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Stanford Sites Update, July 2018

Alyssa Hislop — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 19:02:54 +0000

Starting July 12, new group and department websites requested on Stanford Sites will live in the cloud. These websites have new modules available to them. What are they and what do they do?

Making menu links visible for all users

Grace Kiburi — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 18:55:34 +0000

You have created a page that is restricted to Stanford only users logged in with their SUNet ID and placed that page in the menu. After logging out of your site, you noticed that the link is gone! Would you like to make your menu links visible to all users even though the content is restricted? Always Visible module can help you do that!

Add a photo gallery to your site

Alyssa Hislop — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 20:06:30 +0000

Want to display a group of photos on your site? Stanford Sites now offers a solution for creating your own galleries.

Choosing NoBots instead of Stanford MetaTag NoBots

Alyssa Hislop — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 16:00:00 +0000

Are you creating a new site on Stanford Sites, but don't want Search Engines to see it? The NoBots module is here to replace Stanford MetaTag NoBots.

NoBots recently joined the growing list of modules available to Stanford Sites during the Summer 2016 Updates. It replaces the soon-to-be-deprecated Stanford Metatag NoBots module, which was featured as a Module of the Day here on the SWS Blog in 2014.

New Modules on Stanford Sites, September 2016

John Bickar — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:00:00 +0000

As part of the Summer 2016 updates to Stanford Sites, we recently added several new modules that bring enhanced features and functionality to all users of the Stanford Sites service. This post is a highlight of the new modules added; detailed posts on several of them will follow.

Module of the Day: Stanford Events Importer

Caryl J Westerberg — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 16:00:00 +0000

Stanford Events is Stanford University's central calendar. It's widely used by departments, organizations, and student groups to promote events to the public and members of our campus community, and it provides a valuable resource for planning and scheduling. The challenge is cross-promoting events. In the past, sharing events content across multiple websites required re-typing. Ouch! We'll show you how to use the Stanford Events Importer module to save time and cross-promote events from multiple organizations.

New on Stanford Sites: Stanford BEAN Types module

Linnea Ann Williams — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 15:29:58 +0000

Over the last year Stanford Web Services has been building reusable modules to make website building faster and better, and then adding them to Stanford Sites. This post highlights Stanford BEAN Types.

New Modules Added to Stanford Sites Stack

Cynthia Mijares — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 21:40:25 +0000

We are excited to announce the latest modules included with websites created using the Stanford Sites tool. For a complete list of modules included on Stanford Sites, view Included Drupal Modules.

Look for future Module of the Day blog posts highlighting each module, use, and configuration.

Redirecting Links From an Old Page to a New Page

Caryl J Westerberg — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 16:04:57 +0000

Websites often link to pages on other websites – this is a great way to refer to relevant information from your site. However, problems arise when a page that people are linking to moves to a new URL in your site or elsewhere. The link that once worked is now broken.

How to restrict content access

Cynthia Mijares — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:06:36 +0000

Need to restrict access to some content on your site? With the Content Access module, you can control viewing, editing, deleting permissions on your site by specific content types. Here's how to set it up.

Fix broken content links with the Pathologic Module

Caryl J Westerberg — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 18:24:43 +0000

Have you ever needed to change the URL for your website? Say, move your website from one domain to another, from a subdirectory to the root of a web host, or even make a copy? Chances are, you’ll find broken links and missing images in the text of your content.

Making a copy of a website with the Backup and Migrate Module

Caryl J Westerberg — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 21:48:06 +0000

Have you ever wanted to try something new on your website, but you were afraid it might go wrong and leave you with a broken site? Or maybe you want a second website that is is a close match to an existing one? Creating a copy of your live (or "production") site gives you the opportunity to explore changes to its current configuration with less risk. This tutorial will show you how to create a copy (or "development") website using a backup of your production site.

Menu Tricks #4: Menu Block with Bootstrap Dropdowns

Linnea Ann Williams — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 16:05:49 +0000

Earlier this year, I wrote a blog post about using Menu Block module. In this post, I'll talk about how Menu Block integrates with Stanford's Drupal 7 themes to create dropdown menus.

To properly leverage the dropdowns in Twitter Bootstrap with Drupal, there are a few things to keep in mind...

Note: This post pertains to these Drupal 7 themes:

Module of the Day: Module Filter

John Bickar — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:23:18 +0000

Today we're highlighting a very simple but useful module, Module Filter. This module makes the module overview page at admin/modules much more user friendly by grouping modules into categories, and mimicking the "Find on this page" (e.g., Ctrl-F) functionality of web browsers.

New Modules on Stanford Sites, August 2013

John Bickar — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 23:31:34 +0000

An update to the new modules for July, 2013: Module updates to Stanford Sites were not fully completed during the maintenance windows of the week of August 5th. Sites on people.stanford.edu were updated during regular maintenance windows in the week of August 5th. Department and group sites on Stanford Sites will receive the following updated modules on August 27th and 28th.