Here is what a post could look like using Apture

“Based on a true story from the author’s family history, Jarrettsville begins in 1869, just after Martha Jane Cairnes has shot and killed her fiancé…”

‘The story is set in Northern Maryland, six miles below the Mason-Dixon line, where brothers literally fought on opposing sides, and former slave-owners live next door to abolitionists and freed men.’

Meet Cornelia Nixon, author of Jarrettsville at the Jarrettsville Branch on Monday, November 2 at 6:00 pm for an exciting discussion and book signing.

For more information and to register for the program, call the Jarrettsville Branch at 410-692-7887!

Apture and Websites--Success

I set up a quick website using Webs.com to see how Apture might be used in a library setting. Webs is a typical free web hosting platform that uses a site builder. (Most libraries will have something more sophisticated but this seemed to be a good test as to how intuitive the installation might be.)

I signed up for Apture and copied the snippet of code that I needed to put at the end of the HTML document--just prior to the tag. But where to put it? The Webs site builder did not let me see the entire HTML document (at least not that I could find easily). I experimented and finally found the footer template for my site.


Success!

So, I set up a website published it and inserted all my Apture links. It looked OK but I decided to change a few things. So I republished the page and the links were gone! When I checked on the Apture site, there was a mismatch with the site token.

I had to go back, make sure all the left over code was out of the document and reregister the site with Apture before I could recreate the links. That's a bit messy.

Sample Library Blog using Apture--Help with Job Searches

Looking for a job? The library can help.

Here are a few things you will need:

1. An email account. You can set up account from a variety of hosts. See how to set up a Yahoo Mail account.
2. A resume set up in plain text format so you can submit it online.
   

Other Resources
Aberdeen Workforce Center Bus Schedule
34 N. Philadelphia Blvd, 3rd Flr.
Aberdeen, Maryland 21001
410.272.5400

Bel Air Workforce Center Bus Schedule
2 South Bond Street, 2nd floor
Bel Air, Maryland 21014
410.836.4603

Apture and Blackboard--no dice

For the past few days, I've been trying to use Apture with Blackboard. Unfortunately, there is no way I can find to install it or even use Super Embed which is supposed to work with everything. I can't say that I find this surprising since Blackboard wiki is pretty temperamental. The next step is to try it with other wikis and then some websites.

I also tried this with PB wiki. Wikispaces (a compatible wiki) says to put a specific embed applet under theme. When I tried this with PBwiki, theme related settings were locked out on the free version. Oh well.

I also tried this is Wikispaces which is supposed to be compatible. I was able to preview the template and it seemed to work, but required an upgrade for me to use it.