Drupal/yum/css (v2)

YUI3, CSS, Drupal website

Looking for a creation of a website based on a basic-GUI concept which will be given to you.
CSS-Design, based on YUI3 (not YUI2) with some typical aspects.

Requirements (at least carried out results):

CSS/GUI related
– YUI Slideshow (e.g. http://freshcutsd.com/yui-slideshow/)
– font-size manipulation (e.g. http://www.sitepoint.com/examples/yui3-primer/)
– font-style (e.g. http://cufon.shoqolate.com/generate/)
– timer/progress bar
– e-mail form (contact form)
– tab-view / paginator (=part of yui-slideshow)
– accordion (foldable tables with different rows/columns)
– content switch (e.g. lower part of http://www.omniture.com/en/)
– ticker (content syndication e.g. Twitter, Firce)
more functional related (e.g. Drupal extensions)
– e-mail form (database driven contact form with e-mail function)
– preloading/caching of framed html-pages
– role based permission
– content syndication (ticker)
– multilingual, translation overview and process (same navigation), redirection if not translated
– easy project room (role based, file sharing, communication, timeline, …)
– Drupal based dynamic generated menu structure
– picture crop and medial library (e.g. Imagemagick and Brilliant Gallery)
– Edit-preview, this means during the edit-process it is possible to see the created site (incl. background picture, text layer, etc.)
some basic extensions
– Finder – to find nodes or other things (based on the values of a field)
– Google Analytics – web statistics
– Global Redirect – 301-redirect etc.; as well “Search 404”
– Counter – counting pages visits
– Boost – static page caching
– Node Reference URL Widget – It auto-populates a node reference field with a value from the URL
– Control Panel – graphical control panel page
– CAPTCHA/reCAPTCHA; and/or Mollom
– IMCE – picture DB
– Google Analytics – web statistics
– Content Access – Content-Access
– Link checker – extracts links from your content when saved and periodically tries to detect broken hypertext links

All features should be done by existing snippets/modules/extensions/scripts; you should name a useful combination of e.g. Drupal extensions. Some snippets should be easy (re)useable objects by the content creators = Drupal editor (e.g. accordion or other editable parts).
Please have a look at the first wireframes: http://gomockingbird.com/mockingbird/index.html?project=39241f8e60e75cbe44c30780fc55dfa4095b650b

The way we work (job term / milestones):
– Start
o Wireframe proposals incl. Drupal scenario and workflow (UML)
o discussion
o written concept, which defines the time line and steps incl. full technical description
– agreed concept incl. Wireframes // Milestone 1 (Payment: 10%) delivery date: __________ (around 3 weeks)
o building first raw/non detailed GUI-example / pitch (different proposals)
o proposal for Drupal extensions or specific functions (based on the concept as minimal functionality)
o prototyping
o discussion
o brief written definition which Drupal extensions or functions and final Design will be used (extends the written concept)
– agreed final decision which way to go // Milestone 2 (Payment: 10%) delivery date: __________ (around 2 weeks)
o development (agile methods), incl. testing of existing versions
o this stage is only finished after a full fix of errors
– final test on your own server // Milestone 3 (Payment: 50%) delivery date: __________ (around 4 weks)
o transfer/install on a root-server (incl. backup of current productive Centos-Server)
o final production test (test cases) + last corrections
o documentation (extent: common software development rules)
o final acceptance
– ready to go // Milestone 4 (Payment: 15%) delivery date: __________ (around 2 weeks)
o after one month operation small fixes (if occur)
– final project closure // Milestone 5 (Payment: 15%) delivery date: __________ (4 weeks)

The agreed Payment (without any additional expenses like travel reimbursement, health service, etc.) will be done via secure Escrow-Service, so you have the security to get paid and we get the expected results.
After acceptance of the satisfactorily delivered milestone we will release the defined percentage within 3 working days.
We – in the end – fully own the project results and hold all possible Copyrights (similar to: “made-for-hire”); not the Independent Contractor. The Independent Contractor transfers to the Client the copyright of the work described in this Agreement for the term of the copyright defined by law.
The Independent Contractor will sign a Non Disclosure Agreement.
Contract termination will take place if the Independent Contractor or we do not respond within 7 days or do not comply with typical quality rules (full documentation, engineering practice, software development practice). Disputes will be managed by the Freelancer-Portal and/or in the end by Escrow-Service.

