Linking Tip

Here's a little tip when linking to a URL on a webpage:

Just simply link the text to the URL.  Don't give instructions on how to get to the URL or ask them to type in the URL manually.

Examples:

Bad:

Goto our home page and scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on directions, then click on Mays Landing.

Good:

Directions to Mays Landing Campus

It's much easier and more convenient for a user if links are done this way versus suggesting someone go through numerous steps or have to type in a URL manually.

ACCC Latest News Dashboard Widget

ACCC now has a OS X Dashboard widget available.  It will provide you with the latest news releases from ACCC.

The dashboard widget requires a Mac running OS X 10.4.3 or higher to run.  

• Download ACCC Latest News Dashboard widget (496KB)
  

YouTube Channel

YouTube is a fantastic resource for viewing and sharing original videos online.  It's also one of the most popular destinations on the web today, so sharing your videos there opens it up to the possibility of an extremely wide audience.  

The school has a channel setup to share various short original videos.  It is also being used to serve up the videos featured on the recent What's Cooking that's currently airing on NBC40 as well as the web.  We're working on some other pretty nifty ways of incorporating YouTube within our site leveraging their developer API's.  So hopefully they'll see some light and go live soon.

Setting up your own channel for your own personal use is simple as well.  Just sign up for an account then begin uploading videos.  That's really all there is to it.  You can customize the look of your channel, create playlists, embed videos into pages, and even work with their robust API if you really want to get advanced.  Just be sure that what you're uploading isn't copyrighted and you should be fine.

Edu Web 2008 Conference

I attended the Edu Web 2008 Conference at the Trump Marina in Atlantic City this week.  It's a conference aimed at the use of technology in higher ed.  There were several hundred people there from all over the world.  It was a good conference and I did learn a lot that I hope to work into our website.

I blogged about my daily events on my personal blog.

• Day 1
• Day 2
• Day 3

I didn't take too many photos (been to AC many times already) but many attendees did take some very nice photos and they can be found on flickr.