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Author: jerry

  • Birthday Wishes

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    jerry

    On this day in 1930 the 3M Corporation began selling Scotch tape. 36 years later the first episode of Star Trek, entitled “The Man Trap,” aired. 18 years after that, a young man named Ryan “Rudi” Rud was born. Today we celebrated all of these things, but Ryan’s birthday was the only one to warrant…

  • Christmas in Christ Chapel Tickets

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    jerry

    Registration for “Christmas in Christ Chapel 2006: An American Odyssey” can now be completed online. Services are scheduled for various times from Dec. 1 through Dec. 3, 2006. More information about the event will be made available on the Christmas in Christ Chapel website.

  • Commencement Video

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    jerry

    Graduation exercises from the 2006 Commencement weekend were broadcast live, online. The video has since been archived and is again available online. If you missed it, now’s your chance to relive this special event.

  • Web Services Member Gets “Dugg”

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    One of Web Services very own, Joe Lencioni, recently had a pet project featured on prominent technology news site, Digg. Joe created a hybrid Greasemonkey/Creammonkey user script based on Lightbox JS by Lokesh Dhakar and Flickrbox by Gavin Montague. Dubbed “Greased Lightbox,” (originally mentioned here) the script changes the way people view images on popular…

  • Gustavus Templates

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    We’ve begun a weeklong series of workshops designed to help publishers gain familiarity with the new Gustavus template. Some of the materials from these sessions, as well as untold future resources, can be found on Web Services’ template help page.

  • Website Maintenance Completed

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    jerry

    The previously scheduled Gustavus website maintenance has concluded successfully. As of Friday, December 23, most departmental pages will feature the new template design, which is intended to complement the implementation of certain LiquidMatrix-powered sections of the site. Additionally, the new template should also offer increased accessibility, usability, and standards-compliance. Please remember that, as a precaution,…

  • Upcoming Maintenance FAQs

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    Q: Why are you doing this? A: These updates are being implemented to augment accessibility, provide more and better features for content publishers, and to complement the new LiquidMatrix-enhanced sections of the site. Q: Why do I have to lose permission to my site/page? A: In order to provide a smooth transition to end-users, Web…

  • Upcoming Gustavus Website Maintenance

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    jerry

    During the week of December 19, Web Services will be updating the current college template set in order to complement the launch of new LiquidMatrix-enhanced sections and provide increased accessibility and standards compliance. These changes will eventually offer content publishers greater flexibility in the presentation and layout of individual pages. Those pages located within home…

  • Chapel Services Now Podcast…

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    jerry

    Gustavus’ Daily Chapel services are now available online as a podcast, a series of audio files delivered via a syndicated feed (RSS). By subscribing to the podcast “feed,” files are downloaded automatically to a computer, iPod, or other digital music player and listened to at any time. Files may also be individually downloaded as well.…