http://itts.ala.org/update From the ALA IT Department Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:47:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Now that ALA Connect has launched and usage is growing, ITTS is going to begin planning for the shutdown of the old Online Communities service at the end of this year. There’s been only one login on the old site in the last 30 days, which was an accident by someone ... http://itts.ala.org/update/?p=391 It appears that the wikis.ala.org suffered from a hacker attack of some sort.  The exact methodology is not yet clear, but the miscreants placed links to an attack in the .ru (Russia) domain into various files.  I believe i have removed all of the offending links, and have asked Google ... http://itts.ala.org/update/?p=384 1. ALA Connect (Sheila) ALA Connect was upgraded from Drupal 5 to Drupal 6 version at the end of July. This upgrade paved the way for phase 2, which includes the mentoring network (now available), an opportunities exchange (due end of October), expanding member profiles, and improving member searching capabilities. The ... http://itts.ala.org/update/?p=379 The time is finally at hand for us to upgrade ALA Connect from Drupal 5 to version 6. This will happen Wednesday night, July 29, 2009, from 8:00-10:00 pm CST (6:00-8:00 PST, 9:00-11:00 pm EST). During that time, you won't be able to access Connect, but no data will be ... http://itts.ala.org/update/?p=370 ALA Connect got a warm reception during the ALA Annual Conference earlier this month, and we're seeing increased usage as a result of the marketing push. The dust had finally settled a little from Annual, so this past weekend we flipped the rosters in iMIS (our member database), which means ... http://itts.ala.org/update/?p=366 Back in January, I got an early taste of the power of ALA Connect during ALA's Midwinter Meeting while the Website Advisory Committee was beta testing it. I found the site to be a huge help, so I want to share some tips as we all head to Annual because ... http://itts.ala.org/update/?p=360 There are a number of usability tests of the division websites scheduled at conference. Interested members should contact their division web content manager to volunteer. Members are also needed to help with ALA Connect testing on Saturday for about an hour between 1:30 and 3:30 PM. Testers will receive gift certificates ... http://itts.ala.org/update/?p=357 ADP eTime Software (Sheila) Because this is browser based, ITTS can’t push out an icon for this. The site will go live in the next day or two.This link from the KM system will *ONLY* work from inside the office. You can’t use it from home. New Security Certificates for ... http://itts.ala.org/update/?p=354 At the Midwinter Website Advisory Committee meeting, a subcommittee formed to help implement a new conference event planner in ALA Connect. This group has put together a survey to help us learn what members want improved/fixed/added/changed about the current event planner. You can help us out by completing the survey and ... http://itts.ala.org/update/?p=349 1. ALA Connect Update (Sherri for Jenny) The site launched April 6, 2009.   Overall the feedback has been positive. Here are some statistics for ALA Connect for each of the last two weeks, as well as a combined total. Week 1 --------- 880 logins, 759 ALA members + 121 non-ALA members Non-ALA member accounts created: 159 Posts: ... http://itts.ala.org/update/?p=343