New Web Servers and Frontpage
VCU will no longer support Frontpage on the www.vcu.edu server, but continue to offer support on www.pubinfo.vcu.edu server. Sites not wanting to move to www.pubinfo.vcu.edu can remain on the old www3.vcu.edu server until the Summer of 2007. By this time they must choose to move to another server. At this time a Web Content Management […]
Using SFTP
The new jupiter web server requires you to connect with SFTP. This can be done with an FTP client or through Dreamweaver. If you use Dreamweaver you will need to edit your remote site profile and select the “Secure FTP” option. Details Here: http://www.ts.vcu.edu/faq/ssh/ssh.html If you use Windows and want a stand alone SFTP client […]
June 7th Meeting Notes
Here is the recording from the meeting on June 7th. Listen Now!
Web 2.0 meets the enterprise
New ideas in consumer technology are rapidly creeping into the design and marketing of software aimed at corporations. For example, Web 2.0 technologies such as blogs and AJAX are starting to show their potential behind corporate firewalls, analysts said. “Blogs and wikis are starting to move into businesses as a simpler and lightweight way to […]
Web App Hack Incidents Are Up As Businesses Take Cover
Web site hacks are on the rise and pose a greater threat than the broad-based network attacks that have been giving IT departments fits. Whereas attacks against networks disrupt Internet service and negatively impact companies trying to do business over the Web or private networks, attacks against Web applications threaten to steal critical customer, employee, […]
30 AJAX Tutorials
Max Kiesler put together a good list of some AJAX tutorials to get you started: Round-up of 30 AJAX Tutorials
Facebook.com turned down a $750 million offer
The owners of the privately held social-networking site hope to fetch as much as $2 billion. And media giants like Viacom may make a good match Facebook, the Web site where students around the world socialize and swap information, has put itself on the block, BusinessWeek Online has learned. The owners of the privately held […]
Yahoo! User Interface and Design Patterns Libraries Released
First, there’s the Yahoo! User Interface Library. The UI Library is a set of JavaScript components that let you quickly add all kinds of really nifty features to your web site, from dynamic UI elements like drag and drop, tree views, and animation; to underlying functionality like custom events and easy-to-use cross-browser XMLHttpRequest connections. Its […]
JSEclipse for AJAX site development
JSEclipse is the the best and most popular Javascript plugin for the Eclipse environment. Its benefits are visible from the simplest tasks like editing small sections of code for your site to the more complex ones like working with the next big AJAX library or developing plugins for a product that embeds JavaScript like Dreamweaver […]
Firefox 2.0 alpha set for release
A developers’ version of Firefox 2.0 targeted for release Tuesday evening aims to test the back-end infrastructure supporting the browser’s new bookmarks, or Places, functionality. Firefox Roadmap Firefox 2.0 alpha set for release