Web Services

Category: New features

  • Digital Signs Updated

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    Signs will now be controlled individually—not grouped by departments—and varying levels of access can be designated to each person on each sign (managers can now be administrators, publishers, or authors, but current managers will automatically become administrators after the transition). Signs can also be public or private. If you want to prevent people from submitting to a…

  • Website Template Changes

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    jerry

    Today we’re launching some noticeable changes to the Gustavus website template. These updates were made to alleviate some issues that we noticed last year following the implementation of the new design. Primarily, these changes alter the look and functionality of the header and footer, so we’ll provide a brief explanation of each change below. Audience…

  • Introducing Rides

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    Rides is a new look for the campus rideboard. The video below explains pretty much everything you need to know about it. You can also opt-in to receiving emails when users post to Rides by going to Rides preferences checking the box and clicking save. Feel free to leave feedback and comments below, or on youtube…

  • Randomized Banner Order

    Randomized Banner Order

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    webservices

    The banners similar to the one on the Gustavus homepage now have the feature of being displayed randomly, while allowing certain ones to be displayed in order. For example, if there is a promotional banner that needs to be first, it will always appear first. All of the other banners will be randomly displayed after…

  • +1 Blog Posts and Calendar Items

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    Today, Google announced the rollout of their +1 button. We have added it to blog posts and calendar items alongside the tweet and like buttons. Start +1-ing away! If you have any ideas for other great places to add these buttons, please let us know!

  • Blog Post Thumbnails in Search Results

    Blog Post Thumbnails in Search Results

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    webservices

    Good news for Gustavus bloggers, we have taken another step toward making our search engine work a little bit better–blog post thumbnails will now appear next to search results just like profile photos.

  • Profile Photos in Search Results

    Profile Photos in Search Results

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    webservices

    Wading through search results can be tough when everything looks the same. It takes time to read through the results to find what you are looking for. Zeroing in on search results about a person at Gustavus just got a bit easier–we’ve added profile photos to our search results.

  • Lazy AuxBox Makes Pages Load 22% Faster, Generate 75% Quicker

    Lazy AuxBox Makes Pages Load 22% Faster, Generate 75% Quicker

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    webservices

    Many pages on the Gustavus website feature a section of auxiliary content that we like to call the AuxBox–the blue part at the bottom of the page that typically has events, news, and profiles. While we really like having this content on our pages, we noticed it took a fair amount longer for our server…

  • Tweet and Like Blog Posts and Calendar Items

    Tweet and Like Blog Posts and Calendar Items

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    Sharing your favorite Gustavus website content with your friends just got a lot easier. Today we added Twitter tweet buttons and Facebook like buttons to blog posts and calendar items.