I’m starting work on a small site — home page and five subpages — but the Web server has hundreds of files on it. Unused pages, drafts from who knows when, navigation graphics from previous versions, and who knows what else… I’ve dealt a lot in site management, including archiving strategies and site organization,...
I'm back
…from a long hiatus, during which a difficult redesign, as well as a major application “crash,” sapped any energy I might have had for blogging. Lotsa changes around here, so stay tuned....
Building Without a Plan
I’m just finishing up Web work on a symposium that illustrates all that’s wrong with unplanned development: the people in charge kept coming up with new ideas after we’d started, and they kinda liked waiting until work was done on something before starting to think about it. So I (and others) would work to...
Mixed Layers in Applications
I can tell already that this is going to be a multi-post rant, because I’m burning up. I’m working to configure an application for our Alumni Web Community (a “portal,” if you’ll excuse the buzzword). The fine folks at BSR Advance, who are now no longer on my Christmas card list, have made a...
Hit Counters Must Die
About once a week, I get a call from someone asking me to add a hit counter. You know, those “you are visitor #2,346 to this site” messages? The answer is no. Hit counters have many problems, as I often explain. First off, the average Web site visitor doesn’t have enough context to understand...
Oh, Great. More Shouting.
Yes, I’m afraid it’s true. I’m setting up the soapbox, and get ready for some shoutin’. Just what we all need, right? Yet another blog from yet another so-called expert — in this case, on all things Webbish. Thing is, I work in Web space all day long, and sometimes all night too, and...