About the New Website
The new website is now live! This is exciting news for us, as it means fewer late nights, fewer meetings, and less stress. But for all of you, the added time and stress of finding your way around on a...
View ArticleAccessibility and other improvements in Concert
We had quite a few people asking about accessibility during the new website preview event. I’m happy to inform you that Concert is now helping to create more accessible pages by requiring editors to...
View ArticleWebmail/GusMail links
We recently added a link to either Webmail or GusMail to your user menu. You can now click the user portrait that appears after signing in (button at the upper right corner of any Gustavus page) and...
View ArticleCreating Links in Concert
When inserting links, you don’t have to remember the URL to the page you want to link to anymore. You can now click the browse button and it will popup with a list of pages to which you can create a...
View ArticleWeb Changes for Fall 2016
Last September we launched our new website. Since then, we’ve made numerous minor updates to improve the site’s performance, and to increase accessibility and usability. Larger issues were monitored...
View ArticleWebsite Template Changes
Today we’re launching some noticeable changes to the Gustavus website template. These updates were made to alleviate some issues that we noticed last year following the implementation of the new...
View ArticleDigital Signs Updated
Signs will now be controlled individually—not grouped by departments—and varying levels of access can be designated to each person on each sign (managers can now be administrators, publishers, or...
View ArticleRides System to Shut Down
The Rides system (which is available on the Student OnCampus page) is a ridesharing tool designed to facilitate travel to and from campus. Unfortunately, we have seen usage wane dramatically in recent...
View ArticleImproved Search Suggestions
Our top complaint this year has been with the lackluster search suggestions on the website. People said it would only give incorrect spellings of names. People complained that the feature was more of a...
View ArticleConcert Accessibility Enhancements
In order to make sure we are reaching all of our audiences, we’ve added a new accessibility plugin to Concert. When editing a page, you can access the plugin from the editor toolbar by clicking on the...
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