Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib services and https

2015-09-17 Thread Shaun Ellis
Can anyone from OSU chime in on this issue re: Code4Lib? It would be great if someone over there can address the issues with the SSL cert (expired in 2008?), but if not, do you have suggestions for getting it resolved? My understanding is that making https requests to code4lib.org uses

[CODE4LIB] Announcing the official Code4Lib Conference Website

2015-09-14 Thread Shaun Ellis
be easier to load into the Diebold-o-matic voting app (do you really want to make Chris Beer have to cut and paste data in 2016?!?)! If you are on a committee that collects data, the Website Committee will be happy to help you set up your forms. Cheers, Shaun Ellis, on behalf of The 2016 Code4Lib

Re: [CODE4LIB] Announcing the official Code4Lib Conference Website

2015-09-14 Thread Shaun Ellis
ng, as a speaker who has mourned the passing of past conference web sites, as if they had never happened. Roy On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 8:36 AM, Shaun Ellis <sha...@princeton.edu> wrote: Dear Code4Lib, We are happy to announce the official 2016 Code4Lib Conference Website! http://2016.co

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2016: Philadelphia - Save the Date [url]

2015-08-11 Thread Shaun Ellis
We will be using the wiki for help organizing committees, social happenings, and that type of collaborative community stuff. However, we have organized a committee to produce a website that is a bit more appropriate than a blog for disseminating vital conference info. We are putting the

Re: [CODE4LIB] free html editors

2015-05-18 Thread Shaun Ellis
There is no reason to install an editor for this purpose. Mozilla has a suite of free apps for this purpose at Webmaker: https://webmaker.org Thimble is the editor, and I think it's very nice for students that there is immediate feedback so you can see how your change affects the rendering:

[CODE4LIB] Call for Code4LibCon Website Working Group Volunteers

2015-04-16 Thread Shaun Ellis
not stop you from getting involved. ** Sign up here: http://wiki.code4lib.org/2016_Conference_Committees ** Thanks, Shaun Ellis On behalf of the Code4LibCon 2016 Philly LPC -- Shaun Ellis User Interface Developer, Digital Initiatives Princeton University Library 609.258.1698

Re: [CODE4LIB] Protagonists

2015-04-14 Thread Shaun Ellis
Another interesting startup in this area is Trajectory. Here's a list of Classics/Fiction via their JSON API (doc=isbn): http://api.trajectory.com/api/v1/search/?q=c=Fiction%20%2F%20Classicslimit=568 Here's a human readable view:

[CODE4LIB] Thank you

2015-03-13 Thread Shaun Ellis
Dearest Code4Libbers, We received your Favour of the 7th. March and thank you duly for the kind and judicious decision you have made on our little Proposal to host Code4LibCon 2016 in Philadelphia. You will be delighted, without doubt, to know that arrangements are already underway for the

Re: [CODE4LIB] Get It Services / Cart

2015-03-07 Thread Shaun Ellis
ways to do this, or if not, how your team is planning on approaching it. Shaun Ellis User Interface Developer, Digital Initiatives Princeton University Library 609.258.1698 On 3/6/15 5:02 PM, J Vine wrote: Steelsen, Maybe related but not quite what you're describing: we're developing

Re: [CODE4LIB] Drupal 7, Views/Fields, Panels and Calendars

2015-02-23 Thread Shaun Ellis
Hi Rob, Yes, you are limited in the behavior you can apply when using multiple field settings in views. You are probably going to want to play with two different approaches: 1) Perhaps you could Group By date for your web-calendar view. For details:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Recommendations for image de-duping software?

2014-10-16 Thread Shaun Ellis
positives. [cid:image002.jpg@01CFE888.279116D0] Sarah Shipley, CA Digital Asset Manager Legislative Department - Office of the City Clerk http://www.seattle.gov/leg/clerk/ 600 Fourth Avenue, Floor 3 PO Box 94728 Seattle, WA 98124-4728 206.684.8119 -- Shaun Ellis User Interface Developer

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

2014-10-02 Thread Shaun Ellis
-472-3315 bcoffi...@francis.edu -- Megan (O'Neill) Kudzia Web Services Emerging Technologies Librarian Stockwell-Mudd Library Albion College 602 E. Cass St. Albion, MI 49224 -- Shaun Ellis User Interface Developer, Digital Initiatives Princeton University Library 609.258.1698 “Any darn

