15 Kbs of Fame

Do you have access to your depts Web site

2009-11-11T21:18:39Z

Do you need to update your departments's Web area and have had edited pages in the past or put in a request to the Web master or Web designer? Here is a quick test to see if you have access

Designers who can not forget a comma

2009-11-03T19:48:40Z

CSS simple fix - commas in list of elements: In css styles when stringing multiple objects together that will receive the same definition. Do not add a comma after the last item. This does not break it completely but can/sometimes cause hard to track down problems.

Big push working with LAS and Education on updating the website

2009-09-16T19:22:22Z

One of our biggest pushes is to work with LAS and Education to understand how and why to update the website in a way that provides good technical management and design integration along. These tools should then promote the creation and management of information specific to that area.

Organizing important information from multiple "big picture" people?

2009-09-02T20:39:20Z

To many cooks in the kitchen - Managing emergency information. The desire to convey information in an emergency situation is very commendable. If this material is not managed properly sometimes the newest version is not easily located or related to other similar documents. Also if a site search engine is used pages with incorrect and out of date material can be damaging. Organization and cross departmental cooperation is highly recomended

Examples for the use of "enterprise" related to IT services the best of the worst

2009-07-29T23:05:18Z

This rant is a a found note that I wrote a while ago related to the word "enterprise". This is a marketing term used to sell large hardware/software packages to big picture people.

Captivate training video: Dreamweaver & the WOU Web site:

2009-06-02T22:00:44Z

This tutorial explains the painful process of how to configure Dreamweaver to properly work with the WOU Web site. The following demo was made with the Adobe software captivate. The software is really good, but there is still no easy button. The lengthy in-depth tutorial took more time than expected, but it was allot quicker than making a series of screen shot or a PowerPoint.

What the UCS Web designer is allowed to do

2009-05-28T21:47:26Z

Hello my name is Stewart and I am a Web designer. Hi Stewart. This is a short email that details what type of assistance that I can provide to the WOU community with Web sites

Floating through life - ditching tables to align text

2009-05-22T21:58:28Z

I was working on my layout for the archives page today and did not like the stutter step of the date next to the entry. The following is and example of how styles were applied to the elements inside of the

tag to move the date to an exact spot that creates a nice clean alignment of elements in each row without using a table.

Video update and short definitions

2009-05-20T16:44:48Z

The WOU flash server has started picking up some good momentum. I am also seeing more interest in posting video on the Web site. Like everything else their is no easy button

Working with the flash server

2009-05-16T02:34:37Z

This entry was taken from an email detailing some of the assets available and the basic technical needs for building an a basic application housed on the flash server.

Comments on navigation

2009-05-13T02:21:08Z

A short examination of an article related to touchy feely navigation on Deepak Chopra's new Web site

Porky Pig and the swine flu

2009-05-07T00:23:52Z

This is why we should keep our humorous thought to ourselves.

Requested projects - mostly community oriented

2009-04-24T18:32:08Z

A series of requested projects by WRIEC, UCAM - meth forum and Abby's house. Two need site design and better update methods. The other is a live video stream

Flash server notes

2009-04-21T19:02:16Z

If you use an network application periodically, there is a chance that the settings may need to tweaked to operate up to par or the user memory may also need to be reconfigured. Here is a set of tech notes for working with the flash server to stream live video as well as trouble shoot the process of moving a live event to a Web audience.

Commenting in Moveable type templates - intro to MT logic

2009-04-16T23:54:28Z

Ok I know how to comment and I am familiar with client and server side logic works, but I recently ran into an issue dealing with the MT templates