Web Services

Category: New features

  • Giving form updated

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    We’ve spent the last few months perfecting a new online giving system that ties into a separate new system we will be increasingly using to process credit cards. This will save some people here a lot of time, which is always a good thing. Additionally, while we were switching to this new system, we redesigned…

  • Faculty schedules updated

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    After being empty so far this school year, the faculty schedules have been updated with the latest information directly from the registrar’s office. For the first time, the schedules will be synchronized on a nightly basis with fresh data from the school’s main database. This project is the first that will be using this new…

  • eCards

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    We recently updated the Gustavus virtual postcard system. The new system, called Gustavus eCards, has been completely rewritten and includes new features and a cleaner, more user-friendly interface. We’ve added a lot more photos to choose from, each with an html caption. The Admin back-end features convenient picture, category and user management, useful statistics and…

  • A new sidebar

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    Yesterday we added some functionality and dynamic content to the general sidebar of the Gustavus template. This will positively affect all of the pages that have that neat little blue sidebar on them. Some of the changes include: Removed built-in border from images. Added a CSS white border and faux drop-shadow. Updated links and statistics.…

  • News 2.1.0

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    I just finished the news 2.1.0 upgrade and put it live. This is the latest upgrade since I finished 2.0.1 in April. For the most part, visitors to sites that use the news software will see no change as nearly all of the updates deal with the administrative side. The biggest improvements affect the new…

  • New onCampus pages

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    The Gustavus onCampus pages are intended to serve three distinct on-campus audiences: students, faculty, and employees. They have evolved from being a mere collection of useful links to an aggregation of important information and online tools such as calendar events, campus news, directory search, and local weather. We just put the new and improved onCampus…