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San Francisco International Airport : A look back

Flysfo.com ( 2009 )
Flysfo.com ( 2009 )

Wyolution provided the technical support amongst a team of vendors tasked with designing, implementing and providing maintenance and support for one San Francisco International Airport’s customer facing web site flysfo.com ( http://www.flysfo.com ) from 2006 to 2013.

During that time Wyolution deployed, configured and maintained flysfo.com on a OpenCMS ( a Java and XML based solution ).  It was an extremely stable platform and served tremendous amounts of users a month.

While day-to-day updates and content management were handled by SFO staff, Wyolution built a number of applications that allowed various departments within SFO to manage their content and information with minimal or no technical expertise.  Applications included:

  • Customer Email Management System : A legacy application that was ported as is to the Java platform that managed the correspondence with SFO and travelers to ensure submitted questions and concerns got answered and addressed by the correct people at SFO.
  • Flight Status : The most used application on site allowed visitors to check on arrival and departure information.  Information presented online matched the same information being displayed on flight boards within the terminals.  Our application utilized data aggregated by the vendor ARINC.
  • Jobs Database : SFO managed hundreds of jobs across all the vendors within the terminals.  The jobs application allowed them to quickly post and take down job reqs.

We also provided tier-2 support around the clock in the event of a problem.  If SFO’s support couldn’t resolve a problem, a call would be placed to our 24/7 support system and Wyolution would get involved to address the issue.

SFO was a fantastic organization to work with and we expect them to continue to delivery a site that consistently ranks among the top International websites in the world.

References:
Flysfo.com : http://www.flysfo.com
OpenCMS : http://www.opencms.org/en/
ARINC : http://www.arinc.com/

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First People’s Center for Education

fpcfe-photo1Through our involvement with ServeWyoming.org we were asked to help First People’s Center for Eduction build and launch a new site that they could manage.

FPCFE mission is, “to improve and support teacher effectiveness in Native communities, because we believe America’s First Children deserve the best.”  Building a site that could effectively manage was a key step in fulfilling this objective.

ServeWyoming promotes collaborative efforts among private, non-profit and governmental organizations that advance community service, volunteer programs and activities in each Wyoming community.  If you or your company is interested in volunteering, contact ServeWyoming.org.

We worked with a great team who had tremendous passion for their mission and the people they served. 

servewyoming-logo

References:
First People’s Center for Education : http://www.fpcfe.org/
ServeWyoming : http://www.servewyoming.org/

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RockResorts – Luxury Resort Hotels

BC.Pines.Hot_Tub.na.lgRockResorts’ luxury resort hotels offer casually elegant accommodations, state-of-the-art RockResorts® Spas, renowned golf courses, award-winning dining and a variety of exciting outdoor adventures. The RockResorts collection includes One Ski Hill Place in Breckenridge, CO; The Osprey at Beaver Creek in Beaver Creek, CO; The Pines Lodge in Beaver Creek, CO; The Arrabelle at Vail Square in Vail Square, CO; The Lodge at Vail in Vail Village, CO; and Half Moon in Jamaica.

Wyolution helps support the reservation booking engine for these luxury properties.  Employees of Wyolution have worked for years on enhancing and supporting this system.  Though not our tradition LAMP solution, we do support Microsoft based solutions from time to time.

References:
RockResorts : http://rockresorts.com/
Vail Resorts, Inc. : http://www.vailresorts.com/

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Wyolution’s Kail Presents at Governor’s Forum

Wyolution co-founder, Jared Kail, presented at Governor Matt Mead’s Forum on Wyoming Business today.  “It was truly an honor to be invited to speak along side of men like Herb Allen, Hank McKinnell, James Wolfensohn, Neil McMurry, Tom Scott and so many others,” remarked Jared after the forum. “Wyoming business owners are second to none. I have tremendous respect for all of the people that attended. With a group like that, there is no limit to the things Wyoming can achieve.”

Jared’s presentation focused on drawing inspiration from Wyoming’s rich, colorful, hard-working and entrepreneurial past when guiding decisions that propel us into the future.  To listen to the presentation as it was streamed live, use the player below (note that Jared is the 3rd speaker on the panel):

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Fremont County Firewise Has New Home on the Web

Fremont County Firewise has a new home on the web:  http://www.fremontcountyfirewise.com.  Based on a beautiful design by Julie Cornia at Black Dog Design, Wyolution has put together a new site designed to help FCFW better communicate with its constituents.

FCFW’s mission is critical to areas like Fremont County that sit on the ‘Wildland/Urban Interface’, and we are pleased to be a small part in helping homeowners in the area have access to valuable information that FCFW has available,” remarked Jared Kail, technical lead on the project.

The mission of FCFW is “to provide public education about Firewise home design, Firewise landscaping, and to provide Stewardship plans which help to mitigate the hazards in and around homeowner’s property”, all in an attempt to minimize the potential of fire loss on the boundaries where homes end and wildlands begin.  To help with that, Wyolution has created a flexible WordPress site with a custom theme that will allow staff at FCFW to rapidly update content as new information becomes available, including news releases and a community calendar in addition to the aforementioned areas.