Preconditions:
We need to see at least 2 Drupal sites on your own server AND the productive Server (so we can see it’s your work) and as well some YUI3 examples.
Also I would expect some comments on where you see the biggest stumbling blocks (incl. avoiding it) or some annotations regarding expected complexity and how to reduce.

Drupal/yum/css (escrowprepaid)

YUI3, CSS, Drupal website

Looking for a creation of a website based on a basic-GUI concept which will be given to you.
CSS-Design, based on YUI3 (not YUI2) with some typical aspects.

Requirements (at least carried out results):

CSS/GUI related
– YUI Slideshow (e.g. http://freshcutsd.com/yui-slideshow/)
– font-size manipulation (e.g. http://www.sitepoint.com/examples/yui3-primer/)
– font-style (e.g. http://cufon.shoqolate.com/generate/)
– timer/progress bar
– e-mail form (contact form)
– tab-view / paginator (=part of yui-slideshow)
– accordion (foldable tables with different rows/columns)
– content switch (e.g. lower part of http://www.omniture.com/en/)
– ticker (content syndication e.g. Twitter, Firce)
more functional related (e.g. Drupal extensions)
– e-mail form (database driven contact form with e-mail function)
– preloading/caching of framed html-pages
– role based permission
– content syndication (ticker)
– multilingual, translation overview and process (same navigation), redirection if not translated
– easy project room (role based, file sharing, communication, timeline, …)
– Drupal based dynamic generated menu structure
– picture crop and medial library (e.g. Imagemagick and Brilliant Gallery)
– Edit-preview, this means during the edit-process it is possible to see the created site (incl. background picture, text layer, etc.)
some basic extensions
– Finder – to find nodes or other things (based on the values of a field)
– Google Analytics – web statistics
– Global Redirect – 301-redirect etc.; as well “Search 404”
– Counter – counting pages visits
– Boost – static page caching
– Node Reference URL Widget – It auto-populates a node reference field with a value from the URL
– Control Panel – graphical control panel page
– CAPTCHA/reCAPTCHA; and/or Mollom
– IMCE – picture DB
– Google Analytics – web statistics
– Content Access – Content-Access
– Link checker – extracts links from your content when saved and periodically tries to detect broken hypertext links

All features should be done by existing snippets/modules/extensions/scripts; you should name a useful combination of e.g. Drupal extensions. Some snippets should be easy (re)useable objects by the content creators = Drupal editor (e.g. accordion or other editable parts).
Please have a look at the first wireframes: http://gomockingbird.com/mockingbird/index.html?project=39241f8e60e75cbe44c30780fc55dfa4095b650b

The way we work (job term / milestones):
– Start
o Wireframe proposals incl. Drupal scenario and workflow (UML)
o discussion
o written concept, which defines the time line and steps incl. full technical description
– agreed concept incl. Wireframes // Milestone 1 (Payment: 10%) delivery date: __________ (around 3 weeks)
o building first raw/non detailed GUI-example / pitch (different proposals)
o proposal for Drupal extensions or specific functions (based on the concept as minimal functionality)
o prototyping
o discussion
o brief written definition which Drupal extensions or functions and final Design will be used (extends the written concept)
– agreed final decision which way to go // Milestone 2 (Payment: 10%) delivery date: __________ (around 2 weeks)
o development (agile methods), incl. testing of existing versions
o this stage is only finished after a full fix of errors
– final test on your own server // Milestone 3 (Payment: 50%) delivery date: __________ (around 4 weks)
o transfer/install on a root-server (incl. backup of current productive Centos-Server)
o final production test (test cases) + last corrections
o documentation (extent: common software development rules)
o final acceptance
– ready to go // Milestone 4 (Payment: 15%) delivery date: __________ (around 2 weeks)
o after one month operation small fixes (if occur)
– final project closure // Milestone 5 (Payment: 15%) delivery date: __________ (4 weeks)

The agreed Payment (without any additional expenses like travel reimbursement, health service, etc.) will be done via secure Escrow-Service, so you have the security to get paid and we get the expected results.
After acceptance of the satisfactorily delivered milestone we will release the defined percentage within 3 working days.
We – in the end – fully own the project results and hold all possible Copyrights (similar to: “made-for-hire”); not the Independent Contractor. The Independent Contractor transfers to the Client the copyright of the work described in this Agreement for the term of the copyright defined by law.
The Independent Contractor will sign a Non Disclosure Agreement.
Contract termination will take place if the Independent Contractor or we do not respond within 7 days or do not comply with typical quality rules (full documentation, engineering practice, software development practice). Disputes will be managed by the Freelancer-Portal and/or in the end by Escrow-Service.

