Over the past year, DACS has undergone a reorganization. As part of this process, the workshops, formerly known as Special Interest Groups or SIGs, have been discontinued. Some may be resurrected as separated groups operating under the Danbury Hackerspace. Contact the former SIG leader if you are … [Read more...]
Web Design Workshop on Hiatus
The Web Design Workshop is temporarily suspended until a new workshop leader is found. Being a DACS workshop leader is a great way to share information, learn new techniques, promote your business, network, and interact with like-minded people. No need to be a webdesign expert, only to have an … [Read more...]
April 18, Web Design Workshop: Email Obfuscation
At this meeting we’ll take a look at strategies to protect email addresses placed on websites from email-harvesting robots who troll the internet looking for vulnerable addresses visible in web page code. How does this work, and what can be done to “obfuscate” the email address (but still remain … [Read more...]
October 18 Web Design Workshop: Do you need HTTPS?
Does your website need to use HTTPS? Search engines and Google are putting more emphasis on the importance of website security, and will soon start favoring websites using HTTPS over those that do not. What are Google's criteria for the requirement? In the ongoing battle to reach the top of the … [Read more...]
September 20th, Web Design Workshop: Google Analytics and More..
At this meeting we'll take another look at Google Analytics: how to set up an account, install the tracking code and decipher basic statistics. Then we'll go to Google Webmaster Tools and see how these two systems work together. Join us and become familiar with the benefits and feedback Google has … [Read more...]
July 19, Web Design SIG: Security
Recently the DACS website was “hacked”. A rouge script was inserted into the header of the pages. Several steps were taken to sanitize the WordPress installation and this fixed the problem – temporarily. However, security is an ongoing battle, and new threats and hacks appear all the time. We’ll … [Read more...]
June 21, Web Design SIG: WordPress Themes
Once you've decided to use WordPress to run your new website, and once you've gone through the "5 Minute Install", what comes next? When you first login to your new WordPress admin area, you enter the default bare-bones set up, using the (this years) default theme. Is this going to work for you, or … [Read more...]
April 19, 2016, WordPress Site Analysis
After a winter hiatus, the DACS Web Design workshop/SIG started up again on April 19, 2016. At this meeting we focused on a website developed by Andy Woodruff for Sofia Chiarandini, a young musician with many talents. http://www.sofiachiarandini.com/ Andy presented a description of the steps … [Read more...]
Web Design SIG: April 19, WordPress Site Review and More
After a winter hiatus, the DACS Web Design workshop/SIG will start up again on April 19, 2016. Contemporary web development now almost always uses some form of Content Management Systems. Plain HTML coded pages have become outdated and inefficient. My own preference is for WordPress – it’s … [Read more...]
Web Design Workshop on Hiatus
The DACS Web Development SIG is on a temporary hiatus from November 2015 – April 2016. The SIG meets regularly on the 3rd Tuesday of the month and will start again on April 19th, 2016. (Tentative resume date, and meeting subject TBD.) Please check this website, and www.design.annagraphics.com … [Read more...]