Technology Services

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  • Carefull out there if you are browsing with IE

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    doachs

    For anyone who is browsing the internet with Internet Explorer you should be aware that an exploit for a recent vulnerability is being seen on the net.  At this time there is no patch for this from Microsoft.  However if you turn off Active Scripting, you can prevent your browser from being exploited. Internet Storm…

  • Web Services Member Gets “Dugg”

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    jerry

    One of Web Services very own, Joe Lencioni, recently had a pet project featured on prominent technology news site, Digg. Joe created a hybrid Greasemonkey/Creammonkey user script based on Lightbox JS by Lokesh Dhakar and Flickrbox by Gavin Montague. Dubbed “Greased Lightbox,” (originally mentioned here) the script changes the way people view images on popular…

  • New News is Good News

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    jlencion

    The News page received an upgrade today that incorporates events and announcements from the College Calendar among other feature and usability enhancements. Some of the additional updates are: Accordian-style sliders implemented for story summaries Implemented Lightbox JS on story images Upgraded the algorithm that processes story bodies from the database into XHTML format to use…

  • “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)…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Photo Contest Voting Rescheduled

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    jlencion

    The Campus Community Photography Contest has been officially rescheduled for Monday, February 27 through Friday, March 3 in Linner Lounge. To vote, you will need your Gustavus ID number.

  • XHTMLParagraphFormat Version 2

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    jlencion

    UPDATE (Oct 23, 2006): This version of XHTMLParagraphFormat() is out of date. If you wish, you should check out the latest version. Unfortunately, I found a major error in the previously posted XHTMLParagraphFormat() function that caused it to not work properly under many circumstances. However, after doing some more research and testing, I banged out…