http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/ This is my blog to cover school, work, home, projects, & the occasional video game... en Copyright 2008 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:54:22 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss This blog has been recommissioned as a place to track my work at the VCU Libraries. This is NOT my personal blog, when it is updated it may be found at http://www.deviantsolutions.net/.... http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2008/10/updates_1.html http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2008/10/updates_1.html Work Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:54:22 -0500 I have just sent in my application to Google for the summer of code 2007. My proposal covers a BitTorrent Tracker Module for the Drupal open source CMS system. Below is my abstract with a link to my application. Edit:... http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2007/03/google_soc_2007.html http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2007/03/google_soc_2007.html Archived Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:13:19 -0500 Fix homepage header Removed target from the link to the VCU homepage Adjust Sitemap.html Removed all references to port 83 from the sitemap page. Adjust Rotating Content System Rewrote the javascript that parses the XML for the dynamic content... http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2007/01/first_week_of_school.html http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2007/01/first_week_of_school.html Archived Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:48:49 -0500 So here is a list of everything so far this week: Fix JBC Special Collection pages Finished Comic Book Pages Finished Mason Pages Finished Stove Pages Finished Sykes Page Finished JBCBIO Page Featured Resource Added PubMed to the featured resource... http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2007/01/update_for_the_first_week_of_t.html http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2007/01/update_for_the_first_week_of_t.html Archived Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:12:59 -0500 Quick Update... The new library homepage is almost complete with an expected roll out of December 15th. Everyday we get closer and closer to a finished product and now we are down to the days of polishing every last detail... http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2006/12/rounding_the_bend.html http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2006/12/rounding_the_bend.html Archived Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:15:04 -0500 http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2006/11/onward_to_a_new_port_1.html http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2006/11/onward_to_a_new_port_1.html Archived Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:06:23 -0500 With the redesign we have many opportunities to integrate new technologies, due to the fact that computers have higher performance capabilities and the number of internet users on broadband increases, allowing more content to be moved faster. One of these... http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2006/11/spryeffects_1.html http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2006/11/spryeffects_1.html Archived Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:27:31 -0500 This past weekend was pretty intense. I drove home last Thursday at 11PM with a busted window. It was cold all the way back to VA beach. After I got home I helped Dad work on my truck then we... http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2006/10/piercings_and_wires.html http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2006/10/piercings_and_wires.html Archived Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:56:06 -0500 Usually you can change the color of a link with: a:link{ color: #000;} When working with the new events template I found that the above code would not work. After a few tests nothing seemed to change the color of... http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2006/10/link_colors_and_headaches_galo.html http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2006/10/link_colors_and_headaches_galo.html Archived Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:56:26 -0500 Here are a few updates: Focus Groups: I sat in on a focus group and the redesign is looking very snazzy Event Template: I created a template for library events. This is my first Dreamweaver Template and I like how... http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2006/10/updates.html http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2006/10/updates.html Archived Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:05:00 -0500 I am still working on the redesign, we are slowly leaving the realm of moving large chunks of the layout around to fine tuning and determining the best margin to put where or which tab should come up first. I... http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2006/10/the_lump_of_clay_begins_to_tak_1.html http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2006/10/the_lump_of_clay_begins_to_tak_1.html Archived Mon, 09 Oct 2006 13:24:14 -0500 The past few days have been nothing but start and stop. I have been working on the redesign lately and it is an awesome project, but it can get frustrating. I can spend an hour where nothing works, then all... http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2006/10/redesign.html http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2006/10/redesign.html Archived Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:20:00 -0500 This weekend my grandfather called me up and said he was going to Dinwiddie County for the annual EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) Fly-in, and asked me if I wanted to go. I have not been in two years, but before... http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2006/10/there_is_a_5_foot_diameter_pro.html http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2006/10/there_is_a_5_foot_diameter_pro.html Archived Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:27:09 -0500 I have been progressing on the web manual more and more each day. The first few days were a bit rough with trying to grasp what I was trying to do and determining how I would approach this project. After... http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2006/09/bring_forth_my_finetoothed_com.html http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2006/09/bring_forth_my_finetoothed_com.html Archived Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:20:06 -0500 So a few days ago I went into the whole development.html thing. This was a huge HTML file covering many aspects of the web publishing guidelines. After careful consideration it was determined that there was just too much there. So... http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2006/09/and_then_it_exploded.html http://blog.vcu.edu/bradfordcp/2006/09/and_then_it_exploded.html Archived Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:57:44 -0500