This is a short summary of changes and enhancements to the CHSSWeb system over the past four months. It does not include minor tweaks, bug fixes, and deployed but incomplete enhancements.
| Affects | Change | Requested or Inspired by |
|---|---|---|
| Course Sections | Editors can now associate images with course sections. | English |
| Various | The main types of content (pages, articles, etc.) are under version control. When an editor makes a change, the previous state of the item is saved. Editors can revert to a prior version at any time. | Workshop participants |
| Various | The WYSIWYG tool now no longer filters out embed tags. This makes it possible to embed flickr slide shows and other multimedia content. | SOAN |
| Events | Editors can now set a limit on the number of RSVPs for a particular event. After that limit is reached, the system will accept no more RSVPs. |
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| Events | Editors can now add instructions to RSVPs. | |
| Pages | The AddThis social media tools now appear on most pages. | Workshop participants |
| Everything | Updated to current versions of Ruby and Rails. This increased system speed by 1/3. | |
| Course Sections | When listing course sections, relaxed the rules that determine when a course section's title is displayed. If it is different from its course's title, it will be displayed. | |
| Articles | Made changes to the interface to make it easier to use. Grouped the article kind selections. | Workshop participants |
| Design 2 | Social media links now appear on all pages for design 2. | Islamic Studies Center |
| Dashboard | Reorganized the administrative dashboard and added more resources to it, including a list of editors for the current site and indicators for how recently content has been updated. | |
| All sites | Added "Donate" page option to all sites. For a given site, the Donate link can be absent, can be present and link to a central CHSS page, or can link to any page on the site. | |
| People | Modified the default bio image. | |
| Resources | Changed the tools to be more intuitive and integrated. Added text searches to groups and resources. | Workshop participants |
| Courses | Added a text area to the top of the page for site editor use. To use this, add a page with the path "/courses". Enter text in the main text area. | |
| URL Shortener | Added a url shortener tool. Editors can use it to hide the long URLs required to track the success of print campaigns. | |
| Defenses | Enforce submission deadline. |