crevier's blog

Created by Scott Crevier (St. Norbert College) on July 11, 2005

I'm the web developer here at St. Norbert College. This being the first post to my blog, I figure I'll briefly explain what we're running here.

We're a LAMP shop. We tend to stay away from Microsoft if at all possible, and we embrace open source solutions. Specifically, I'm running two web servers with a third on its way. Our main web site is on SUSE Linux Enterprise v8.1, with Apache v1.3. All of my CGI programming is in Perl, with MySQL where appropriate. I'm also running PHP, but haven't had a need to implement any solutions written in PHP yet.

I'm in the middle of implementing ContentXML, a web-based commercial application that allows departments on campus to maintain their own web content. I've got to have our Alumni and Admissions departments live on the system this summer. I've got ContentXML running on SUSE Linux Enterprise v9, and it's goin well so far. Should have live users on within the next week or two.

I plan to use my blog to post happenings and experiences in my campus work life. Perhaps I can be of help to others who have similar systems. And perhaps I can occassionally learn from those who have crossed these bridges before me.

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Google launches Maps API

about my systems; first post

		crevier's blog Google launches Maps API Created by Scott Crevier (St. Norbert College) on July 12, 2005 Google's at it again. They released their Maps API last week, allowing us web geeks to embed Google maps into our own web pages (via JavaScript). I played around with it a bit today and it looks pretty slick (as expected). Their default red eyedrop icons are kind of annoying, but with the right icon images, this might work well to create a dynamic campus map. Hmmm. Blog (WebLog) \| Raves \| Web Content Development Login or register to post comments 2704 reads about my systems; first post Created by Scott Crevier (St. Norbert College) on July 11, 2005 I'm the web developer here at St. Norbert College. This being the first post to my blog, I figure I'll briefly explain what we're running here. We're a LAMP shop. We tend to stay away from Microsoft if at all possible, and we embrace open source solutions. Specifically, I'm running two web servers with a third on its way. Our main web site is on SUSE Linux Enterprise v8.1, with Apache v1.3. All of my CGI programming is in Perl, with MySQL where appropriate. I'm also running PHP, but haven't had a need to implement any solutions written in PHP yet. I'm in the middle of implementing ContentXML, a web-based commercial application that allows departments on campus to maintain their own web content. I've got to have our Alumni and Admissions departments live on the system this summer. I've got ContentXML running on SUSE Linux Enterprise v9, and it's goin well so far. Should have live users on within the next week or two. I plan to use my blog to post happenings and experiences in my campus work life. Perhaps I can be of help to others who have similar systems. And perhaps I can occassionally learn from those who have crossed these bridges before me. Blog (WebLog) \| Comments \| Databases \| Linux \| Open Source \| Web Content Management \| Web Servers 2 comments 3756 reads « first ‹ previous 1 2
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