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Web Development Workgroup bi-weekly update: the Fourth Edition

Joseph Antonioli — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:38:07 +0000

This is the fourth biweekly update from the Web Programming work-group. We are moving to a cyclical task and project planning work-flow in order to better prioritize our work. We acknowledge that requests will always come to us in a variety of ways and do not wish to burden members of the Middlebury community with overly formalized request processes. At the same time we also need to acknowledge that institutional and departmental priorities often shift over time and therefore we must have a work planning process that allows for flexibility that addresses the needs of the community, and maintains a healthy work environment for our staff.

All requests to the Web Programming work-group will be placed into our request/task/project pool. At the beginning of each biweekly work cycle we will evaluate the contents of this pool and tackle a set of work that can be accomplished at our current staffing level. While we will generally try to fit requests into our work cycles in a timely manner, we will not promise what work cycle a request will be placed in. Our task/project pool is not a first-in-first-out system (a queue) nor is it a last-in-first-out system (a stack), the pool is a mixed collection of items that will be reevaluated each work cycle based on how the projects match against institutional, departmental, and work-group priorities.

For major projects and/or those with firm deadlines, specifications may be required, and evaluation/approval will be required. LIS will be working with others on campus to define this approval process.

General Focus

The Web Programming work-group is currently focused on the Web Redo project — both finishing up the MIIS site and developing the Midd site.

Tasks/Projects planned for the current cycle (November 10 – December 1, extended due to holidays)

ID	Product	Comp	Department	Summary
91	25Live	Configuration	Scheduling	Test LDAP connection to hosted events site
313	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI		Test all Links in the Course Catalog UI and remove unneeded ones.
356	Course Catalog	Web Service API		Add a ‘primary’ designation for cross-listed courses to XML feeds
358	Course Catalog	OSID Implementation		Connections are stacking up on the database server in production.
364	Course Catalog	OSID Implementation		Add an ‘Alternates’ record to Course objects based on SCREQUIV
365	Course Catalog	Banner syncronization		Synchronize course equivalents from banner table SCREQUIV
366	Course Catalog	OSID Implementation		Limit descriptions to the term of inquiry.
368	Course Catalog	Banner syncronization		Synchronize section descriptions from banner table SSBDESC
369	Course Catalog	Banner syncronization		Synchronize course requirements/attributes from banner table SCRATTR
370	Course Catalog	Banner syncronization		Synchronize meeting types from banner table STVMEET
371	Course Catalog	OSID Implementation		Add section descriptions from SSRDESC if they exist
372	Course Catalog	OSID Implementation		Course Terms list is not accurate
373	Course Catalog	OSID Implementation		Section location information listed in getScheduleInfo() is not correct for multiple locations
374	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI		Add CRN to section views
375	Course Catalog	Web Service API		Add CRN to section XML feeds
377	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI		For independent projects, hid the ‘Location: Unknown’ line.
397	Course Catalog	Web Service API		Make feed of subject topics for building the course-listing UI.
192	Custom asp.net (web)	Athletics Application	Athletcis	Create XML/RSS feed for scoreboard.
404	Custom asp.net (web)	Athletics Application	Athletics/Co…	Revisions for scoreboard interfaces
405	Custom asp.net (web)	Athletics Application	Athletics/Co…	Push to production
406	Custom asp.net (web)	Athletics Application	Athletics/Co…	Apply database changed to production
407	Custom asp.net (web)	Athletics Application	Athletics/Co…	Test rss feed caching
25	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Photo credits for Be the Solution banner images
27	Drupal (CMS)	Media Module	MIIS	Picture titles not always saved on upload
37	Drupal (CMS)	Infrastructure	Web Redo	Test Drupal configuration with Memcached and the MySQL Proxy
83	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme	Business Ser…	Add a content type for Business Services Housing database
291	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Add content type for Research Funding Database
314	Drupal (CMS)	Course Listings		Improve Course listing display based on feedback
357	Drupal (CMS)	Course Listings		Filter out non-primary cross-listings in faculty profiles and department listings
376	Drupal (CMS)	Course Listings		Add CRN to section views in Drupal listing
378	Drupal (CMS)	Course Listings		Verify that all know course-listing data-issues are fixed.
388	Drupal (CMS)	Course Listings	Academic Aff…	Display first-year seminars on FYS pages
396	Drupal (CMS)	Course Listings		Allow display of course/section listings by subject code in addition to department code
410	Drupal (CMS)	Course Listings		Enable Course Listings module for MIIS
415	Drupal (CMS)	Monster Menus		Allow Monster Menus Paths to be Views arguments
416	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Create theme for Constituency Gateways pages
417	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Add menu option for content in the left column
90	Lynx	Web Application		Create a basic web form for managing your list of links.
214	Lynx	Web Application		Install Lynx on a production server
36	MiddMedia	Web User Interface		Add HTML form upload for very large files.
302	MiddMedia	Web User Interface		“Web data” groups cannot be used for shared directories since they don’t have email addresses.

Tasks/Projects planned for and completed in the previous cycle (October 27 – November 10)

Please note that the items listed here represent a range of time commitments; some took 10 minutes to complete, others took 3 days.

ID	Product	Comp	Department	Summary
94	25Live	Configuration	Scheduling	Define 25Live roles and business practices
111	Box Office	Payment Module	CCAL	Approve AVS mismatch transactions
157	CAS	Infrastructure		Verify the status of backups
348	CAS	Group Manager		Groups not triggering update in Midd2 Drupal
212	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI		Install Course Catalog application in production environment
323	Course Catalog	Banner syncronization		Convert smart-quotes and other characters to proper encoding.
191	Custom asp.net (web)	Athletics Application	Athletcis	Move Athletics Scoreboard Events Management interface out of MCMS
163	Directory	Directory Search		Users marked as hidden in Banner being displayed in search results
342	Directory	Change Information		Form to allow administrators to switch to a record not working
203	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme	LIS	Update Basic Content template to new deliverable
318	Drupal (CMS)	Course Listings		College Writing (CW) designation not showing up in Drupal course listing display
321	Drupal (CMS)	Course Listings		Improve error message in Profiles when the user is not found as an instructor.
330	Drupal (CMS)	Workflow		Allow workflow to be enabled without overriding existing content
332	Drupal (CMS)	Monster Menus		SQL Error when using Gallery or Saving Sidebar RSS
333	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Implement Department Home Page Template
334	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Investigate using insert_views module instead of insert_block module
343	Drupal (CMS)	Course Listings	LIS – ACS	Show courses Midd faculty have taught at Breadloaf & MIIS
350	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme	Athletics	Add “custom” Directory fields to the Profile Template
351	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme	Public Affairs	Allow users to select which Directory fields are shown on the Profile Template
132	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	CFA	Remove channel request from Arts
133	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	CFA	Sort order incorrect in ArtsMail
185	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	Studio Art	Remove photos from Studio Art site
195	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	CCAL	Reorg of the Orientation Website
201	Microsoft CMS	MiddCMS	Communications	Add Donors to “Gateways for” drop down
339	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	Geology	Unable to add PDF to Student Profile template
344	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	SEO	Unable to edit SEO job posting
346	Microsoft CMS	Online Donnor Roll	College Adva…	Launch 2010 Online Donor Roll
87	Wordpress	cFormsII	LIS Media Se…	Media request form not sending emails
349	XML Form Framework	CyberSource Form	MIIS	Updates to Directed Gift Options on MIIS Giving Form

Tasks/Projects NOT planned for and completed in the previous cycle (October 27 – November 10)

Please note that the items listed here represent a range of time commitments; some took 10 minutes to complete, others took 3 days.

ID	Product	Comp	Department	Summary
363	CAS	CAS		Receive “Apache Tomcat/5.5.23 – Error Report” when trying to log-in to Drupal
354	Course Catalog	OSID Implementation	Academic Aff…	Mark cross-listings as primary based on the SSBSECT_MAX_ENRL field
355	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI		Highlight the primary cross-listed section.
383	Custom asp.net (web)	Banner Web Scout	LIS	Unhandled exception in BannerWebScout application
163	Directory	Directory Search		Users marked as hidden in Banner being displayed in search results
342	Directory	Change Information		Form to allow administrators to switch to a record not working
390	Directory	Directory Search	MIIS	MIIS employee not appearing in search results
398	Directory	Directory Search		Photos not displaying in Directory search results
381	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme	LIS	Add midd module to allow users to switch between color schemes on their site.
384	Drupal (CMS)	Workflow	LIS	Update workflow module to 6.x-1.3
385	Drupal (CMS)	Link Module	LIS	Update link module to 6.x-2.8
389	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme	LIS	Sidebar appearing below content.
399	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme	Communications	Unable to add video to Carousel
132	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	CFA	Remove channel request from Arts
133	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	CFA	Sort order incorrect in ArtsMail
185	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	Studio Art	Remove photos from Studio Art site
195	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	CCAL	Reorg of the Orientation Website
201	Microsoft CMS	MiddCMS	Communications	Add Donors to “Gateways for” drop down
339	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	Geology	Unable to add PDF to Student Profile template
344	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	SEO	Unable to edit SEO job posting
394	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	CFA	Unable to save November Arts Calendar
395	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	Controller	Add permissions for Staff to view Tax internal procedures site
401	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA		Unable to click on link for employment information
353	MiddMedia	Web User Interface	LIS – ACS	Change-user list only showing one search result.
392	MiddMedia	Web User Interface	CSO	File Size / User Storage Restrictions
87	Wordpress	cFormsII	LIS Media Se…	Media request form not sending emails
349	XML Form Framework	CyberSource Form	MIIS	Updates to Directed Gift Options on MIIS Giving Form
393	XML Form Framework	Basic Form	Ski School	Update admin email address
400	XML Form Framework	Basic Form		Typo on AAP Registration Form