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Wyolution Completes Tahoe.com Revamp

Working hand in hand with the Internet Ventures Group at Swift Corp, Wyolution released a revamped Tahoe.com today.  The new site is based on a flexible platform that allows for easier content maintenance by Tahoe.com staff, gives advertisers better options for enhancing their presence on the site, and affords new flexibility and features that were previously unavailable to the team.

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Keyboard Shortcuts For Remote Desktop

Every wanted to reset your password on a remote machine via windows remote desktop but couldn’t figure out how to get CTRL+ALT+DEL to work?  Well, listed below is the shortcut for that via remote desktop along with some other popular keystrokes used for navigation:

* CTRL+ALT+END: Open the Microsoft Windows NT Security dialog box (CTRL+ALT+DEL)

* ALT+PAGE UP: Switch between programs from left to right (CTRL+PAGE UP)

* ALT+PAGE DOWN: Switch between programs from right to left (CTRL+PAGE DOWN)

* ALT+INSERT: Cycle through the programs in most recently used order (ALT+TAB)

* ALT+HOME: Display the Start menu (CTRL+ESC)

* CTRL+ALT+BREAK: Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen

* ALT+DELETE: Display the Windows menu

* CTRL+ALT+Minus sign (-): Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN on a local computer (ALT+PRT SC)

* CTRL+ALT+Plus sign (+): Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PRINT SCREEN on a local computer (PRT SC)

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Fremont Counseling Service has new home on the Web

This month Wyolution teamed up with Fremont Counseling Service to give them a new presence on the web.  FCS dedicates its funding where it needs to be — providing Fremont County residents with top-notch mental health and substance abuse services.  Unfortunately that leaves little left for things like web development.  “We appreciate all FCS does for Fremont County, so when they came to us asking for advice on how to improve their web presence, we saw an opportunity to give back to  our community,” said Jared Kail, partner at Wyolution.  With that in mind, Wyolution worked with FCS staff to create a simple site that allows for low-cost-of-maintenance while presenting information to clients in a clear and concise manner.

Wendy White, FCS, explains, “We appreciate Wyolution helping us move from a site that was hard to manage to one that allows me to get information out to our clients quickly.  It makes a huge difference in how I work with the web.”  Please visit Fremont Counseling Service on the web at http://fremontcounseling.com/.

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KDLY/KOVE Moves to News-Focused Site

Today Wyolution, LLC released it’s newest client site:  kdlykove.com.  This revamped site moves Fremont County’s premier radio station into a more news-focused format.  Sitting on top of a modern website platform, the architecture now allows more granular control over how news items are entered, categorized, and displayed on the site.  This will allow KDLY/KOVE staff to better and more rapidly add articles to the site, and will allow website visitors easier, more robust access to the stories.

Most importantly, the new site allows visitors to comment on articles, creating an engaging, community-focused site that encourages listeners to participate in important issue-focused discussions.

In addition, the site now allows for full editorial control by the station over all page content so they can be more responsive to emerging issues in Fremont County and offer their clients more web-based opportunities.

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Fremont County Website featured in Lander Journal

Lander Journal
February 14th, 2010

Today Wyolution’s latest customer site was featured on the front page of the Lander Journal, in an articled titled “County debuts new Web site.”  The story describes the new site as “improving [the county’s] online presence” by offering “a host of information covering vehicle registration, elections and property questions.”

Joni Miller, from the Fremont County ISS department, said, “I’ve had hits from all around already, like from Florida, and different people are looking at the different job opportunities.”  Regarding the new features, she explained, “What’s really good is each department can update their own stuff now and within that they have a lot of the forms.  Anybody can come in [to the Web site] and do a form and mail it in to us.”

Jared Kail, of Wyolution, was quoted, “We’re really happy with how it turned out.  I think it meets the needs of the county residents in terms of information distribution pretty well.”

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Sheridan College Foundation Launches New Site

Sheridan College Foundation
Sheridan College Foundation

The Sheridan College Foundation launched their new site this month at www.sheridancollegefoundation.org.  The site was built to provide the foundation with the ability to easily maintain their own site.  Just a few things they are now able to do include:

  • Loading and managing galleries of photos and placing those photos into Flash players or photo lists throughout the site.
  • Managing the large images on each page.
  • Loading and displaying events.
  • Collecting data through various forms.
  • Managing new releases and articles about the foundation and Alumni.
  • Collect donations.
  • Send newsletters.

Monthly information about the site is also provided in order to determine what content is considered valuable and what can be improved or refined to make the site better.

In the end, the new site allows the foundation to share and promote the hard work they do to better the education of students at Sheridan College.

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Fremont County, WY releases new website

Fremont County, WY just released it’s newly redesigned website:  http://www.fremontcountywy.org.  Designed by Wyolution with the needs of the county citizens in mind, it offers in-depth content that is searchable across departments; news, events and job postings that are context appropriate, being filtered when browsing by department, and aggregated on the homepage; and full departmental, secured editing capabilities to keep the site as up-to-date as possible.  This site showcases the folding of multiple disparate county sites in under one county wide umbrella, so all content maintains the same consistent look and feel, navigation, and searchability throughout.