Web Development

Minutes 03/13/09

Attendees: Kristen, DeVan

Completed

• Resources Category, mini digital knowledge base. Tags will distinguish content areas from one another.
• Eliminate 'Uncategorized' Entries
• Plugins
  • IM online
  • Archives
  • YouTube
• Limit the entries on any given page to 3
• Remove Pages Heading from Sidebar
• List all categories in the left column

Tools

• "&_copy_;" [©], to create the copyright symbol in Wordpress
• "Measure It.app", for pixel measurement for embedded YouTube Vids

About the distinction between the Wiki and the Blog (Site)

• Consider the audience, we want something that is outward facing. Slick looking, functional and exclusive to our use.
• You want one central place for everything, it does not make sense to split information.

Limitations of the Wiki

• Multiple parties (non-DMC) use the wiki, search will return unrelated items for internal communication.
• Not as portable as a blog, via RSS feed.

Wiki Usage

• Inward facing, for documenting progress on projects
• Meeting Minutes
• Has been the temporary space for tutorials until we can have one central location, the blog is that place.

General Notes

• Avoid putting entries in overlapping categories
• Tags can overlap that is fine
• Categories are static, Tags are content areas. You can view all entries under a specific tag.
• A Category is like Video, for entry iMovie Tutorial, the tags for this entry; iMovie,Spring Workshops, Tutorials.

To Do List Week of 03/16/09

• Add Contact Info to Footer
• Ask Pilar and Alan about designing a custom header
• Replace the code for all the youtube videos
• Custom Sidebar; 1 or 2 sentences MAX about who we are and create a LINK to the About Page (Static Page)
• Need to flesh out the Resources Category more completely

Updates: Week 03/23/09

Issues

• Having a problem with the IM online displaying "online status" correctly
• We have used 9.2MB of our 10MB upload capacity!
• IM online widget slows everything down, make it impossible to navigate between menus.