December 10th, 2004
Okay, I skipped a couple days… I have a good excuse!
To keep my mind of the itchyness I’ve been in coding hell, teaching myself silly things about CSS and PHP and HTML, and designing a brand new corporate Intranet. It’s looking kinda spiffy…
Decided to use WordPress for office news, which is a big improvement over the previous method we were using. WP gives us the ability to incorporate some interaction via moderated comments, which sadly is necessary in an office environment.
Also added phpBB forums for discussions with a whole host of forum types. Some for everybody, and then private forums that are only accessible by members on certain teams.
Figuring out how to do all this stuff – especially the CSS – has given me a whole new respect for the work that Julie did on my blog. Of course, I did my editing the “hard way” in notepad… there must be easier ways out there. Please do tell.
Of course, creating the new Intranet isn’t going to be the hard part. What’s going to drive me to drink will be dragging our employees out of the dark ages and into the light. Wish me luck!
Back to work… Trying to launch this afternoon.
Entry Filed under: Undercover Geek
7 Comments
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Kangamini | December 10th, 2004 at 3:48 pm
Mmmm Dreamweaver is faublous for web work
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zee | December 10th, 2004 at 6:38 pm
Good luck!
And, of course, come back and let us know how it goes! ;o)
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Lewis Moten | December 11th, 2004 at 3:47 pm
I’m a Visual Studio person, but mainly because I do alot of programming as well. I think alot of people are using dream weaver these days. Apparently, its the bomb – so that should get you a little excited.
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Carolyn | December 12th, 2004 at 6:15 pm
Here’s a holiday song for you (to the tune of Jingle Bells):
Dashing through the code,
In a one-room open cubicle,
O’er the bugs we go,
Cussing all the way (damn-damn-damn).
PHP’s okay,
CSS is fine,
Oh what fun it is to sing
A coding song tonite. OH!
Coding hell, coding hell, coding all the way!
Oh what fun it is to code, in a geeky kind of way.
Happy holidays!
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Roman | December 13th, 2004 at 9:49 am
Dreamweaver is so good that I have their button on my backpack (by far the nerdiest thing I’ve ever done).
I love the program and I love the support that Macromedia provides.
If you’re doing semantic HTML with CSS, there’s just no other option.
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Jake | December 13th, 2004 at 12:18 pm
Yeah, I have a new found respect for CSS ninjas now too, after having been working on a side project that I am wanting to move to all CSS.
I’ll tell you, the promise that CSS would make Web dev easier has VASTLY overpromised and underdelivered!
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Sharn | December 16th, 2004 at 5:56 pm
I agree with them ^^
Dreamweaver is what I use and I’ve learnt that I don’t have to learn nearly everything! Which is a bonus because I tend to get bored and wonder away if I can’t figure something out within a 3 hour period