked topics both for experienced coders and beginners, as well as something for business owners, editors, marketers and others. 

1. Visual regression testing  

https://drupalcamp.london/session/visual-regression-testing-patterns

This talk will cover:

• BackstopJS for visual regression testing on Pattern Lab patterns on a Drupal 8 theme. 
• How to set up regression testing for each pattern and for the entire pattern library and the problems you could run into when setting up regression testing for patterns. 
• The benefits of using this approach.

To take a part in this session, it’s best to have basic knowledge of how the integration of Drupal and Pattern Lab works. 

2. No Monkey Business Static Progressive Web Apps

https://drupalcamp.london/session/no-monkey-business-static-progressive-web-apps

This talk will cover:

• An overview of the architecture used to deliver ii.co.uk.
• How the GatsbyJS was used to generate static content from Drupal and other dynamic sources.
• How these pages were further hydrated with React for dynamic content after the initial page load.
• The custom cache handling implemented to keep content build pipelines.
• Division of the responsibilities for content generation between GatsbyJS and Drupal.
• Resolving the real-time preview issue without waiting for Gatsby’s upcoming hosted paid preview service.

3. Layouts in Drupal: past, present and future

https://drupalcamp.london/session/layouts-drupal-past-present-and-future

This talk will cover:

• The history of building layouts in Drupal. 
• Using Node reference (CCK), Nodequeue and custom template to build newspaper and magazine style layouts in Drupal 5. 
• Having a look at “page builders” like Panels, Context and Block Visibility Groups. 
• Dividing into CSS Grid layouts and using plugins like Masonry and GridStack for more advanced grid style layouts. 
• Alternative approaches like Paragraphs, ECK/IEF and Bricks to create custom layouts. 
• The pros and cons of these layout approaches and if and why they are now outdated.
• New Layout Builder and some possible new approaches for building layouts in Drupal.

4. Creating an enterprise level editorial experience for Drupal 8 using React

https://drupalcamp.london/session/creating-enterprise-level-editorial-experience-drupal-8-using-react

This talk will cover:

• Recent project results where a decoupled application with React was created, allowing the edition of content directly in the frontend. Using the possibilities of React to the fullest. 
• Sharing an editorial experience with ‘in-place’ editing, ‘context-sensitive’ editing, ‘drag-n-drop’ content placement and creation, and much more.
• Presentation of the application and vision of what an enterprise level editorial experience should look like.
• What to expect when going fully decoupled with editorial experience and how this approach fits into the development of Drupal.

5. Migrate to Drupal

https://drupalcamp.london/session/migrate-drupal

The talk will cover:

• Migrations in Drupal 7 and Drupal 8
• Effective communication to project stakeholders
• Writing and running efficient migrations

To take a part in this session, it’s best to have basic PHP coding skills and understanding of Drupal site building.

6. Droopler distribution – How can you save even 100 man-days during the development of a new website with Drupal

https://drupalcamp.london/session/droopler-distribution-how-can-you-save-even-100-man-days-during-development-new-website

Maciej Lukianski will show you that you don’t have to possess a budget of over ten thousand dollars if you need Drupal 8.

This talk will cover:

• Droopler modules.
• What paragraphs Droopler can offer to build your new page fast.
• How simple it is to build a new landing page with Droopler in a live demo.
• What ideas we have for the future functionalities of Droopler.

7. Drupal 8 SEO

https://drupalcamp.london/session/drupal-8-seo

This talk will cover:

• Drupal modules, Google tools and external tools and how to use them to prepare an SEO strategy.
• How to plan an SEO strategy for your website and how to compare your website with the competition.

8. Out of the Box Initiative Update

https://drupalcamp.london/session/out-box-initiative-update

This talk will cover:

• The project in the past and present state of the initiative.
• Targets for inclusion in Drupal 8.7.0
• Ways to contribute to the project.
• Plans for the more distant future.

9. Scrum everywhere – how we implemented Scrum not only in software development projects

https://drupalcamp.london/session/scrum-everywhere-how-we-implemented-scrum-not-only-software-development-projects

This talk will cover:

• Using Scrum in the marketing team.
• Using Scrum in QA team to improve software testing in the whole company.
• Using Scrum for company management.
• Using Scrum for the training of junior developers.