Tasks/Projects planned, but not completed in the previous cycle

90 Creating the bookmarking application took longer than expected, and is being added to the next cycle.

91 Testing the LDAP connection is currently waiting for the vendor.

Task/Project Pool

This is the pool of projects and tasks that are pending and have not been chosen for completion in a work-cycle yet. This list is alphabetically ordered, not ordered by priority.If your request is not listed here it is not under consideration for completion. We may have lost track of your project or we might be waiting to hear back from you. Please post a reply reminding us of your request.The full list of tasks can always be viewed and searched at http://go.middlebury.edu/webtasks

ID	Product	Comp	Department	Summary
93	25Live	Configuration	Scheduling	Edit Business Process Extension XML transformation configuration
95	25Live	Configuration	Scheduling	Implement functional level user roles and security
97	25Live	Configuration	Scheduling	Create initial published and embedded calendars for all departments
98	25Live	Configuration	Scheduling	Sunset current events calendar and replace with embedded publisher objects
99	25Live	Configuration	Scheduling	Create feeds from web services required for Web Redo
221	25Live	Published Calendar		Develop Study Abroad events calendar
222	25Live	Published Calendar		Develop calendar of academic year for Academics site
242	25Live	Published Calendar		Develop view of Athletics facilities schedules
247	25Live	Published Calendar		Develop calendar of Alumni events for new Giving site
262	25Live	Published Calendar		Develop calendar of ISSS Events
264	25Live	Published Calendar		Develop calendar of events for News Room home page
277	25Live	Published Calendar		Develop calendar of Diversity events
282	25Live	Published Calendar		Sustainability events feed from 25Live
284	25Live	Published Calendar		Develop calendar of Arts events
65	Box Office	Confirmation Emails	CCAL	CC all promoters when sending confirmation emails for more than one event
75	Box Office	Customer Information	CCAL	Add fields for Birthday Cake orders
197	Box Office	Payment Module		Investigate issues with non-U.S. issued cards and CVV2
211	Box Office	Confirmation Emails	CCAL	Investigate issue sending confirmation email to middlebury.edu addresses
340	Box Office	Confirmation Emails		Add sale_num to emails generated for errors
122	CAS	Infrastructure	LIS	Test CAS clustering using IP multicasting of sessions/tickets
123	CAS	Infrastructure		Implement CAS clustering using IP multicasting of sessions/tickets
311	CAS	Group Manager		cannot change manager
6	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI		Add ‘labs/discussions required’ to lecture section display
8	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI		Add enrollment info to section detail and search results.
9	Course Catalog	OSID Implementation		Add enrollment info to OSID implementation
114	Course Catalog	OSID Implementation		Update CourseCatalog to OSID Version 4, Draft 4.
115	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI	LIS	Add user authentication
116	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI	LIS	Allow students to bookmark courses/sections
117	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI	LIS	Allow students to build schedules from bookmarked sections
118	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI		Add an ‘Advisor View’ to allow faculty to see advisees’ chosen sections
119	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI		Integrate the catalog with the campus map
120	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI	LIS	Enable faculty to add links to books and resources for a section
121	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI		Add a filter to allow searching for courses that “don’t conflict with my schedule”
160	Course Catalog	OSID Implementation		Look into OSID v3d4 parent genus type access.
171	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI	Academic Aff…	Allow schedule and location for upcoming sections to be hidden until scheduling is finalized.
359	Course Catalog	OSID Implementation		Off-campus courses and departments are showing up in undergrad searches
411	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI		Apply new theme to the Course Catalog Web UI.
193	Custom asp.net (web)	Athletics Application	Athletcis	Create SMS Messaging for score updates
408	Custom asp.net (web)	ODR Feed Application	College Adva…	Create ODR RSS Feed application
208	Custom PHP (cat)	Financial Aid Forms	Student Fina…	Purge database of past records
47	Custom PHP (web)	Dining Hall Menus	Dining	Hide “non-web” items from Dining Menu view
337	Custom PHP (web)	Schools Abroad PreDepartu	MSA	Unable to add students from MIIS
170	DigitalMeasures	Web Service API		Evaluation Web Service API
345	Directory	Directory Search	STSS	Viewstate Error Occurs after a period of time
17	Drupal (CMS)	Monster Menus	MIIS	Sticky items not sorted to the top of mm_taxonomy requests
22	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Make sure stories don’t display full text in the sidebar
23	Drupal (CMS)	RSS Page	MIIS	Links in RSS Page go to teaser version of node content
24	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Allow two or more calendars per google calendar node
26	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Photo credits for sub-page banner images
30	Drupal (CMS)	Monster Menus	MIIS	Allow guest authentications
32	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Links in search results within miis.edu should not open a new window
43	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Backslashes appear in the Offices & Services drop down calendar
44	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme	Scheduling	Create a content type for 25Live Publisher calendars
56	Drupal (CMS)	RSS Page	LIS	If not used w/in MM, the cache directory for RSS Page is in drupal_home/cache
61	Drupal (CMS)	TinyMCE	MIIS	Spell check does not work in Internet Explorer
62	Drupal (CMS)	TinyMCE	MIIS	When editing in Internet Explorer, the cursor will move to the top of the edit window
63	Drupal (CMS)	Media Module	MIIS	Deault file uploads to current browsing level in site tree
78	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme	Web Redo	Develop a theme for the Microphilanthropy site
168	Drupal (CMS)	Infrastructure	Language Sch…	Produce automated emails to remote site administrators linking to dead pages
175	Drupal (CMS)	MiddMedia Module		Create a MiddMedia module for browsing and inserting videos.
176	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme		Only show image files in “Image” field dropdown menu
186	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme		Remove extra space between multiple nodes on the same page
206	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Add Quick Access for other course description pages
209	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Find all nodes owned by “Anonymous” and reset ownership
210	Drupal (CMS)	Monster Menus	LIS	Modify mm_access_denied in monster_menus.module to support both CAS and pubcookie
215	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme		Add padding to inline images
216	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop targeted news feed for About Middlebury
217	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop department site navigation element for Academics home page
220	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop Library search interface based on LIS Website Team recommendations
223	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of rotating student profiles for Admissions home page
224	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop segmented views of student profiles for Admissions inner pages
225	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop views of multimedia inc. Virtual Tour for Admissions home page
226	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop “Question of the Day” feature for Admissions home page
227	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop site wide FAQ database and views of FAQs for sub-sites
228	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Move “Request More Information” Banner forms into new design
229	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop deadlines calendar for Admissions site
230	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop scrolling schedule of high school and international site visits for Admissions site
231	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop search functionality for new database of Admissions counselors
232	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop ISO chat room for Admissions site
233	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop page treatment for a list of profiles
234	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop team list dropdown for Athletics home page
235	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of news stories for Athletics home page
236	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop scoreboard and events view on Athletics home page
237	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop views of news stories for interior Athletics pages
238	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop newsletter functionality for Drupal
239	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop interface of full Athletics schedule for interior schedule page
240	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop segmented Athletics team schedules for team pages
241	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of roster from new database for Athletics team pages
243	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of stories for Giving home page
244	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop Google Map of donor stories and photos
246	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of Annual Giving stories
248	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of stories about the Middlebury Green Fund
249	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of LS stories for Giving site
250	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of SA stories for Giving site
251	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of MMLA stories for Giving site
252	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of Online Donor Rolls for Drupal
253	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Add search functionality to the Online Donor Roll
254	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Add new sections to the ODR after log in
255	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Allow users to log in and view their Giving history
256	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of featured projects for MiddLab home page
257	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of featured people for MiddLab home page
258	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop theme pages for MiddLab based on custom taxonomy
259	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop Google Map of MiddLab projects and people
260	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop Google Map for Middlebury International students and stories
261	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of International news stories for Middlebury International
263	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of featured stories for News Room home page
265	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop News Room search functionality
266	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of features Faculty Experts for News Room home page
267	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop Middlebury in the News search functionality
268	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop search functionlity for Middlebury Blogs as part of News Room
269	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop search functionality for Faculty Experts site
270	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of rotating Faculty Expert videos
271	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of News Archive content with sortable headers
272	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop metadata search functionlity for News Room multimedia site
273	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop Quick Access search feature for Office & Services home page
274	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of news stories for Student Life home page
275	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop Quick Access search feature for Student Organizations
276	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Integrate the Diversity flash site “word wall” in the Diversity at Middlebury site
278	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of featured news and stories for Sustainability home page
279	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop views of news for each of the Sustainability sub-sites
280	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop a calculator widget for Carbon Reduction page
281	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of Sustainability new for News sub-site
283	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of featured news and stories for the Arts home page
285	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of news stories for Curricular Connections
286	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of courses for Curricular Connections
288	Drupal (CMS)	Monster Menus	LIS	In training site: when adding pages and nodes, the owner is being set to “Anonymous”
289	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme		Directory search error on MIIS search page
292	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Create view of items for Research Funding Database
293	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Add Quick Access functionality to view for Research Funding Database
298	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme		Sticky nodes not staying sticky to top of the page
301	Drupal (CMS)	iGreentree Export		XML export to iGreentree
305	Drupal (CMS)	Abroadview		Create new AbroadView site.
307	Drupal (CMS)	UWC	Davis United…	Create new UWC site.
308	Drupal (CMS)	NER	Davis United…	Create new NER site.
309	Drupal (CMS)	KWD	Davis United…	Create new KWD site.
328	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme		Edit story content type to display Publication Date field below Title field
329	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme		Grant Kristen the ability to edit users/roles
331	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme		Sort program faculty pages by Faculty type
335	Drupal (CMS)	Monster Menus	LIS	Restore from Recycle Bin not working
352	Drupal (CMS)	Course Listings	FMMC	Add an exclusion-list for courses in the faculty profiles
361	Drupal (CMS)	TinyMCE		Tables with merged cells not keeping after save
362	Drupal (CMS)	TinyMCE		Multiple span tags
380	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop ‘Juice Bar’ for Academics template
386	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme		Create content type for Meebo widget
387	Drupal (CMS)	Infrastructure		Investigate and set up improved deployment of Drupal code.
409	Drupal (CMS)	Infrastructure		Configure and test Memcache caching in production Drupal for MIIS and MIDD.
413	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme		Add RSS options to Section Landing Page content type
414	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme		Dotted underline not always displayed under hyperlinks
336	GO	Self-service Administrati	CSO	Transfer control of GO shortcuts to CSO
402	GO	Self-service Administrati	Controller	Error when logging on
34	Key Survey	Custom Scripts	Psychology	Improve custom script to add dynamic graphs in a survey
49	Key Survey	User Interface	Admissions	Error when adding words to spellchecker dictionary
382	Key Survey	User Interface		Unable to access reports
96	Lynx	Web Application		Create a frame-based bookmarking toolbar
100	Lynx	Drupal bookmarking contro		Create a control to allow users to bookmark the current page.
403	Lynx	Drupal View		Integrate Lynx with the Drupal constituent gateways
412	Lynx	Web Application		Apply new theme to the Lynx web UI.
58	MediaWiki	MediaWiki code	LIS	Fix the “Category Suggest” plugin
137	MediaWiki	MediaWiki code		Create system for self-service wiki creation
138	MediaWiki	MediaWiki code	LIS	References do not show up in the LIS wiki unless logged-in
161	MediaWiki	MediaWiki code		Add updater for moving user pages to new User Name
294	Microphilanthropy	Project Page Workflow	College Adva…	Provide workflow for the application, approval, and creation of project pages.
295	Microphilanthropy	Theme for homepage		Apply design, provided by White Whale, to the Microphilanthropy homepage.
296	Microphilanthropy	Theme for project page		Apply design, provided by White Whale, to the Microphilanthropy project pages.
53	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	Dining	Changes to Dining Events site
131	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	CFA	Save Placeholder failed in Arts site
338	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	RCFIA	Unable to add content to postings within RCFIA site
367	Microsoft CMS	Newsletters	CFA	Newsletter HTML does not appear correctly in Lotus Notes
70	MiddMedia	Infrastructure (FMS/Other		Add support for transcoding other audio to mp3
124	MiddMedia	REST API		Add support for CAS proxy-authentication to the SOAP webservice
134	MiddMedia	Web User Interface		Store video dimensions in database for proper player sizing.
136	MiddMedia	Infrastructure (FMS/Other	LIS – Media …	Investigate MiddMedia for serving lecture videos
128	Moodle	Core		CASify Moodle
126	Segue	Core	LIS	CASify Segue
127	Segue	Core		Update the MiddMedia plugin to use CAS proxy authentication
139	Segue	Core	LIS – ACS	error joining site when already member
141	Segue	Core	LIS	NULL argument exception in comment editing
142	Segue	Core	LIS – ACS	Update Audio Player plugin to support MiddMedia files.
143	Segue	Core	LIS – ACS	Update File For Download plugin to support MiddMedia files.
144	Segue	Core	LIS	Integrate support for memcached caching of anonymous reads
146	Segue	Core	LIS – ACS	Site Map AuthZ on node display not accurate
147	Segue	Core	CTLR	Unknown Id error after deleting a content block.
148	Segue	Core	LIS – ACS	Tokenized links to site root not updated
149	Segue	Core		History and Reorder links hidden if titles hidden
162	Segue	Core	LIS – ACS	Tags should have a consistent alphabetical sorting when sorted by frequency
158	Visitor Account Syst	LDAP Server	LIS	Install and configure an LDAP server for housing visitor accounts
159	Visitor Account Syst	Account management forms		Create a visitor registration form.
7	Wordpress	Commenting	LIS Website …	Category and tag filtered comment feeds
12	Wordpress	Themes	LIS Website …	Add links to category and tag specific RSS feeds
13	Wordpress	Themes	LIS Website …	On category pages, filter the tag list to tags on posts in that category
14	Wordpress	Themes	LIS Website …	On tag pages, filter the category list to categories that have posts with that tag
39	Wordpress	Posting	LIS Website …	Child and parent categories are not automatically populated
71	Wordpress	Posting	LIS – Web Pr…	Login forced again on admin links (due to a bad cookie domain?)
72	Wordpress	Core	LIS	Add Google Analytics includes for Wordpress
85	Wordpress	Core	LIS	CASify WordPress
125	Wordpress	MiddMedia Plugin		Update the MiddMedia plugin to use CAS proxy authentication
135	Wordpress	Support Requests	Student	Student unable to log in to Wordpress
150	Wordpress	Core		Add subscribers who have not logged in yet
151	Wordpress	Core		Support for bulk-adding roles based on groups
152	Wordpress	cFormsII		Security issue.
153	Wordpress	Support Requests		Evaluate CodeColorer plugin
154	Wordpress	Support Requests	MIIS – DMC	Evaluate Category plugin
164	Wordpress	Infrastructure		Server access
180	Wordpress	Themes	Advancement	Remove button from Class of ‘85 theme
196	Wordpress	Support Requests	CSO	Add site for CSO to SWF Includer plugin
360	Wordpress	MiddMedia Plugin		MiddMedia not Accessible from some WordPress blogs
187	XML Form Framework	CyberSource Form	MIIS	Add MIIS favicon to MIIS giving form
245	XML Form Framework	CyberSource Form		Migrate Direct Payment Plan PDF form (Giving) to a web form system
347	XML Form Framework	Basic Form	LIS	MIIS employees not able to submit Banner Security Request Form

