News and Updates about the SERC Content Management System
Black Diamond Update
Posted: Sep 18 2008
Following on the switch to the new editing tools those pesky black diamonds representing odd characters in your text will be handled a little better.
Posted: Sep 18 2008
Following on the switch to the new editing tools those pesky black diamonds representing odd characters in your text will be handled a little better.
Major CMS Overhaul
Posted: Sep 17 2008
The editing tools in the CMS have just undergone a major reworking. If you edit in the CMS you'll want to read this!
Posted: Sep 17 2008
The editing tools in the CMS have just undergone a major reworking. If you edit in the CMS you'll want to read this!
More Fixes for Special Characters
Posted: Jul 30 2008
We've done some automatic search and replace that has gotten rid of most of the problematic special characters รข mostly em dashes.
Posted: Jul 30 2008
We've done some automatic search and replace that has gotten rid of most of the problematic special characters รข mostly em dashes.
Changes to Special Characters
Posted: Jul 11 2008
We've made changes to how the system handles special characters. This may effect existing pages.
Posted: Jul 11 2008
We've made changes to how the system handles special characters. This may effect existing pages.
Update on uls
Posted: Jun 10 2008
The CMS will now recognize pages that have ul tags without li tags and prevent you from editing them in the wysiwyg view. You can fix them in the standard view.
Posted: Jun 10 2008
The CMS will now recognize pages that have ul tags without li tags and prevent you from editing them in the wysiwyg view. You can fix them in the standard view.
Beta Test WYSIWYG Editing
Posted: May 27 2008
Those of you who are curious/intrepid can change your Editing Level to 'beta' to test drive the new wysiwyg editing tool. It's available temporarily so that we can get some testing and feedback.
Posted: May 27 2008
Those of you who are curious/intrepid can change your Editing Level to 'beta' to test drive the new wysiwyg editing tool. It's available temporarily so that we can get some testing and feedback.
Changes to File and Image Upload Forms
Posted: Apr 18 2008
The File and Image upload dialogs now ask for information about permissions and reuse. They also now automatically detect file types.
Posted: Apr 18 2008
The File and Image upload dialogs now ask for information about permissions and reuse. They also now automatically detect file types.
CMS News Now Available as RSS
Posted: Apr 18 2008
News about updates to the CMS is now available via RSS. I've included older messages into this new feed although their dates may be misleading. Hopefully with this new system I'll publish news of CMS changes in a more timely manner.
Posted: Apr 18 2008
News about updates to the CMS is now available via RSS. I've included older messages into this new feed although their dates may be misleading. Hopefully with this new system I'll publish news of CMS changes in a more timely manner.
Automated Cataloging of Links
Posted: Apr 12 2007
Following a major revamp of SERC cataloging infrastructure we've moved to a system that automatically identifies external resources that are linked to from multiple location across the site and creates 'starter' catalog records for these pages.
Posted: Apr 12 2007
Following a major revamp of SERC cataloging infrastructure we've moved to a system that automatically identifies external resources that are linked to from multiple location across the site and creates 'starter' catalog records for these pages.
Make Items Live at Different Granularities
Posted: Oct 17 2006
New options are available for making items live.
Posted: Oct 17 2006
New options are available for making items live.
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