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

2014-09-30 Thread Shaun Ellis
is a cool 'working group' title for ourselves and we're halfway done! Right??? But seriously, I'd love to help. Brad -- Brad Coffield, MLIS Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis University 814-472-3315 bcoffi...@francis.edu -- Shaun Ellis User Interface

Re: [CODE4LIB] Short and easy JPEG2000 survey

2014-09-15 Thread Shaun Ellis
grateful if you could complete this survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MFZ59G6 Many thanks! Christy Dr Christy Henshaw Digitisation Programme Manager Wellcome Library http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/ 183 Euston Road London NW1 2BE +44 (0)20 7611 7333 -- Shaun Ellis User Interface Developer

Re: [CODE4LIB] Creating a Linked Data Service

2014-08-08 Thread Shaun Ellis
? Any advice on where to start? Thanks, Mike Beccaria Systems Librarian Head of Digital Initiative Paul Smith's College 518.327.6376 mbecca...@paulsmiths.edu Become a friend of Paul Smith's Library on Facebook today! -- Shaun Ellis User Interface Developer, Digital Initiatives Princeton

Re: [CODE4LIB] Excel to XML (for a Drupal Feeds import)

2014-06-16 Thread Shaun Ellis
this successfully. Thanks! Ryan Engel Web Stuff UW-Madison -- -- Shaun Ellis User Interface Developer, Digital Initiatives Princeton University Library 609.258.1698

Re: [CODE4LIB] Very frustrated with Drupal

2014-05-15 Thread Shaun Ellis
660.543.8022 -- Jason Sherman Systems Librarian University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma 405.574.1340 -- Josh Welker Information Technology Librarian James C. Kirkpatrick Library University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO 64093 JCKL 2260 660.543.8022 -- Shaun Ellis User Interface Developer

Re: [CODE4LIB] Transcription services

2014-04-25 Thread Shaun Ellis
a recommendation on one that worked well for someone. -Wilhelmina Randtke -- Shaun Ellis User Interface Developer, Digital Initiatives Princeton University Library 609.258.1698

Re: [CODE4LIB] CFP: A Librarian's Introduction to Programming Languages

2014-03-27 Thread Shaun Ellis
are monitoring this thread and are considering the pros and cons of each new suggestion. There definitely are a lot of great ideas and we look forward to working on something everyone in this community is passionate about! -- Shaun Ellis User Interface Developer, Digital Initiatives Princeton

Re: [CODE4LIB] links from finding aid to digital object

2014-01-14 Thread Shaun Ellis
a different example please send it along either here on list or to me directly. Thanks! //Ed PS. sorry for the duplication. -- Shaun Ellis User Interface Developer, Digital Initiatives Princeton University Library 609.258.1698

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4LibCon Book Giveway Committee

2013-11-22 Thread Shaun Ellis
this far, if you have titles that you'd like for us to request from these publishers, feel free to respond to this email letting the Book Give-Away Committee know so that we can request them from the publishers. Thanks! Kevin -- Shaun Ellis User Interface Developer, Digital Initiatives Princeton

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4LibCon Book Giveway Committee

2013-11-22 Thread Shaun Ellis
to all attendees! Was that through the User Group branch or some other route? I won't bother them about physical books if we've already contacted them as a UG. Kevin On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Shaun Ellis sha...@princeton.edu wrote: Thanks for organizing this, Kevin. I did some

Re: [CODE4LIB] Usability Person?

2013-10-30 Thread Shaun Ellis
instead; where this person resides in your org chart; what sort of qualifications you looked for when hiring; etc. Thanks, Andrew -- Andrew Darby Head, Web Emerging Technologies University of Miami Libraries -- Shaun Ellis User Interface Developer, Digital Initiatives Princeton University

Re: [CODE4LIB] What do you want to learn about linked data?

2013-09-04 Thread Shaun Ellis
I get the basic concepts of linked data. But what I don't understand is why the idea has been around so long, yet there seems to be a dearth of useful applications that live up to the hype. So, what I want to learn about linked data is: who's using it effectively? Maybe there's lots of

Re: [CODE4LIB] Subject Terms in Institutional Repositories

2013-08-30 Thread Shaun Ellis
Mike, what do you mean when you say don't think in terms of LCSH? Is there some other vocabulary that they think in? If LCSH is the best option, the right interface may help them think in terms of LCSH. For example, auto-completion/suggestion of headings when tagging or searching might be

Re: [CODE4LIB] Responsive Website or Library Catalogue?

