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 <li> tag to move the date to an exact spot that creates a nice clean alignment of elements in each row without using a table. ....read more
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Running commentary on Content Management Systems
A short introduction to WOU's content management issues with a link to an article about the future of content management for the average managing their content within a larger site. ....read more
MovableType template customization
I added one of the custom templates to the new upgraded system to see how it worked. Unfortunately there were a few display issues I needed to customize. These two changes in less than an hour (or so) also gave me a chance to work with the css integration into the Moveable Type standard layout. The blending of existing modular features that lend themselves to easy customization gives MoveableType the ability to not only quickly create/customize blogs, but also develop well designed dynamic Web sited that are easy to update without always starting from scratch. ....read more
Expanded flash player with music - included from p drive
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Test video using embed tags in non html pages
This is at test page using both php and straight html to insert the embed video code provided by YouTube in a blog entry. I did this to help another individual using a blog for content management to display video. ....read more
Creating a multiple use template
Since the creation of the WOUWolves.com web site using movable type, I have wanted to look at how to use this system for content mangement ....read more
