Used to create a confirmation screen that allows a visitor to proceed to the TouchNet payment system. The system can use a custom Formidable “View” or will use a default generic view. The Form “TouchNet payment button setup values” will (eventually) give a third option for passing in Payment Confirmation screen parameters, but for now,… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Tech-Admin
shortlinks [goo_gl]
This has been implemented on InsideLaw. (login required) Details Uses a Google API key (on gsulaw.net account) to create goo.gl short links. It also displays a QR code generated by Google. Creates a form to make a short link for a posted “url” value. If no URL is posted, no shortlink is created. This shortcode has no… Read more »
Add existing users to subsites
Adding new users to sites should be limited to essential access – managing users that are not using CampusID should be avoided if at all possible. Existing users Go to the dashboard for the subsite, select “Users” / “Add New” Under “Add Existing User” start entering “E-mail or Username” – the user should appear in a… Read more »
SIPJF registration
The Southeastern Intellectual Property Job Fair® registrations (law schools, employers, students, PATechs) have been moved into Formidable (formerly “spliced” through the “Events RSVP” Contentor). The SIPJF admin screen links to SIPJF admin schools, SIPJF students, and SIPJF admin employers. User who are not logged in can edit their entries if they have a link with their “entry key” – this… Read more »
Lawyering Trials signup system
Each spring, the Lawyering: Advocacy / Foundations program holds mock trials in several locations over a period of about 2 weeks. Each student who is not excused for serving as a counsel/litigant in the trials must sign up as a juror or a witness. This system uses two Formidable Pro forms, also with several views… Read more »
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 »