Intermediate

Mobile Technologies & Libraries

Submitted by jlefevre (not verified) on Thu, 05/09/2013 - 11:58pm
When: 04/14/2011 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Where: 105 Doe
Instructor: 
jlefevre
Prerequisite:

 

In 2011, the vast majority of Americans own cell phones, and smartphone ownership is exploding -- sales of smartphones officially exceeded PC sales in the last quarter of 2010. Libraries must be able to offer content and services through the mobile web to stay relevant. In this session, we'll look at:

 

  • The current state of the mobile internet 
  • Strategies for launching and implementing a mobile web site or application
  • Examples of successful mobile web experiences that have been created by libraries
  • Common issues with developing and maintaining a mobile presence

Search engine optimization - Matthew Prutsman

Submitted by mprutsma (not verified) on Thu, 05/09/2013 - 11:58pm
When: 04/06/2011 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Where: 105 Doe
Instructor: 
mprutsma
Prerequisite: None

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the visibility of a web site or a web page in search engines via the "natural" or un-paid ("organic" or "algorithmic") search results. This course will provide an introduction to optimizing your website so that it is easier for your users to find it via web search engines.

LaTeX - Kendra Levine -CANCELLED will be rescheduled

Submitted by klevine (not verified) on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 6:12pm
When:
Where: 105 Doe
Instructor: 
klevine
Prerequisite: None

LaTeX is a document markup language and document preparation system for the TeX typesetting program. Within the typesetting system, its name is styled as . The term LaTeX refers only to the language in which documents are written, not to the editor used to write those documents. LaTeX is most widely used by mathematicians, scientists, engineers, philosophers, lawyers, linguists, economists, researchers, and other scholars in academia. As a primary or intermediate format, e.g., translating DocBook and other XML-based formats to PDF, LaTeX is used because of the high quality of typesetting achievable by TeX.

CANCELED - Search engine optimization - Matthew Prutsman

Submitted by mprutsma (not verified) on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 6:12pm
When: 11/30/2010 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Where: 105 Doe
Instructor: 
mprutsma
Prerequisite: None

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the visibility of a web site or a web page in search engines via the "natural" or un-paid ("organic" or "algorithmic") search results. This course will provide an introduction to optimizing your website so that it is easier for your users to find it via web search engines.

Creating Mashups with Yahoo Pipes - Julie Lefevre

Submitted by jt14den (not verified) on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 6:12pm
When: 11/16/2010 - 10:00am - 11:30am
Where: 105 Doe
Instructor: 
jlefevre
Prerequisite: yahoo.com account

Yahoo Pipes is a Javascript authoring tool that lets you aggregate and manipulate multiple data sources, and then output the remixed data in a variety of formats. With Pipes' interactive visual editor, you can build powerful, useful feeds without having to write a line of code. In this class, we'll learn how Pipes work, look at some web services developed with Pipes, and build a basic mashup. 

Intro to CCK

Submitted by jt14den (not verified) on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 6:12pm
Author: 
tim

Custom Content Kit (CCK) allows us to add additional fields to content types in Drupal, giving us much richer information about our content.

Today we'll create a mini ERF using CCK.

NOTE: In this tutorial I mostly use the path to the admin areas. You can just copy and past them after site url in the location bar: http://ucblibrary3.berkeley.edu:8086/tdennis/admin/content/types.

Drupal Core Content Types

Out of the box Drupal comes with two content types (go to admin/content/types):

  • page
  • story

Each type has a title & body field.

Now, lets add a new content type:

  1. Add content type button
  2. Name: eResource
  3. Type: eresource (this has to be machine readable--no spaces -- use only lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores)
Read more »

Creating Mashups with Yahoo Pipes

Submitted by jlefevre (not verified) on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 6:12pm
When: 03/18/2010 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Where:
Instructor: 
jlefevre
Prerequisite: yahoo.com account

Yahoo Pipes is a Javascript authoring tool that lets you aggregate and manipulate multiple data sources, and then output the remixed data in a variety of formats. With Pipes' interactive visual editor, you can build powerful, useful feeds without having to write a line of code. In this class, we'll learn how Pipes work, look at some web services developed with Pipes, and build a basic mashup. 

Getting Started with Making Mobile Friendly Websites

Submitted by fhelsing (not verified) on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 6:12pm

Have you ever thought of making your website mobile device friendly? It takes just a bit of CSS, and you can enable access to the content on your current site for users with mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), tablet PCs, and other mobile devices. In this self-paced online [#89] tutorial, I'll offer tips for web developers who use Dreamweaver or Drupal as well as for those who hand code static HTML pages.

In addition to the basic training, I've prepared sample code that you may download and use as you wish, as well as links to further training on a variety of topics, including Basic XHTML and CSS. I'll also cover how to use software-based mobile device emulators on your desktop or laptop computer, and offer tips on how to test your site. Read more »

Getting started with Views, a step-by-step guide

Submitted by fhelsing (not verified) on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 6:12pm

Learning to create and use Drupal Views can be a daunting prospect! However, Views are very useful, and I think that it's worthwhile to take the time to learn how to use them. Once you've learned how to work with Views, you'll be able to create dynamic pages such as a calendar of events, a list of tutorials and guides, or a targeted guide to the article databases for a particular subject area!

Using this [#80], you'll learn how to create and set up a View. Once you've defined the basic settings, you'll be able to sort the results that your new View generates and use selection criteria to filter your results. You'll also learn how to make a Page-based View actually appear on a Page and how to enable a Block-based View that can be used in the same way as any other Drupal Block.

Organizing your Drupal website with the Panels Module

Submitted by mjaeggli (not verified) on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 6:12pm

Blocks are nice, but they don't solve all of your site organization problems. The Panels Module solves some of these problems. If you have a UCB Library Drupal site, go to the modules list and turn on the mini-panels, panel nodes and panels. Look at the information given for each of the module settings and make sure you've turned on the other required modules. Read more »

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