How J. Caldwell made the GSS Webpage

In accordance with University of Iowa Website Specifications, each page contains the Dome Icon and the text 'The University of Iowa' as well as the path and copyright.

The fonts and layout are specified by a single Cascading Style Sheet (CSS)

The menu and calendar (as well as the forum subsite) are made in Macromedia Flash MX, arguably the best means by which to construct a website interface, especially for fast downloads over phonelines. No flash intro was added to the site for reasons of self-respect.

The announcements, events and other rotating information are written into a few Javascript source files using the document.write function. Changes to these files results in a 'worldwide' change to the website display, meaning one does not have to the HTML code of every page, but rather a single file (the same is true for the CSS file).

All HTML, CSS and javascript were written by hand. No Dreamweaver or equivalent program was used. I use SimpleText for most pages, but for larger size files that SimpleText cannot handle I use TextEdit Plus. Both of these programs are freely available.

All files are uploaded to the GSS webspace using Fetch.

I have been programming since 1995 and have been using Flash Since 1997. I currently operate from home with a 'Blue & White' Macintosh G3 (OS 9.2) and from work with a Macintosh G4 Cube (OS X, Panther).