New Course Search Engine
As of today, I'm putting the finishing touches on a new course search engine that will be made available to campus through the faculty and student landing pages and Academics page. This search engine draws on the data out of the course catalog (not the course schedule maintained inside of GUS). This will allow faculty and students to look up courses right on the site quickly and easily, and find out things like prerequisites, etc.
[Finish Reading...]News Widget Now Available
Our latest widget has just been completed, this one a news listing widget designed to pull in recent headlines from the Press-Media web site. I've kept it pretty trim so it stays easy to use, but you still have some control over the appearance.
[Finish Reading...]New Search Box Widget
I just completed a new widget today to enable the creation of a search box widget. This widget allows you to create a search form that can be restricted to a certain area of the web site. This is much like the former search box from the old version of the site.
[Finish Reading...]A Primer on RSS Feeds
In the notification I sent out recently about the upgrade we just performed, I mentioned that users could subscribe to this blog to get all the nitty-gritty that is taking place regarding web development at PSU. After talking with more than one person, it was apparent that there was a need to take a moment and explain what an RSS feed is and how it works...
[Finish Reading...]Server and dotCMS Upgrade Planned
Just so everyone is aware, there is an upgrade of the hardware and software that drives the Pittsburg State University web site planned this week. This will be a two part process to move us into a brand new physical server, and will also update us to the latest version of the dotCMS content management system. Unlike the previous update of dotCMS, however, this is a less visible change, and more for performance and bug fixes...
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