Websites are living things and are constantly changing as new technologies become available. If your website is the same as it was two years ago, or ten years ago, as I've seen some, you are missing out on opportunities. Why, because users expectations change. Ten years ago, not many people cared about mobile websites. Five years ago, they wanted a mobile website, but expected it to be different from the regular website. Today, your customers want your website to respond, regardless of if … [Read more...]
posted on August 13, 2013 by
access2learn.com
Access2Learn is a separate website I maintain for students that I teach. The website was originally intended to be just for my students, however, I noticed that more and more people were visiting to get access to the notes. So in January of 2013, I went through a major redesign, and built the site on top of WordPress. Now I have better organization, a built-in search feature, and downloads that I can track. The layout was based off of the Genesis Theme, however, a child theme was developed … [Read more...]
posted on August 3, 2013 by
Service Desk Website
This internal help desk web application was built to replace several off-the-shelf applications that were not meeting the needs of the organization, and were costing the organization too much money. The Service Desk web application is built on top of Microsoft's Dynamics CRM product. A .Net web application, built using C#, was used to provide a custom front end. jQuery and jQueryUI were used to enhance the user experience, and proper use of CSS was used to provide a fast and consistent … [Read more...]
posted on July 19, 2013 by
Opportunity Knocks
Opportunity Knocks is an internal training newsletter that provides information about training opportunities, tips, and information about community involvement. Originally this letter was designed in MS Publisher, and emailed to employees as a PDF. This, however, meant that it could not be easily searched and that people often did not read it. The newsletter would go out every two to three months and took nearly a week to assemble. In 2009, I reviewed some of the previous newsletters, and … [Read more...]