Archive for 2007Page 3
Room Schedules
After putting the new schedule system live in January, we began to explore new ways that people wanted to see schedules displayed. In GTS we identified that being able to easily see when rooms were scheduled for class would simplify many day-to-day tasks for a number of people. Today, we announce room schedules. Is this […]
Remember Me?
Due to popular demand, we recently added a useful and time-saving feature to the Gribly’s login form. You can now select the “Remember me on this computer” checkbox that will tell the Gribly to remember who you are the next time you visit on the same computer. You need to be careful, however, when using […]
Schedule Quick Links are Back
After receiving some helpful comments from our feedback form on the top of every page (yes, we are listening :), we put the quick links back on the list of schedules. These links help you find the information you are looking for by providing a quick jump to each letter in the alphabet. We know […]
Gribly gets some new features
We updated the Gribly with some new features today. The most prominent is paginated search results. In previous versions, results were limited to the first 100 people. Now, the entire search result is made available in shorter, faster rendering pages. Choosing how to search has also changed. We moved the links to Basic and Advanced […]
Former Web Team Member Paints Mural in Old Main
Lili Payne, a former member of the Web Team, was on campus last week donating her time to painting a fine art mural of the Parthenon for the Classics department. The mural has a strong presence, covering an entire wall in the Classics office on the first floor of Old Main. Lili was a solid […]
Homepage Featured in O’Reilly Book
While browsing for good books, I came across two that looked particularly interesting: Object-Oriented PHP and the recently updated Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, Third Edition (AKA “the Polar Bear Book”). Little did we know that while Jerry was mindlessly thumbing through Peter Morville and Louis Rosenfeld’s Information Architecture he would find the […]
Welcoming Our Newest Member… Ryan Rud
Today, it’s official. Ryan “Rudi” Rud (previously) is the new Web Application Programmer for Web Services! While Ryan has been with us for a few years as a student worker, we are completely thrilled to keep him around here as a full-time administrator for the College. Ryan has been and will continue to be a […]
New Faculty Schedules, Phase One
The new faculty schedules went live yesterday, in place of the old and aging version that had been in use over the last couple of years. While this new version is entirely different under the hood, most of the original experience has been preserved while bringing some new features designed for ease-of-use. What’s the same? […]
Gribly Gets New Feathers
Last week, we put live a slightly upgraded version of the Gribly with some extra color coding (among other features) that should help visitors parse information more quickly and efficiently. Finding a particular faculty member with the last name “Smith” among a sea of students, administrators, and support staff with the same surname should become […]