Web Development Workgroup bi-weekly update: the Second Edition

Joseph Antonioli — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:44:31 +0000

This is the second biweekly update from the Web Programming work-group. We are moving to a cyclical task and project planning work-flow in order to better prioritize our work. We acknowledge that requests will always come to us in a variety of ways and do not wish to burden members of the Middlebury community with overly formalized request processes. At the same time we also need to acknowledge that institutional and departmental priorities often shift over time and therefore we must have a work planning process that allows for flexibility that addresses the needs of the community, and maintains a healthy work environment for our staff.

General Focus

The Web Programming work-group is currently focused on the Web Redo project — both finishing up the MIIS site and developing the Midd site.

Tasks/Projects planned for the current cycle (October 14 – October 27)

ID	Product	Component	Department	Summary
91	25Live	Configuration	Scheduling	Test LDAP connection to hosted events site
76	Box Office	Payment Module	CCAL	Shipping address from CS being saved as Billing Address in OBO
103	Course Catalog	Web Service API		Create a feed for accessing department course listings.
104	Course Catalog	Web Service API		Create a feed for accessing faculty course listings.
106	Course Catalog	Web Service API		Create a feed for accessing the sections for a department in a particular semester
172	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI	Academic Affairs	Department links should go to the department homepage rather than a search listing
191	Custom asp.net (web)	Athletics Application	Athletcis	Move Athletics Scoreboard Events Management interface out of MCMS
16	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Allow items in the dynamic tag feeds on Be the Solution pages to be reordered
165	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme		Split “Name” field in Profile content type into 2 fields: First Name + Last Name
198	Drupal (CMS)	Webform	LIS	Send emails to non-middlebury.edu addresses
203	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme	LIS	Update Basic Content template to new deliverable
204	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Implement Profile Page template based on WW deliverable
101	Drupal (CMS)	Course Listings		Add support in Drupal for displaying course listings in department sites.
105	Drupal (CMS)	Course Listings		Add support in Drupal for displaying course listings on faculty pages.
107	Drupal (CMS)	Course Listings		Add support in Drupal for displaying section listings in department sites.
213	List Manager	Member Managment	College Advancement	Research issues with BLM and middnews_ls flag not being set.
29	Microsoft CMS	Redirect with Blurb	LIS	Script to export redirect with blurb postings in a channel tree to Excel
178	Microsoft CMS	MiddCMS		Export Resource Gallery items
181	Microsoft CMS	Newsletters	College Advancement	Setup new edition Middlebury Parents newsletter

Tasks/Projects planned for and completed in the previous cycle (September 29 – October 13)

Please note that the items listed here represent a range of time commitments; some took 10 minutes to complete, others took 3 days.

