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Archive for the 'flash' Category

Getting Around Campus On The Go

Monday, March 16th, 2009

We have begun adding functionality to our Campus Map, which is currently developed in Flash, to be accessible to the iPhone and iPod Touch.
The iPhone cannot view the Flash site so if you wanted to look at or follow the map you were out of luck. With a little iPhone detection we redirect users to: [...]

[Guest Post] Tracking Flash Interaction with Google Analytics

Monday, November 24th, 2008

Over at .eduGuru they are searching for a new blogger. They took applications and had everyone write a guest post, they then let the community decide who the next blogger should be.
I was one of the applicants and wrote my post on Tracking Flash Interaction with Google Analytics. The goal was to not only give [...]

Tweaking the homepage for usability’s sake

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

You probably have not noticed but we made a slight change to the flash panel on wayne.edu. In the top drawer we place success stories from around campus. But before you get to the stories it was designed to display a branding image.

Why this made sense then
It made sense when we first launched because it [...]

Honors Senior Giving Campaign – $20.08

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

We just launched an online giving campaign for the first graduating Honors students. The goal is the create a sense of accomplishment and leadership and to show support for future Honors students. 
We created a flash slideshow with overlaying text and background music. Photos of honors students who graduated were in the mix and the overall [...]