Preconditions:
We need to see at least 2 Drupal sites on your own server AND the productive Server (so we can see it’s your work) and as well some YUI3 examples.
Also I would expect some comments on where you see the biggest stumbling blocks (incl. avoiding it) or some annotations regarding expected complexity and how to reduce.

Online Language Learning Websi

You will need to be able to produce the website in both Japanese and English Language. Programming language is flexible and developer can choose their own codes.

We will prefer:

Server operating system: Linux (Red Hat)
Programming language: PHP
Javascript libraries: SWFObject
Webserver: Apache/2.2.3 (Red Hat)

We are a Language Learning School in Singapore and is planning to move our English learning course online. Our market will be Japan, so experience in producing website for Japanese will be good.

We will be providing lessons online so we will need a website where students are able to search for and reserve slots for our teachers. We will also need a logo designed for display on the website. We will like to post some youtube videos on the website as well.

We need:

Students will be able to register and log in to their personal area. Students will be allocated credits which will be used to book lessons slots.

In this personal area, they will be able to choose their own teachers from own list of teachers. The list should display teacher’s name, photo and the ability to hear a short introduction recorded by the teacher.

Once a teacher is clicked, it will bring up the teacher’s profile as well as his schedules and students can reserves a slot on the schedules.

Teachers will need to log in to teachers’ areas. In this log in area, teachers can upload their pictures, profile and a sound introduction. They can also select their free slots to teach students online.

Paypal function will need to be integrated into the website as teachers will be paid by paypal and students will pay by paypal. We will need a page where we can track the number of lessons taught to ensure proper payment. When students pay a monthly fee, the system will automatically credit it to student’s personal area where they can then use it to book lessons.

website design will need to be simple, professional looking and user friendly.

Further details will be given during deal signing stage.

12 Rocking Guitar Effects Videos on YouTube

Guitarists continue to love their effects units – both onstage and in the studio. There is an amazing variety of effects units available, and an almost infinite way to combine them. Here are 12 of the best YouTube videos demonstrating effects units and setups, starting with how The Edge sets up his rig.


1. U2’s The Edge Demonstrating His Guitar Rig (1/2)

“U2’s The Edge demonstrating his guitar rig (2/1) Sir John Rogerson’s Quay Dublin September 2008.”


2. U2’s The Edge Demonstrating His Guitar Rig (2/2)

“U2’s The Edge demonstrating his guitar rig (2/1) Sir John Rogerson’s Quay Dublin September 2008.”


3. Herman Li Video Game Guitar Effects

“Herman Li from Dragonforce explains the video game effects used in Inhuman Rampage.”


4. How to Use a Guitar Effect Pedal : Pre-Delay Effects for the Electric Guitar

“Learn how to use the pre-delay effects pedal when playing the electric guitar in these free online music video lessons.”


5. BOSS GT-8 Guitar Multi Effects Processor

“Johnny Guides you on a Tour of the BOSS GT-8 Guitar Multi Effects Processor”


6. Marshall Jackhammer Guitar Pedal, Gearwire

“Marshall Jackhammer Guitar Pedal. (not me) Notice the TV in the background has information on the Pedal.”


7. Boss Dyna Drive DN-2 Effects Pedal Demo

“Jason D. Spencer of World Music Supply demonstrates the extremely versatile Boss Dyna Drive DN-2 effects pedal.”


8. Richie Kotzen Zoom G2R Signature Guitar Effects Pedal Demo

“Check out Richie Kotzen demoing his new Zoom G2R signature guitar effects pedal!”


9. TC Electronic G Natural Acoustic Guitar Effects Processor

“In this video, singer-songwriter Laura Clapp of TC-Electronic demonstrates this sweet processor for acoustic guitar.”


