Playing with Technology

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. ~Arthur C. Clarke

Category: Web design

  • The i.t. Web site is done

    We launched the site on Monday with no fanfare, just a simple change of links on some Web pages and a redirect in the old site’s folder. I learned a lot about WordPress and its template tags. I also learned a bit about PHP. I am really happy with the functionality and will be writing…

  • Wooster’s new Web site options

    These are the options presented to the College today for style directions for the redesigned Web site.Here are the explanations of each concept given by the contractor. Design one: Eclectic This direction is based on a student’s dorm room wall/door. We call this “eclectic” because it is composed of elements drawn from various sources to…

  • Navigation Tool for Word Press

    So, we wanted to be able to customize the links on pages of the new Instructional Technology site and not have to manually edit the widget code on each page’s sidebar. Enter Navigation Tool For WordPress. A very flexible plugin that allows one to create custom navigation groups which can then be put on page…

  • The i.t. site keeps chugging along

    I figured out how to prevent child categories from showing on the page where I was displaying the parent category. Not as easy as one might think. I ended up adapting my page template to use the solution given here. The code on my page templates is aweful and I’d never want to show it…

  • And we’re done

    Do you notice a difference? Probably not and you aren’t supposed to notice one. I just redid the grid that I had so that it is fluid. You should be able to hit CMND+ or CMND- to increase and decrease the fontsize while maintaining the overall layout and proportions (except for the graphical elements). This…