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Styling on Sites: Introduction to Open Framework

Posted by Megan Erin Miller on Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 9:00am

This is the third post in my series, Styling on Sites. Last time we looked at how to use the great and powerful module, CSS Injector. In this post I'm going to introduce you to our new responsive base theme, Open Framework.

Using Display Suite to Place Node Fields in Blocks

Posted by John Bickar on Monday, May 20, 2013 - 10:25am

Have you ever looked at a page layout and thought, "Hm, that sure is one long list of fields. It would be nice to be able to place some of that information in a sidebar (or in the footer, etc.)"

In this example, we want to move some of the "Contact Information" fields of an Event node into the first sidebar.

You can do exactly that with the Display Suite Extras module, which is available on Stanford Sites. Here's how.

Sites Superstars: Stanford Alpine Club

Posted by Linnea Ann Williams on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 5:31pm

The Stanford Alpine Club (SAC) recently transitioned to a new website on Stanford Sites. All styles are custom written into CSS injector to reflect the new Stanford identity and SAC has leveraged some of the responsive behaviors of Stanford Modern to make their site mobile friendly. Okay, I admit it. I built this site... :)

Way to go Alpine Club and be safe out there!