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Support for Web publishing at Santa Clara University is provided by the Office of Marketing and Communications, Information Services, the Webmaster and Web Applications Developer in the Media Services department, and system and network administrators in the Information Technology department.

 
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Hours Schedule Manager

A new system is available to manage scheduled hours of operation for SCU offices, service points, buildings, and office hours for individuals.  Two custom elements are also available for display of hours schedules within a Commonspot page. Read the tutorial page in the Web Publishing site for more information.

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Introduction to Commonspot 5
The next release of Commonspot will introduce changes to the system's interface. We've put together a few documents that compare the current system with Commonspot 5. Read More »
Media Player

A new element has been added to the Content Well element gallery category that will allow you to embed a video or audio file player in a Commonspot page.

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Flash Slideshow element updated
The Flash Slideshow element has been updated to include a bug fix for a Firefox browser conflict and include a simpler navigation menu. The element can be found in the Content Well element gallery category. When viewing the element in author mode, you'll be presented with a form that will allow you to add, modify, or delete slideshow images. Read More »
Comment Form
Add a simple comment form to any Commonspot page. The element can be configured to allow comments to be submitted anonymously, or require an SCU Groupwise or self-generated ID and password before comments can be submitted. Read More »
Podcast RSS Feed
You can use the RSS Display element to include a podcast RSS feed, and display an embedded audio player for each of the podcast items. Read More »
Poll Widget
Add a simple, multiple-choice Poll to a Commonspot page. Read More »
Thumbnail images in homepage blog element
The blog element has been updated to allow home page news & events posts to display two images; a thumbnail image, optimized for the 65px x 45px dimensions allowed in the homepage news & events element, and a full size image for the full display of the blog post. Read More »
FAQ option for Bulleted List element
The Bulleted List element now has an option to display the list in a "frequently asked questions" format. Read More »
Commonspot blog element support for embedded media
The blog element now supports the display of audio and video content. Add the URL of a media file in the enclosure field in the blog post form. Supported media file types are mp3, swf, flv, and mov. Read More »
 

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