ID	Product	Component	Department	Summary
77	Box Office	Payment Module	CCAL	Missing orders from Online Box Office
177	CAS	Group Manager	LIS	Security warning in IE
3	Course Catalog	Banner syncronization		Synchronize course description tables from banner
4	Course Catalog	OSID Implementation		Read descriptions out of SCADETL
112	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI		Reformat the search results to make them two-columns.
113	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI		Remove the subject and division fields from the search interface.
109	Custom asp.net (web)	Athletics Application	Athletcis	Move Athletics Scoreboard General Management interface out of MCMS
73	Directory	Class Photo Rosters	Geography	Faculty unable to see photos of students in their class
1	Drupal (CMS)	Webform	MIIS	Send full submission in webform emails
10	Drupal (CMS)	Monster Menus	MIIS	Password protected pages use the default Drupal authentication, bypassing CAS
31	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Create custom 404 page
42	Drupal (CMS)	Monster Menus	MIIS	Selecting DISTINCT in the view generates SQL errors
86	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme	LIS	Set up Workflow for Publishing in preparation of training
88	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme	LIS	Build out Information Architecture for the new Middlebury site and assign permissions
89	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme	LIS	Compile list of features from content recommendations and add time estimates
35	Key Survey	User Interface	Staff Council	Staff Appeals Panel Elections
174	List Manager	Email Deliverability	Russian	Troubleshoot mailings being flagged as spam
33	Microsoft CMS	MiddCMS	FMMC	NULL value exception or two framework scripts
81	Microsoft CMS	Collections	Registrar	Add a school to the selection of Host Universities in the CID
179	Microsoft CMS	Newsletters	College Advancement	Setup new edition Middlebury Reunion newsletter
48	MiddMedia	Web User Interface	Biology	Add a link to allow file download and bypass browser player
108	XML Form Framework	CyberSource Form	Event Scheduling & Information Office	Update commencement housing for 2009
189	XML Form Framework	CyberSource Form	Library & Information Services	Fix snowbowl ecommerce form locations for skischool
74	XML Form Framework	CyberSource Form	Snow Bowl	Missing orders in Snow Bowl form

Tasks/Projects NOT planned for and completed in the previous cycle (September 29 – October 13)

Please note that the items listed here represent a range of time commitments; some took 10 minutes to complete, others took 3 days.

ID	Product	Component	Department	Summary
64	Box Office	Customer Information	CCAL	Add a field to store student ID#
177	CAS	Group Manager	LIS	Security warning in IE
50	Custom PHP (web)	Ride Board	CCAL	Add link to Ride Board for cross promotion
51	Custom PHP (web)	Dining Hall Menus	Dining	Changes to default menu page for reorganized dining structure
67	Directory	ID Card Photo Sync	HR	Send photo administration emails to HR
18	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Sort faculty members first by program, then by faculty type (FT, followed by adjunct)
19	Drupal (CMS)	Monster Menus	MIIS	Need to allow site menus to be locked in place for non-admin users
129	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme		Add Македонски јазик to Language choices for Profile content type
140	Drupal (CMS)	Monster Menus		Reorder menu permissions only available to administrators
167	Drupal (CMS)	TinyMCE		Improvements to TinyMCE buttons
182	Drupal (CMS)	Media Module		Image Button
183	Drupal (CMS)	Media Module		Gallery
199	Drupal (CMS)	Infrastructure	MIIS	Set up redirection rule on www.miis.edu
202	Drupal (CMS)	TinyMCE	MIIS	Update MIIS editing interface to use sane button ordering
11	Drupal (CMS)	Infrastructure	MIIS	Increase the default Drupal file upload size to 10MB
20	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Contact Us appears centered in the home page navigation window under Careers
28	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Allow admin to change the banner image used on the search results page
45	Drupal (CMS)	Monster Menus	MIIS	Webform Submission access control should bypass Drupal roles
54	Drupal (CMS)	Infrastructure	Web Redo	Files directory not writable on longhouse
55	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	Web Redo	Error messages are not displayed when editing
68	Drupal (CMS)	Infrastructure	Web Redo	Upgrade to Drupal 6.14
69	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Make a new field for Expertise on Profile template
102	List Manager	New List	MIIS	Create new account for adudney@middlebury.edu
169	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	Athletics	Set up winter sports channels
190	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	Human Resources	Hide the OpenHire documentation on the CMS
145	Segue	Core	LIS – ACS	Add Google Analytics tracking code to the Segue footer
155	Wordpress	Core	LIS – ACS	Google Calendar plugin doesn’t work
130	XML Form Framework	CyberSource Form		Country field not prepopulated into CyberSource on Alumni Giving Form
188	XML Form Framework	Basic Form	Records	Cannot log in to Banner Security Request Form
2	XML Form Framework	Basic Form	SGA	GO shortcut to SGA on confirmation screen has wrong URL
5	XML Form Framework	Basic Form	SGA	Candidate in SGA election not receiving positive votes
38	XML Form Framework	Basic Form	SGA	Correct candidate name on SGA voting form

Tasks/Projects planned, but not completed in the previous cycle

76 – Shipping address for CS being saved as Billing Address in OBO – Reason: Reopened with request for additional functionality

84 – CASify WordPress – Reason: CASifying MiddMedia took more time than expected. Taking the extra time to do this correctly has provided us with information that will help in future CAS-ification projects.

91 – Test LDAP connection to hosted events site – Reason: waiting on completion of SIS Interface testing by Events Scheduling

