I'm also interested.

Olga
Educational Technologist/ Training Services
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On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Toni Prekker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Wendy Volkman and I had planned to organize some brownbag discussion
> groups after the new year on topics such as this.  We don't have anything
> coordinated yet, but this sounds like as good a topic as any.
>
> I'd be happy to organize a small group to get together and have a
> discussion (since I've supposed to have been working on just this thing for
> months now).  I can host at CTS if that is convenient for others.
>
> If you're interested, let me know and I can start coordinating calendars.
>
>
>
> Toni A Prekker
> Web Coordinator
> Center for Transportation Studies
> University of Minnesota
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>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Jeffrey Abuzzahab <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> All of this information is great! I think we need to have a Web Standards
>> meeting devoted to the discussion.
>>
>> I am happy to speak as the newcomer with some basic sites and why/how we
>> are adding WP to our toolbox.
>>
>> I am instilled with the confidence now to improve my modified theme and
>> call it my own... or maybe Wilbur, that is a good name.
>>
>> Web Standards rocks!
>>
>> -Jeff
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Tim Beaufoy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>>  We did build the new Advances site for the School of Public Health
>>> using Wordpress. http://www.advances.umn.edu/
>>>
>>> I usually build all of my themes from the ground up for the most part.
>>> Or I'll take an existing theme if it's necessary and strip the life out of
>>> it so it's a complete custom build. For the Advances site, the default
>>> index file (page) is a custom page mainly static PHP that pulls many of our
>>> feeds in from other sites we host. I have created a few custom loops that
>>> pull news content in from the actual WP database. Additionally, we created
>>> a fully customized mobile version of this site too.
>>>
>>> I don't believe WP looks for broken divs in the code to my knowledge, I
>>> usually use the developer tool bar or firebug to check for errors like
>>> that. The only issues I've noticed is our feeds and YouTube embeds throw
>>> some validation errors, but we need our videos to work on the mobile
>>> platform for all devices. Which has proven to be a challenge being that
>>> YouTube hasn't supplied good "embed" fix for this yet to our knowledge,
>>> other than the new html5 iframe embed.
>>>
>>> I've never run into a version upgrade that has yet to affect the themes,
>>> but then again 3.3 is out now and that will have to be monitored when we
>>> make the upgrade. If we ever need to use a similar theme for our other site
>>> brands, I'll keep the same structure created, then tweak or apply changes
>>> once integrated. We originally were going to go with the multisite setup,
>>> but realized it was still a bit too quarky for our needs. I hope WP will
>>> focus more on the multisite development in the near future. I think there's
>>> a lot of potential there.
>>>
>>> Wordpress is fantastic and I've yet to find something I can't do with it
>>> yet. If there ever is a group discussion, I'd love to be a part of it.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Tim Beaufoy
>>> Web Developer/Designer
>>>
>>> School of Public Health
>>> University of Minnesota
>>> 612-625-3218
>>>
>>> Room A-302 Mayo MMC 197
>>> 420 Delaware Street SE
>>> Minneapolis, MN 55455
>>>
>>> www.sph.umn.edu
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/14/2011 8:34 AM, Jeffrey Abuzzahab wrote:
>>>
>>> Nice and clean! I like your sites much better than my Twenty Ten mod.
>>>
>>> Did you build the theme from the ground up? If yes:
>>>
>>> Did you run into any problems using your own HTML? Did WP ever try
>>> looking for a div that was missing, or if you get the PHP in the right
>>> place you are good to go!
>>>
>>> Do version upgrades to WP impact your theme?
>>>
>>> Is the same theme used for all three sites? Is a parent-child theme
>>> method used.
>>>
>>> This is great inspiration! I think WP is going to be a seamless part of
>>> our web systems. Thanks for sharing!
>>>
>>> -Jeff
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Rachel Lam <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've made a variation of the UofM template that we're using in CFANS.
>>>> a couple live sites:
>>>> http://canolaresearch.horticulture.umn.edu/
>>>> http://enology.umn.edu/
>>>> http://fpmdi.bbe.umn.edu/
>>>>
>>>> I'm happy to talk about it with anyone who is interested.
>>>>
>>>> - Rachel
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Jeffrey Abuzzahab <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>>  > Hey!
>>>> >
>>>> > We are using Wordpress for some academic projects here, some of which
>>>> will
>>>> > be public facing.
>>>> >
>>>> > I modified a copy of the Twenty Ten theme to include the UofM header
>>>> and
>>>> > footer and it seems to be working alright.
>>>> >
>>>> > Before I finalize this for production I wondered if anyone else is
>>>> working
>>>> > in Wordpress and would be up for discussing lessons learned making a
>>>> UofM
>>>> > theme.
>>>> >
>>>> > Keep the css separate, unique ways to make a parent theme... etc.
>>>> >
>>>> > I think it will be a fun discussion!
>>>> >
>>>> > -Jeff
>>>> --
>>>>  Rachel Lam
>>>> Information Technology Professional
>>>> College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
>>>> 101 Coffey Hall
>>>> 1420 Eckles Ave
>>>> University of Minnesota
>>>> St. Paul, MN 55108
>>>> Phone: 612-624-3619
>>>> Email: [log in to unmask]
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jeffrey Faruk Abuzzahab
>>> Web and Multimedia Lead
>>> College of Education & Human Development
>>> Tel: 612-624-6034 | E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>> Can't get a hold of me?
>>> Contact the web team at [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Tim Beaufoy
>>> Web Developer/Designer
>>>
>>> School of Public Health
>>> University of Minnesota
>>> 612-625-3218
>>>
>>> Room A-302 Mayo MMC 197
>>> 420 Delaware Street SE
>>> Minneapolis, MN 55455
>>>
>>> www.sph.umn.edu
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jeffrey Faruk Abuzzahab
>> Web and Multimedia Lead
>> College of Education & Human Development
>> Tel: 612-624-6034 | E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>>
>> Can't get a hold of me?
>> Contact the web team at [log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>>
>>
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