We currently use Meeting Room Booking System (MRBS) – but will be moving to Booking Calendar for the new building. There is only one install base, but the config file has been modified to include a “local” config file, allowing three separate instances to run from this single install base. Three instances: Meeting Rooms Study Rooms Library… Read more »
Posts Categorized: WordPress/InsideLaw
WordPress Best Practices and Basic Terms
A few best practices considerations: Categories – Think “WHO” – limited in number – large “bucket” items, mirroring existing administrative organization. Our Document Repository has three levels of categorization, all of which must be set: Audience, Division, Business Process (always “College of Law” for now). Categories can be “nested” into a tree structure. Tags -… Read more »
CoL web overview
We have 5 WordPress (WP) servers: The university’s instance on RackSpace, which hosts: law.gsu.edu and beta building.law.gsu.edu clhs.law.gsu.edu/ cncr.law.gsu.edu helpclinic.law.gsu.edu investor.law.gsu.edu ip.law.gsu.edu lawlibrary.gsu.edu – and beta magazine.law.gsu.edu metrogrowth.law.gsu.edu (redirects to 404 page as of 1/29/15) niftep.law.gsu.edu sipjf.law.gsu.edu strategic.law.gsu.edu taxclinic.law.gsu.edu InsideLaw insidelaw.gsu.edu (Intranet) insidelaw.gsu.edu/admits (newly admitted, orientation, etc) insidelaw.gsu.edu/admissions (info sessions, etc) insidelaw.gsu.edu/documentation (this site!) LawMedia – not highly used yet, but is a… Read more »
Relational Databases
With Formidable Pro, data from two records from two forms can be combined on one view. To pass a variable from one “view” to another, embed in the “parent” view: [display-frm-data id=child-view linked_value=[id_or_key] filter=1] In the view name “child-view” Advanced Settings / Filter Entries: select {linked field} is “equal to” and enter “[get param=linked_value]” … Read more »
Clinic Application form
Implemented in Formidable Pro, embedded in the clinic application page with shortcode [formidable id=17] Created 4 views – one with all applications and one for each of the three clinics – Tax, HeLP, and Investor Advocacy (IAC) Encountered a bug with the form – when the logic for showing the preference ranking worked properly (i.e…. Read more »
gsulaw.net domain name
Current usage Used for the College of Law “WP Farm” and for the Google Analytics accounts, WebMaster tools, Custom Search for InsideLaw, etc. List of existing accounts on a private post Our automatic and manual “shortlinks” are set up under this account using an API key that can be found in the InsideLaw functions.php file. Also… Read more »
Redirect shortcode
A simple shortcode that will send the user to another page instead of showing the page in which this code is embedded. Usage: [redirect to=http://address.of.page] You can also use “url=” instead of “to=”. If used inside a [show_content] shortcode, you can schedule a page to “expire” with a redirect to a replacement page. Note that… Read more »
Google Analytics
All of the college’s web sites are recorded by Google Analytics in an account set up under the gsulaw.net domain name. Intranet (InsideLaw, etc.) all use the simple GA Google Analytics plugin to insert the tracking code into the pages. Accounts (as of 12/1/14): Main Law.gsu.edu (UA-2095802-1) Building site (UA-2095802-11) CLHS (UA-2095802-2) Health Law Partnership.org (UA-2095802-5)… Read more »
Pro Bono recording
We use a Formidable Pro form and shortcodes to allow students to record their pro bono hours. The totals are used to designate the level of distinction in the Hooding Ceremony program. Info page on InsideLaw Info page on law.gsu.edu Recording form page on InsideLaw Totals Tally screen for all students in system Now-retired recording page… Read more »
Video embedding
Video embeds are automatic with recent version of WordPress. For Vimeo, YouTube, etc., just paste in the URL – WordPress takes care of the embedding. List of compatible video embeds at: codex.wordpress.org/Embeds We can also do galleries of videos with: the Video Gallery plugin [KGVID] shortcode For a playlist of videos, the [KGVID] or… Read more »