10. Gig FX guitar effects pedal demo VOD Kilowah Chopper Pro Chop Megawah All of Them Part 1 of 2

“Most of the line from Gig Effects….very cool, optical pedals. Their wah pedals completely RULE! And I totally dig the VOD, which is three Chandler Tube Drivers that you can set up any way you’d like. This is the first demo I’ve done in STEREO, so forgive the blips and clips in the tone…I suck at the tech side of videos…and alot of other things as well!”


11. U2 – Metallica – Green Day – ACDC – Guitar Effects and Tones with Line 6 M9


12. Z Vex Effects Guitar Pedals Roundup

“This is a brief roundup of almost all Z Vex pedals (by Mr. Vex himself) taken from the NAMM exhibition at 2006 by gearwire.com. Mr. Vex keeps his usual humour and good mood (I love that!) despite the fatigue of the show… My favourite, of course, is the Wah. ”


Va Fulltime 40-50hrs Per Week

The position will involve managing and running my entire online business so I will need someone Very Trustworthy.

I will pay for any tools the business may need and Your training when needed. I already have Video, Training and some Tools to be used to make your Job easier.

I am a good person to work for, very fair and will always pay you good bonuses when the business does well.

I need someone who has a good understanding of Marketing Online and Building Websites and who is willing to learn lots of new things quickly.

I want your English to be very good and you must be able to work over Skype, MSN or GTalk daily.

I am on UK time so we will work out when is best to speak daily.

This is a good opportunity for the right person – I have lots of unfinished websites and ideas ready to start. You will be working on lots of different jobs everyday so you must be willing to multi-task.

You will be managing all of my websites and telling me what we can do to improve them to make more money. You will find new ideas and I will also teach you Niche Marketing unless you are already good at this.

I also run ecommerce websites which I may involve you with if you stay with me for a long time. I have over 9yrs experience online and I know need someone to work with me running my sites and building more.

I would love you to have working knowledge of the following:

SEO / SEM
CPA Offers (I can get you training on this)
Clickbank Knowledge
PPC Knowledge (I will also use a PPC expert who you can work with)
Good with all Google tools like the Keyword Suggestion Tool
LSI Keywords and Google Wonder Wheel
Wordpress
FTP
Article Submission (I have an article writer so I just need you to submit them)
Blog commenting
Social Bookmarking
Banner Adverts
Affiliate Networks
Youtube Video Creation and Marketing (I can teach you this if not)
Youtube Account Buying (I will teach you this also)
eBook Creation
Adsense Knowledge
Installing plugins / snippets of code
Good with Excel, Word
Forum Posting and Creation of Accounts
Yahoo Answers
Squidoo Creation
Twitter (I have amazing software you can use to manage our twitter accounts)
Blogger blog creation
Buying domains / Buying Dropped Domains
Ebay / Amazon management (this may happen later as we work together)
Weebly sites creation (I have an account here ready to start on websites)
Selling/Buying websites on Flippa (I will teach you this)
Flickr creation and good at finding high res images

If you have css/xhtml skills this would be perfect.

I will also want you to hire people to do jobs for us and you will work with coders, ppc and article providers when needed.

This will be very challenging to some and easy for others – I hope to find someone who is Talented and will learn so much working for me.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you.

Moving Host For Smf Forum 2

Moving host for smf forum,

Very simple, basically I need an smf forum moved from 1 host to another (including the DB file)

Very simple job, basically will involve
1. download forum and database from server1
2. Upload forum and database to server 2
3. Upload the repair_settings.php file (ill give it to you) and make sure its all working fine.

a 2 hour job tops. cheapest bid with high feedback will get it, need it done ASAP

Web Site Design Arabic

Hi there,

We have a poly clinic website that we need to redesign and add a member section and a reservation for different services on line integrated with a payment on line.

The members will access the member are through cards that are valid for a certain time, they will receive the cards when they visit the plyclinic, and there membership should be expired when the validity of there cards ends.

How the validity of the membership should work:-

From an admin panel, the admin will enter the category of the card, and the time when the validity of the card will be expired, so the user will be able to use it to a certin time before his access to the member area will be declined unless the validity renewed by the
admin for another period.

