Technology Services

Year: 2006

  • “Click here” is bad

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    jlencion

    One of the most often overlooked details when authoring documents for the web is link text. Link text is the “clickable portion of text displayed for a link”. As with most things, there are good and bad practices when it comes to crafting link text. It seems that, it is common to author a web…

  • Photo Contest Results

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    jlencion

    The first Campus Community Photography Contest received over 150 entries in three categories. From 31 finalists, the winners have been decided. Active People First Place ($50) – “Let it Snow” by Sara Scholin Second Place ($25) – “Ten-Person Toboggan” by Jared Lee Third Place ($15) – “Henna” by Violeta Hernandez Fresh Faces First Place ($50)…

  • Design and Readability

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    jlencion

    fadtastic has two great new articles up about design and readability. The first, Who to Design For? by Steven Teskey, discusses whether designs should focus on users or designers. He writes, “It all comes down to personal philosophy, but I’d like to possibly open some doors on this issue, that you might not have thought…

  • Put Everything in the Database

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    tami

    We have been working hard at trying to capture a more authentic picture of the calls that come into the Helpline. We have been asking our employees to put EVERYTHING in the database. The success of this effort has helped give us a more accurate picture of the Helpline and the types of calls they…

  • Summer Employment Opportunities for Students

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    tami

    The Technology Services Department is currently accepting applications for the summer. Applicants must be able to learn quickly in a dynamic environment, work independently with little or no supervision, and show initiative in seeking and completing tasks. Summer student employees provide technical assistance for summer projects involving the public computer labs, the academic departments, and…

  • User Services/Library Coordinator Opening

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    tami

    User Services Coordinator/Library Gustavus Adolphus College is seeking a User Services Coordinator who will assist the campus in the support, configuration, and implementation of computing resources as they relate to instruction and learning. As one of three key persons responsible for developing a vision and mission for campus technologies, the main duties of the User…

  • Gustavus Template Advanced Techniques

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    jlencion

    If you are a web developer at heart and happen to be using the Gustavus Template Container for your Gustavus web pages, today is your lucky day. Harness a little more of the power the Gustavus Template offers by reading up on our new Advanced Techniques. There, you will be able to learn some of…

  • Greased Lightbox

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    jlencion

    This weekend I had a little extra time so I whipped up a Greasemonkey user script that adds Lightbox funtionality to websites that link to images such as Google Image Search, Flickr, and toothpaste for dinner. I call it Greased Lightbox. Check out the project page to download it or for more information. Requirements Firefox…

  • Photo Contest Voting Starts Today

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    jlencion

    Voting for the Campus Community Photography Contest starts today in Linner Lounge and will run until Friday, March 3. You may vote for one photo in each of the three categories and once for overall. To vote, you will need your Gustavus ID number. Awards Monetary prizes totaling $270 will be awarded for each of…

  • New RSS XSLT

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    jlencion

    The Gustavus RSS feeds received a facelift today through the magic of XSLT. To improve usability, when visitors access an RSS feed they will now be presented with an informative page containing useful instructions on how to use RSS instead of merely the RSS source code. Additionally, to promote the adoptation and recognition of the…