Ingeniux Upgraded

by Michael Santoroski on June 18, 2009

Tonight I performed an upgrade to the Ingeniux Content Management Server for the main college site. We are now now running version 6.0 Service Release 5. The big news is that Ingeniux CMS now supports Internet Explorer 8.0. And the “remember me” feature seems to work now!

Here are the official release notes from Ingeniux.com

Ingeniux CMS 6.0 SR5 Highlights:

  • Official Internet Explorer 8 Support
  • TinyMCE WYSIWYG Editor Upgrade
  • Dojo Framework Upgrade
  • New CMS Custom Hook Feature
  • Additions to the "Get Element Values" Feature for Enumeration and MultiSelect Elements
  • Publish Monitor Access from Overview Dashboard
  • IGX Info Cookie Update
  • Structured URL Folder Names Configuration
  • Run-Time Transform Override Configuration
  • Custom ComExecute "Properties" Dialog Support
  • "Go To Bar" Improvements
  • More than 40 updates in total

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Introducing the New eNews Design

by Michael Santoroski on June 14, 2009

Starting with the June issue we are introducing a new simpler design for the monthly Roanoke College eNews. We will be reduce eNews from five versions to one. Also, we will be doing a better job of re-using existing website and blog content. Look for the new version in your inbox around mid-June.

Check out a sample layout below. And be sure to leave your thoughts in the comments.

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Introducing the New Athletics Site Design

June 12, 2009

We got the final comps from New City and approved them yesterday. These designs will be implemented by ICS Sidearm, and the new site will go live in August.
Here they are. Put your thoughts in the comments.
Home Page Design

Sport Page

Generic Page
 

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Picasa for Higher Ed Image Management

May 29, 2009

One of my Twitter friends, Rachel Reuben, was recently asking about our experience with Picasa and  I emailed her my pros and cons.  I decided to post that information here, as it might be helpful to others.  We had Extensis Portfolio right when I started working here and nobody particularly liked it.  We tried several [...]

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Behind the Scenes

May 1, 2009

Here’s some photos and a video from behind the scenes at our latest video shoot of the Roanoke College Choir at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Roanoke.

Our videographer, Steve Mason, used the jib for this shoot and we got some amazing sweeping shots.  I can’t wait to see the footage.

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Getting the Most from your Photo or Video Shoot

April 29, 2009

I attended a presentation yesterday at the CASE Design Institute in Boston titled, Getting the Most Out of Your Photoshoot, presented by Don Hamerman.  I was really looking forward to this session, but was extremely disappointed.   Don is a photographer and has great work, but opened his presentation by saying that he didn’t know what [...]

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Web Design Process / Video Production Case Study

April 27, 2009

I’m attending a presentation about the creation of the Experiential Learning website for Northeastern University at the CASE Design Institute in Boston presented by Robert Davidson, John Ombelets and Pamela Rodriguez.
The website prominently features many “video slideshows” linked from the homepage.  The videos are really slideshows with pictures, a voice-over and music.  They didn’t actually [...]

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How to translate an alumni magazine to the web

April 27, 2009

I’m live blogging the Print & Web (Can the marriage be saved?) presentation at the CASE Design Institute in Boston presented by Art Jankhe, Ronn Campisi and Scott Dasse.
The presentation is about the Bostonia magazine that was recently redesigned. They really tried to break everything up, knowing that people don’t want to read long text.
When [...]

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Tips for a Successful Video Shoot

April 22, 2009

I’m working on a new round of videos for the Roanoke College website and virtual tour this spring and summer.  We did a bunch last year for the virtual tour.  One of our consultants came up with the concept of getting a bunch of students together, asking them general questions and just let them talk [...]

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Wordpress Plug-in of the Week

February 23, 2009

My favorite plug-in for the week is Twitter Tools for Wordpress.  It’s an easy to use app to add your twitter updates to your blog.  I have had problems with other twitter plug-ins, and really like this one not only because it works (!), but also because there’s lots of great options built right into [...]

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