Task/Project Pool

ID	Product	Component	Department	Summary
92	25Live	Configuration	Scheduling	Edit XML configuration for event contact roles, custom attributes, etc.
93	25Live	Configuration	Scheduling	Edit Business Process Extension XML transformation configuration
94	25Live	Configuration	Scheduling	Define 25Live roles and business practices
95	25Live	Configuration	Scheduling	Implement functional level user roles and security
97	25Live	Configuration	Scheduling	Create initial published and embedded calendars for all departments
98	25Live	Configuration	Scheduling	Sunset current events calendar and replace with embedded publisher objects
99	25Live	Configuration	Scheduling	Create feeds from web services required for Web Redo
221	25Live	Published Calendar		Develop Study Abroad events calendar
222	25Live	Published Calendar		Develop calendar of academic year for Academics site
242	25Live	Published Calendar		Develop view of Athletics facilities schedules
247	25Live	Published Calendar		Develop calendar of Alumni events for new Giving site
262	25Live	Published Calendar		Develop calendar of ISSS Events
264	25Live	Published Calendar		Develop calendar of events for News Room home page
277	25Live	Published Calendar		Develop calendar of Diversity events
282	25Live	Published Calendar		Sustainability events feed from 25Live
284	25Live	Published Calendar		Develop calendar of Arts events
65	Box Office	Confirmation Emails	CCAL	CC all promoters when sending confirmation emails for more than one event
66	Box Office	Confirmation Emails	CCAL	Change styles for email confirmations so that they are printable
75	Box Office	Customer Information	CCAL	Add fields for Birthday Cake orders
111	Box Office	Payment Module	CCAL	Approve AVS mismatch transactions
197	Box Office	Payment Module		Investigate issues with non-U.S. issued cards and CVV2
211	Box Office	Confirmation Emails	CCAL	Investigate issue sending confirmation email to middlebury.edu addresses
122	CAS	Infrastructure	LIS	Test CAS clustering using IP multicasting of sessions/tickets
123	CAS	Infrastructure		Implement CAS clustering using IP multicasting of sessions/tickets
157	CAS	Infrastructure		Verify the status of backups
6	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI		Add ‘labs/discussions required’ to lecture section display
8	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI		Add enrollment info to section detail and search results.
9	Course Catalog	OSID Implementation		Add enrollment info to OSID implementation
114	Course Catalog	OSID Implementation		Update CourseCatalog to OSID Version 4, Draft 4.
160	Course Catalog	OSID Implementation		Look into OSID v3d4 parent genus type access.
171	Course Catalog	Web Service API	Academic Affairs	Allow schedule and location for upcoming sections to be hidden until scheduling is finalized.
212	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI		Install Course Catalog application in production environment
115	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI	LIS	Add user authentication
116	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI	LIS	Allow students to bookmark courses/sections
117	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI	LIS	Allow students to build schedules from bookmarked sections
118	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI		Add an ‘Advisor View’ to allow faculty to see advisees’ chosen sections
119	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI		Integrate the catalog with the campus map
120	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI	LIS	Enable faculty to add links to books and resources for a section
121	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI		Add a filter to allow searching for courses that “don’t conflict with my schedule”
192	Custom asp.net (web)	Athletics Application	Athletcis	Create XML/RSS feed for scoreboard.
193	Custom asp.net (web)	Athletics Application	Athletcis	Create SMS Messaging for score updates
208	Custom PHP (cat)	Financial Aid Forms	Student Financial Services	Purge database of past records
47	Custom PHP (web)	Dining Hall Menus	Dining	Hide “non-web” items from Dining Menu view
170	DigitalMeasures	Web Service API		Evaluation Web Service API
163	Directory	Directory Search		Users marked as hidden in Banner being displayed in search results
17	Drupal (CMS)	Monster Menus	MIIS	Sticky items not sorted to the top of mm_taxonomy requests
22	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Make sure stories don’t display full text in the sidebar
23	Drupal (CMS)	RSS Page	MIIS	Links in RSS Page go to teaser version of node content
25	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Photo credits for Be the Solution banner images
26	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Photo credits for sub-page banner images
27	Drupal (CMS)	Media Module	MIIS	Picture titles not always saved on upload
30	Drupal (CMS)	Monster Menus	MIIS	Allow guest authentications
32	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Links in search results within miis.edu should not open a new window
37	Drupal (CMS)	Infrastructure	Web Redo	Test Drupal configuration with Memcached and the MySQL Proxy
43	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Backslashes appear in the Offices & Services drop down calendar
44	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme	Scheduling	Create a content type for 25Live Publisher calendars
56	Drupal (CMS)	RSS Page	LIS	If not used w/in MM, the cache directory for RSS Page is in drupal_home/cache
61	Drupal (CMS)	TinyMCE	MIIS	Spell check does not work in Internet Explorer
62	Drupal (CMS)	TinyMCE	MIIS	When editing in Internet Explorer, the cursor will move to the top of the edit window
63	Drupal (CMS)	Media Module	MIIS	Deault file uploads to current browsing level in site tree
78	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme	Web Redo	Develop a theme for the Microphilanthropy site
83	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme	Business Services	Add a content type for Business Services Housing database
168	Drupal (CMS)	Infrastructure	Language Schools	Produce automated emails to remote site administrators linking to dead pages
175	Drupal (CMS)	MiddMedia Module		Create a MiddMedia module for browsing and inserting videos.
176	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme		Only show image files in “Image” field dropdown menu
186	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme		Remove extra space between multiple nodes on the same page
194	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme		Homepage newsfeed does not reflect Views module preview
205	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Implement FAQ page template based on WW deliverable
206	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Add Quick Access for other course description pages
207	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Add first name and last name fields to the Profile content type
209	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Find all nodes owned by “Anonymous” and reset ownership
210	Drupal (CMS)	Monster Menus	LIS	Modify mm_access_denied in monster_menus.module to support both CAS and pubcookie
215	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme		Add padding to inline images
216	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop targeted news feed for About Middlebury
217	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop department site navigation element for Academics home page
218	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop course list for Fall Seminars site in Academics
219	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop course list for Spring Seminars site in Academics
220	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop Library search interface based on LIS Website Team recommendations
223	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of rotating student profiles for Admissions home page
224	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop segmented views of student profiles for Admissions inner pages
225	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop views of multimedia inc. Virtual Tour for Admissions home page
226	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop “Question of the Day” feature for Admissions home page
227	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop site wide FAQ database and views of FAQs for sub-sites
228	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Move “Request More Information” Banner forms into new design
229	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop deadlines calendar for Admissions site
230	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop scrolling schedule of high school and international site visits for Admissions site
231	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop search functionality for new database of Admissions counselors
232	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop ISO chat room for Admissions site
233	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop page treatment for a list of profiles
234	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop team list dropdown for Athletics home page
235	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of news stories for Athletics home page
236	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop scoreboard and events view on Athletics home page
237	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop views of news stories for interior Athletics pages
238	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop newsletter functionality for Drupal
239	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop interface of full Athletics schedule for interior schedule page
240	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop segmented Athletics team schedules for team pages
241	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of roster from new database for Athletics team pages
243	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of stories for Giving home page
244	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop Google Map of donor stories and photos
246	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of Annual Giving stories
248	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of stories about the Middlebury Green Fund
249	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of LS stories for Giving site
250	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of SA stories for Giving site
251	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of MMLA stories for Giving site
252	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of Online Donor Rolls for Drupal
253	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Add search functionality to the Online Donor Roll
254	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Add new sections to the ODR after log in
255	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Allow users to log in and view their Giving history
256	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of featured projects for MiddLab home page
257	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of featured people for MiddLab home page
258	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop theme pages for MiddLab based on custom taxonomy
259	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop Google Map of MiddLab projects and people
260	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop Google Map for Middlebury International students and stories
261	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of International news stories for Middlebury International
263	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of featured stories for News Room home page
265	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop News Room search functionality
266	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of features Faculty Experts for News Room home page
267	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop Middlebury in the News search functionality
268	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop search functionlity for Middlebury Blogs as part of News Room
269	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop search functionality for Faculty Experts site
270	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of rotating Faculty Expert videos
271	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of News Archive content with sortable headers
272	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop metadata search functionlity for News Room multimedia site
273	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop Quick Access search feature for Office & Services home page
274	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of news stories for Student Life home page
275	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop Quick Access search feature for Student Organizations
276	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Integrate the Diversity flash site “word wall” in the Diversity at Middlebury site
278	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of featured news and stories for Sustainability home page
279	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop views of news for each of the Sustainability sub-sites
280	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop a calculator widget for Carbon Reduction page
281	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of Sustainability new for News sub-site
283	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of featured news and stories for the Arts home page
285	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of news stories for Curricular Connections
286	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Develop view of courses for Curricular Connections
288	Drupal (CMS)	Monster Menus	LIS	In training site: when adding pages and nodes, the owner is being set to “Anonymous”
289	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme		Directory search error on MIIS search page
291	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Add content type for Research Funding Database
292	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Create view of items for Research Funding Database
293	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme		Add Quick Access functionality to view for Research Funding Database
24	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Allow two or more calendars per google calendar node
184	GO	Self-service Administrati		Cannot update existing code
34	Key Survey	Custom Scripts	Psychology	Improve custom script to add dynamic graphs in a survey
49	Key Survey	User Interface	Admissions	Error when adding words to spellchecker dictionary
90	Lynx	Web Application		Create a basic web form for managing your list of links.
96	Lynx	Web Application		Create a frame-based bookmarking toolbar
100	Lynx	Drupal bookmarking contro		Create a control to allow users to bookmark the current page.
214	Lynx	Web Application		Install Lynx on a production server
57	MediaWiki	Wiki Creation/Configurati	LIS	Add project management plugins to the LIS wiki
58	MediaWiki	MediaWiki code	LIS	Fix the “Category Suggest” plugin
59	MediaWiki	MediaWiki code	LIS	Install the “Dynamic Pages” plugin
60	MediaWiki	MediaWiki code	LIS	Install the “Structured Input” plugin
137	MediaWiki	MediaWiki code		Create system for self-service wiki creation
138	MediaWiki	MediaWiki code	LIS	References do not show up in the LIS wiki unless logged-in
161	MediaWiki	MediaWiki code		Add updater for moving user pages to new User Name
53	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	Dining	Changes to Dining Events site
131	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	CFA	Save Placeholder failed in Arts site
132	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	CFA	Remove channel request from Arts
133	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	CFA	Sort order incorrect in ArtsMail
185	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	Studio Art	Remove photos from Studio Art site
195	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	CCAL	Reorg of the Orientation Website
200	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	HR	Change links on Jobseekers site to use new hiring system
201	Microsoft CMS	MiddCMS	Communications	Add Donors to “Gateways for” drop down
290	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	SEO	User permissions issue in SEO Job Descriptions
36	MiddMedia	Web User Interface		Add HTML form upload for very large files.
70	MiddMedia	Infrastructure (FMS/Other		Add support for transcoding other audio to mp3
124	MiddMedia	REST API		Add support for CAS proxy-authentication to the SOAP webservice
136	MiddMedia	Infrastructure (FMS/Other	LIS – Media Services	Investigate MiddMedia for serving lecture videos
287	MiddMedia	Web User Interface	MIIS	Links to videos not working
134	MiddMedia	Web User Interface		Store video dimensions in database for proper player sizing.
128	Moodle	Core		CASify Moodle
126	Segue	Core	LIS	CASify Segue
127	Segue	Core		Update the MiddMedia plugin to use CAS proxy authentication
139	Segue	Core	LIS – ACS	error joining site when already member
141	Segue	Core	LIS	NULL argument exception in comment editing
142	Segue	Core	LIS – ACS	Update Audio Player plugin to support MiddMedia files.
143	Segue	Core	LIS – ACS	Update File For Download plugin to support MiddMedia files.
144	Segue	Core	LIS	Integrate support for memcached caching of anonymous reads
148	Segue	Core	LIS – ACS	Tokenized links to site root not updated
146	Segue	Core	LIS – ACS	Site Map AuthZ on node display not accurate
147	Segue	Core	CTLR	Unknown Id error after deleting a content block.
149	Segue	Core		History and Reorder links hidden if titles hidden
162	Segue	Core	LIS – ACS	Tags should have a consistent alphabetical sorting when sorted by frequency
158	Visitor Account Syst	LDAP Server	LIS	Install and configure an LDAP server for housing visitor accounts
159	Visitor Account Syst	Account management forms		Create a visitor registration form.
152	Wordpress	cFormsII		Security issue.
7	Wordpress	Commenting	LIS Website Team	Category and tag filtered comment feeds
12	Wordpress	Themes	LIS Website Team	Add links to category and tag specific RSS feeds
13	Wordpress	Themes	LIS Website Team	On category pages, filter the tag list to tags on posts in that category
14	Wordpress	Themes	LIS Website Team	On tag pages, filter the category list to categories that have posts with that tag
39	Wordpress	Posting	LIS Website Team	Child and parent categories are not automatically populated
71	Wordpress	Posting	LIS – Web Programming	Login forced again on admin links (due to a bad cookie domain?)
72	Wordpress	Core	LIS	Add Google Analytics includes for Wordpress
85	Wordpress	Core	LIS	CASify WordPress
87	Wordpress	cFormsII	LIS Media Services	Media request form not sending emails
125	Wordpress	MiddMedia Plugin		Update the MiddMedia plugin to use CAS proxy authentication
135	Wordpress	Support Requests	Student	Student unable to log in to Wordpress
150	Wordpress	Core		Add subscribers who have not logged in yet
151	Wordpress	Core		Support for bulk-adding roles based on groups
153	Wordpress	Support Requests		Evaluate CodeColorer plugin
154	Wordpress	Support Requests	MIIS – DMC	Evaluate Category plugin
164	Wordpress	Infrastructure		Server access
180	Wordpress	Themes	Advancement	Remove button from Class of ‘85 theme
196	Wordpress	Support Requests	CSO	Add site for CSO to SWF Includer plugin
245	XML Form Framework	CyberSource Form		Migrate Direct Payment Plan PDF form (Giving) to a web form system
187	XML Form Framework	CyberSource Form	MIIS	Add MIIS favicon to MIIS giving form

Web Programming Workgroup bi-weekly update: The First Edition

Joseph Antonioli — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:43:30 +0000

This is the first biweekly update from the Web Programming work-group. We are moving to a cyclical task and project planning work-flow in order to better prioritize our work. We acknowledge that requests will always come to us in a variety of ways and do not wish to burden members of the Middlebury community with overly formalized request processes. At the same time we also need to acknowledge that institutional and departmental priorities often shift over time and therefore we must have a work planning process that allows for flexibility that addresses the needs of the community, and maintains a healthy work environment for our staff.

