2013 Posts
Extra Plone Training
Due to demand we have put on 2 extra Plone training sessions for the month of December 2013.
Plone form spam and forgery protection
What it's for, how it works, and why it's sometimes overzealous
Student blogs are now responsive
The University of Leicester student blogs provide a ‘behind-the-scenes journey through university life at Leicester’.
Disappearing YouTube videos (and other embedded content)
We’ve been getting some reports recently that YouTube videos (and other kinds of content that you can embed into webpages) are disappearing, even though the Plone page hasn’t been updated recently.
New re-design for Student Record System
During the summer the University's central Student Record System has undergone a major re-design. The system uses a web based version of SITS known as eVision. The new design is scheduled to go live soon.
What We've Been Reading
Here's a few of the articles and wot-not we've been sharing around the team over the past few weeks...
New Websites: May - September 2013
We continuously work with yourselves when you are creating websites. See which new websites we have published in the period May - September 2013.
A new web browser: Internet Explorer 9
This week IT Services have upgraded the University’s default web browser from Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) to Internet Explorer 9 (IE9).
Secure CWIS web forms
We are planning for their retirement, but meanwhile we will update the forms to encrypt submitted data.
Optimising your website for mobile devices: An introduction
An introduction to responsive web design and how this affects the University of Leicester website.
Mobile app phase two
We launched the University of Leicester’s first mobile app in October 2012. The app has been created for current and prospective students and University visitors. In the first two months we had more than 3,000 downloads.
Persistent spinners and broken Twitter feeds
If you see the spinner persistently displayed on a Plone page when you are logged in, fixing a broken Twitter RSS feed may resolve it.
Digital signage - University template
A new web based template is now available for digital signage screens across campus using the OneLan system. The template is completely web based which makes the day to day running of the screen quick and easy. All the content displayed by the screens is delivered by Plone, the University's content management system.
