Friday, March 19, 2004

Web Site Updates

I finished the Atlas Survey page. I've used a lot of the newer techniques on this page, but I think I can further refine the way I do things. Some of the new stuff I've used:
- HTML Form elements: label to give some elements a label, fieldset to group related questions together
- Updated ASP/javascript: there are problems with IE, radio buttons, and my JS validator. I've modified the JS to count the number of items to be validated and increment another counter upon actual validation. If the two counts do not match then the form is marked as not validated and the ASP validator takes over. I've also set it up to use the custom error-handler (A number of scripts had to be modified to account for some of the changes I've made).

Some ideas for further enhancement: With a form this complex a lot of manual work has to go into setting up variable capturing and database updates. I think it's time to look into modifying things so that more automation is present. I'll have to investigate the options, but a I've considered variable naming schemes and a database variable table along with the question/answer table and the user response table.

There have also been various other updates: Atlas workshops, What's New, etc.