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Welcome to the Texas A&M University Web Group website. We are a grassroots organization of campus webmasters interested in helping each other. Here you will find resources to help people who work with websites at Texas A&M learn about and work with the web, including sharing tips and links with other users. More about us...

Need information on the Brand Council, university web templates, or style guidelines? The CMS, Portal, and Template FAQ might help clarify things.

Upcoming Events May 14: Static Analysis Techniques for Testing Application Security - 2:30-4:40, Rudder 601. Dan Cornell, principal of the San Antonio-based Denim Group will cover strategies pertinent to today’s web application development. The talk will include background and project management aspects of security testing in the development life cycle. May 19: Accessible Computer Applications - 1-2pm. Part of the Disability Business Technical Assistance Center series on accessibility. Online; free; registration required. August 11: ADA and Website Accessibility - 1-2pm. Part of the Disability Business Technical Assistance Center series on accessibility. Online; free; registration required. September 29: Learning and Accessibility - 1-2pm. Part of the Disability Business Technical Assistance Center series on accessibility. Online; free; registration required. See also Category:Events Notes from Past Events Programmers Forum - Tuesday, July 24 @ 6:00PM Coffee Station - 2nd Floor. Robert Stackhouse, William Smith, and Karl Katzke will be talking about Test-Driven-Development and the different unit testing software packages available for different languages. No RSVP required. Come, enjoy coffee and a good talk with discussion afterwards. CMS Showcase - February 26 - March 2. U-WEB has invited several CMS vendors to come and discuss their products with our campus webmasters for educational purposes. CIS Presentation: Electronic access methods at Texas A&M - held February 7th, 2007 at the MSC. Presentation slides now available at CIS's IT Professionals site. Look for the Authentication and Authorization Services Presentation (PPT) topic.

Announcements

• Programmers Forum - Meeting Tuesday, July 24th @ 6:00PM
• UWeb Listserv - getting a post rejected? check here for more info
• Jobs - List Web Jobs available @ TAMU
• Facebook We are on facebook

Projects

Information on things we want our campus to have. If you are interested in adding a or want to get people involved on an idea, add it here, and share.

• UWeb Projects
• TAMU 3D Campus
• TAMU Calendar
• TAMU Photos
• TAMU Discussion Forums
• TAMU Project Intern

Resources

This is a giant compilation of useful reading from around the web. Subjects will include everything from programming-related resources to color theory for designers.

• Resources - Old Resources home page
• Wiki Help
• UWeb Listserv

And for those really difficult days...

• Web Design Humor

New Webmaster Resources

• Quick Start - A list of tools and tips for new webmasters.
• Official Branding Guide - University guidelines for font, color, paper, layout, etc.

Technical References

• Web Markup - HTML, CSS, XHTML, XML, Microformats
• Programming Languages - PHP, Perl, Python, C#, RubyOnRails
• Client-Server Communication - JSON
• Database Servers - MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL, Oracle
• Web Servers - Linux (Apache, ligHTTPd), Windows, IIS
• Standards - Accessibility, Campus Web Standards, 508, w3c
• Content management - CMS, Wiki

Web Design

The web doesn't have to be ugly.

• Color - Color Pickers, Web Palettes
• Design - CSS Hints, Design Howtos, Design Galleries, Fonts, Layout
• Tools - Photoshop, Dreamweaver

Content

A cool website is *nothing* without content and good management.

• Writing - Writing for the web, Research, Digital Asset Management
• Project Management - Planning, Project Management Software
• Making Sure You Don't Suck - Testing, Problems

Todo

Everyone:

• Edit some Stubs and flesh out the articles.
• Find a red link and at least flesh it out.
• Redirect basic topics that are Categories, like Javascript and HTML, to the Category page for that topic.

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Quote of the Day: "The student web space really should be set up more like facebook, or myspace, or something pre-configured rather than 'here's your quota on the unix server; have fun'" -- Stephanie Leary

Other Quote of the Day: "It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe

Other Other Quote of the Day: "Be the change you want to see in the world" -- Gandhi