Field Guide is a collection of resources (tools, code, services) and commentary (site launches, critiques, upcoming events) for web developers and digital professionals at the University of Michigan. We welcome anything you believe will be interest to the web development community: field.guide@umich.edu

Commentary

Tip: Don't go live on a site before filling in the boilerplate

As the MSA found out today with a mass announcement about their Homecoming Site:

Stuff that sounds good
Save the environment
Football
Yeah.

Screenshot:
Gieran: write some stuff for this text box

Posted by hampelm on 26 Sep. | Comments (0)

Which one of these is a link?

The big blue text?
The small blue text?
The bold blue text?
The bold tan text?
The words that say "Get your answers here"?

Click the photo for the suspenseful reveal!

2008-09-12_1550

Found on the current LSA gateway

Posted by hampelm on 12 Sep. | Comments (0)

Does anyone like Vignette?

Despite the fact that around 54 LS&A units use the Vignette CMS (PDF warning!), I have heard a total of zero staff members actually involved in day-to-day web work praise the system. Staff dislike using it; developers dislike coding for it.

n.b. Responses from LSA administrators involved in the purchasing process were not considered.

Posted by hampelm on 12 Sep. | Comments (0)

Older:

Tip: Don't go live on a site before filling in the boilerplate

Which one of these is a link?

Does anyone like Vignette?

New CTools in the planning?

Does CTools test before releasing? Apparently not.

MBlog can't handle spam

On automated translation and University websites

MCommunity on the way, UMOD being phased out

RC dev blog: putting my money where my mouth is

May Web Accessibility meeting

What to call admissions

The strange vocabulary of MAIS

CTools acknowledges bug, fix time is enterprise-quality

WAWG Meeting Minutes, January 15, 2008

Web Accessibility Brainstorming Meeting 1/15/08

University of Michigan IT jobs mailing list

Bad Designs on Campus Winners

World Usability Day Conference at MSU

2nd Annual Bad Designs on Campus Contest

Investing in Ability week

Welcome to Field Guide