All requests to the Web Programming work-group will be placed into our request/task/project pool. At the beginning of each biweekly work cycle we will evaluate the contents of this pool and tackle a set of work that can be accomplished at our current staffing level. While we will generally try to fit requests into our work cycles in a timely manner, we will not promise what work cycle a request will be placed in. Our task/project pool is not a first-in-first-out system (a queue) nor is it a last-in-first-out system (a stack), the pool is a mixed collection of items that will be reevaluated each work cycle based on how the projects match against institutional, departmental, and work-group priorities.

You will notice that the list of items done between 9/15 and 9/29 is significantly longer than the list of our priorities for the next cycle. One of our goals in developing this plan for work is to schedule time to ensure that we produce systems that are robust, functional and complete to reduce the number of bugs and issues that cause these lists to grow. We will also use this plan to make sure that we have time to focus on some of the larger development tasks — especially related to the Web Redo project — and the time needed to build new applications for the Middlebury community to use.

General Focus

The Web Programming work-group is currently focused on the Web Redo project — both finishing up the MIIS site and developing the Midd site.

Tasks/Projects planned for the current cycle (September 29 – October 13)

ID	Product	Comp	Department	Summary
91	25Live	Configuration	Scheduling	Test LDAP connection to hosted events site
76	Box Office	Payment Module	CCAL	Shipping address from CS being saved as Billing Address in OBO
77	Box Office	Payment Module	CCAL	Missing orders from Online Box Office
3	Course Catalog	Banner syncronization		Synchronize course description tables from banner
4	Course Catalog	OSID Implementation		Read descriptions out of SCADETL
80	Course Catalog	OSID Implementation	Web Redo	Base instructor Ids off of web_ids
82	Course Catalog	OSID Implementation	Web Redo	Investigate proper usage of SSBSECT_SSTS_CODE to ensure that canceled sections are not listed.
109	Custom asp.net (web)	Athletics Application	Athletcis	Move Athletics Scoreboard General Management interface out of MCMS
73	Directory	Class Photo Rosters	Geography	Faculty unable to see photos of students in their class
10	Drupal (CMS)	Monster Menus	MIIS	Password protected pages use the default Drupal authentication, bypassing CAS
31	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Create custom 404 page
42	Drupal (CMS)	Monster Menus	MIIS	Selecting DISTINCT in the view generates SQL errors
86	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme	LIS	Set up Workflow for Publishing in preparation of training
88	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme	LIS	Build out Information Architecture for the new Middlebury site and assign permissions
89	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme	LIS	Compile list of features from content recommendations and add time estimates
79	Drupal (CMS)	Infrastructure	Web Redo	Set up midd2 content staging Drupal.
1	Drupal (CMS)	Webform	MIIS	Send full submission in webform emails
33	Microsoft CMS	MiddCMS	FMMC	NULL value exception or two framework scripts
81	Microsoft CMS	Collections	Registrar	Add a school to the selection of Host Universities in the CID
84	MiddMedia	Web User Interface	LIS	CASify MiddMedia
85	Wordpress	Core	LIS	CASify WordPress
35	XML Form Framework	Basic Form	Staff Council	Staff Appeals Panel Elections
108	XML Form Framework	CyberSource Form	Event Scheduling & Information Office	Update commencement housing for 2009
74	XML Form Framework	CyberSource Form	Snow Bowl	Missing orders in Snow Bowl form

Tasks/Projects completed in the previous cycle (September 15 – September 29)

Please note that the items listed here represent a range of time commitments; some took 10 minutes to complete, others took 3 days.

Added support for server-side transcoding of videos on MiddMedia. Multiple video formats are now supported for upload.
Allow direct file downloads of movies from MiddMedia administration interface.
Resolve CLASP listserv mailing issue. (Academic Affairs)
Troubleshoot List Manager emails being tagged as spam. (Administrative Program Coordinator)
Grant access to news template. (Alliance for Civic Engagement/Vermont Campus Compact)
Update VCC Online Registration Form. (Alliance for Civic Engagement/Vermont Campus Compact)
Update house photos. (Assistant Treasurer’s Office) (8 instances)
Add a link from the Ride Board to travel information for cross-promotion (CCAL)
Resolve new box office workstation connectivity issue. (CCAL)
Troubleshot CAS certificate issues for an outside vendor, pointed them at our documentation. (CCAL)
Removed prepopulated shipTo fields from data sent to CyberSource from Box Office (CCAL)
Create 2009-2010 CMS structure. (College Advancement)
Update Homecoming form redirect link. (College Advancement)
Resolve PIDM matching issue. (Communications)
Update Annual Graduate and Professional School Fair form. (CSO)
Grant CMS access. (CSO)
Increased space quota on MiddMedia. (CSO)
Increased maximum upload size on MiddMedia (CSO)
Change rightnav objects for the Compass newsletter. (CSO)
Change rightnav objects for the Senior Spotlight newsletter. (CSO)
Update undergraduate script to use new tables. (College Advancement)
Setup List Manager listserv for MMLA appeal. (College Advancement)
Create Parents donor roll script. (College Advancement)
Create Language Schools donor roll script. (College Advancement)
Create Bread Loaf donor roll script. (College Advancement)
Create 1800 Society donor roll script. (College Advancement)
Resolve missing data/empty tables. (College Advancement)
Updated go/1800 link to point to new year. (College Advancement)
Resolve data inconsistancies in emails. (College Advancement)
Compiled listings of existing Curricular Technology web sites. (Curricular Technology Team)
Change a channel name in the Judicial Board site (Dean of the College)
Make changes to Commons Dinner Form (Dining)
Additional changes to Commons Dinner Form (Dining) (4 instances)
Changed Dining Hall Menu interface to reflect changes to Dining locations (Dining)
Create new Events Scheduling channel in the cms. (Event Scheduling & Information Office)
Open Commencement Housing form for review. (Event Scheduling & Information Office)
Troubleshoot cform issues post upgrade. (Facilities Services)
Fixed the configuration of a new MediaWiki Wiki. (FMMC)
Grant access to directory features. (Health Center)
Investigated why users without the MiddleburyCollegeUID fields in their record are excluded from Directory results (HR)
Create 2009 factbook channel. (Institutional Research)
Fix CMS save placeholder error. (International Programs & Off-Campus Study)
Change rightnav objects for Middnews Language Schools Edition. (Language Schools Administration)
Added Apache redirects on the WordPress server to redirect from the ‘list’ blog to the ‘lis’ blog. (LIS/Web Redo)
Remove reference to Channel Deletion form the CMS. (LIS)
Changed LISt blog to Library & Information Services blog, changed categories (LIS)
Moved LIS Website Team blog into Library & Information Services blog (LIS)
Moved Ian’s Web Services blog into Library & Information Services blog (LIS)
Fix capatability issue with safari and List Manager admin interface. (LIS)
Added the “Authors Widget” plugin to WordPress. (LIS)
Made improvements to go/status to increase accessibility and pushed to production server (LIS)
Investigated whether draft posts in blogs were not appearing for all logged in users (LIS)
Investigated Segue visitor account issue (LIS ACS)
Reviewed and added a new WordPress theme (LIS ACS)
MIIS site login pages redirected to CAS (MIIS)
Fixed hover styles for MIIS sub-site horizontal navigation (MIIS)
Moved MIIS sub-site banner image directory into files share on middfiles (MIIS)
Changed MIIS sub-site banner image upload behavior to overwrite existing files (MIIS)
Changed MIIS site font styles for sidebar headings (MIIS)
Changed spelling of “Korean” (in Korean) on MIIS site templates (MIIS)
Applied new design to MIIS Directory (MIIS)
Uploaded new MIIS seal image for MIIS Directory results (MIIS)
Applied new design to MIIS Giving Form (MIIS)
Investigated why Recycle Bins appear when not logged in (MIIS)
Changed Webform module submission access control to bypass Drupal roles (MIIS)
Fixed ordering of items in home page drop down menus (MIIS)
Increased the maximum file upload size to 10mb (MIIS)
Change Google Calendar content type to allow two or more calendars (MIIS)
Remove “Languages” from the breadcrumb on language landing pages
Changed Directory last name search to use both the surname and common name fields (Public Safety)
Create copy of Key Survey – Lecture/Event Proposal Form (RCFIA)
Resolve repeating text issue. (RCFIA)
Resolve email inconsitancies in Intent to Graduate/Diploma Online Application (Registrar’s Office)
Purge old data from the Intent to Graduate/Diploma Online Application (Registrar’s Office)
Added new administrator for Schools Abroad Pre-Departure application (SA)
Updated the go/sga link. (SGA)
Updated go/svgavote link. (SGA)
Created election form for SGA 2009 elections (SGA)
Corrected go link on the SGA 2009 elections form (SGA)
Fixed SGA 2009 election form to resolve issue where candidate did not receive votes (SGA)
Corrected spelling of candidate name on SGA 2009 elections form (SGA)
Updated CAS to support user accounts located in the Managed_Users container (Single Sign On)
Load-tested a CAS cluster using the JpaTicketRegistry to determine production worthiness. (Single Sign On)
Debugged a CAS cluster ticket issue. (Single Sign On)
Set up a second CAS server and got CAS running successfully as a cluster. (Single Sign On)
Update ski lessions form for 2009-2010 season. (Ski School) (2 instances)
Update snowbowl prices. (Snow Bowl)
Create new snowbowl pass form for faculty/staff. (Snow Bowl)
Update existing snowbowl pass for students. (Snow Bowl)
Add new Center for the Arts to level C job_description channel. (Student Employment Office)
Grant CMS editor access. (Student Employment Office)
Grant CNS access. (Student Financial Services)
Remove old finacial aid links. (Student Financial Services)
Tested a high-availability database configuration for Drupal. (Web Redo)
Fixed Drupal group-selection permissions. (Web Redo)
Researched the possible usage of Memcached with Drupal. (Web Redo)
Implemented generic template for new Midd site (Web Redo)
Updated Drupal Date module to 6.x-2.4 (Web Redo)
Set up tag cloud for stories in Drupal test site for White Whale demonstration (Web Redo)
Investigated group synching issue with Drupal test site (Web Redo)
Files directory not writable on Drupal test site (Web Redo)
Error messages not displayed when editing in Drupal (Web Redo)
Compiled list of Drupal features for Admissions from content recommendations documents (Web Redo)
Compiled list of Drupal features for Giving from content recommendations documents (Web Redo)
Compiled list of Drupal features for MiddLabs from content recommendations documents (Web Redo)
Compiled list of Drupal features for Middlebury International from content recommendations documents (Web Redo)
Compiled list of Drupal features for News Room from content recommendations documents (Web Redo)
Compiled list of Drupal features for Offices & Services from content recommendations documents (Web Redo)
Evaluated assembla for departmental use. (Web Services)
Resolve issues with registration form. (Vermont Campus Compact)

