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Cynthia Mijares Posted by Cynthia Mijares on Friday, December 5, 2014 - 8:21am

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. 

Caryl Westerberg Posted by Caryl J Westerberg on Friday, November 21, 2014 - 8:18am

Have you ever wanted to put a border on an image or highlight a link for more information in a text field? It is possible to configure the  Styles dropdown menu in your WYSIWYG editor to allow you to add styles to the content in a text field. If you don't know how to configure your Styles dropdown, here's how you can add multiple classes to an element using the HTML editor pane of the WYSIWYG.

Disable the WYSIWYG

To edit the HTML in a text area:

  1. Navigate to the page you'd like to edit

Posted by Joe Knox on Thursday, November 20, 2014 - 10:57am

University IT will perform updates for all websites hosted on the Stanford Sites Drupal hosting service on the following dates:

  • Friday, December 5th, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  • Saturday, December 6th, from 4 a.m. - 8 a.m.
  • Sunday, December 7th, from 4 a.m. - 8 a.m.

The changes are significant and include security patches and upgrades for both Drupal 6 and 7 sites. See below for a complete list of module updates.

Sara Worrell-Berg Posted by Sara Worrell Berg on Friday, November 7, 2014 - 7:16am

Are you at BADCamp this weekend? Want to talk about opportunities for web-savvy folks at Stanford?

We want to talk to you, too!

Posted by Joe Knox on Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 9:00am

Need to build and manage a website for university work? Want responsive and accessible themes that work well on phones, tablets, and desktop browsers? Looking for a self-service tool that requires little technical expertise and has all patches and upgrades handled at no cost? Stanford Sites is for you!

Post updated on May 20, 2015.

The Stanford Sites Drupal hosting service has many of the most popular Drupal modules and unique Stanford themes pre-installed. It’s customized for our academic environment and is available to current faculty, staff, and students free of charge, so you can use it to build your personal and department or group website. 

As of fall 2014, there are more than 1,400 websites hosted on Stanford Sites, and all are monitored and securely maintained by University IT. Training and support are available as well.

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