Webpage Development Progress
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| Home page 12/2/10 |
A lot has happened with the web page since previewed here in October. CSS has stepped up our game. I have learned the necessity of well-coded HTML and the beauty of page manipulation with CSS.
Building a page really made it clear how helpful it is to map it out before-hand and create a template. The real crux lies in text formatting and image sizing within the differing sections of the webpage. It takes hours of tweaking to get the look above.
Content Management
CMS - the overall management of many webpages and content is accomplished through a content management system. My employer (Washington County) uses Clockwork. It saves time and money by allowing a unform look and enabling many users to make incremental changes without needing to have countless web administrators and HTML/CSS manual manipulation.
On the downside, a user may find a CMS page to be dull and lack creative user input. There are resitrictions and limitations to what a web developer can do. As our readings indicate:
Given the amount of time it has taken to personally create a webpage from scratch and the outcome I strongly believe a system-wide CMS makes sense for most libraries.
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