DNS or Domain Name System is what makes the Internet human friendly. Its a core set of technology that maps the domain names you know (cuanswers.com) to the actual IP address that your computer cares about. You can think of it as asking for directions to the “local grocery store” and DNS telling you it’s at “123 Main Street.”
It’s a behind the scenes system that you don’t really appreciate until its not working. It’s also one of the more confusing aspects about the Internet and how it works.
Smashing Magazine has a good introduction to DNS and how it works. It also outlines what DNS is, how it works and includes some tips on moving websites.
Web Services works with DNS everyday. Sometimes we forget that its not technology that everyone is comfortable with, so this article is a good primer in case you hear us talking about terms you aren’t familiar with.
More and more websites are including video on them. We often get questions on how to publish a video on your website. Web Services’ recommended solution is to upload the video to YouTube or Vimeo and use their embedded browser.
Here’s why:
- They’ve built a business on it. Their servers are set up to stream video.
- They have the bandwidth. Instead of using CU*Answers’ hosting bandwidth, use theirs and send it directly to your visitor.
- They’ve already done all the hardwork to make an embeddable video player.
- It’s easy.
Lifehacker has put together a simple set of instruction on how to upload a video to YouTube. Once it’s up on YouTube you can then embed it on your website. If you are using WordPress with SiteControl, there is even a simple code you can use.
The NCUA finalized the requirements for the official advertising statement in the monthly board meeting early this week. This affects how the NCUA blue box or disclaimer copy is presented on your website. After a cursory review of our hosted websites, we do not believe any changes will be required to your websites.
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Congratulations to Northwest Consumers Federal Credit Union on the launch of their new website. This new website is built on our WordPress with SiteControl platform and features a much updated look and feel. Northwest Consumers is participating in CU*OverDrive this year and the promotions will automatically rotate based on the CU*OverDrive schedule.
Google has put together a pretty informative introduction to Web Browsers and the technologies that make up the web. The book itself is written in every-man English but covers some pretty indepth topics that we Web Professionals have to think about everyday. If you are interested in the web, or just learning more about what we in Web Services do everyday, this is a good introduction.
The catch is that you need to have a “modern” browser to view the neat website. If you don’t have one (like you are stuck on Internet Explorer – it works in IE9) you can download the PDF for reading.