Tasks/Projects planned, but not completed in the previous cycle

None (we are in the first planning cycle now)

Task/Project Pool

This is the pool of projects and tasks that are pending and have not been chosen for completion in a work-cycle yet. This list is alphabetically ordered, not ordered by priority.

If your request is not listed here it is not under consideration for completion. We may have lost track of your project or we might be waiting to hear back from you. Please post a reply reminding us of your request.

The full list of tasks can always be viewed and searched at http://go.middlebury.edu/webtasks

ID	Product	Comp	Department	Summary
92	25Live	Configuration	Scheduling	Edit XML configuration for event contact roles, custom attributes, etc.
93	25Live	Configuration	Scheduling	Edit Business Process Extension XML transformation configuration
94	25Live	Configuration	Scheduling	Define 25Live roles and business practices
95	25Live	Configuration	Scheduling	Implement functional level user roles and security
97	25Live	Configuration	Scheduling	Create initial published and embedded calendars for all departments
98	25Live	Configuration	Scheduling	Sunset current events calendar and replace with embedded publisher objects
99	25Live	Configuration	Scheduling	Create feeds from web services required for Web Redo
65	Box Office	Confirmation Emails	CCAL	CC all promoters when sending confirmation emails for more than one event
66	Box Office	Confirmation Emails	CCAL	Change styles for email confirmations so that they are printable
64	Box Office	Customer Information	CCAL	Add a field to store student ID#
75	Box Office	Customer Information	CCAL	Add fields for Birthday Cake orders
111	Box Office	Payment Module	CCAL	Approve AVS mismatch transactions
122	CAS	Infrastructure	LIS	Test CAS clustering using IP multicasting of sessions/tickets
123	CAS	Infrastructure		Implement CAS clustering using IP multicasting of sessions/tickets
157	CAS	Infrastructure		Verify the status of backups
9	Course Catalog	OSID Implementation		Add enrollment info to OSID implementation
114	Course Catalog	OSID Implementation		Update CourseCatalog to OSID Version 4, Draft 4.
160	Course Catalog	OSID Implementation		Look into OSID v3d4 parent genus type access.
6	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI		Add ‘labs/discussions required’ to lecture section display
8	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI		Add enrollment info to section detail and search results.
112	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI		Reformat the search results to make them two-columns.
113	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI		Remove the subject and division fields from the search interface.
115	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI	LIS	Add user authentication
116	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI	LIS	Allow students to bookmark courses/sections
117	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI	LIS	Allow students to build schedules from bookmarked sections
118	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI		Add an ‘Advisor View’ to allow faculty to see advisees’ chosen sections
119	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI		Integrate the catalog with the campus map
120	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI	LIS	Enable faculty to add links to books and resources for a section
121	Course Catalog	Search and browse UI		Add a filter to allow searching for courses that “don’t conflict with my schedule”
103	Course Catalog	Web Service API		Create a feed for accessing department course listings.
104	Course Catalog	Web Service API		Create a feed for accessing faculty course listings.
106	Course Catalog	Web Service API		Create a feed for accessing the sections for a department in a particular semester
109	Custom asp.net (web)	Athletics Application	Athletcis	Move Athletics Scoreboard General Management interface out of MCMS
47	Custom PHP (web)	Dining Hall Menus	Dining	Hide “non-web” items from Dining Menu view
163	Directory	Directory Search		Users marked as hidden in Banner being displayed in search results
101	Drupal (CMS)	Course Listings		Add support in Drupal for displaying course listings in department sites.
105	Drupal (CMS)	Course Listings		Add support in Drupal for displaying course listings on faculty pages.
107	Drupal (CMS)	Course Listings		Add support in Drupal for displaying section listings in department sites.
37	Drupal (CMS)	Infrastructure	Web Redo	Test Drupal configuration with Memcached and the MySQL Proxy
27	Drupal (CMS)	Media Module	MIIS	Picture titles not always saved on upload
63	Drupal (CMS)	Media Module	MIIS	Deault file uploads to current browsing level in site tree
44	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme	Scheduling	Create a content type for 25Live Publisher calendars
78	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme	Web Redo	Develop a theme for the Microphilanthropy site
83	Drupal (CMS)	Midd Theme	Business Services	Add a content type for Business Services Housing database
16	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Allow items in the dynamic tag feeds on Be the Solution pages to be reordered
18	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Sort faculty members first by program, then by faculty type (FT, followed by adjunct)
22	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Make sure stories don’t display full text in the sidebar
25	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Photo credits for Be the Solution banner images
26	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Photo credits for sub-page banner images
32	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Links in search results within miis.edu should not open a new window
43	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme	MIIS	Backslashes appear in the Offices & Services drop down calendar
129	Drupal (CMS)	MIIS Theme		Add Македонски јазик to Language choices for Profile content type
17	Drupal (CMS)	Monster Menus	MIIS	Sticky items not sorted to the top of mm_taxonomy requests
19	Drupal (CMS)	Monster Menus	MIIS	Need to allow site menus to be locked in place for non-admin users
30	Drupal (CMS)	Monster Menus	MIIS	Allow guest authentications
140	Drupal (CMS)	Monster Menus		Reorder menu permissions only available to administrators
23	Drupal (CMS)	RSS Page	MIIS	Links in RSS Page go to teaser version of node content
56	Drupal (CMS)	RSS Page	LIS	If not used w/in MM, the cache directory for RSS Page is in drupal_home/cache
61	Drupal (CMS)	TinyMCE	MIIS	Spell check does not work in Internet Explorer
62	Drupal (CMS)	TinyMCE	MIIS	When editing in Internet Explorer, the cursor will move to the top of the edit window
34	Key Survey	Custom Scripts	Psychology	Improve custom script to add dynamic graphs in a survey
49	Key Survey	User Interface	Admissions	Error when adding words to spellchecker dictionary
100	Lynx	Drupal bookmarking contro		Create a control to allow users to bookmark the current page.
90	Lynx	Web Application		Create a basic web form for managing your list of links.
96	Lynx	Web Application		Create a frame-based bookmarking toolbar
58	MediaWiki	MediaWiki code	LIS	Fix the “Category Suggest” plugin
59	MediaWiki	MediaWiki code	LIS	Install the “Dynamic Pages” plugin
60	MediaWiki	MediaWiki code	LIS	Install the “Structured Input” plugin
137	MediaWiki	MediaWiki code		Create system for self-service wiki creation
138	MediaWiki	MediaWiki code	LIS	References do not show up in the LIS wiki unless logged-in
161	MediaWiki	MediaWiki code		Add updater for moving user pages to new User Name
57	MediaWiki	Wiki Creation/Configurati	LIS	Add project management plugins to the LIS wiki
53	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	Dining	Changes to Dining Events site
131	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	CFA	Save Placeholder failed in Arts site
132	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	CFA	Remove channel request from Arts
133	Microsoft CMS	Content Editing and IA	CFA	Sort order incorrect in ArtsMail
29	Microsoft CMS	Redirect with Blurb	LIS	Script to export redirect with blurb postings in a channel tree to Excel
70	MiddMedia	Infrastructure (FMS/Other		Add support for transcoding other audio to mp3
136	MiddMedia	Infrastructure (FMS/Other	LIS – Media Services	Investigate MiddMedia for serving lecture videos
124	MiddMedia	REST API		Add support for CAS proxy-authentication to the SOAP webservice
36	MiddMedia	Web User Interface		Add HTML form upload for very large files.
134	MiddMedia	Web User Interface		Store video dimensions in database for proper player sizing.
128	Moodle	Core		CASify Moodle
126	Segue	Core	LIS	CASify Segue
127	Segue	Core		Update the MiddMedia plugin to use CAS proxy authentication
139	Segue	Core	LIS – ACS	error joining site when already member
141	Segue	Core	LIS	NULL argument exception in comment editing
142	Segue	Core	LIS – ACS	Update Audio Player plugin to support MiddMedia files.
143	Segue	Core	LIS – ACS	Update File For Download plugin to support MiddMedia files.
144	Segue	Core	LIS	Integrate support for memcached caching of anonymous reads
145	Segue	Core	LIS – ACS	Add Google Analytics tracking code to the Segue footer
148	Segue	Core	LIS – ACS	Tokenized links to site root not updated
146	Segue	Core	LIS – ACS	Site Map AuthZ on node display not accurate
147	Segue	Core	CTLR	Unknown Id error after deleting a content block.
149	Segue	Core		History and Reorder links hidden if titles hidden
162	Segue	Core	LIS – ACS	Tags should have a consistent alphabetical sorting when sorted by frequency
159	Visitor Account Syst	Account management forms		Create a visitor registration form.
158	Visitor Account Syst	LDAP Server	LIS	Install and configure an LDAP server for housing visitor accounts
152	Wordpress	cFormsII		Security issue.
87	Wordpress	cFormsII	LIS Media Services	Media request form not sending emails
7	Wordpress	Commenting	LIS Website Team	Category and tag filtered comment feeds
72	Wordpress	Core	LIS	Add Google Analytics includes for Wordpress
150	Wordpress	Core		Add subscribers who have not logged in yet
151	Wordpress	Core		Support for bulk-adding roles based on groups
155	Wordpress	Core	LIS – ACS	Google Calendar plugin doesn’t work
164	Wordpress	Infrastructure		Server access
125	Wordpress	MiddMedia Plugin		Update the MiddMedia plugin to use CAS proxy authentication
39	Wordpress	Posting	LIS Website Team	Child and parent categories are not automatically populated
71	Wordpress	Posting	LIS – Web Programming	Login forced again on admin links (due to a bad cookie domain?)
110	Wordpress	Support Requests	LIS – Curricular Tech Team	Import Curricular Tech Team blog into the LIS blog.
135	Wordpress	Support Requests	Student	Student unable to log in to Wordpress
153	Wordpress	Support Requests		Evaluate CodeColorer plugin
154	Wordpress	Support Requests	MIIS – DMC	Evaluate Category plugin
12	Wordpress	Themes	LIS Website Team	Add links to category and tag specific RSS feeds
13	Wordpress	Themes	LIS Website Team	On category pages, filter the tag list to tags on posts in that category
14	Wordpress	Themes	LIS Website Team	On tag pages, filter the category list to categories that have posts with that tag
108	XML Form Framework	CyberSource Form	Event Scheduling & Information Office	Update commencement housing for 2009

