+1 for a future topic. I would love to get my less programmatic CMS stuff into word press. Dave 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 > [log in to unmask] > > > > 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] >> >> >> > -- David Peterson IT Professional Office of Institutional Research University of Minnesota http://www.oir.umn.edu 612-625-0914 [log in to unmask]