Plain Black

About this original series

Videos about the open source enterprise content management system WebGUI and the software company behind it, Plain Black.

  • # Episodes

    207 episodes

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Episodes of Plain Black

    • Play Theming WebGUI - Plain Black on Blip Plain Black episodes on Blip

      Theming WebGUI

      In this session Ning will give an in-depth introduction of how to give a WebGUI site a basic functional theme (page layout, navigation). She will give many examples throughout the presentation.Presented by Ning Sung. ;Ning has worked for Pluton IT since Jan. 2008, first full time and then part-time working on transforming HTML/CSS templates to WebGUI themes. Ning won the "design-a-theme" contest in 2009.

      • Release date
        Apr 21, 2011
      • Runtime
        48:43
    • Play Hidden Secrets of WebGUI - Plain Black on Blip Plain Black episodes on Blip

      Hidden Secrets of WebGUI

      WebGUI is an enterprise-class CMS that boasts a worldwide user base and 1.4 million lines of code. As a result of 10 years of active development and one of the largest collections of integrated applications, few people truly know the full extent of the software. There are many undocumented, unexplored and little known features and surprises. Come learn new tricks and share some of your own.Presented by William McKee. ;As a veteran Web developer, William enjoys applying Web technologies to solv...

      • Release date
        Apr 20, 2011
      • Runtime
        41:01
    • Play 2006 WUC Keynote - Plain Black on Blip Plain Black episodes on Blip

      2006 WUC Keynote

      The WUC 2006 keynote.

      • Release date
        Apr 16, 2011
      • Runtime
        50:31
    • Play YUI Overview - Plain Black on Blip Plain Black episodes on Blip

      YUI Overview

      In this session Frank will discuss the basics of YUI and how to use it to enhance your WebGUI site. Presented by Frank Dillon.

      • Release date
        Apr 11, 2011
      • Runtime
        55:10
    • Play Scrum: A Tester's Perspective - Plain Black on Blip Plain Black episodes on Blip

      Scrum: A Tester's Perspective

      Scrum is an agile project management approach that applies a time-boxed approach to software development to allow for changing business requirements, seizing new opportunities and tackling emerging problems. The lecture gives a short introduction to Scrum, and then looks at Scrum from the perspective of testing and the personal experience of Mark. Every approach has its up and downsides, which will be addressed as well. ; At the end of the presentation there is time for an open discussion on a...

      • Release date
        Apr 7, 2011
      • Runtime
        36:12
    • Play Lightning Talks II - Plain Black on Blip Plain Black episodes on Blip

      Lightning Talks II

      In this session anyone who would like to may give a 5 minute lightning talk on any WebGUI topic they'd like. ;This is a great way for you to either get some experience talking or give a quick overview of something you've experienced or done in WebGUI.

      • Release date
        Apr 5, 2011
      • Runtime
        50:15
    • Play Lightning Talks I - Plain Black on Blip Plain Black episodes on Blip

      Lightning Talks I

      In this session anyone who would like to may give a 5 minute lightning talk on any WebGUI topic they'd like. ;This is a great way for you to either get some experience talking or give a quick overview of something you've experienced or done in WebGUI.

      • Release date
        Mar 18, 2011
      • Runtime
        50:27
    • Play SQL Report: Tips and Tricks - Plain Black on Blip Plain Black episodes on Blip

      SQL Report: Tips and Tricks

      SQL Reports are handy and powerful tools for bringing dynamic content to your websites from databases (especially MySQL) outside of WebGUI. Complex web features, that you might normally write a script to create, can sometimes be achieved with creative combinations of the SQL Report template variables and MySQL's functions. This presentation will walk through several examples of how the U of M Law School has used SQL Reports to solve specific problems. Its goal is to help demystify SQL Reports ...

      • Release date
        Mar 11, 2011
      • Runtime
        46:49
    • Play Designing, Building and Deploying Websites for Maximum Performance with WebGUI - Plain Black on Blip Plain Black episodes on Blip

      Designing, Building and Deploying Websites for M...

      Walk through of tips and tricks of designing, building and deploying websites for maximum performance. ; This discussion covers tools to measure and improve site performance (YSlow, Safari, other plugins), design enhancements, coding practices, and implementation tricks you can do in WebGUI.

      • Release date
        Mar 3, 2011
      • Runtime
        39:20
    • Play Building Revenue through the Matrix - Plain Black on Blip Plain Black episodes on Blip

      Building Revenue through the Matrix

      The Matrix asset has been in WebGUI for many years, and while you may not have thought about using it, you will after this. ;In this session Tavis will discuss how to build income just by using this one simple asset.Presented by Tavis Parker.

      • Release date
        Feb 21, 2011
      • Runtime
        53:16
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