Navigating a large college campus can be daunting for new students, especially for those with a disability. Providing a detailed, accurate, accessible map can help everyone get where they need to go. While the technology to create beautiful, interactive maps has been around for a while – many colleges only include a limited amount of […]

WPscan is a popular command line tool for scanning WordPress installations to find vulnerabilities. It is a frontline tool used to find access points for your site – and – if it’s good enough for that hackers, you should be using it too! I recommend downloading it immediately to test your sites. However, I just […]

WordPress is an incredible platform for building full-featured, customized web applications. Every beer on the planet is made from the same four ingredients: hops, water, barley and yeast. Similarly, WordPress is built around a small feature set (posts, pages, media and tags), but from these you can build anything from a single blog to a […]

The PCC population is overwhelmed by technology. We want to help you navigate technology at PCC. This is why a collaborative venture between the TLC, TSS and a variety of departments who specialize in technology tools and methods is taking place at the Sylvania TLC (CC 223) Fall Term, 2013. Gabe shows off the WordPress […]

Buildings and parking aren’t the only locations that people need to find on your campus. Why then, are they the only items marked on your maps? The technology to create beautiful, interactive maps has been around for a while. Unfortunately, many colleges choose to only include a limited amount of information. Often, it’s not a […]

Take a quick look around the web and it becomes obvious – users really do create the best content. The articles of wikipedia, the videos of youtube and the LOLcats of the cheezburger network- all examples of platforms based entirely on user generated content.Now think about your students, faculty and staff. Given the opportunity, what […]

PCC’s lead web designer Gabriel Nagmay has spearheaded their college’s revolution in how it delivers its stories and gauges success. Today, from tweeting and blogging to RSS feeds and Google Analytics, Nagmay has led the college into a new era. Hear about the tools and techniques Gabriel used for PCC. Learn how to maximize your […]

At Portland Community College we have a huge student body, a gigantic amount of Web content, and a tiny little Web team trying to manage it all. Over the years, we have built a collection of custom Web apps to help us out. These work well, but take time and massive resources to maintain. All […]

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Web forms rock They are easily accessible, can feed information directly to a database and replace tree-killing paper versions. Web forms suck They are difficult to style, require massive validation and and the elements look drastically different on each browser. And don’t get me started on accessibility. OK, get me started… It takes a lot […]