I attached a doc file with the funstions we need on the site, they are mostly html or templet which is ok with us if modified to fit our needs and prefered colours, except the women planet which should be a blog to allow submission of new articles every while from the admin area , the contact us and question and answers section which should be interactive plus the new designed member area with reserve on line service we want to provide.

Please keep in mind our budget aroound is $150 if you want yor bid to be considered.

All text and pictures will be provided by us.

Thank you,

Tories and Lib Dems meeting again

Nick Clegg, David Cameron and Gordon Brown

Senior Conservatives and Liberal Democrats are to hold more talks about the possibility of their parties forming a new government.

Conservative and Lib Dem negotiators will meet at 1100 BST – after leaders David Cameron and Nick Clegg met on Saturday for private 70-minute talks.

There will also be a meeting of Conservative MPs at 1800 BST on Monday, the BBC understands.

The Tories won the most election votes and MPs but are short of a majority.

Gordon Brown remains prime minister and has offered the Lib Dems talks if no deal is reached with the Conservatives.

A Lib Dem spokesman said Mr Clegg and Mr Brown spoke by telephone on Saturday night at the prime minister’s request, describing the conversation as "amicable".

Meanwhile, David Cameron has told Tory supporters that the negotiations will "inevitably involve compromise".

In an e-mail message to supporters, the Conservative leader said he would not be "rushed into any agreement" but may be able to give "ground" in some areas.

The Tory leader said he would stand firm on his pledges not "to give more powers to Brussels, be weak on immigration or put the country’s defences at risk".

But he added that, in the "national interest", the Conservative Party may be able to give ground in areas such as the Lib Dem manifesto plan to reduce taxes on the lowest paid and hoped for a "similarly constructive approach from the Liberal Democrats".

There was no direct reference to the Lib Dem desire for a referendum on voting reform, although on Friday Mr Cameron offered an "all party committee of inquiry on political and electoral reform".

The talks between Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg at Admiralty House in Westminster, on Saturday night, were described by both sides as "constructive and amicable" and followed an earlier brief conversation at the VE day commemoration event in London.

BBC political editor Nick Robinson said: "They will have been working out whether there is any room there on which they can meet which would allow them to both satisfy their supporters and have some sort of stable coalition or arrangement."

Voting referendum offer

Our correspondent added that some "very senior Liberal Democrats" were urging their party leader to "talk to Gordon Brown".

Earlier, Mr Clegg discussed the Tory power-sharing offer with his party, the leadership of which has "endorsed in full" his decision to talk to the Tories first.

The Lib Dem leader said the Conservatives, as the biggest party, had the right to seek to form a government first.

Meanwhile, Labour frontbencher Peter Hain said it was "clear" that the Lib Dem leader and Mr Brown had "a lot in common" on the need for electoral reform – Labour has offered a referendum on changing the voting system.

But Labour backbencher John Mann called for Mr Brown to step down as Labour leader before the party conference in September – arguing his position "rules out the credibility of a Lib/Lab pact".

Similarly, Labour MP and former sports minister Kate Hoey told BBC Radio 5 live she could not see how Mr Brown could "continue as prime minister in any kind of coalition" because "he wasn’t elected originally" and had now "lost over 100 MPs".

Scotland’s First Minister, SNP leader Alex Salmond, called on the Lib Dems to join a "progressive alliance" involving Labour, the SNP and Plaid Cymru.

The Tories secured 306 of the 649 constituencies contested on 6 May. It leaves the party just short of the 326 MPs needed for an outright majority, with the Thirsk and Malton seat – where the election was postponed after the death of a candidate – still to vote.

Labour finished with 258 MPs, down 91, the Lib Dems 57, down five, and other parties 28. The Conservatives got 36.1% of votes (up 3.8%), Labour 29.1% (down 6.2%) and the Lib Dems 23% (up 1%).

Meanwhile, a YouGov poll for the Sunday Times suggests more than two-thirds of people want Mr Brown to leave Downing Street immediately.

The poll of more than 1,400 voters found people think he should have admitted defeat on Friday, rather than hanging on in case the Conservatives cannot come to a deal with the Liberal Democrats.

This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

China knife attack ‘kills eight’

Map of China showing Jiangxi province

A Chinese man has been arrested after allegedly stabbing to death eight people, including three family members, China’s official news agency said.

Police said that Zhou Yezhong killed his mother, wife, daughter, four neighbours and a migrant worker in eastern China’s Jiangxi province.

