LET'S COMMUNICATE
Agriculture Communication Newsletter
September 2006, No. 129
Contents
Shoot Your Own Video with the Check-out Camera
Web Redirects: Don't Leave 'em Hanging
Write the Right Word
E-mail and Login Passwords in Transition
Trees and Shrubs Book Now Available, Pubs List Updated
Shoot Your Own Video with the Check-out Camera
Video is easy to use if you have the right equipment and a
little know-how. Agriculture Communication has a Mini-DV (digital) video camera
available for check-out. It is free to use for anyone under NDSU Agriculture and
University Extension. There is a fee for non-Ag NDSU employees or departments.
The video camera comes with everything you need to capture a demonstration,
presentation or other video event. All you need to do is buy a Mini-DV tape
(usually 60 minutes in length) and pick up the camera and tripod.
The camera works like most video cameras: put the tape in and press "record."
Once you're done recording an event, you can either dub the Mini- DV to some
other format using standard audio/video cables or capture it to a computer using
firewire or capture card. If you really get stumped, just give the video guys in
Agriculture Communication a call, and we'll be glad to help. Happy shooting!
Bruce Sundeen, (701) 231-7953,
bruce.sundeen@ndsu.edu
Web Redirects: Don't Leave 'em Hanging
The dreaded 404 error - "page not found" - happens all too
often. You can automatically redirect a visitor to a new page if you delete an
old one.
In the example below, an old file called "pubsinfo.htm" was updated and saved as
"about.html." A Web visitor would get a page not found error if they went to
pubsinfo.htm. Creating the file listed below and saving it with the filename
pubsinfo.htm will automatically redirect the user to the new page.
<html>
<head>
<title>Redirecting you to an updated page.</title>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="2;
url= http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/about.html "> </head> <body> <p>This page has
moved. Please click
<a href=" http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/about.html ">here</a>
if the new page doesn't appear in 2 seconds.</p>
</body>
</html>
The <title> tag allows you to tell the user what is happening. Note the
"refresh" command appears within the <head> section and whatever text you want
to display is in the <body> section. The "content="2; etc. specifies the number
of seconds, in this case 2, that the page will display before the automatic
redirect takes place. It can be set to 0 if you do not want any delay.
Dave Rice, (701) 231-7381, david.rice@ndsu.edu
Write the Right Word
Where to put punctuation in quotations can be confusing.
For a question mark, remember this simple rule: Whether it goes inside or
outside the quotation mark depends on the meaning of the sentence. If the entire
sentence is the quote, then the question mark goes inside the quotation mark.
�How long can this crop go without water?� But when the entire sentence, not
just the part in quotation marks, is the question, the question mark goes
outside the quotation mark. Who wrote �Gone With the Wind�?
Also, the question mark replaces other punctuation in sentences that end with
material in quotations. Today�s seminar speaker will present a lecture titled
�Where are our students headed?� You don�t need a period after the quotation
mark. Note the question mark is inside the quotation mark because the material
inside the quotation marks is the question.
Follow the same rules when using a dash, colon, semicolon or exclamation point.
They go inside the quotation mark when they apply only to the quoted matter and
outside when they apply to the whole sentence. �Halt!� he ordered. I hated
reading �War and Peace�! Note the exclamation point replaces other punctuation
(comma, period), so you don�t need to use those as well.
Commas and periods are the exception to the rules. They always go inside
quotation marks. �Wheat prices will rise this year,� the economist predicted.
�Drought hit some parts of the state very hard this summer.� The producer said
this year�s corn crop was �very disappointing.�
Ellen Crawford, (701) 231-5391,
ellen.crawford@ndsu.edu
E-mail and Login Passwords in Transition
Ag Communication and NDSU Information Technology Services
staff are working out final plans to switch all @ndsuext.nodak.edu POP3 e-mail
to firstname.lastname@ndsu.edu IMAP e-mail. However, Agriculture and University
Extension faculty and staff will need to remember and use both login passwords
for awhile.
Even after you switch to have @ndsu.edu as your primary e-mail, you'll still
need your @ndsuext.nodak.edu password to get into specific programs -- primarily
the Ag Info Center, Agriculture and University Extension's Intranet at
http://info.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu
which includes the Ag calendar; Web mail; professional development
opportunities; file transfer system; e-mail groups list; and Extension's
accomplishment and reporting system (EARS), program planning and quarterly
program reports.
Your NDSU password is the one to use for campus-based programs such as the
Blackboard learning management system, NDSU Libraries access, maybe Oracle
Calendar and the campus Novell network.
If you have trouble getting in to a site, contact the ITS help desk at 231-
8685.
Becky Koch, (701) 231-7875, becky.koch@ndsu.edu
Trees and Shrubs Book Now Available, Pubs List Updated
"Trees and Shrubs for Northern Great Plains Landscapes" is
now available for $18 through the Distribution Center. This 272-page
spiral-bound book by Dale Herman and Vern Quam includes color photos and
descriptions of hundreds of trees and shrubs. General information is also
included about tree growth and form, general care, pest management and more.
Whether you're thinking about planting some trees and shrubs or just want to
identify them in the area, stop by Morrill 10 or e-mail
dctr@ndsuext.nodak.edu to
purchase or order a copy.
Though this and some other big for-sale publications aren't available on the
Web, most publications are. Check out the new categorization of those
publications at
http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/ . If you have suggestions for improvement,
please contact Dave Rice, Sharon Lane or me.
Becky Koch, (701) 231-7875, becky.koch@ndsu.edu
LET'S COMMUNICATE
If you have questions or comments, or would like to submit information or
make a suggestion, contact:
Agriculture Communication
Attn: Becky Koch
7 Morrill Hall
Phone: 231-7875
FAX: 231-7044
e-mail: bkoch@ndsuext.nodak.edu
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