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  • Rate this page

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    We rolled out a new feature of the Gustavus Template today that allows users to quickly and easily rate every page in the Gustavus Template using the globally recognizable five-stars system. We hope that as people begin to rate the pages they visit, we will be able to improve the bad and highlight the good.…

  • Visitor Snapshot

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    Thanks to Shaun Inman’s Mint, we are able to see an extremely current and accurate snapshot of who is visiting our website. I checked out some of the user agent statistics that we collect and was pleasantly surprised with some of the figures. Firefox is In While Firefox is a relatively new browser compared to…

  • New News is Good News

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    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…

  • “Click here” is bad

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    One of the most often overlooked details when authoring documents for the web is link text. Link text is the “clickable portion of text displayed for a link”. As with most things, there are good and bad practices when it comes to crafting link text. It seems that, it is common to author a web…

  • Photo Contest Results

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    The first Campus Community Photography Contest received over 150 entries in three categories. From 31 finalists, the winners have been decided. Active People First Place ($50) – “Let it Snow” by Sara Scholin Second Place ($25) – “Ten-Person Toboggan” by Jared Lee Third Place ($15) – “Henna” by Violeta Hernandez Fresh Faces First Place ($50)…

  • Design and Readability

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    fadtastic has two great new articles up about design and readability. The first, Who to Design For? by Steven Teskey, discusses whether designs should focus on users or designers. He writes, “It all comes down to personal philosophy, but I’d like to possibly open some doors on this issue, that you might not have thought…

  • Gustavus Template Advanced Techniques

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    If you are a web developer at heart and happen to be using the Gustavus Template Container for your Gustavus web pages, today is your lucky day. Harness a little more of the power the Gustavus Template offers by reading up on our new Advanced Techniques. There, you will be able to learn some of…

  • Greased Lightbox

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    This weekend I had a little extra time so I whipped up a Greasemonkey user script that adds Lightbox funtionality to websites that link to images such as Google Image Search, Flickr, and toothpaste for dinner. I call it Greased Lightbox. Check out the project page to download it or for more information. Requirements Firefox…

  • Photo Contest Voting Starts Today

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    Voting for the Campus Community Photography Contest starts today in Linner Lounge and will run until Friday, March 3. You may vote for one photo in each of the three categories and once for overall. To vote, you will need your Gustavus ID number. Awards Monetary prizes totaling $270 will be awarded for each of…

  • New RSS XSLT

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    The Gustavus RSS feeds received a facelift today through the magic of XSLT. To improve usability, when visitors access an RSS feed they will now be presented with an informative page containing useful instructions on how to use RSS instead of merely the RSS source code. Additionally, to promote the adoptation and recognition of the…