Cynthia Mijares's Blog Posts

We're looking to hire a student intern!

Cynthia Mijares — Wed, 02 May 2018 20:14:48 +0000

Are you excited about the web and looking to learn more about how web products and projects unfold? Join the friendly and collaborative Stanford Web Services team!

Stanford Web Services (SWS) is an on-campus web design and development team offering:

web design, development, and production services;
oversight of university web branding, including themes and style guidelines; and
project consultation and guidance

Learn more at webservices.stanford.edu

Adding Styles to Stanford WYSIWYG

Cynthia Mijares — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 03:04:29 +0000

The Stanford WYSIWYG gives the content editor multiple style options to modify the look of their site's content. Suppose you want the ability to float an image right or left in the content region but it's not in the list of Styles. You can create a CSS Injector rule to target that specific content then make this style available to the WYSIWYG Styles drop-down list. To tackle this example, let's go step-by-step to add the ability to float images right or left in the content region within the WYSIWYG.

Hiding the WebAuth Login Block

Cynthia Mijares — Thu, 12 May 2016 16:06:31 +0000

Want to hide or move the WebAuth login block on your website? On Stanford Sites the login block is in the left sidebar by default giving the administrator easy access to log in and make changes to their website. As an administrator you have the option to move this block to a different region or completely hide it. Let's talk about both options and their ramifications.

If you have multiple people collaborating on your site, you may choose to keep the WebAuth Authentication block visible somewhere on the page.

Happy Holidays from Stanford Web Services!

Cynthia Mijares — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 16:00:00 +0000

2015 has been amazing! Big thanks to all of our wonderful and devoted colleagues around the university and in the community. We wish you happy holidays over the winter break, and we'll see you in 2016!

Work Bench Module

Cynthia Mijares — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 19:11:00 +0000

This module allows you to save versions of a page in a draft state before publishing.

Managing Content on Your Drupal Website

Cynthia Mijares — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:00:00 +0000

Our team created the Stanford Sites Jumpstart service to help website owners focus their energy on what matters most: their content. To do this, Jumpstart includes a dashboard for simple content maintenance. This "Manage Content" feature offers an overview of all pages in the site and supports updating individual or multiple pages at one time.

Linking to a Profile on StanfordWho.stanford.edu

Cynthia Mijares — Wed, 20 May 2015 15:55:56 +0000

As a guest, StanfordWho.stanford.edu has the ability to search by name, email, work phone, or SUNet ID. As an authenticated user, you can check the Search in Stanford view option to see more information. Here's a tip to customize the URL link to a profile page on StanfordWho.stanford.edu.

Example link to a public listing

http://stanfordwho.stanford.edu/SWApp/lookup?search=Cynthia%20Mijares

This link points to my public profile page in StanfordWho.stanford.edu.

Drupal permissions based on Workgroups

Cynthia Mijares — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 18:00:00 +0000

What happens when the one guy who has access to manage users on your Drupal website leaves? Do you have a team of people that needs to work on the website, but those people change over time? Do they all have a SUNet ID? Take advantage of the Stanford WebAuth Module features and manage access by mapping Stanford workgroups to Drupal roles.

Learn more about Stanford Workgroups

Getting Started on Sites: Creating a New View Mode

Cynthia Mijares — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 16:21:00 +0000

Drupal has a couple of standard ways to display content using a Default view or a Teaser view display. Stanford Web Services uses View modes to create multiple image/Field Collection displays and allows the site builder to change how fields will be displayed.

Styling on Sites: Header Image Fun

Cynthia Mijares — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 15:00:00 +0000

Recently a couple of clients wanted to add a background banner image to their site. This is a great option for a site that is more text heavy. With the administrator role, you can use CSS injector to make your site look unique.

The instructions listed here refer to themes where header background image is not an option. If you are using the Stanford Light theme, you can easily add a background image to the header from the theme options.

Preparing the image

There are a couple ways to host your image online: