Oct 6, 2009 Posted by Joe Banks

NASA GRC WordPress Users Guide Gets a Spotlight

The NASA Glenn Research Center WordPress Users Guide I maintain during my day job received attention the other day on the WordPress Publisher Blog. The timing was appropriate: Though Josh Glemza and I had been maintaining the site for about two years to support ourselves and the early adopters of our NASA-themed WordPress set-up, I’d recently revamped the site for a growing base of users here at NASA... read more

Feb 29, 2008 Posted by Joe Banks

ICNS Conference Poster 2008 & Web Site Released

Recent new work on the ICNS Conference led to Publications Chair responsibilities creating the 2008 ICNS Conference poster (pictured above) and the new ICNS Conference web site. Said conference was originally a NASA-organized event, but since 2007, has become co-sponsored by the IEEE AESS and AIAA DATC. My work on the conference continues in the communications and publications area. Overview Launch of... read more

Oct 1, 2007 Posted by Joe Banks

Banks Family Website Re-launched

In a frenzy of tinkering glee, I have re-launched the Banks Family website, which now uses the current versions of open-source Wordpress (web-based publishing platform) and Gallery2 (web-based photo album organizer), and integrated with the WPG2 Wordpress plug-in (embeds Gallery2 within Wordpress to share photos, videos and other media into the Wordpress sidebar and journal entries). Whether or not this... read more

Aug 1, 2007 Posted by Joe Banks

GRC Wordpress Users Guide Website Launched

In order to document our work with implementing and evaluating the open-source Wordpress content management system for NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) websites, fellow NASA contractor Josh Glemza and I recently launched the GRC Wordpress Users Guide website. With our years of experience dealing with the life cycle of NASA GRC websites, we’ll be keeping an eye on best practices for the average NASA... read more