These Graphics on the site are cool, where’d do you find them? And what about Copyrights?
Copyright questions and other legal issues are addressed in detail on the Copyright and Terms of Service pages.
As for the graphics: Thank you. I am not only the author of articles on Metue, I am also, in addition to being the project manager, webmaster, the web designer, and the systems administrator, the sites on-staff graphic designer and resident photographer. (I’d have a talk with the boss to reduce the workload, but talking to one’s self is frowned upon.)
In most cases, the artwork or images shown on Metue were made by me as original works and they retain all copyrights. In some cases, I have used or modified pictures from royalty-free stock photo agencies. These images, if and when used, are usually employed as a canvas that I can paint as needed to suit the site’s needs. I strive to have all graphics be unique to the site. When licensed stock photos are used, whether modified or (if in a rare case or two) used as an original, the use of these pictures is subject to the license agreements from the sites that provided them. More on the licenses and copyrights can be found on the Copyright and Terms of Service pages.
How’d you build the site? What web tools did you use?
I have sometimes been asked about the mechanics of the website. “what did you use” “how was this done” etc. I’d like to say it’s all proprietary and trade secrets, but for those inquiring, the Metue site owes a tremendous debt to open-source applications. Metue is built on the Wordpress open source platform. It runs on a LAMP server- which stands for Linux, Apache, MySql and PhP – all also open-source platforms. Within the framework of Wordpress, the site presentation and user experience were all heavily modified to be unique and specific to the needs and goals of Metue.
I am not a coder nor web designer by trade but yes, I did all this work myself with two small exceptions. The popup stock tickers that appear (always in Firefox, and most of the time in Internet Explorer) when the cursor hovers over public company names was customized to my designs and specifications by an expert programmer named Jon. Jon coded the XML, JavaScript and PHP components of an application to make my mockups, layout, designs and software requirements a reality – from the data processing, to the look of the pop–ups to the hyperlink provided in each one. For some small management features that occur largely behind the scenes, I had the help of another expert programmer, named Salma, who stepped in to rescue me when I reached the ends of my patience and the limits of my coding ability.
Besides these two bits of help from Jon and Salma, everything you see on the site –coding and markup– is either my doing or the result of a small handful of Wordpress plug-ins I’ve used to enhance the site.
Metue strives to be a standards compliant website with validated xhtml code. I’ve made my best effort to insure the site works smoothly on Apple and Windows platforms and with the Safari, Firefox, and Internet Explorer Browsers. (IE is supported for versions 6 forward; some functionality or markup may not present properly in earlier versions) . As browsers sometimes handle style rules and scripts differently, there is a chance that site features or design may vary. I’ve tried to the best of my ability to insure the site will function properly and look good on all of the browsers.
If you have questions or comments about the site, you are welcome to contact me using the form on the Contact Me page. Please be as specific as possible. My time is limited but I will try to respond to any inquiries if possible. Feedback is also welcome.
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