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Jeffrey Stevens

Jeff Stevens is the Assistant Web Manager for UF Health Web Services. He focuses on user experience, information architecture, content strategy, and usability.

New Security Enhancement To Your Website: Limit Login Attempts

It’s been a busy week here at Web Services! Today we have implemented a new security enhancement to your WordPress-powered website: a failed login monitoring and lockout tool. If someone has entered the wrong login information 5 times in a row they will be locked out of the system for…

Importance and Implications of IT Security

Information security is a hot topic nowadays. As a web programmer, I am responsible for making sure the web applications are as secure as it can be. When I work with other web developers, I noticed that there are still people out there who aren’t aware of the…

Importance and Implications of IT Security

Information security is a hot topic nowadays. As a web programmer, I am responsible for making sure the web applications are as secure as it can be. When I work with other web developers, I noticed that there are still people out there who aren’t aware of the…

Website or Blog

In some people’s minds, there are big differences between a web site and a blog. Websites seem to be considered a more serious vehicle, while blogs tend to be thought of in a less serious, or even frivolous, manner.

New Tool: Broken Link Checker

Website administrators using the new UF&Shands website theme will begin to see a new tool rolling out in the next couple of weeks: automatic broken link checker. This tool will automatically crawl through your website checking for broken links in your content. If it finds any broken links, it will…

Beware the Evil Facebook Query

A glitch in the Facebook Like feature can lead to your audience sharing links that go nowhere. Here's how it occurs - and how to fix it with an .htaccess rule.

Step One: Listen to Users

When I meet with clients to discuss building a new Web application, the first question I ask is always the same: "What's the process?"

Optimizing After Effects for Large Projects

Working with Adobe After Effects makes it easy to work with complex video projects. With large projects, however, it can sometimes be difficult to organize your assets and the application itself in a way that will be most productive.

The 2011 Accessibility Summit

As a follow-up to last week's look at Storify, Web Services recaps the online conference on accessibility in web design and mobile applications using the service.