The ReLaunch process is underway. We have a lot to do over the weekend to transition to the new site! The Libraries Website is now frozen and will be unavailable for editing until Monday. We will let you know when you can begin working on your pages again. […]
Month: May 2013
Subject & Research Guide Sidebars
You can now add links to and edit your subject guide sidebars (from the top-level subject guide page in your area, e.g. the sidebar for the "Art & Architecture Subject & Research Guides" page will be inherited by all the guides included as child pages below it). I added some standard links (Ask a Librarian, […]
Re-Launch Update & Information about the Content Freeze for all Libraries’ Websites
The Libraries Website is re-launching on Monday June 3rd. Between Sunday, 2 June, and Monday, 3 June, the Preview Site, http://preview-library.cul.columbia.edu/, will be transferred to http://library.columbia.edu/. Content will be frozen at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, 31 May 2013, for the Libraries Website (http://library.columbia.edu and http://preview-library.cul.columbia.edu), for Hours Manager (http://hours.library.columbia.edu/ and https://hours.cul.columbia.edu/admin/index.php), StaffWeb (https://culis.columbia.edu/), Alumni Friends […]
Featured Content Area Permissions & Other Information
Those with Locations Homepages (generally each top-level page that was formerly under the "indiv" directory) should be able to edit their featured content areas now. If you have problems doing so or have questions, please let us know. Also a number of you, and a number of faculty, have asked where to find the "Custom […]
Updates about editing the preview site…
We've been working on improving the editing environment. As I've been mentioning in the Contributor Sessions (time is running out to attend one before the soft launch!), some of the permissions were corrupted in the last "transformation" of content from the current site to the preview authoring environment. The following have been addressed: Activating […]
As you edit the Preview Site, keep in mind…
There are a number of things to keep in mind as you edit your pages in Preview: Resolver URLs will take you to the current pages (e.g., the Ask a Librarian resolver) until we go live. ALL the resolvers will be updated at one time when we switch the site over. Image captions cannot contain […]
Preview Site Now Open to Contributors!
Access to Preview is live! Please continue to check our KNOWN ISSUES page and our general Blog Posts (this page) for updates about development, design, and general site work. We recommend subscribing to this blog using the form at the very bottom of this page. Working with the Preview Site Components and Information Architecture contains […]
Attend an Open Contributor Session in 306
Several open contributor sessions in 306 Butler will be held between 13 May and 31 May as we prepare for the Libraries' Website Relaunch. These are for any Libraries' Website contributors. They will include a brief introduction to the new functionalities, templates, and responsive design features of the renovated website, followed by an open work […]