10. Accessibility in UX Design: How we redesigned The University of West London’s website for everyone

https://drupalcamp.london/session/accessibility-ux-design-how-we-redesigned-university-west-londons-website-everyone

This talk will cover:

• Importance of accessibility in design, showcasing examples from industry giants such as Microsoft.
• Highlights of accessible design.

11. How to start contributing to Drupal without code

https://drupalcamp.london/session/how-start-contributing-drupal-without-code

This talk will cover:

• Non-code contributions and impactful ways to get involved in the Drupal project.
• How to get started.

Summary

The talks presented by us are just a small part of what you will learn during DrupalCamp London 2019. Undoubtedly, the selection of the most important presentations out of 42 proposals is a real challenge. Perhaps the above list will help you choose. Certainly, the level of the conference will be as always deliberately high. Therefore, surely everyone will leave London with a huge dose of knowledge of Drupal innovations.

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M: 25.59″L x 19.69″W x 9.45″H (65x50x24cm)
L: 31.50″L x 23.62″W x 11.02″H (80x60x28cm)

Speed & Strength Women’s Speed Society Textile Gloves:

Features:

• 4-way stretch frame
• Engineered thermoplastic knuckle protectors with textile covering
• Reinforced padded synthetic palm
• Hook and loop wrist closure
• Printed Logos
• Touchscreen compatible
• Pre-curved fit

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What are Tower Cranes and How Do You Ship One?

A tower crane is a huge lifting equipment used on skyscraper building sites. They can reach heights of more than 80 meters unsupported. Tower cranes have a lifting capacity of up to 20 tons, allowing them to move almost all building materials at the same time. They are erected next to the building to ensure stability.

Because it is a fixed piece of equipment, the crane’s base doesn’t move. A large, fixed tower supports a horizontal beam, or jib, which stands atop the tower to create an uneven letter “T.” A tower crane is often used in construction projects to install steel beams and other heavy building materials. It can also be used in the shipping and transportation industries to load and unload heavy cargo ships.

The tower crane’s base rests on a concrete pad, the thickness of which varies depending on the crane’s height and weight. Large anchor bolts are used to secure the tower’s base to the concrete, and they may penetrate several feet into the ground. This keeps the tower securely anchored, minimizing the chance of collapse.

The jib rests on top of the vertical tower, which stretches hundreds of feet into the air. The longer section of the jib has cables connected to it to move or position objects below, while the shorter piece extends away from the cables to serve as a counterweight. To improve the crane’s balance, more concrete or steel counterweights can be hung from the shorter part of the jib.

Where the jib meets the tower, it is normally where an operator car is positioned. The tower crane operator controls the jib and the movement of the materials while seated inside this car. The operation of connecting materials to the tower crane’s cables is overseen by someone on the ground or within the building. The person who does this is called a “rigger,” and he or she talks to the crane operator either by radio or by hand signals.

Types of Tower Cranes

Tower cranes may be divided into two main categories depending on the way that they are erected.

• Standard: It takes a smaller secondary crane to put together a standard tower crane.
• Self-erecting tower crane: With the use of a hydraulic foundation, a self-erecting tower crane may lift tower segments to a predetermined height. Before activating the hydraulic system, a secondary crane is employed to connect the jib.

Tower cranes are often leased or hired for the duration of the project. They are renowned for their exorbitant prices as well as the extensive safety measures needed to avoid injury or collapse. The tower crane may be left in place in exceptionally tall or intricate constructions such that it becomes a permanent component of the structure. This makes it possible for contractors to finish their jobs without risking damage by trying to take a crane off a building that is already done.

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Shipping a Crane

Tower crane owners often find themselves having to transport their large, heavy equipment from one place to another. Fortunately, it’s rather simple to find a transport company to manage the local or international shipping procedures of a crane. Since more and more manufacturers and dealerships use transport companies to ship their heavy equipment, many shipping companies are now able to help move such large pieces of equipment.

Tower cranes must be delivered in parts by big trucks to the construction site. These parts include the mast, the working arm (jib), the slewing unit, counterweights, and a wide range of other components. A mobile crane team assembles the crane after it has arrived on the job site. This explains why you won’t see big tower cranes driving through the city, but you will see plenty of tower cranes at tall building construction sites.

