When you are talking about portals, you will find it hard to steer clear of the topic of XML. Whether it is plain old XML/RPC calls or SOAP, a well architected portal will rely heavily on applications hosting there own logic and exposing this logic with XML. I recently have been working with […]
Now I have seen some of my fellow bloggers talk about using the Google API’s to integrate maps and Google searches into there sites, but did you know that you can use the Google API’s for spell-checking your online apps?
A customer of mine uses a browser interface to maintain a public service site […]
Just saw an article on slashDot news site highlighting how far the National Weather Service has come into the new millenium. It mentions the NWS’ XML offerings for forecasts and current conditions.
It is rare for me, but it feels good to be ahead of the curve.
Of all the portals I have done, the most common (and frequently the most used) application is the employee phone directory. In every implementation, it has worked the same where users type in the first few letters of an employees last name - click submit - and get results. This process involves refreshing the portal […]
Found a nice little wizard in Visio 2003 (not sure about previous versions) that will create an org chart from a text file. In a previous post, I mentioned the difficulties arising from trying to create an Org Chart portlet that can meet the demands of the office print-aholics. With the Visio option, […]