Web Development

The Lerner Research Institute's website, www.lerner.ccf.org, consists of Institute-wide resources, departmental sites and web-based applications. Web design and development are managed by Sytze van der Laan in the Web Development Office. The Office provides the Institute's scientists with a professional web presence which promotes the research on and off campus. The Office also works closely with the Institute's administrative offices, core services and research departments to support the advancement of the Institute's educational and scientific mission.

Web server technologies and network infrastructure are provided by the Institute's Computing Services group. The custom-built public, internal, and staging servers are running Apache HTTP Server on Linux. A dedicated MySQL database server ensures the availability of centralized data across each web server.

Custom web-based applications programmed in PHP, such as those developed for the annual Cleveland Clinic Research Day or the Institute's Research Retreat, provide cost-effective solutions for central event registration and abstract submission. Other projects that are currently underway include an external web site for job applicants to assist Faculty with the recruitment of postdoctoral fellows and students. In addition, internal ordering, messaging and scheduling solutions are developed to provide employees with efficient web-based tools.

The Office oversees the web initiatives across the Institute. Web Standards, set by the World Wide Web Consortium, along with other groups, are implemented to guarantee the usability of the Institute's web pages for all employees and web visitors. User instruction is provided to each web editor who coordinates the web site maintenance of their department. Tutorials and additional information can be found by folowwing the links on the right.

Contact

Contact information of web editors

Contribute

Information for web editors about the web authoring software Adobe Contributes:

• Overview
• F.A.Q.
• Key Request (intranet only)
• Troubleshooting

Web Standards

Short list of standards, technical requirements and common-sense recommendations

Web Technologies

Open-source and platform-independent web technologies used on LRI web servers.

Tutorials

Handouts from training sessions for Contribute and Photoshop users:

• Creating a New Web Page with Contribute
• Optimizing Images for the Web
• Extracting backgrounds