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Permanent link for Email Signature Tool on August 25, 2020
Recently, an email signature block policy was adopted that encourages all faculty and staff to use a signature block consistent with the University Brand. To make this change, use the email signature creation tool created by the Web Team.
Posted by Zach McCurdy on Permanent link for Email Signature Tool on August 25, 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.
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.
Permanent link for Need Help? There's a button for that on April 20, 2020
You may notice buttons that say "Need Help?" in the top right of your screens. These buttons have been linked to the specific help content for that page.
For example - Say you are needing to add a new administrator to the CMS. You click on More | Administrators, but don't remember what to do next. If you click on the Need Help button, it will take you to a video showing you the exact steps you need to take.
Each page has its own Need Help button, so it will take you to the specific part of the help video.
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.
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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 That form is old and outdated.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.
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.
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.