The NKU Chase College of Law website moved to Adobe's CQ CMS late in 2012. My responsibilities with the new site include adapting the CQ template to a PHP template that allows our dynamic content to mesh seamlessly with the content managed data, content update, instructing staff on CQ usage and ongoing development of the dynamic aspects of our site.

My job allows me to work with individuals at Chase and across campus to explore and create new projects and to translate people's ideas into reality. I have been very blessed to work in a supportive environment that fosters creativity.

Using HTML5, CSS3, Javascript/jQuery, PHP and MySQL the touch screen signs saved the school a bundle and have minimal hardware requirements as compared to a Flash based system.

The dynamic content is entered through a CMS I created (see below). The sign pulls news and events and the corresponding pictures and posters, directory information and room locations from a MySQL database. The Directory and mapping components utilize dynamic PHP image creation to locate rooms on static floor maps and buildings on the campus map. The code for the rotation of the posters was adapted from the jQuery Feature Carousel. I've also created a video tutorial for users and to show what the signs look like in action.

I created a CMS using PHP and MySQL for the dynamic portions of the Chase website. Access to the various areas is controlled via Active Directory group membership which allows for ease of management on my end and allows data management to be controlled by the different departments. This includes all of the digital sign content, the Kentucky Supreme Court briefs project, anonymous student numbering system, library reference statistics and electronic exam data export among others.

Working with the various departments I determine their needs and build the necessary components. I am also responsible for training faculty and staff on usage. Moving information that was traditionally kept on voluminous Excel spreadsheets to the database has saved countless hours and frustration for users. Our homegrown CMS in combination with the CQ CMS is a great combination.

When faced with the need to replace an aging security system, the school looked at vendor offerings and decided to create a system in house. My part of the project included of the scheduling, display, recording and monitoring components which were coded in Ruby. The system has self monitoring and external monitoring to ensure availability. User monitoring is done via Ruby-generated viewing portals with tightly controlled access.