InteractiveWest has been selected by Colorado State University to assist with Colorado State University Extension’s efforts to expand its programming regionally to a larger audience by partnering with Utah State University and University of Wyoming in creation of the Rocky Mountain-Intermountain West Native Plant Master Program pending funding through a grant from the National Science Foundation.

InteractiveWest as part of the project will move existing content and design into Joomla Content Management System along with developing WordPress for Joomla Blog Component plus providing Training, Web Hosting and Project Management Services. Continue reading

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Before getting into the details, there are some uncomfortable facts that those new to HTML web-based email should be aware of. Building an email is not like building a web page for your website. While web browsers continue their onward march towards standards, many email clients have stubbornly stayed put. Some have even gone backwards. In 2007, Microsoft switched the Outlook rendering engine from Internet Explorer to Word. Yes, as in the word processor. Add to this the quirks of the major web-based email clients like Gmail and Hotmail, sprinkle in a little Lotus Notes and you’ll soon realize how different the email game is. Continue reading

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A Content Management System (Content Management System) is web application software that is developed by third-party programmers that allow clients to easily update website content using only a web browser such as Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari or Chrome.

Most Content Management Systems offer an Editor that looks very much like a Microsoft Word interface to allow for easy editing of content. The most popular Open Source Content Management Systems include WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. Continue reading

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Proprietary vs Open Source Software has been an ongoing conversation in the technology industry for years. Proprietary software is developed and maintained by a single company where they typically don’t allow access to the source code and typically require a license fee and ongoing support maintenance agreement. Open Source software is developed by independent programmers where the source code is made available to all. Anyone with programming skills can extend and modify the code to create new functionality and make it available for FREE or small fee. The software is typically FREE. Continue reading

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