Week 6: June 18th - June 22nd

OUTCOMES: Finally, FINALLY, we rolled out the Purchasing and Contracts page. There were some last minute code changes and directory moves that I had to accommodate, but overall the rollout went smoothly and the pages are now live on the website. This week I also helped Jeff with getting the Related Pages area of the site working with the XML nodes and his DTD setup.

COMMUNICATION: This week I met with Tina Boyd in her office to go over some last minute changes to the Purchasing and Contracts project. I also spoke with many web coordinators over the phone to help them with Content Mangement issues.

NEXT WEEK’S GOALS: We put in a change management request for the rotating banner code, so that will be going live starting next week.

Also next week I will be teaching a six hour class on content management. The two trainers for this application will be out on emergency personal leave, and rather than cancelling the class (which only occurs once every month or so) I was asked to teach it.

REFLECTIONS: This week I learned a lot about ASP.NET code, as well as XML, XSL and DTD files. I had taken an e-Commerce class with Erik Vick that taught a lot of this information, so I was glad to find that it was not a completely foreign concept to me.

OTHER: Not much went on this week to set it aside from previous weeks. Im learning more programming, which I never thought I'd be interested in after becoming a digital media student. I suppose I am still interesting in the programming aspect of websites, but I am still more interested in the design.