As part of my job and part of a contract, we had to publish certain
information on the internet about an upcoming show, with links to our
sponsors.
So I build the web page, as instructed, and it looks great. Did it in
Microsoft Publisher. Sent it to our IT folks who refuse to let us control
our own web page. Response I get is that I can't publish the site because
it contains information regarding duty stations of soldiers (which is also
published elsewhere on the internet, and is also part of the contract).
They published it on the inTRAnet, in .pdf form, completely destroying all
my hyperlinks in the process, and cutting off words in the middle of
paragraphs. Basically they made a total mess of the pages I built. Told
me
it had to go through the public affairs office and security and then they
would publish it.
I told them our contract required we have the information up this week.
They
tell me they weren't part of the contract. They also said it was
scheduled
to be posted on the 16th. Not good enough for us to receive our
sponsor****p
money, which helps pay for the !#$@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
( event!!!
I posted links that showed where the information was freely posted on the
internet, on the site that is allowing us to host this event. I asked why
if this is acceptable, we couldn't post the same information. If it's
already on the internet, how do we violate protocol by publi****ng it
again,
verbatim?
The response I get is that it's not up to me to question their reasoning.
ARRRGGHHH!!!!! On top of that, I have now ticked off the person who has
control over the new computer I need to purchase for my program, along
with
the power to approve or disapprove the purchase.
So close to the end of the day, we decide we're going to buy a web site
and
post whatever we darn well feel like posting, when we want to post it,
without asking their permission. This isn't the first time we've had to
fight to get menus, events, flyers, and other information published, and
this allows us to control the information, the way we want.
I go to the web hosting site, pay for the account, and now I find out I
can't just publish the pages I built in Publisher and will have to start
over with their page builder! I'm losing my !$#^(AF MIND!!!!!
Wow, is that ever a rant! Any suggestions?
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