Team 1504's Blog

Our website has a new robotic-gear background* and a new font. I positioned the search correctly; we just need to have it search our website. (LOL)

Look for more subtle changes to the font and background, and more complete changes to the site’s content.

*Thanks to Vladstudio for their elegant designs which inspired our background! Please download their fun apps or ever-changing live desktop-wallpapers.

Thanks to my genius, the website is now fixed. And it was not a simple fix by any means. I changed it so that it would stay stable.
For anyone who did not get to check it out in its horrible state, here is a photo:

A tip to all web-designers whether you are on a FIRST team or not: Organise your files in folders and always link properly.

It is professional to link to your content via the server, not via an Internet URL.

Dont do: <img src="http://www.team1504.com/media/team/img/penguin.png" />

Do: <img src="media/img/penguin.png" />

Why?

1. Because sometimes the web browser the user is using may be filtered so they cannot view the content that is linked because the browser searched for that content as if it were on the Internet, not on the server.
2. The majority of a server is private. Unless you put specific permissions on a file, the user usually cannot see it alone. When one accesses content on the web via the Internet, the server that hosts the site detects the user as foreign and displays what is public. Whereas if the src of the content is /media/img/penguin.png, it sees that the site is accessing the content.
3. Having http://…. is just not clean and is therefore inefficient web design.

Of course, no one wants you to download the entire FIRST site, upload it to your server, and link to it, because that would be impossible (unless you had permission and access to the root of their server) and a waste of server space. For external content that is not downloadable, you can link to it via its Internet URL.

Hello, Team!

There was some confusion & questions on whether or not we were still having a meeting today.

Why? Because this week is finals at Okemos High School. However, build season has its own schedule and we have to work; therefore, we will still be having a meeting. However, if you feel you need to study because a tougher class’s mid-term exam is tomorrow, then we understand. Please contact Mr. Buggia, Mr. Murphy, or me to let us know. You could even comment on this blog. If you come a little early (4:30 - ish), some of the older students, including myself, can help you study.

Good luck on midterms and we hope to see you at 5:30!