Jim’s Development Blog

I’ve had a number of requests for an import function. The difficulty with letting users import data is that the database has so many relationships among the tables, and it is hard to set up a CSV to get them all correct. All the same, it would make the package more useful, so this has [...]

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I am experimenting with the idea of creating methods of publishing (and editing) the museum project’s database. One of the options I am currently looking at would be great for remote access by authorized individuals. It involves creating two pieces of software: a single-purpose web server and a remote client application. The web server would [...]

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The Museum Archive Software Project (located at www.musarch.com) is off to a pretty good start. The accompanying book is available on Amazon, and there has been some positive feedback from various types of organizations - including schools, small community museums, and private individuals.
I am looking at creating some additional modules to go along with the [...]

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The images in the header section of this blog are from locations in Alaska and in Glacier National Park. The scenery in those places (and in the other national parks, particularly Crater Lake, Bryce Canyon, and Zion) is too beautiful to be adequately captured by our digital camera; you have to see it in person. Go! Take a [...]

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