TRN
12-20-2007, 02:44 PM
Two major changes were made to two websites this weekend.
WordPress was added as the front page to The Tux Reports News (http://www.tuxreports.com). Formerly, the vbnews script resided as the index page. Unfortunately, writing with the vb script meant a separate database was kept for stories. The was not a good solution and I really abandoned updating the site* until I found a better one. The solution was found the other day. Using a modification available on vbulletin.org,* a bridge between vbulletin and WordPress allows stories to be shared as well as user member information.
In order to improve usability, Chemhints (http://www.chemhints.com) needed drastic changes. Files could not be uploaded at the same time as writing posts. Therefore, the site now resides on the Linux box with WordPress as the blogging software. Software will be uploaded after the DNS propagation. My hope is to upload word documents with each post. For example, the first post of the school year contains a course calendar and syllabus. Students should be able to download these immediately. In addition, if an assignment is available in digital format, my hope is a student who looses the paper may download the worksheet.
There is one snag to the changes. The wiki for Chemhints [The Chem Book (http://www.thechembook.com)] remains “removed” from navigation and links.* Hopefully, a solution is not far away.
More... (http://journals.tuxreports.com/2007/07/29/tux-reports-news-and-chem-hints/)
WordPress was added as the front page to The Tux Reports News (http://www.tuxreports.com). Formerly, the vbnews script resided as the index page. Unfortunately, writing with the vb script meant a separate database was kept for stories. The was not a good solution and I really abandoned updating the site* until I found a better one. The solution was found the other day. Using a modification available on vbulletin.org,* a bridge between vbulletin and WordPress allows stories to be shared as well as user member information.
In order to improve usability, Chemhints (http://www.chemhints.com) needed drastic changes. Files could not be uploaded at the same time as writing posts. Therefore, the site now resides on the Linux box with WordPress as the blogging software. Software will be uploaded after the DNS propagation. My hope is to upload word documents with each post. For example, the first post of the school year contains a course calendar and syllabus. Students should be able to download these immediately. In addition, if an assignment is available in digital format, my hope is a student who looses the paper may download the worksheet.
There is one snag to the changes. The wiki for Chemhints [The Chem Book (http://www.thechembook.com)] remains “removed” from navigation and links.* Hopefully, a solution is not far away.
More... (http://journals.tuxreports.com/2007/07/29/tux-reports-news-and-chem-hints/)