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We made it all the way to 80!
This past week I mostly worked on UTFC bookkeeping and offboarding bookkeeping, so the last thing of note to put on my blog is a routine course graphics update, adding instructor to this title slide.
How long ago was it now that I became the “course graphics guy”? A year and a half? Wow.
Goodbye post coming soon.
I completed a WordPress development project, which involved installing and activating the Main WP plugin for the university’s websites. I also updated, deactivated, and deleted WordPress plugins for the websites. I used WordPress Admin Dashboard, Main WP plugin, and WP-CLI commands in Terminal. I documented my progress in an Airtable spreadsheet.
I also began building a tic-tac-toe game using html, css, and javascript using a source-code editor, Visual Studio Code.
Tic Tac Toe Game ( In Progress )
One of the resources I referenced used a different scripting language. They built their game using Typescript, so I had to re-interpret their code and adapt it for my scripting language, Javascript. It was challenging to adjust and follow along while learning something new, however, I learned some new principles along the way. This obstacle allowed me to better understand the fundamental syntax of different scripting languages.
Style A & B Studio Graphics
Project: Intro Training Style A&B Course Graphics
Notes: STA director, Valerie Tran, asked me to brush up on this training again since it’s been a while since I’ve done course graphics. The main goal was to familiarize myself with the names of the assets and the style types! I took a silly approach and used a example class from the template and replaced the professor with a minion. This time around I did Studio Graphics Style B.
STA Blog Banner Edits
Project: STA Blog Banner Update
Notes: For this task, I was asked to place Isaiah’s portrait on the Blog Banner. STAs get the opportunity to create a character that best represents them so it’s interesting to go behind the scenes to and see everyone’s avatar up close! I got to edit the Adobe Illustrator file and mess around with the placement of everyone’s avatar. It was a cool learning experience being able to edit the main site and edit the homepage to our STA blog.
As of yesterday, my two weeks notice is formally in ;__;
I’ve accepted a contract tech job starting sometime in the next few weeks, even though I would have preferred a mellow summer and staying at LAITS til August, I guess I underestimated how fast hiring can move. I’ll be writing my goodbyes next week, but in the meantime…
The only thing I’ve worked on since last meeting, and perhaps my last project at LAITS.
We’re using the (now renamed) spreadsheet I made to track the sources of various images, and finally confirming all the replacement images with Yazz.
I guess I figured my very last project would be something more full-circle, but it’s another routine and inconclusive spreadsheet. Hm, I guess that makes sense in its own way.
I completed phase 2 of the WordPress development project. I granted administrative access to WordPress users using WP-CLI commands in Mac Terminal. I cataloged my progress and discoveries in an Airtable spreadsheet.
WP-CLI Commands in Mac Terminal session
Completed Airtable spreadsheet
I had to troubleshoot in Terminal after running into an LDAP integration / database synchronization issue. I was listed as an administrator on my Terminal, but was unable to log in the WP site; however, Marianne’s desktop said I was not listed on the wp user list. Thanks to Marianne, the problem was solved by adding me to the list as an administrator using another desktop. I wanted to learn more to see if I could prevent this issue from occurring again, so I turned to GPT-4 for some wisdom.
Chat GPT-4 session
I also completed my self-portrait for the STA Blog Post website! I used generative fill in photoshop to design a 3d avatar, and after customizing it to my liking, the end result exceeded my expectation of what Adobe Firefly was capable of.
I ran into a Photoshop issue and had to troubleshoot. A masking layer was automatically cropping the image and kept doing so even after I manually erased the mask and saved my work. I was eventually able to solve the issue after playing around with a few parameters in the mask’s editing window. Special thanks to Leilani, Adrian, and Luisa for their Photoshop guidance.
Photoshop progress
Final png
updated STA Blog Post banner
I began an assignment that officially introduced me to Terminal and WP-CLI. I did web maintenance by initiating an SSH session on the LAITS server and granting administrative access to and I’s accounts for all the of the university’s websites. I cataloged my progress using Airtable. I also asked Chat GPT-4 to answer some questions I had regarding Mac’s Terminal.
WP-CLI commands in Mac Terminal
Airtable spreadsheet
Chat GPT-4 session
