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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.

Fork it! The benefits of sharing features at SWS

Anna Watt — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 00:40:40 +0000

Let’s say you want to make a cake but you don’t have a lot of time to make one from scratch. You already have a box of cake mix ready to go but this box is for chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream frosting. But you really wanted one with dark-chocolate ganache frosting —because you can never have too much chocolate.

How to tell Google about your Stanford Sites website

Alyssa Hislop — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 00:28:39 +0000

You've put time into creating your Stanford Sites website, so you'll probably want Google (and other search engines) to know about it. One of the ways to get this done is by submitting your website sitemap. This blog post will walk you through how to claim ownership of your Stanford Sites website, then submit the website to Google for indexing.

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?

Sites Superstar: Global Energy Forum

Alyssa Hislop — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 18:23:28 +0000

The inaugural 2018 Stanford Global Energy Forum website stands out as a Stanford Sites superstar. The forum is coming up in November 2018 and will gather thought leaders and decision makers from the private sector, government, academia, non-profits and media to engage in strategic and balanced dialogue about the Future of Energy.

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

Welcome to Stanford Drupal Camp 2018!

Sara Worrell Berg — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 22:41:05 +0000

Stanford Drupal Camp 2018 is already upon us!

The ninth annual Stanford Drupal Camp will be hosted at the Stanford Law School on April 6-7, 2018.

https://drupalcamp.stanford.edu/

Happy holidays from SWS

Sara Worrell Berg — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 00:04:25 +0000

As 2017 draws to a close, the Stanford Web Services team is closing sprints, cleaning our desks (mostly), emptying inboxes, submitting our final timesheets, and hoping no one reports a bug in the next 24 hours. Goodbye 2017, hello winter break!

Drupal Camp 2017 Retrospective

Grace Kiburi — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 19:23:54 +0000

Stanford Drupal Camp is a two-day annual event that connects people in the South Bay who work with websites. The Camp started in 2009 to discuss the many facets of web design and development, as well as learn about Drupal, an open source content management system. The camp places an emphasis on introductory sessions for beginners, as well as use cases of Drupal in higher education. Beginners sessions take place on Fridays, while Saturday's sessions are designed for more experienced Drupal users.

Altering Custom Elements in Forms

Caryl J Westerberg — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 20:46:13 +0000

Drupal provides a powerful framework for creating custom elements for use in forms. One example of a custom element is the Link field. Suppose you want to change the default label on a Link field to read "Link text." How do you alter it?

My Summer at Stanford Web Services

Caleb Jones — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 23:11:35 +0000

This summer, I had the opportunity to intern with the fantastic Stanford Web Services team. In doing so, I gained an understanding of the methodologies involved in the development of modern websites.

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.

Stanford Sites Updates, May/June 2017

Grace Kiburi — Tue, 23 May 2017 21:17:37 +0000

Websites on sites.stanford.edu and people.stanford.edu will be receiving updates from May 30 to June 1. University IT will be updating Drupal modules to maintain the security of all websites on Stanford Sites and ensure everyone continues to benefit from the latest community contributions. Updates start around 10PM Pacific and usually wrap up around 4AM, during which time your site may be unavailable for approximately 1 minute.

Stanford Events Series module

Anna Watt — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 15:45:46 +0000

Do you have a collection of ongoing related events? Try the Event Series module to collect events onto a single page and display upcoming and past events.

Stanford Event Series joined Stanford Sites during the Summer 2016 Updates. Previously it was only available to our Jumpstart clients, but high demand for this functionality on Stanford Sites, combined with our commitment to contributing back to the greater community brought this module to sites created on Stanford Sites.

Creating a news item for your website

Grace Kiburi — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 17:48:46 +0000

Want to create a news item for your Stanford Sites? Stanford News feature provides an out of the box solution for displaying news content on your website. This feature contains a content type, fields, a news page layout, and taxonomy. This module is a great replacement for the default Article content type.

Enable Stanford News module for your site

Login to your Stanford Sites website
From the Admin toolbar, click Modules
Filter list by stanford_news