2001-2002 Webmaster Schedule
August 14 - Using Perl to Process Web Forms
Presenter: Daniel Lewart, College of Veterinary Medicine Senior Research Programmer, Webmasters Perl Special Interest Group contact, and Champaign-Urbana Perl Monger tsar
Post-synopsis
Dan gave a great presentation on how to build a form script using the CGI module. It was a very informative, basic demonstration of the use of Perl to create interactive web pages. Dan's presentation is available here.
September 11 - Online (sometimes streaming) Media
Presenter: John Tubbs, Multimedia Specialist College of ACES-ITCS
Post-synopsis
John gave a thorough summary of the tools and techniques of professional Web multimedia, covering streaming formats (Real, Windows Media, Quicktime, and MP3), and the hardware and software required. He emphasized the importance of beginning with very high quality audio and video, and described the entire workflow: capturing, editing, mastering, encoding, and publishing to the Web.
He demonstrated several applications of streaming media with his own work for the College of ACES, and discussed the emergence and general coolness of SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language) as a W3C Recommendation (see http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/ for more). Also discussed was the need to develop the campus infrastructure and facilities for streaming as production of Web multimedia becomes more important to fulfilling the educational mission of the University of Illinois.
November 13th - UI Logo Intake Session
Presenter: Michele Plante
In an effort to meet the needs of University Webmasters, the U of I Office of Publications and Marketing is requesting your input! We'll be creating new versions of the current U of I logo--so it's easier to use: no more editing, resizing, reshaping it so it will work for your website.
Do you wish there was a .png version of the logo? Would it make your professional life easier if the logo was available in smaller sizes? Maybe you need something with stripes? Come and share your hopes and desires for the U of I logo with an actual live member of the Office of Publications staff in order to see your logo dreams realized.
Location: 240 Wohlers Hall (formerly Commerce West), 1206 S. Sixth St. Champaign
Time: 12:00 - 1:00
December 11th - Rebuilding the CCSO Web site
Presenter: William Gillespie, CCSO webmaster
Repainting Atlantis
A discussion of some of the difficulties involved in becoming the first full-time CCSO Webmaster: how to turn the sprawling ruins of an abandoned city back into a functional metropolitan center.
Location: 2240 DCL, 1304 W. Springfield, Urbana
Time: 12:00 - 1:00
January 8th - Introduction to ASP
Presenter: Josh Potts
ASP or Active Server Pages is a server-side scripting technology built-in to Microsoft's Internet Information Server, as well as several other commercially available web servers. ASP, in an of itself, isn't a scripting language, but a framework that allows web designers to insert chunks of code to be executed within a page prior to that page's being sent to a client. These chunks of code can be written in a number of different scripting languages including VBScript, JavaScript, or PerlScript.
In this seminar, you will see how ASP is integrated with IIS and Windows. We will look at examples of how very simple code snippets can add rich functionality to your web sites. Finally, you will see how to build complex pages that access database information.
This is an introductory brown bag. All that is required is a healthy understanding of HTML. Most of the coding examples will be in VBScript, but knowledge of VBScript will not be necessary for comprehending the information presented.
Location: Room 165 Everitt Lab, 1606 W. Green, Urbana (NE corner of Green and Wright)
Time: 12:00 - 1:00
Febuary 12th - XM What???
What is XML, and how is it useful in web publications?
Presenter: Karl Hess, Enterprise Architecture Specialist - AITS
- Schedule
- 12:00-12:15 Core Technologies Overview:
- XML (Defining your grammar with DTDs or Schemas)
- Nameplaces
- XSLT (Transformations)
- 12:15-12:30 Using the Core Technologies:
- APIs available for XML
- Parsers
- Static Document Trees & the DOM
- Event-based parsing with SAX
- The Transformation Layer
- 12:30-12:45 Putting it all Together:
- Challenges for Web Applications and Web Publishing
- How does XML help?
- Examples
- 12:45-1:00 Question & Answer
- Topics:
- XML Basics: The grammar and how it can be used
- Constraints: Document Type Definitions (DTDs) and Schemas
- Parsing XML: Document Object Model (DOM)
- Transforming XML: XSLT and other processing
- Challenges of web applications and web publishing
- Example: AITS' XML Publication Framework
Location: Room 151 Everitt Lab, 1606 W. Green, Urbana (NE corner of Green and Wright)
Time: 12:00 to 1:00
March 12th - Kip Knox - New University of Illinois Web Coordinator
Presenter: Kip Knox
Mr. Knox joins us as the new U of I Web Coordinator. He will present on his vision for dealing with current challenges facing the U of I Webmaster community.
Location: Room 149, National Soybean Research Center, 1101 Peabody Dr., Champaign. (Corner of Dorner & Peabody, directly west of Staley Illini Grove.)
Time: 12:00 to 1:00
