"Nice examples.
I think navigation footers are great for large sites. Universities with their diverse audiences and robust information architectures are good candidates for them.
To point out the obvious, there is also a growing use of rich ui…"
University Web Developers
Brett Stoppel's Groups
-
Page Coding
157 members
-
Design
264 members
-
AJAX and Javascript
122 members
-
CSS
302 members
-
Drupal
183 members
Brett Stoppel's Page
Gifts Received
Brett Stoppel has not received any gifts yet
Latest Activity
Ed Welch replied to Brett Stoppel's discussion Supported Browsers in the group Page Coding"We've been using supersleight and haven't had PNG transparency problems. IE6 users might see a white block in the background of a PNG but it goes away as the page loads. I too would like to see IE6 go away forever."
"Any good designer will do the needed due diligence to create a great design. With wireframes and research provided to the designer, they should get up the learning curve much faster. If they see a problem with the wireframes and/or content, they…"
"We did just that. Though we treat our wireframes as a guide and not as a set in stone layout. It can save some money, but it really helps the group responsible for the web site to discuss what content is needed before the design starts."
"I have also noticed that organizations are including twitter feeds (as well as flickr and other feeds) on their sites."
"I like the wall paper when done well.
http://www.lawrence.com
http://www.msichicago.org
http://www.espn.com
There are lots of examples around. These are the ones I could think of off the top of my head."
Michael McGlynn replied to Brett Stoppel's discussion Supported Browsers in the group Page Coding"This thing about CSS is, that once you have found a way to deal with a particular browser fault, like MSIE6 and min-width or min-height, you have that solution in your toolbox. You only have to solve the problem once.
Yes, they can be different…"
Gary Thompson replied to Brett Stoppel's discussion Supported Browsers in the group Page Coding"Sure it is... They'll upgrade eventually. In a specific and very non-pc way, this is a real chicken and egg thing. Do we develop for every browser that's out there (and so every new one and revision that appears) or do we stick with core…"
Profile Information
- Employer?
- University of Kansas
- Website:
- http://www.nhm.ku.edu
- List three areas of expertise or specialization.
- Web applications, frontend engineering, design
- What CMS are you using?
- None
- What department or office are you in?
- Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum
- Primary Job Responsibility
- I just started here so my responsibilities will be shifting over the next few months. Right now I am working on analyzing the requirements for a complete, custom web architecture to support 120 researchers and staff members web needs.
- Number of students at your institution
- 26000
Comment Wall (1 comment)
- At 3:20pm on February 1, 2008,
Nourisha said… - hey brett. we seem to work in the same regional area. i use ku's website quite a bit for comparison. how do you guys manage such a large site without using a cms?
Elsewhere
Latest Activity
Jason Slater posted a discussionVideo aggregator/portal solutions?
Anyone know of any solutions to aggregate videos from a variety of youtube and vimeo sources? We've tried Miro Community but are looking for something similar.See More
Cary Foster posted a discussionUI/UX Designer Wanted, Oberlin College
Oberlin College has an extraordinary opportunity for a fun-loving designer to join the supercharged webteam. Please share with anyone who might be interested!UI/UX Designer Wanted:http://new.oberlin.edu/home/jobs/jobs_detail.dot?id=5405961See More
Daniel Bashaw replied to Kimbel Jeffers's discussion Office Reservation software"Hi Kimbel -- Does you manual process include a checklist and workflow documentation?
If not, it sounds to me like checklists and schedulers are your best next steps. You can structure and document what you do now, and then look at it to see if there…"
Kimbel Jeffers replied to Kimbel Jeffers's discussion Office Reservation software"The problem is we use a manual process right now and things keep falling through the cracks."
Annette Spearman replied to Derek Tonn's discussion Freelance web design recommendations (small projects)"Hi Derek,
We can help you! I'll in box you all my info so we can connect and set up some time to talk.
Annette
"
Mark Rothbaum posted a discussion5-Minute Survey on Use of Facebook in Admissions
We're conducting our annual survey on Facebook and Admissions. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey at:http://www.varsityoutreach.com/FacebookSurvey/Our GoalOur goal is to explore trends related to how schools are using Facebook to reach out to prospective and admitted students.How Is the Data Used?All data will be shown in the aggregate. Answers from individual schools will not be released and will remain…See More
Colleen Brennan-Barry posted a discussionHighEdWeb Welcomes Steve Wozniak & Scott Stratten
HighEdWeb is very pleased to announce HighEdWeb 2013 Annual Conference opening keynote speaker Steve Wozniak and closing keynote speaker…See More
faris ahmed commented on social networking web design's blog post Megastar Media Webby Award Honorees"wow thats amazing article .
your stuff never fails to amaze me
honestly . great work as always :D
something i would like to add in is that
the entries each year are rapidly increasing .
but i think thats cause they take the…"
Lynn Zawie posted a discussionFreelance Web Developer Needed
Stony Brook University web team is looking for some help coding a new design. HTML5, CSS3, JQuery, Responsive Design expertise needed. If you are interested in bidding on this project, I am happy to share more details. Work would need to begin early summer. ..LynnSee More
Sara Michel commented on Lynn Zawie's group OmniUpdate"Great blog post by Higher Education Marketing on leveraging Google pay-per-click ad extensions for higher ed."
Sara Michel commented on Lynn Zawie's group OmniUpdate"Check out Naropa University's new online magazine. Looks awesome! Great job team."
Norma J Dowell replied to Derek Tonn's discussion Freelance web design recommendations (small projects)"Hi Derek!
First of all, apologies for taking so long to respond! Secondly, I am not your web developer for such an issue, but if you can find someone to pick their brain and use as a sounding board, it may be all you need. In the past, when I…"
Daniel Bashaw replied to Kimbel Jeffers's discussion Office Reservation software"Hi Kimbel.
I know you've been tasked with finding a software solution, though I'm wondering if you may need an interim step first: Does your institution have checklists covering all of the steps needed in on-boarding, relocating, and…"
Kimbel Jeffers posted a discussionOffice Reservation software
I've been tasked with finding a software tool that helps manage the onboarding and exit process of new and departing faculty. Ultimately i would like this software to management faculty office interms of when resources can be removed from a particular office and when a new faculty member can be moved in with the necessary resources. This tool should have notifications and alerts so there are no conflicts with someone being removed from a office and someone being placed in a office. Does anyone…See More
Sara Michel commented on Lynn Zawie's group OmniUpdate"Congrats to Harper College on going live with their new online course catalog! Looks great!"
UWEBD has been in existence for more than 10 years and is the very best email discussion list on the Internet, in any industry, on any topic
About
© 2013 Created by Mark Greenfield.
