JOMC Computing

The new JOMC website has been running now for almost a week. No, this joomla-based site isn’t perfect, but it is a major improvement in both form and functionality. Many people deserve credit for making this happen. Kyle York has been tireless in his efforts to see this through, and Patrick Gale from the School of Public Health has been a great help this past month as we pushed to launch. Patricia Owen worked hard to build the joomla infrastructure, make the new design template work in joomla, and port much of the old. Jan Yopp, David Alexander, John Kuka, and others have made contributions to make this happen.

Now that we have a clean, modern, functional website, I thought it would be interesting to see just how far we’ve come. Perhaps you remember this look from 2000, not long after we relocated from Howell Hall:

Later that year we added a webcam looking out on Polk Place, and made its view the central image on the site.

Our most recent redesign was in 2001:

This was certainly better, but it hasn’t aged particularly well. As you can see, we’ve come a long way.

(images courtesy of the wayback machine, www.waybackmachine.org)