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June 18, 2012 - 2:38am
Drupal automatically scales and crops image thumbnails. Often, this results in cut off faces. Now, you have greater control over what parts of the image appear in the image thumbnail. Learn how to control image thumbnails and see improved thumbnails on your image galleries today.
This feature currently only applies to image thumbnails on image galleries. See somewhere else on the site it should work? E-mail the URL to webguys@grinnell.edu Read More...
March 30, 2010 - 3:14pm
Let's keep it short!
Bugs that are Gone
Weird bullets in Related Links and some views displaying in Internet Explorer 7
Layout problems with the Person portrait images in Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2
The blank space at the bottom of the front page in all browsers
New Features that are Added (or rather, exposed)!
Menu Item Weights
Menu Link Titles
Check out the help pages on each of those features to learn about them and don't hesitate to ask for help if you're confused. Read More...
March 24, 2010 - 8:07am
For those of us not taking time off during spring break, it at least provides a chance to take a deep breath, enjoy the spring weather, and catch up on those pesky tasks we've been meaning to do for ages.
The Web Guys are offering an open help session for anyone with Drupal work to catch up on. Even if you don't need our help for anything in particular, the help sessions provide a great chance to spend uninterrupted time on your website, and the you'll have people standing by to help you... Read More...
March 11, 2010 - 3:23pm
You probably remember the smile that spread across your face during Drupal training when we told you about Mozilla Firefox's built-in spell checking. Next came the crushing disappointment when we finished our sentence "...and right now it doesn't work."
Well invite that smile back! Today is the warmest day since winter began, and we've figured out how you can use spell check! This shouldn't replace things like reading the text you write, but it's a useful tool to catch things... Read More...
March 2, 2010 - 11:38am
It takes a lot of people doing a lot of work to make an institution like Grinnell College run. We're all busy.
This can make it hard to get help from other people who are just as busy. as you Similarly, it's hard for the Web Guys to offer you help that fits in both your and our schedules.
This line of thought brought us to make the Training Request Form.
It takes just a few seconds to use and it helps us know who needs training for what when. Best of all, you can get to it... Read More...
February 5, 2010 - 2:57pm
The changes in Drupal are far-reaching and can easily feel overwhelming. Here are three features that are worth taking the time to get to know. They'll make your life better.
Paste as Plain Text
Unfortunately, pasted text from Word, Excel, Outlook, or even a browser often includes "junk code" that helped format it in the program from which you copied. Any time you want to paste text into the WYSIWYG editor, use the "Paste as Plain Text" button. It's to the right of the Styles drop down and... Read More...
February 1, 2010 - 5:27pm
Back by popular demand: More Drupal Intro Training. We scheduled this training on a weekend so students could attend, but faculty and staff are also welcome. The more, the merrier.
Date: Saturday, February 7
Time: 10am-12pm (Intro/Standards), 1pm-2:30pm (Hands On)
This will be the last intro training for a while, so please come.
Students: If you want to get paid to do Drupal work, send us your name and email and we'll pass it on to interested Offices and Departments.
Offices and... Read More...
February 1, 2010 - 4:53pm
You've found the one place on the internet to read blog posts almost exclusively about Grinnell.edu's website.
What's more exciting than Grinnell.edu standards, business processes, web editing tips, or training announcments? Most things! But it doesn't mean they're not important.
The launch of the new and improving Grinnell.edu is a chance to rethink how we "do the web." It's a chance for us all to reevaluate our sites and take the time to make them what we've always wanted.
We've created... Read More...
