Category Archive for 'On the Job'

Cleaning up Sydenstricker

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Sydenstricker has multiple needs, but for now I focused on organizing files, deleting unused files and cleaning up old code. It still won’t validate, but it’s cleaner than it was before.
One of the major changes was adding the automatically updating pedigree tag to the animal pages, replacing the static pedigrees. The pedigree and EPD tags [...]

Working with Flex 3

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Predictable as ever, requests for updates to our clients’ sites are picking up as everyone gears up for the Spring Sale season. It’s comforting to see that demand hasn’t slowed, despite the media’s constant attention on lost jobs and drooping sales.
From 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., I do updates. It’s dull work, but I’m grateful [...]

Funny: wrong website blocked

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

We have the horrible Barracuda Filter in place on our network here at work. This isn’t the first time it has blocked one of our very own websites, but this is the first time I have remembered to take a screen capture to mark the event. Schaffs Angus Valley can’t be visited by anyone in [...]

November Report

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Actively managed sites: 274
Total migrated to Dreamweaver: 254
Total sites using CSS layouts: 179
Migrated in October and November: 64
Sites (re)built with CSS in Oct./Nov.: 23

Of the 20 sites left, 2 of them are managed in GoLive permanently – sites where we change the structure, but then hand it off to the companies who wanted to manage [...]

Participating in the My Success Event

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

I know things have been pretty quiet on this site. I have been training a new person and attempting to keep up with busy season. My co-worker and I were invited to participate in the My Success Event this year, so I’m pulling together materials that will help me demonstrate my job and responsibilities.
A description [...]