Speed Up Your Map with Closure-Compiler
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Google recently posted a presentation I gave on using Closure Compiler to optimize your maps.
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Web inSites: Hacking The Template
With the redesign of the Missouri State web site in August 2010, we rolled out new HTML templates. These template are the basis for almost all of the sites we produce. Learning from our prior designs, we’ve made a number of improvements to the template to offer the best flexibility and support. From CSS3 to HMTL5 these templates have it all. This episode explains a lot of the “why” behind our templates and how to make the most of them.
Posted in Redesign, Technical, Web inSites, Web Redesign 2010
Tagged css, html5, javascript, Redesign, Web inSites
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jQuery Plugins and Closure-Compiler
Closure-Compiler provides impressive minification and optimization on your JavaScript. However, not all code compiles equally. I recently worked on converting the jQuery Tooltip Plugin to be compatible with the ADVANCED_OPTIMIZATIONS mode of the compiler. This process went smoothly for the most part, but there were a couple of tricky points along the way.
Web inSites: Custom Overlays on the Campus Map
The latest installment of our Web inSites podcast is presented by Nathanael Basset, our student new media specialist. Rebecca discusses how to add custom overlays to the campus map, including adding points and custom shaded areas.
Posted in Technical, Web inSites
Tagged campus map, google, kml, map, overlay, points, shaded, Web inSites
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Creating points and shaded areas on the map
University units can use the campus map to mark out event sites, specific locations, or to visualize information that pertains to a certain place. And doing this isn’t as hard as it sounds. To make your points appear on the map, you’ll …