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A year? Really?
I guess it’s been a whole year since I’ve written in this blog. Which means the whole previous year’s worth of craziness isn’t recorded here at all. Huh.
what we’ve done
I forgot exactly how I wanted to put it, but it’s something like: “fixing ALL THE THINGS, a little bit at a time”.
Our team formed having a lot of work to do. Susan had been by herself for nearly a year; her previous programmer had not been particularly proactive; her previous designer had been burnt out. (My take on the situation, anyway.) The last big redesign had been in the mid-2000s, followed by their big conversion to the current CMS. I came in almost two years ago, and Justin about six months after that.
Setting routines
Breaking off little pieces
Recruiting guinea pigs
Work sessions
Getting inspired
Jumping off cliffs
Remiss in my blogging!
So I guess it’s been 6 months since I’ve posted anything here. Hrm.
Been thinking about what we might post to our team blog, which is also pretty well neglected.
Possible topics:
How to rite gud
What to do with analytics reports
Understanding your audience
Doing a content inventory/audit
What does a usability test look like
How to integrate a blog
All about card sorts
What to do when everything goes sideways
Chunks vs blobs
What is responsive design
Strange features of Cascade
Picture posting tips
Test: 30-character (max) title
What exactly is the setting to make sure there’s an image in the feed? (Library/Photoland project.) Checking for ideal excerpt length: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus varius mollis mi, in pellentesque nisl iaculis mollis. Donec tincidunt volutpat urna, ac mattis nulla commodo vel. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Vestibulum euismod ornare venenatis. In bibendum tristique eros nec ultricies. Donec faucibus, lorem sed lacinia aliquam, odio augue rutrum lectus, nec pulvinar nisl libero et elit. Nulla laoreet sem id est lacinia et iaculis elit adipiscing. Sed sed eros lacus. Sed venenatis consectetur augue rutrum dapibus. Maecenas congue libero vitae lorem pharetra nec porttitor velit adipiscing. Praesent semper sollicitudin lorem, in venenatis sem gravida ac. Aenean fringilla, eros vitae varius molestie, metus ligula viverra diam, sit amet rhoncus risus mi ut nisi. Pellentesque feugiat, ante et sagittis vehicula, ligula ipsum blandit dui, vitae blandit sem nunc condimentum purus. Vestibulum aliquet venenatis nibh. Sed porta imperdiet purus, in imperdiet mauris cursus at. Fusce consequat faucibus lacinia.
Music to code by
Today’s version: Pandora “Erasure channel” – 80s synthpop like woah. OMD, New Order, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Pet Shop Boys, Human League, Eurythmics, Soft Cell… It worked for me.
post types in wordpress
One of the downsides of only doing personal projects in WordPress for 5 years is that there’s all this new stuff that I’m only vaguely aware of. So I guess I’m using this to try some of it out. Like this “format” thing — I turned the last one into a “Status” and that took away the title. Interesting. What about an “Aside”?
Hello World, Part Deux
I ran across the setup instructions while doing some other research and thought “well, why not?”
I’ve been hired as the CMS Specialist as of yesterday. Most of my work will be in Cascade Server…which I’m entirely new to. I may use this space to document what I learn. I also have quite a bit of experience with WordPress and Drupal. If you’re interested in either of those platforms, contact me!