Boy, do I have blog post on my face. Last time I posted, I said that I was going to have an update for you by last friday with the newest version of our heading in it. Well… That didn’t…
As much as I have been keeping track of time, it’s unbelievable how quickly this summer is flying by for us. When time flies, updates walk, which means the latter get later and later. There is a good reason for…
There are a few big news items to report as we forge ahead on our refresh of the Buffalo State Web site. First, Aaron Knoll, our intrepid Web Applications Developer, has left Buffalo State to return to school. As sad…
“Presto chango!” What an expression, what a concept. Too bad reality doesn’t allow for radical change with the mere utterance of a phrase or pressing of an “easy button.” Still, sometimes transformations do happen quickly with dramatic results. Case…
“The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops, but the kind of man that the country turns out.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson I love new technology. We all do on the…
During our extensive research, we received a few comments from users who didn’t know how to get back to the homepage. This situation never occurred to us as an issue. It has been standard industry practice for quite some…
As you may have noticed, last week was a little quiet here on the blog. Even though we urge bloggers to post at least once a week, sometimes the Web team also encounters issues on the road to happy posting….
We were concluding a recent dinner of Chinese takeout. Tasty, satisfying. And now it was fortune cookie time. The best part! I opened up my cookie: “Joy comes from adventure today. Time to shake the world up.” Ooohh. Exciting. Lost…
A Web refresh, that’s who. How do we do what we do? How do we approach a site refresh? It’s really funny, but when I was thinking about how I would tell you all of this, I was reminded…
So far, we’ve talked about our philosophies and views on the refresh. What’s worth noting is how we got to where we are so far. That is the point of this blog, after all: to shed more light on what…
Embarking on a refresh for the college site sounds daunting, even to me. But it’s not really that crazy of a thing, this refresh. It’s like going out and getting some new accessories for your little black dress. It’s…
In the world of Web technology, a few years is a very long time. The main Buffalo State site was launched in 2004 and has become a comfortable, efficient, and familiar presence for the campus community. The main college site…