2013-08-16 Thread Shaun Ellis
Lisa, Just want to clarify that our finding aids site is not responsive yet. That's part of phase two ... ;) -Shaun On 8/16/13 9:57 AM, Lisa Gayhart wrote: Hello everyone, Who out there has a responsive library website or catalogue? I searched through the listserv archives and came up

Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Library Internet Archive BookReader

2013-06-03 Thread Shaun Ellis
Will, The BookReader will serve pages of variable widths. You can see an example here if you flip through the book and then look at a map: http://pudl.princeton.edu/viewer.php?obj=9880vq97z#page/2/mode/2up You need to click and hold to drag the oversized page if it bleeds off the screen.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Library Internet Archive BookReader

2013-06-03 Thread Shaun Ellis
the github web address with the source code so I can see how you implemented it (in case you didn't already)? Thanks, -Lakeisha- -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Shaun Ellis Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 10:13 AM To: CODE4LIB

Re: [CODE4LIB] ADVICE: Applied Computing Program at Tulane

2013-04-23 Thread Shaun Ellis
You're correct in that they would not be synonymous careers outside of our domain, but I don't see that many Content Strategy and UX positions pop up here. So, if the OP wants to continue to work for libraries, I wouldn't expect the existing education paths to be a perfect fit for the job

Re: [CODE4LIB] Tool to highlight differences in two files

2013-04-23 Thread Shaun Ellis
1. Create a gist (https://gist.github.com/{yourUserName}) with the original document. 2. Click edit and paste in the new document. 3. Click Revisions link. You'll see all the changes. On 4/23/13 4:24 PM, Wilhelmina Randtke wrote: I would like to compare versions of a website scraped at

Re: [CODE4LIB] Image de-duping and file identification

2013-03-19 Thread Shaun Ellis
Carmen, If you are only interested in de-duping and assessing file size, it may be overkill. Picasa has some good organizing and browsing features. Your developer may want to look at the Picasa (Desktop Client) Button API, which can kick off scripts for processing selected photos:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Displaying archival books on ipad and android tablets

2013-02-25 Thread Shaun Ellis
Kyle, We have lots of old books too, and use the Open Library BookReader [1] for viewing. It's been designed with the iPad and other tablets in mind. I have customized it to work with Djatoka, allowing us deep zoom and other niceties of using JPEG2000 . However, out of the box, you can

Re: [CODE4LIB] Displaying archival books on ipad and android tablets

2013-02-25 Thread Shaun Ellis
instructions, since it seemed specially tailored to the IA infrastructure. They mention that others have managed to get Djatoka working with BookReader, but I've scoured the Google and couldn't seem to find anyone who would share their code to get this working. On 2013-02-25, at 9:01 AM, Shaun Ellis

Re: [CODE4LIB] You are a *pedantic* coder. So what am I?

2013-02-22 Thread Shaun Ellis
On 2/22/13 11:22 AM, Peter Schlumpf wrote: Reminds me of the Zen saying: In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's mind there are few. ... with beginner's mind being the zen-preferred place to hang out, right?

Re: [CODE4LIB] GitHub Myths (was thanks and poetry)

2013-02-21 Thread Shaun Ellis
a closed tool. If you're concerned about barriers to entry, suggesting a patch using only git or mercurial can be done, but I wouldn't say it's easy. ... and what Devon said. -Shaun On 2/21/13 9:34 AM, MJ Ray wrote: Shaun Ellis sha...@princeton.edu * Myth #1 : GitHub creates a barrier

Re: [CODE4LIB] GitHub Myths (was thanks and poetry)

2013-02-21 Thread Shaun Ellis
Once again, these are not “fallacies”: they are disagreements. When you say that GitHub is not team-centered, it's not a disagreement; it's simply false. If you say I don't agree with the way GitHub implements the concept of teams, then that is a disagreement. You said the first, but

[CODE4LIB] GitHub Myths (was thanks and poetry)

