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• Streamlined Email+ design process

  by Ellie BurnetteJul 14, 2017 11:30 am |  142  Views

  Web Services is making it easier to create and send emails by streamlining the Email+ design process.

• Forms and surveys optimized for print

  by Ellie BurnetteJul 13, 2017 3:45 pm |  56  Views

  Web Services’ forms and surveys are now optimized for print. When you print a form or a survey, you will see the following enhancements:

  - High-contrast text without colors, shadows, or backgrounds
  - Graceful page breaks
  - Hidden headers and footers
  - Purposeful margins and font sizes

  In addition, content that is not meaningful in a print setting has been removed. These new print styles have been designed to work most effectively with Webtools’ Wizard Skins.

• Webtools Outtage

  by wilsonjr@illinois.eduMay 17, 2017 3:15 pm |  57  Views

  Due to an email harvest attack this morning Technology Services has shut off the data source for the Campus Directory.  Web Services made several changes to prevent harvest attacks in the future and has requested this access be restored. It is being considered.

  This block also affects the rest of our services and has caused numerous other problems that are still being experienced.  For instance any secure form, survey, blog, or anything secure will have problems when accessed.  Also the Toolbox is unavailable unless you were already logged in. 

  We apologize, we know this is a huge inconvenience.  We are waiting to hear back from Tech Services with a timeframe.

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  Change in Publishing Blog Posts

  by James WilsonMay 3, 2017 12:30 pm |  627  Views

  A change has been made to the publishing process of a blog post.  When a blog post is "published" the Add Post screen will be locked.  This will prevent edits from being made to a live blog post.  A post must be "unpublished" before any edits can be made.  Once the edits are made the post can be republished.

  This change is the same change recently made to the calendar.  The complexities of updating live events and posts and what happens behind the scenes has made this change necessary.

• List Builder to Blog Conversion Update

  by James Robert WilsonMay 1, 2017 10:30 am |  7  Views

  The List Builder to Blog conversion process is underway.  After a List is converted to a Blog you will get an email letting you know the process is complete.  If widgets were used the email will include a link to a page that needs one <script> tag updated.  After that the conversion is complete.  This process will be ongoing and may continue into the fall.

  List Builder Cleanup Reminder!

  Please take a minute to delete any old or unused Lists in the List Builder.  If you accidentally delete a List it can be restored in the Transfer Privileges Webtool on the "My Deleted" tab.  Thank you for helping us with this!