Getting Started on Sites

Getting started on Sites: Creating a Personal Webpage

Rebecca Hong — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 18:30:35 +0000

I am sure some of you have noticed that there is a Stanford Light sample image of Jane Smith's personal website and were wondering how to recreate the same page for yourself.

In this blog post, I'll show you how you can put together an About page layout similar to the Jane Smith's personal website preview image seen on the Appearance page.

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.

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.

Why You Might Want to Request a Development Site

Joe Knox — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 16:00:00 +0000

Have you ever wanted to try something new on your site, but wished you could view and experiment with it before making the change(s) live? You can! All you need is a development site. In this post we'll talk about how to request a dev site and why you might want to have one.

Getting Started on Sites: Adding Google Analytics to Your site

Joe Knox — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 17:00:00 +0000

Google Analytics gives you critical insights that help drive innovation and evolution by showing you exactly how people are using your site. Understanding how your site is being used can aid in identifying where improvements can and should be made. This post will cover how to add Google Analytics to your Drupal site.

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.

Roundup: Getting Started on Sites

Joe Knox — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 17:00:00 +0000

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.

Getting Started on Sites: Remove Users Account Privileges

Cynthia Mijares — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:47:06 +0000

Let's say your co-worker left Stanford or the grad student working on your website is no longer here. I'll walk you through the steps to either remove their editing privileges or cancel their account.

After logging in the your website, navigate to the People page. In Stanford Sites Jumpstart products, go to the Site Actions menu and choose Manage Users.

Getting Started on Sites: Adding a new user to your Stanford Drupal site

Caryl J Westerberg — Mon, 05 May 2014 16:08:30 +0000

You have your Stanford site up and running, now you want other people to help you. Here's how to give them permission to edit your site.

Getting Started on Sites: Taxonomy Manager

Cynthia Mijares — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 16:02:18 +0000

Taxonomy Manager is a simple module designed to easily manage taxonomy terms using a friendly interface.

In this use case, we have a site with several taxonomy vocabularies and I want to add to/edit one of them.

Getting Started on Sites: Taxonomy

Cynthia Mijares — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:01:41 +0000

Taxonomy. What is it and why should I use it in my Drupal site? In this blog post I will introduce you to the Taxonomy module.

By definition, taxonomy is the division of things into ordered groups or categories. In this use case, we have a site with many pages and I want to specify certain pages for students and other pages for faculty or staff.

Getting Started on Sites: Improving the Node Edit Form

Cynthia Mijares — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 16:00:36 +0000

Welcome back! This is the blog post number ten in a series on how to create a Drupal 7 personal website using Stanford Sites. Last time we learned how to create a new content type. In this post we'll customize the node edit form.

Getting Started on Sites: Creating a New Content Type

Cynthia Mijares — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:55:33 +0000

Welcome back! This is the blog post number nine in a series on how to create a Drupal 7 personal website using Stanford Sites. Last time we learned how to add custom fields to your content type. In this post we'll look at why you may want a new content type and how to create one.

Getting Started on Sites: Adding New Fields to Your Content Type

Cynthia Mijares — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 16:09:13 +0000

Welcome back! This is the eighth blog post in a series on how to create a Drupal 7 personal website using Stanford Sites. Last time we learned how to create image styles to enhance your site's images. In this post we'll look at how to add custom fields to your content type.

Getting Started on Sites: Image Styles

Cynthia Mijares — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 16:09:30 +0000

Welcome back! This is the seventh blog post in a series on how to create a Drupal 7 personal website using Stanford Sites. Last time we learned how to insert a Google map into your webpage. In this post, we'll walk through creating Image Styles.