I'm a bad blogger, I really should be talking about this stuff...

Hi everyone and welcome to another blog post of the web designers blog. We have had our first issue posted and it was not without its problems. Let's get into them now.

First, I learned that Indesign and XML uploads are not a 100 percent reliable on our CMS. Every attempt to upload an XML file of the paper only met with fail.

Second, I also learned that individually uploading each story is an amazing time sink. Not only was time an issue but this strange persistent styling of the text leads to some articles crashing the entire page. Awesome. So now I have to strip out all these extra style tags just in time for the next issue. :)

Lastly, third, I have come to the conclusion that the workflow for maintaining this website makes it necessary to bring onboard some additional assistance. I have already pseudo interviewed two people and they are intelligent individuals that would be an asset to the Oswegonian if their schedules allow them to have the time.

So these are the growing pains of a new college newspaper website. Next issue will be out Friday the 18th and come back to the web designer’s blog to find out some of the under workings of the Oswegonian online.