Fall 2009 Course Website Recommendations

Joseph Antonioli — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:42:43 +0000

The Curricular Technology team is making the following recommendations to LIS on the platforms available for creating course sites. – Alex Chapin

A number of technology tools and services are available to faculty to use in their teaching and for their courses including applications for creating course sites, blogs, collaborative spaces and presentations. What follows are recommendations that focus primarily on platforms for creating course sites over the next academic year. These recommendations take into consideration the recent decision by LIS to decommission Segue and the impact the Web Makeover project will have on available resources and technologies.

Continue to promote Segue as the primary platform for course sites
Until there is alternative to Segue in production at Middlebury, Segue should continue to be promoted as the platform of choice for course websites. While WordPress can be used for course websites, it does not have all the features of Segue.

At orientations, faculty should have the option to get training in either Segue or WordPress
New faculty should be presented with both Segue and WordPress as platforms for creating course sites. They should have the option to get training in either Segue or WordPress after being informed of the basic differences between the two platforms. They should be informed that Segue will be replaced in 1-2 years and that tools will be in place to migrate their Segue content to other platforms. They should also be informed that there will be options for migrating their WordPress content to other blogging platforms.

Measure/Moodle and MediaWiki should be introduced as ancillary platforms for curricular use
Moodle and MediaWiki are currently not set up to function as platforms for course sites. That said, faculty can be informed of these applications and how they can be used. In particular, Moodle can used for online assessments. MediaWiki can be used for collaborative editing and the building of knowledgebases as an alternative to Segue.

The following criteria should be used to determine the appropriate platform for a given course site:
Below is a chart for determining whether to use Segue or WordPress for a course website

	Segue	Wordpress
Automatic class roster	yes	no
Automatic course site creation	yes	no
Guest Accounts	Yes	no
Public sites	Yes	Yes
Restricted to class roster	Yes	Yes, but students must create WordPress accounts and then be added manually, one by one, by instructor
Restricted to individuals	Yes	Yes
Mixed public and private access	Yes	No
Upload large files	Yes	No
Comments with file attachments	yes	no
Audio Comments	yes	no
Streaming media	yes	yes

Below are suggested revisions to the text from the “Segue from Segue” blog that was first published on May 8th, 2009, shortly after the Faculty LIS Advisory Committee was informed of LIS’s plan to decommission Segue.

Segue Decommissioning

LIS has created this site in order to keep all faculty and staff who use and/or support Segue informed about the College’s decision to move to a different curricular content management system.

We have decided to discontinue the development of Segue and to begin the process of choosing a new tool for creating course websites and curricular resources. While Segue has served the college community well over the last six years, new systems are emerging on the market that offer similar features and functionality and bring with them large communities of developers and users.

Segue will continue to be available for use for at least the next academic year, and very likely for the following year as well. In the Fall, we will form a team of faculty, students, and staff to survey our options and collect requirements in order to choose a new tool.

In the meantime, we recommend faculty continue to use Segue for their course websites. When we do find alternative solutions to Segue, we will develop tools to migrate Segue content to those alternative platforms. For those faculty who would like to have their course website in the format of a blog and are comfortable with their site being open to the public, we invite you to consider trying out WordPress, a popular blogging platform that many faculty have found to be effective for courses.

Over the summer, we’ll be adding to this site in order to explain our rationale for discontinuing development, and to share our preliminary thoughts on how this transition will work. As we work with the Faculty LIS Advisory Committee to develop more specific plans, we will post them there, and also keep you informed through email updates.

We certainly recognize that these sorts of changes are disruptive, and are committed to minimizing these disruptions, and to making the conversion of materials in Segue to the new tool as easy as possible. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns, and if you wish to participate in the upcoming evaluation process.

Video Hosting Services Expand

Joseph Antonioli — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:25:54 +0000

Submitted by Joe Antonioli

Announcing a new video hosting service, MIDDMedia. This service allows for the streaming and downloading of mp4 and flv video, and mp3 audio files for people with Middlebury and Monterey accounts.

In addition, we have integrated this service with our web platforms- the college CMS, Segue, WordPress and Mediawiki. Log into your site, blog or wiki and manage your media, allowing you to add the media to a page.

Is there ONE place that I can go to to see videos created by people at Middlebury? In answer to this question, we have been working with Communications, and are now beta-launching MIDDTube, a place where we can pull together video from many places, whether the video is hosted by MIDDMedia, YouTube, or any other service.

Be on the lookout for White Whale!

Joseph Antonioli — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:25:47 +0000

Submitted by Joe Antonioli

White Whale Web Services will be coming to campus on April 26th, meeting with faculty, students and staff from all areas of the college. Monday the 27th and Tuesday the 28th will be full days, with meetings and activities from 8:30am until 9pm. Wednesday, the 29th, there will be a couple short wrap up sessions before they fly back home to Oakland, CA.

During this visit, they will be meeting with faculty represntatives from Film and Multimedia Culture, Economics and Chemistry. Students will be able to share their thoughts as White Whale sets up camp during dinner at Atwater Dining Hall on Monday, and Ross Dining on Tuesday. Meetings have been scheduled at McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Chip Kenyon ‘85 Arena, and various places in between.

If you miss your chance to spot White Whale, fear not! They will be returning to campus at a later date, more information to follow.

Participate In Your Virtual Government

Joseph Antonioli — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:49:25 +0000

Submitted by Joe Antonioli

The Terra Project is a virtual state simulation run by Professor Quinn Mecham of Middlebury College, hosted in the online virtual world Second Life. Citizens of the Terra Project log in to Second Life in order to run for office, vote, make and enforce policy, and perform other functions of government, all within a virtual environment. This simulation is currently in its second iteration as part of Professor Mecham’s Spring 09′ PSCI 0103 introductory course.

The Terra Project is now open to all interested members of the Middlebury college community! This issue was voted upon by the citizens of Terra during the fall term and was passed as part of the first ammendment to the constitution of Terra. For more information on the constitutional referendum and other pieces of legislature passed during the fall term please check out the Terra Project site.

Second Life users can find the Terra Project on Middlebury’s hosted land by following this SLurl (Second Life url).

One-stop shopping

Joseph Antonioli — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:36:47 +0000

Submitted by Joe Antonioli

Information Technology at Tufts University has created an integrated suite of Web 2.0 technologies, communication tools for “for teaching, learning, research, and co-curricular activities.” This is a great example of access, support and marketing all in on space.

http://spark.uit.tufts.edu

The site gives the user a gateway to each technology. It also includes help documentation, examples and links to suggested uses. For instance, on the wiki page-

Wikis – Suggested Uses

A wiki is simply a web page or site that is fully editable from a browser using a very simple “mark-up” language. Its strength is that it allows small groups to add, revise, and edit web content, so it is a natural tool for most collaborative writing activities. Like a web site, it allows for non-linear linking of individual wiki pages. Whenever a wiki page is edited, a new version of the page is created with the old version being archived for the site editors’ reference.

Demonstrate the evolution of thought processes through the different versions of a wiki page.

Create a collaborative knowledge base that can be added to over time and across courses.

Helps small groups of students develop a project, collect ideas, papers, timelines, documents, datasets, and study results into a collective digital space.

Assists with small group problem-solving and brainstorming.

What would Middlebury’s version of this service look like?