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] > > > >