2013-02-20 Thread Shaun Ellis
(As a general rule, for every programmer who prefers tool A, and says that everybody should use it, there’s a programmer who disparages tool A, and advocates tool B. So take what we say with a grain of salt!) It doesn't matter what tools you use, as long as you and your team are able to

Re: [CODE4LIB] Follow-up to my c4l13 lightning talk (emotion, interactive fiction, and linked data)

2013-02-19 Thread Shaun Ellis
I was tempted to open my response with anarchivist++, partly as an allusion to your point about protological control, and partly to point out that in our own community here we have a form of that as well, though unlike facebook's like, it is both owned by beholden to _us_... I'm not sure why I

Re: [CODE4LIB] Editing Code4lib Wiki

2013-02-07 Thread Shaun Ellis
Ryan, Have you checked the mailserver logs? That might tell you if certain ISPs are rejecting the messages, and may give a reason. Sometimes ISPs will reject a message if the sender's domain doesn't match the domain it's coming from. You can set up your mail server to authenticate with and

Re: [CODE4LIB] Group Decision Making (was Zoia)

2013-01-27 Thread Shaun Ellis
use, distribution, or copying of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender by return e-mail or telephone and then delete this e-mail together with all attachments from your system. -- Shaun Ellis User Interace Developer, Digital

Re: [CODE4LIB] Bootstrap

2013-01-26 Thread Shaun Ellis
-6772 Email dge...@slu.edu -- Shaun Ellis User Interace Developer, Digital Initiatives Princeton University Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-24 Thread Shaun Ellis
Of Shaun Ellis Sent: Thursday, 24 January 2013 5:00 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia Karen, yes, there is a procedure for dealing with speaking up: // Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. If a participant engages

Re: [CODE4LIB] Group Decision Making (was Zoia)

2013-01-24 Thread Shaun Ellis
territory for us. Mark -- Shaun Ellis User Interace Developer, Digital Initiatives Princeton University Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-24 Thread Shaun Ellis
description of lazy consensus [1] at the last conference. //Ed [1] http://nowviskie.org/2012/lazy-consensus/ -- Shaun Ellis User Interace Developer, Digital Initiatives Princeton University Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Group Decision Making (was Zoia)

2013-01-24 Thread Shaun Ellis
that sound reasonable? -- Shaun Ellis User Interace Developer, Digital Initiatives Princeton University Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-23 Thread Shaun Ellis
, would make me sad too. @love zoia. Andromeda -- Shaun Ellis User Interace Developer, Digital Initiatives Princeton University Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-23 Thread Shaun Ellis
. There needs to be a procedure for dealing with speaking up that doesn't resemble a public drubbing. Until that is added into the policy, the policy itself is a false promise and likely to make things worse for anyone speaking up, rather than better. kc On 1/23/13 5:21 AM, Shaun Ellis wrote: Isn't

[CODE4LIB] Code4LibCon 2013 T-Shirt Contest Winner

2013-01-16 Thread Shaun Ellis
want to thank everyone for all the great submissions, votes, help, and participation. See you in Chicago, Shaun -- Shaun Ellis User Interace Developer, Digital Initiatives Princeton University Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] T-Shirt voting and registration -- last day!

2013-01-16 Thread Shaun Ellis
tonight at midnight, Chicago time (1am Eastern). See y'all in Chicago! - Dre, on behalf of the C4L13 t-shirt committee. -- Shaun Ellis User Interace Developer, Digital Initiatives Princeton University Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Help with WordPress for Code4Lib Journal

2013-01-15 Thread Shaun Ellis
Tom, Kudos! I think this is a great example of enabling (and asking for!) collaboration within the community. Thank you for maintaining it and integrating Mark's fix! -Shaun On 1/14/13 6:36 PM, Tom Keays wrote: I spent the past week teaching myself how to properly use Git and have finally

[CODE4LIB] T-Shirt voting is now open!

2013-01-03 Thread Shaun Ellis
Hi folks, The T-shirt committee is pleased to announce that voting is now open at the following URL: http://vote.code4lib.org/election/results/25 Voting will close at midnight of January 15th. Those who are not registered for the conference by January 15th are not guaranteed a shirt. If

Re: [CODE4LIB] Reminder: Request for submissions: Code4Lib 2013 T-Shirt designs!

