I am a web developer for the API Web Services dept., where I learn a little more about cows and PHP every day.
Sometimes I can’t help myself. What if?
…the Web Services department managed all of the web sites? Certified Angus Beef, AngusSource, National Junior Angus Association, Angus Foundation and more.
…the Web Services team was given the time and resources needed to truly be a useful service to our Angus breeders?
…we had the time to develop and market [...]
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As Sale season comes to an end, I’m looking forward to fewer updates and developing some new projects. Last week Web Services (that’s us) had a meeting with Information Services (think of the Apple commercial where PC meets Mac). It was funny, yet nerve-wracking. Here were the desktop programmers, neatly dressed to the nines, with [...]
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I’m working with Drupal right now. I am taking Drupal 6.1 out for a test drive. So far it looks pretty good. Skinning 6.1 looks like it will be easier than 5.5.
Since Monday, I have had a crash course in:
PHP5 and why it’s better than PHP4;
Reading PHP and knowing what the functions do
mySQL5 and [...]
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Outside In
From the perspective of an outsider looking in, as a web developer I can see how woefully behind the times our company’s web site is: it’s disgustingly out of date in design, doesn’t validate, uses archaic technology (Coldfusion 4.5, anyone?), loads slowly, and is a general disservice to anyone trying to use it.
How great [...]
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