September 28th, 2008
By: Robert Baskin (Online Director)
Well, after some delay, I can now bring you the final post in my caching series. This one is about view caching, which is where the real awesome technology happens! If you haven’t read parts one, two, three and four, go back and take a look at them first – this post will make more sense that way. Keep reading →
August 24th, 2008
By: Webmaster
This post is the third in my series about how we using caching here at the Yale Daily News. If you haven’t had a chance to read parts one, two and three, you should check them out first. Keep reading →
August 14th, 2008
By: Robert Baskin (Online Director)
This post is the third in my series about how we using caching here at the Yale Daily News. If you haven’t had a chance to read parts one and two, you should check them out first. Keep reading →
August 8th, 2008
By: Andrew Mangino (Editor-in-Chief)
8/8/08 is upon us: Today, delegations from over 200 countries gather in Beijing to usher in the XXIX Olympiad. As the world turns expectantly toward China, nine Yale Daily News reporters and photographers are on site to witness and chronicle the spectacular Opening Ceremony — and all that will follow — in an in-depth team-blogging venture unprecedented for a college publication gone abroad. Keep reading →
August 5th, 2008
By: Robert Baskin (Online Director)
It’s time for the second post in my series about caching and how we use it here at the Yale Daily News. If you haven’t read the first part, you should: It introduces the series and some important concepts. Keep reading →
July 24th, 2008
By: Robert Baskin (Online Director)
Well, it’s finally time to talk about how we use caching here at the Yale Daily News. I initially promised a post, but after starting this first one and realizing how long it was getting, it will now be a series of at least two and maybe more posts! Allllright! Keep reading →
July 11th, 2008
By: Michael Boyce (Online Staff)
Certain visual elements are repeated frequently on a Web site. On our site, tabs are frequently used as a clean and simple way of displaying related but slightly different information. You can see our implementations on the calendar, crime map and most popular side bar. To make tabs easier to put on our site, especially with their smooth JavaScript implementation that doesn’t require refreshing, we wanted to have a tab template system. Keep reading →