2012-12-21 Thread Shaun Ellis
Folks, I just want to add to Dre's announcement that in order to minimize waste we are basing t-shirt quantities on the number of participants who are registered on the day t-shirt design voting closes. That date is still TBD, but it would have to be sometime in mid-January to provide enough

Re: [CODE4LIB] Mentorship Program

2012-12-07 Thread Shaun Ellis
to be dropped into a bottle of soda! Also, I don't have enough linguistics/language history to know if protégée is a female derivative of the male form, which would probably be undesirable. On 12/7/12 8:52 AM, MJ Ray m...@phonecoop.coop wrote: Shaun Ellis sha...@princeton.edu Hi Rosalyn, I agree

[CODE4LIB] Mentorship Program

2012-12-06 Thread Shaun Ellis
Hi Rosalyn, I agree that we should encourage women to step up and mentor other women at Code4Lib. I also see the pairing of women mentors with women mentees as fitting into an overall mentorship program, and I would be interested in collaborating with you and others to help frame it out. I

Re: [CODE4LIB] Help with WordPress for Code4Lib Journal

2012-12-05 Thread Shaun Ellis
4, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Chad Nelson chadbnel...@gmail.com wrote: Beat me by one minute Tom! And here it is in code4lib github https://github.com/code4lib/IssueManager On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Tom Keays tomke...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Shaun Ellis sha

Re: [CODE4LIB] Choosing fora. was: Proliferation of Code4Lib Channels

2012-12-04 Thread Shaun Ellis
On 12/3/12 2:14 PM, MJ Ray wrote: This listserv looks threaded to me. Maybe you need to upgrade Thunderbird, although I could have sworn it's done threaded for a while now. I was thinking of something that has a Vote to Promote feature. I feel that it's important to give folks a chance to

Re: [CODE4LIB] Help with WordPress for Code4Lib Journal

2012-12-04 Thread Shaun Ellis
on the task of doing all the work on this. -Ross. On Dec 4, 2012, at 10:41 AM, Shaun Ellis sha...@princeton.edu wrote: Tom, can you post the plugin to Code4Lib's github so we can have a crack at it? Ross, I'm not sure how many folks on this list were aware of the Drupal upgrade troubles

Re: [CODE4LIB] Help with WordPress for Code4Lib Journal

2012-12-04 Thread Shaun Ellis
On 12/4/12 12:42 PM, Tom Keays wrote: From Shaun Ellis (echoed by Katherine Lynch): Tom, can you post the plugin to Code4Lib's github so we can have a crack at it I can't, since I do not have a login to that Github account (I didn't even know about it until last week). I'm not sure what

Re: [CODE4LIB] Choosing fora. was: Proliferation of Code4Lib Channels

2012-12-03 Thread Shaun Ellis
or a Slashdot thread that isn't sexist? kc [1] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/30/reddit-rapists_n_1714854.html On 11/30/12 9:51 AM, Shaun Ellis wrote: Mark and Karen, yes, the DIY and take-initiative ethos of Code4Lib leads to a lot of channels. I think this is a good thing as each has its

Re: [CODE4LIB] jQuery Set data-mini Attribute For All Form Inputs

2012-11-30 Thread Shaun Ellis
I stand corrected. CodePen doesn't require login... here's the same example there: http://codepen.io/anon/full/wxJqz The UI is a little different and CodePen, but it seems that they've taken jsbin and added a some more features. I like the longer list of JS libraries in jsbin, but you can

Re: [CODE4LIB] Proliferation of Code4Lib Channels

2012-11-30 Thread Shaun Ellis
. the jumble of a multitude of email messages. Aaron Collier Library Academic Systems Analyst California State University, Fresno - Henry Madden Library 559.278.2945 acoll...@csufresno.edu http://www.csufresno.edu/library - Original Message - From: Shaun Ellis sha...@princeton.edu To: CODE4LIB

Re: [CODE4LIB] What is a coder? / Coursera fork

2012-11-30 Thread Shaun Ellis
I took a Software Engineering for SaaS: Ruby on Rails Coursera course over the summer through UC Berkely. I got a little more than 1/2 way through and could not finish it. I've been hacking for over 10 years (mostly PHP and Javascript among others) so I've got a decent amount of programming

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Subreddit

2012-11-29 Thread Shaun Ellis
Hey folks, I wonder if the listserv is the best place to hash all of this stuff out? Is it the right technology for these kinds of philosophical discussions? After all, on reddit a +1 and -1 actually does something, and you can be anonymous if you want. I was surprised to find no code4lib

Re: [CODE4LIB] jQuery Set data-mini Attribute For All Form Inputs

2012-11-29 Thread Shaun Ellis
Eric is right, the data-mini attribute is getting set. Looks like you also need to add the ui-mini class too... $('input').addClass('ui-mini'); You can see it in action here, compared with a normal sized text input (have to use id selectors to just change one input for the demo):

Re: [CODE4LIB] What about Code4Lib4Women?