He was arrested on Saturday evening, less than two hours after the attacks took place, Xinhua news agency said.

China has been on alert after a number of recent knife attacks on children.

Correspondents say the attacks are unsettling in a country where such violent incidents are rare.

Some analysts have suggested that an increase in psychiatric illnesses brought about by rapid social change is behind the attacks.

This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

Mid-East indirect talks ‘begin’

George Mitchell with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas 9.5.10

Indirect peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians have begun, the Palestinian chief negotiator has said.

Saeb Erekat spoke after a meeting between US Middle East envoy George Mitchell and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

Mr Mitchell will now shuttle between the two sides, with hopes that direct talks can start within four months.

The start of talks in March was halted after a row over the building of new Israeli homes in East Jerusalem.

Palestinians broke off direct peace talks after Israel launched a military offensive on Gaza in late 2008.

"The proximity talks have started," Mr Erekat said in the West Bank city of Ramallah, with Mr Mitchell standing beside him.

Mr Mitchell will shuttle between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders to try to narrow their differences.

He has already held several meetings with Mr Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the past week.

Mr Netanyahu said on Sunday that he hoped the indirect talks would quickly move to direct negotiations.

"Peace cannot be brought about from a distance, or with a remote control," he said.

The talks went ahead a day after receiving the backing of leaders of the Palestine Liberation Organisation.

The PLO’s Executive Committee decided to back the talks after a three-hour meeting in the West Bank.

Palestinians pulled out of talks in March after Israeli municipal authorities approved plans for new homes in the East Jerusalem settlement of Ramat Shlomo.

The announcement was made during a visit to Israel by US Vice-President Joe Biden and caused great strain in Israeli-US relations.

The Palestinian Authority’s formal position is that it will not enter direct talks unless Israel completely halts building in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

In November, Israel announced a 10-month suspension of new building in the West Bank, under intense US pressure.

But it considers areas within the Jerusalem municipality as its territory and thus not subject to the restrictions.

Israel has occupied the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since 1967. It insists Jerusalem will remain its undivided capital, although Palestinians want to establish their capital in the east of the city.

Nearly half a million Jews live in more than 100 settlements in the West Bank, among a Palestinian population of about 2.5 million.

The settlements are illegal under international law, although Israel disputes this.

This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

Foreign troops join Russia parade

Russian tanks take part in the annual Victory Day parade through Moscow's Red Square on 9/5/2010

Troops from four Nato countries have marched for the first time in Russia’s annual parade to mark victory in WWII.

Soldiers from Britain, France, Poland and the US marched alongside Russian troops through Moscow’s Red Square.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was among some two dozen world leaders attending the 65th anniversary.

Along with 10,000 Russian troops, the parade also included tanks, ballistic missiles and a fly-past of 127 aircraft.

It was the largest display of Russia’s military hardware since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the BBC’s Richard Galpin in Moscow reports.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in a speech that the lessons of World War II "urge us to show solidarity".

"Peace is still fragile and it is our duty to remember that wars do not start in an instant… it is only together that we shall be able to counter modern threats."

Cancelled visits

The presence of foreign troops in Red Square – once the heart of the Soviet Union – was a highly symbolic gesture, our correspondent says, demonstrating how far the rivalry of the Cold War has been pushed aside.

France was represented at the parade by the Normandie-Niemen squadron; the US by a detachment from the 2nd Battalion, 18th Regiment; and Poland by 75 service personnel representing the Polish army, air force and navy, the AFP reports.

Britain was represented by 76 soldiers from the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, wearing bright red tunics and tall bearskin caps.

One member told the BBC they were excited to be taking part as it was important that former allied forces that defeated the Nazis during WWII should be together on the 65th anniversary of the ending of the war.

However, there was no senior British figure among the world leaders that gathered to watch the parade.

A reliable source confirmed to the BBC that the Russian government rejected an offer for Prince Charles to attend, although it is not clear why, our correspondent reports.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Italian President Silvio Berlusconi cancelled their visits in order to attend to the crisis surrounding the euro currency.

Western allies mark Victory in Europe Day every year on 8 May, but Russia celebrates the event a day later as it was 9 May in Moscow when the Nazi surrender came into force.

This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.