Even if tower crane weren’t too big to be transported on public roads, tower cranes are stationary and can only be used where they are erected, unlike mobile cranes. A special type of tower crane, referred to as a “jumping crane,” can jump every floor of construction, enabling it to stay on top of the building at all times.

Conclusion

Modern tower cranes are more user-friendly and space-efficient as a result of developments in technology and improvements. They have since become an essential component of our daily lives as the presence of high rises continues to spread over the skylines of cities all over the world. This means that tower cranes will probably be in higher demand for years to come.

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Our Dirt gloves were created to meet the serious demands of touring and adventure riders across the globe. In its current generation, we’ve upped the ante on design, protection, and overall comfort. This is how.

With design in mind
The Dirt gloves have always been a champion of fit, regardless of model, because we know how important it is to have all the available dexterity you need while paving your own paths, tackling the trails, or taking on the twisties on your current adventure. With a standout graphic across the new TPU hard-shell knuckle, Pittards® goat digital™ WR100X used on the palm and thumb patch, and an improved fit to keep hands comfortable yet safe, we’re confident diehard Dirt gloves fans will continue to be impressed.

Here to protect
On the inside of the hand, a new full goat leather construction has been added for additional handlebar control, extra stretch at the fingers as well as neoprene for further flexibility, and a metallic shield for extra protection on outside of hand. We also included a hard shell thumb protector and a TPU hard shell palm protector to ramp up the safety elements.

Comfort features

Adjustability

Adjustment tab at cuff

Elastic at cuff
Elastic material incorporated in the cuff for comfort and fit.

Stretch lips at fingers

Closure

Hook-and-loop closure

Lining

Tri-fleece liner
This polyester tricot fabric is used for glove lining, and brushed to provide extra warmth without adding any bulk. The lining wicks moisture away, to prevent hands from getting damp.

Features

conductive fingertip at index finger
Never take off your gloves again to answer your phone or navigation system. The connect fingertip has been specifically designed to operate touch screens.

conductive fingertip at thumb
Never take off your gloves again to answer your phone or navigation system. The connect fingertip has been specifically designed to operate touch screens.

Grip patch at palm
A grip patch is made with a texturized pattern to deliver a superb grip performance.

Grip patch at thumb

Pull tab
Fasten the pull tab at the cuff and cold wind is prevented from entering the sleeve, keeping your arms in the comfort zone

Short cuff

Climate regulation

Ventilation

Fully ventilated 3D air mesh

Ventilation holes

Protection in this product

Protection

Temperfoam® finger knuckles
The self-contouring foam is used in areas where mobility and fit are a must, like the finger knuckles. Temperfoam® comes in a solid version as well as a perforated version.

Temperfoam® palm slider

Temperfoam® thumb knuckle

Temperfoam® underneath knuckle protector
Premium, comfort and protection enhancing, viscoelastic foam that molds to the rider’s knuckles.

TPR finger knuckles

TPU hard shell knuckle

TPU hard shell palm slider
Palm slider made of a durable and high abrasion resistant TPU material at the palm side of the glove. The palm slider makes sure that the glove slides in case the palm of the hand comes in contact with the asphalt. The abrasion resistance of gloves equipped with these sliders is greatly increased, thus reducing the risk of injury significantly.

TPU hard shell thumb protector

Outer shell material

3D air mesh
This knitted fabric has an open, 3-dimensional structure that ensures good ventilation while riding. 3D air mesh is a must-have for long touring riders.

Leather Connect Finger Tip
Never remove your gloves to answer your phone or use your navigation system again. The connect fingertip leather has been developed specifically to operate touch screens.

Flock PU
Flocking is the process of adhering small fibre particles (called flock) onto a surface. This process creates a texture that picks up water.

goat digital with WR finish

Goatskin
Tanned leather made from goatskin is considered extremely durable, and is often used for gloves and other products that require a soft hide.

Drum-dyed stay soft goatskin leather
Drum-dyed goatskin to assure durable softness

Neoprene
Neoprene is a synthetic rubber useful for protective gear. It is abrasion-resistant, chemical-resistant, waterproof, somewhat stretchable, and buoyant.

Ottoman stretch

PU (polyurethane) coated fabric

Visibility

Reflective stretch lips at fingers