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Illini Room A |
Illinois Room B |
Illini Room C |
Room 404 (4th floor) |
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| 8:30 | Registration and coffee
8:30-9:00 a.m. Illini Room Entrance West Side |
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| 9:00 | Welcome (Jack Brighton) 9:00-9:15 a.m. | |||
| 9:30 | Keynote address (Eric Meyer) 9:30-10:45 a.m. | |||
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| 10:45 | Break 10:45-11:00 a.m. | |||
| 11:00 | Website Project Management 11:00 a.m.-noon | Making Good with Digital Photography 11:00 a.m.-noon | Accepting Credit Card Payments at U of I 11:00 a.m.-noon | |
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| noon | Lunch noon- 12:45 p.m. | |||
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| 1:00 | Cool Web Awards 12:45-1:00 p.m. | |||
| 1:15 | Future of the Campus Web 1:15-2:15 p.m. | |||
| 2:15 | Break 2:15-2:30 p.m. | |||
| 2:30 | Style Sheets 2:30-3:30 p.m. | Streaming Media Show and Tell 2:30-3:30 p.m. | Building a Web Application 2:30-3:30 p.m. | |
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| 3:30 | Posters and Afternoon Tea 3:30-4:00 p.m. | |||
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Programming/Technical
Building a Web Application: Questions, Pitfalls, and Solutions
Lance Campbell, software architect of Web Services, will discuss various difficulties in building web applications. Lance will first explore approaches for gathering requirements then will share ways to empower users to ensure their needs are met during the development process. He will also explore ways to avoid pitfalls from both development and project management perspectives.Lance Campbell has been in the IS industry for 12 years. He has spent the last 8 years doing visual development. Lance has worked in many industries including banking, insurance, consulting, etc. Lance has been working the last eight months in Web Services building new web tools for the University community.
Accepting Credit Card Payments at U of I - Implementation and Best Practices
This session will focus on what units need to do to integrate online credit card payments with their web sites. Implementation details such as what changes need to be incorporated in a unit web site along with designing a transaction database will be discussed. New features and capabilities of the latest version of the U of I Payment Server will also be discussed. Lastly, we will spend some time discussing certain precautions that should be considered when doing credit card payments online as well as pitfalls to avoid. Time will be allotted for questions.Marc Henkel is the Director of Business Systems Analysis for the Office of Cash Management and Investments. Marc started out in network administration, but for the last 6 years has focused on online payment systems. He also assists i-card programs with technical implementation issues. Kevin Noland is the Director of Cash Management at the University of Illinois and has responsibility for the cash management and banking relationship activities at the UI and the UI Foundation.
Design
Style Sheets
Say no to “printer-friendly” versions and yes to printer-specific style sheets. CSS expert Eric Meyer presents shows how to conceive and design print style sheets that automatically format web content for off-screen delivery. Includes tips on hiding inappropriate content and styling text for the printer.Get lots more on Style Sheets from Eric Meyer's web site
Website Project Management
From defining site goals and profiling users to site architecture and long-term maintenance issues, site redesign requires extensive planning before the design process begins. Office of Web Services Designer Michele Plante presents a step-by-step overview of how to get focused, stay organized, plan for the future, and launch your site on time.Get tons more from Michele Plante's project management web site
Content
Making Good with Digital Photography
It's easy to get great results using today's consumer-grade digital cameras and photo processing software like Photoshop. It's also easy to get bad results. How do you make it good?Brian Johnson, professor of journalism at the University of Illinois, and Chris Brown, master photographer with Chris Brown Fine Commercial Photography, will share insights on how to chose and use a digital camera, and how to edit bitmapped images most easily and effectively for your web site.
Streaming Media Show and Tell
RealAudio, Quicktime, Windows Media, and MPEG4 have taken their place alongside textbooks and the classroom chalkboard. With the rapid evolution of streaming media technology, formats, and tools, it's a constant scramble to keep up. For new users, the streaming media universe presents too many confusing choices. If you want to venture into it, where do you begin?Paul Hixson develops streaming media applications in the College of ACES, focusing primarily on using QuickTime in presentations designed for audiences outside the campus network environment. Paul Riismandel heads the Audio-Visual Laboratory for the College of LAS, helping faculty developing streaming presentations for classroom materials and online learning. Jack Brighton directs web development at WILL-AM-FM-TV, where he designed a multi-format live and archival streaming system used by listeners around the world. They will demonstrate their work, and give you a peek behind the curtain to show how you can use streaming media on your web site.
View Paul Hixson's presentation about Quicktime
Get Jack Brighton's PPT on streaming basics
General Sessions
Welcome
Jack Brighton, Director of Internet development, WILL-AM-FM-TV and 2003-2004 Webmasters Coordinating Group ChairKeynote address
Eric Meyer, www.meyerweb.comEric has been working with, speaking, and writing about the Web since 1993. He literally "wrote the book" on CSS: O'Reilly's Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide, now in its second edition . Eric's other books include Cascading Style Pocket Reference (O'Reilly), Cascading Style Sheets 2.0 Programmer's Reference (Osborne/McGraw-Hill) and Eric Meyer On CSS (New Riders). His technical tutorials, essays, and articles have enlightened and entertained more than a million readers.
Eric's consulting clients include Los Alamos National Laboratory, Cornell University, and Macromedia, who describe him as "a critical partner in our efforts to transform Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 into a revolutionary tool for CSS-based design".
In his hometown of Cleveland, he also hosts a weekly Big Band-era radio show "Your Father's Oldsmobile".
The Future of the Campus Web
Robin Kaler, Jim Wilson, Michele PlanteCampus units have creative freedom to design the look and feel of their own web sites. But visitors have reported getting lost on the campus web, not knowing they were on a U of I site. How can departments build web sites that take into account their unique needs, characteristics and missions while still maintaining a U of I identity to ensure a consistent experience for users?
Robin Kaler, Director of Public Affairs and Jim Wilson, Director of Web Services will present resources available to departments to help integrate the campus identity with the individual unit's web presence.
Cool Sites Awards
Jack Brighton, Director of Internet development, WILL-AM-FM-TV and 2003-2004 Webmasters Coordinating Group ChairThe annual Cool Sites Awards honor campus sites that represent excellence in categories of design, content, or programming. The People's Choice Award goes to the site that gets the most nominations. Sites may be nominated by members of the Webmasters listserv, and by members of the Webmasters Coordinating Group. Winners are featured at the Webmasters Forum, and are bestowed a nice plaque and bragging rights.
