Permanent link for Office Hours Module on November 15, 2022

New to the CMS is the Office Hours module.  With this module, you can post the schedules of your faculty/staff easily to your CMS.  The schedules can be automatically imported from Banner, and can also have manual entries for events not in Banner, such as Office Hours, Department Meetings, etc.  Check out the video to learn all about the Office Hours Module. 

To see this module being used, check out the Faculty and Staff page on the GVSU Computing site. Each of the faculty/staff members has their own schedule available, which was made using the Office Hours Module. 

GVSU School of Computing Faculty and Staff Directory     Office Hours Module Tutorial Video

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Permanent link for Organizational Chart - Now Available on November 19, 2021

The CMS has a new module available to create an organizational chart. The org chart module allows you to create something that looks great but is also accessible. To learn more about the org chart module and how to use it, refer to the video! 

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Posted by Zach McCurdy on Permanent link for Organizational Chart - Now Available on November 19, 2021.

Permanent link for Media Chunk - Color Options Now Available on January 26, 2021

The media chunk now has the option of selecting different colors. If you are unfamiliar with the media chunk, refer to the CMS 101 page to learn about it.  Now, you will be able to select from a variety of colors to use in the media chunk. 

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Posted by Zach McCurdy on Permanent link for Media Chunk - Color Options Now Available on January 26, 2021.

Permanent link for Form Builder - Response Statuses on November 13, 2020

In the Form Builder, you can now create custom "Statuses" for the responses.  For example, you can create a response for "Paid" or "Unpaid", which would only be viewable by the CMS Administrators.  Learn more about the response statuses by watching the How To video. 

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Posted by Zach McCurdy on Permanent link for Form Builder - Response Statuses on November 13, 2020.

Permanent link for Form Builder Now Allows Custom Amounts on July 27, 2020

The form builder will now allow a user to enter a custom amount. In the past, the form builder only allowed specific set amounts. Now, a person can enter a custom amount.  For example, you could create a form to accept donations. A person can now enter in a custom dollar amount of their choosing for the donation amount.  Learn more about custom amounts in the tutorial video. 

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Posted by Zach McCurdy on Permanent link for Form Builder Now Allows Custom Amounts on July 27, 2020.

Permanent link for Add Links to the Footer on April 22, 2020

New to the CMS is the ability to add a hyperlink to the footer of your site.   For example, say you want a link for people to use to sign up for a newsletter.  You can now have a link in the footer that says "Sign up for our newsletter".   Learn about this new feature by watching the How To video. 

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Posted by Zach McCurdy on Permanent link for Add Links to the Footer on April 22, 2020.

Permanent link for Form URL Redirects on February 4, 2020

Now in the Form Builder, you can redirect existing Form Builder forms to different pages on your website. What does that mean!? Imagine one of these scenarios.

You have created a form, and have hyperlinked that form in an e-mail.  That e-mail is then sent to hundreds of people. Then you realize that you linked to the wrong form. 

or

Someone has saved the URL of the form in an e-mail, bookmark, or from an old social media posting. It might be a year later before that form is accessed again. That form is old and outdated.

You can now enter a redirect URL. If you enter a redirect URL, anytime someone accesses that form it will redirect them to whatever page you specify. 

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Posted by Zach McCurdy on Permanent link for Form URL Redirects on February 4, 2020.

Permanent link for Embed Forms! on January 30, 2020

You are now able to embed a form into a content item! 

In the past, a form always had to exist as a page in itself. 

Now you can create a form, and place it on a page wherever you'd like!   

Learn more about this by checking the How To video. 

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Posted by Zach McCurdy on Permanent link for Embed Forms! on January 30, 2020.

Permanent link for Media Chunk on January 13, 2020

The Web Team has created a new feature called the Media Chunk.  The Media Chunk allow you to highlight a section with a picture and text.  Learn all about the Media Chunk by watching the new What's New video. 

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Posted by Zach McCurdy on Permanent link for Media Chunk on January 13, 2020.

Permanent link for Google Analytics are now built right into the CMS! on January 8, 2020

Google Analytics is a service that tracks and reports website traffic.  You can now view this information whenever you want by clicking on More | Analytics. That's it! Check out the How To video to learn all about Analytics. 

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Posted by Zach McCurdy on Permanent link for Google Analytics are now built right into the CMS! on January 8, 2020.