2012-11-28 Thread Shaun Ellis
I think we'd all agree, in the spirit of git :), that anyone is free and encouraged to fork the project if the current system is not serving their needs. So, Christina, if you and others have the will and interest to start a Code4LibWomen group/list, I say go for it! I think the question we

[CODE4LIB]

2012-11-27 Thread Shaun Ellis
I agree with Tom. If you look at the links Andromeda sent earlier in this thread, both conference organizers reported dramatic increases in the number of under-represented presenters simply by 1) making the proposal authors anonymous during voting and 2) encouraging (and sometimes personally

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconf ideas

2012-11-08 Thread Shaun Ellis
Jason, I think both ideas are excellent. As for the Ruby on Rails intro, the RailsBridge Curriculum mentions an install-fest happening the night before. In the interest of time, I would recommend distributing a VM with all the required software pre-loaded. While part of programming involves

Re: [CODE4LIB] Keynote voting

2012-09-04 Thread Shaun Ellis
Every year I need to reset my password to vote and the email never seems to arrive. Can someone help me out? Thanks, Shaun On 9/4/12 2:00 PM, Becky Yoose wrote: Voting will stop when we cats and dog votes beat those of humans and robots. For those of us who may need more caffeine at 1pm in

Re: [CODE4LIB] clarification about file visualization

2012-08-31 Thread Shaun Ellis
I agree. Kibana looks promising for log analysis and visualization... http://rashidkpc.github.com/Kibana/index.html On 8/30/12 9:10 PM, Lars Aronsson wrote: On 2012-08-31 00:02, Shearer, Timothy J wrote: What we have is a webserver with 64,665 files (html, css, js, jpg, you get the idea) and

Re: [CODE4LIB] Wikis

2012-07-26 Thread Shaun Ellis
These wikis use Git as their backend for tracking changes. Kinda cool: https://github.com/al3x/git-wiki http://el-tramo.be/software/wigit/ -Shaun On 7/25/12 9:34 PM, Nate Vack wrote: On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: WYSIWYG editors are the bane of

Re: [CODE4LIB] responsiveness and Wordpress

2012-07-12 Thread Shaun Ellis
Ryan, I think you've all done an outstanding job with the integration of blacklight and bootstrap. I particularly like the Artists Book collection. We've been tossing around the idea of prototyping a blacklight and bootstrap interface on top of an Alma back-end. What are you using on the

Re: [CODE4LIB] Browser Wars

2012-07-12 Thread Shaun Ellis
Sean, where are you using CORS support? I browsed around your site in IE7 and it doesn't seem to balk or have any missing functionality. Cary, I think users can be even more frustrated when a site is broken and they don't know how to fix it (or even realize it's broken). I would at least

Re: [CODE4LIB] Browser Wars

2012-07-12 Thread Shaun Ellis
I don't think it's entirely black and white though. It really depends on the type of site and the community it serves. What about innovative interfaces, visualizations, and apps that are valuable resources, but simply not possible without modern browsers? These are usually extended or

Re: [CODE4LIB] responsiveness and Wordpress

2012-07-09 Thread Shaun Ellis
Matthew, I don't think the following statement is helpful to the folks on this list without further explanation: Bootstrap or Foundation are great frameworks for starting quickly with responsive design, but you'll get the most out of your site if you do the work yourself, based on your own

Re: [CODE4LIB] responsiveness and Wordpress

2012-07-09 Thread Shaun Ellis
Thanks for following up in such detail, Matthew. I just wanted to make sure you weren't giving the false impression that Bootstrap imposes any kinds of limitations on people's designs or media display options. Cheers, Shaun On 7/9/12 12:05 PM, Matthew Reidsma wrote: Shaun, Good point.

Re: [CODE4LIB] library hours database/tool?

