| Feature | What is it | Alternatives | Status |
|---|
| RSS Aggregator | Authors paste an RSS URI and records from that feed are displayed in the page, possibly with some configuration for filtering/ordering | This type of behavior is currently only available if news is published internally | |
|---|
| Resource gallery | A way to serve photo collections otherwise distributed by CD from University Relations. Some content should require authentication to access. | Distribution on CDs or by a Pubweb group that requires authentication | Some resources published at VPUR Resources |
|---|
| Photo gallery | Display a set of photos that can be click-enlarged and viewed as a collection (forward/back) | Insert thumbnail images that link to a larger version of the image, such as Text w/Images. | |
|---|
| Content include ("donut") | A means to include content from external sources with limitations (from lamp.ndsu/apps.ndsu) with some content requirements, such as <meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" /> to avoid duplication of content in search indexes, removal of JavaScript and CSS. | Link to the content | |
|---|
| Captcha | Add Captcha to mailforms | Use Qualtrics with authentication | Canceled; mailforms are deprecated |
|---|
| "Highlight" paragraph style | A paragraph style with colored background and border. Requested by A.J. | | |
|---|
| Centralize frequently-used files in a read-only filemount | A place for authors to consume standard graphics files or other campus documents (maps, for example). It would be read-only to authors; only group(s) responsible to maintain these central files (e.x., VPUR) would be able to add/update files. | Link to the file path the responsible department uses rather than downloading and re-uploading a secondary copy. | |
|---|
| NDSU Calendar Event embed | A plugin to consume events from NDSU Event Calendar for display (in list format, such as upcoming events, today's events) | | |
|---|
| Allow creation of 2+ news lists/RSS data feeds | Perhaps news categories to separate out unit news into two (or more) different news list displays. | | |
|---|
| Open a "sized" window | Use a modal to display additional contextual information on click | | |
|---|
| Quota check / report | Provide a tool for authors and the Help Desk to see group quota status | | |
|---|
| Disable auto-link-generation | Disable text like "Inclusion@NDSU" from automatically becoming a link. | Right-click the "link" and choose Remove Link | |
|---|
| Additional options for Ordered lists | ~ Uppercase Alpha ~ Lowercase Alpha ~ Uppercase Roman ~ Lowercase Roman If I had to choose, I would target the "Alpha" option as being higher priority than the "Roman" option. | | |
|---|
| Use international-friendly date format | Update automatically-generated visible dates to use an international-friendly date format. Should appear like 31 Dec 2008 13:46 or ISO formatw3.org/QA/Tips/iso-date instead of 12-31-08 13:46 Reference nngroup.com/articles/international-sites-requirements/ | | |
|---|
| Implement the TYPO3 Recycler | The recycler offers the possibilities of cleaning up the garbage collection or to restore data again. | | |
|---|
| Enable authors to password restrict files or pages | Enable authors to password restrict files or pages in unit pages | | Will not implement |
|---|
| Allow other format for faculty pages | Current faculty pages are named as www.ndsu.edu/faculty/unix_id . Allow faculty to select the format for the page, such as www.ndsu.edu/faculty/first.last instead. | | |
|---|
| Insert alternative root for breadcrumb menu | By default, breadcrumbs are hard coded to be rooted immediately under NDSU, but in real practice, a unit might be better rooted under a virtual path. For example, instead of NDSU > ECI , it perhaps should be NDSU > VPIT > ECI . Or instead of NDSU > Program, to be NDSU > College > Department > Program to help visitors better navigate. | | |
|---|
| | | |
|---|
