The News page received an upgrade today that incorporates events and announcements from the College Calendar among other feature and usability enhancements. Some of the additional updates are:
- Accordian-style sliders implemented for story summaries
- Implemented Lightbox JS on story images
- Upgraded the algorithm that processes story bodies from the database into XHTML format to use XHTMLParagraphFormat()
- Upgraded query files to use a centralized CFC which reduces code redundancy within the program and between other programs and improves page processing speeds
- Relativized story dates to provide a stronger sense of freshness/staleness
- Increased the visibility and usability of our RSS feeds using globally recognized imagery a la Feed Icons
- Improved archive to match Athletics news archive
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