embed_page shortcode

Used on /documentation site only (for now) – should be of only limited use, as it does not buffer/cache the contents pulled from another page, and overuse could be seen as abusive by some web sites. Allows the HTML main body from another web page to be embedded here. The <head><style><script> and much other HTML… Read more »

TouchNet payment system

The University uses TouchNet for credit card payments. There are two services provided, uPay, which only processes payments, and MarketPlace which provides some shopping cart functionality. We have been using uPay for all our transactions, allowing us to have all of our records in one place. Portal Production Test Event booking payments The Events Manager… Read more »

CoL Theme

Our theme is designed to imitate the University’s “department” sub-theme. It is based upon a “starter” theme called Sass WordPress Bootstrap See also: CoL Theme shortcodes – Buttons – Web alerts The theme was designed/developer by Brian Danin | 404-624-6293 | brian.danin `­@’­ mindsing.com | www.mindsing.com | @MindSing in early 2014 The main (Global) menu is placed on… Read more »

Troubleshooting and fixes

aka “Bugs” A running list of issues of note – perhaps will be needed again!! NOTE: this page is public, so do not include any sensitive information!!!   Advanced Post List Editor is broken – possibly a plugin conflict – may want to consider changing to W4 Post List or some other plugin….   Theme Editor… Read more »

Advanced Post List

The Advanced Post List (APL) plugin is used to make custom lists of posts/pages/etc as determined by tag, category or other criteria. To include just one category or tag, select only that category or tag under the desired content type. The “Require Taxonomy” “Require Terms” and “Include Terms” checkboxes are not intuitive and are only needed… Read more »

Groups management / Access Restrictions

We use the “Groups” plugin to limit access to pages, posts, etc., on InsideLaw. By default, all WordPress pages and posts are public – viewable without logging in. Setting / restricting group access is done via the  “Access restrictions” meta box at the top right of the edit screens. Note that in most cases, pages/posts will… Read more »

LDAP / Campus ID login

Powered by a slightly-modified wpDirAuth plugin, users with Campus IDs can log in using the SSO credentials. This plugin uses regular WP profiles, but has an added user_meta ‘wpDirAuthFlag’ = 1 entry to instead authenticate against LDAP (auth.gsu.edu). Modified the plugin to prevent new users from being created when someone from campus (but not CoL -… Read more »

News feeds

InsideLaw uses WP RSS Aggregator to pull in headlines, faculty-in-the-news from law.gsu.edu, and a Annual Reports Archive list from readingroom.law.gsu.edu The resulting lists are shown on the home page (“News” section), a dedicated news page and the College Documents page This list might change over time…. The news items are updated every two hours and… Read more »

Custom Post Widget

This plugin enables you to edit and display Content Blocks in a sidebar widget or using a shortcode. Custom Post Widget documentation page. Very versatile – use anywhere you need a bit of content to be repeated on several pages. On InsideLaw, the Student and Faculty quick links boxes are built as a Content Block… Read more »

[fep-dashboard]

Front-End Posting Dashboard Not sure what implements this shortcode (apparently WCK ?), but it displays a very useful dashboard of all your content – most anything where you are the author. It is a tabbed display with a tab for each content type. The lists are compact, linking to the edit page along with a… Read more »