2012-06-14 Thread Shaun Ellis
I have used Google Calendar for personal projects and I agree that it's easy to use. Here's some PHP code I've used to have Google Calendar power a simple calendar page: https://github.com/media-uk/GCalPHP However, I think that this is such a common task for university libraries that it

Re: [CODE4LIB] Bootstrap vs Foundation

2012-05-11 Thread Shaun Ellis
I have not used Foundation, but from what I can see, it offers a subset of the features that you get with Bootstrap. I suppose that's what they mean by light framework. The idea that it is designed to be overridden is a bit of a strange claim as I don't see how it's any different from

Re: [CODE4LIB] Project Management Software Question

2012-02-23 Thread Shaun Ellis
Simple todo's beat complex task management every time. I was checking out Backbone.js the other day and they listed a number of interesting lean Project/Task Management Apps that were built with it. I haven't tried any of these, but they seem interesting, and light: https://www.blossom.io/

Re: [CODE4LIB] Lift the Flap books

2012-02-15 Thread Shaun Ellis
The BookReader foldouts refer to the ability to display oversized, folded pages that are fully unfurled, without animation. You may need to apply some custom JavaScript to get what you want. I would use the jQuery toggle method (http://api.jquery.com/toggle/). Remember that touch devices

Re: [CODE4LIB] Obvious answer to registration limitations

2011-12-22 Thread Shaun Ellis
I agree that the discussion should focus on ways of adapting the conference to serve the expanding community without losing the good qualities that come from keeping it small. This is the future, so the community is only going to get bigger. Perhaps coordinating a different regional meetup

Re: [CODE4LIB] Sending html via ajax -vs- building html in js (was: jQuery Ajax request to update a PHP variable)

2011-12-08 Thread Shaun Ellis
I agree with Chad and Jason. It's all about having many options because every situation is different. Each will call for one format or another for efficiency, convenience, and the best user experience (among many other considerations). In a current project, I'm using both JSON and HTML AJAX

Re: [CODE4LIB] policies for patron-created content and web accounts

2011-11-22 Thread Shaun Ellis
Nina, You might look at IntenseDebate [1], which is a commenting system developed by the WordPress development team at Automattic [2]. It's pretty easy to install: You cut and paste some JavaScript, customize the CSS, and configure it as necessary. It's all hosted, but the data is

Re: [CODE4LIB] Plea for help from Horowhenua Library Trust to Koha Community

2011-11-22 Thread Shaun Ellis
You might also contact the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to see if they might be willing/able to help: https://www.eff.org/pages/legal-assistance -Shaun On 11/22/11 9:10 AM, Jon Gorman wrote: Hi Joann, Have you considered sending this to some of the tech podcasts? I think both the

Re: [CODE4LIB] C4L2012 Hackfest

2011-11-08 Thread Shaun Ellis
I'm interested as well, but I agree with David. In fact, I think that the judicious use of Git would be a big boon to hackfests in general. This goes for getting hackers up and running quickly when enhancing/contributing to existing projects, facilitates collaboration during the session, and

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib open source software award

2009-03-06 Thread Shaun Ellis
, and by proxy, anyone who had a hand in developing it. -Shaun Ellis Web Applications Developer Rutgers University Libraries On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Eric Lease Morgan emor...@nd.edu wrote: As a community, let's establish the Code4Lib Open Source Software Award. Lot's of good work

Re: [CODE4LIB] A metadata tool that scales

2008-10-10 Thread Shaun Ellis
-Shaun Ellis Will Sexton wrote: In January of 2007 I sent a post to the Web4lib list titled Metadata tools that scale. At Duke we were seeking opinions about a software platform to capture metadata for digital collections and finding databases. The responses to that inquiry suggested that what we

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib 2009

2008-06-27 Thread Shaun Ellis
://www.aaronsw.com/ -Shaun Ellis Edward M. Corrado wrote: On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Gabriel Sean Farrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 07:09:25PM -0400, Ed Summers wrote: Carl Malamud: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Malamud Long time advocate for Internet

Re: [CODE4LIB] Fwd: Polls for Code4Lib 2008 Hosting Open!

2007-02-23 Thread Shaun Ellis
/ group/code4libcon?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~--- -- Shaun Ellis Web Applications Programmer Rutgers University Libraries [EMAIL PROTECTED] 732/445-5896