Release Notes: 2017 Q4

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New Features

New Features

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Bugfixes

Styling of text element

This is a new styling of text elements. It will give the element a white background, a coloured side bar, and a slightly smaller font. It can be useful to visually distinguish content.

In the element properties, under Appearance, select 'Wit met Zijlijn' and choose one of the TU Delft theme colours:

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Dynamic content overview - Card Layout

News and Agenda items are usually displayed in what is called a Dynamic Content Overview. The news / agenda feed on your page is one as well. There are several overview templates available, but there was great demand for a template that displayed the search results in a card layout. This has now been introduced, an example can be seen on the right.

Also, check out more Card Layout display options!

Styling is determined by the available content of the result pages, as well as custom settings in the overview element. All card variations (normal, half height, horizontal, and horizontal half height) are available to choose from, as well as the number of results per row.

Because the overviews are difficult to set up properly, changing from your current template to this new template is not done by editors. Please contact your local content manager to apply for this overview template.

Update social security and integrity

Update social security and integrity Social security within our university must be improved. It is essential that we can all work and study in an environment where we feel comfortable and safe. A place where everyone can be themselves and where we treat each other with respect. There should be no place for transgressive behaviour. We are working hard on this issue. Because it is important to us. We do it with and for each other. Real change takes time, but we will continue until we have embedded this in our organisation, and then we will continue to work to maintain this safe environment. Together, let's build a place we can be proud of. A place where we all feel seen and valued. Together we can make it happen. Monthly update Several reports and investigations (including the Education Inspectorate, MedMon, Labour Inspectorate, Integrity System report) have given us valuable insights and it is clear that we have a lot of work to do. We are working on all the necessary actions, carefully prioritising as we cannot do everything at once. This monthly update will keep you informed of the steps we are taking. What is happening now? Thanks to input from staff and students, the Social Safety and Integrity Action Plan has many different components. These range from a wide range of activities and tools aimed at (more) awareness and prevention, to strengthening action skills and support structures, to improved information provision and tools for students, staff, managers and the board. The Executive Board holds additional consultations with Deans, Directors and Co-Determination in order to properly implement the Plan for Change and monitor processes. The Board also holds reflection sessions on its own actions, its political role and dilemmas arising from daily practice. There is an ongoing assessment of where needs are and where the plan can be adjusted. To this end, in the coming months the Executive Board will be on the shop floor more often, attending faculty meetings and talking to faculty members. The Executive Board holds additional consultations with Deans, Directors and Co-Determination to ensure proper implementation of the Plan for Change and to monitor processes. The Executive Board also holds reflection sessions on its own actions, its political role and dilemmas from daily practice. There is an ongoing assessment of where needs are and where the plan can be adjusted. To this end, in the coming months the Executive Board will be on the 'shop floor' more often, attending faculty meetings and talking to students and staff from different perspectives. Would you like to join the conversation with the Executive Board on this topic? Then send an email to cvb@tudelft.nl. Part of the Plan for Change is to improve the ability to report and inform students and staff about cross-border behaviour or suspected integrity violations. A new reporting system for students and staff is being developed. This system is designed to be easily accessible, secure and to ensure careful handling of the report for all concerned. We will let you know as soon as possible when the reporting system is expected to be operational. What will we do? A lot is happening at all levels of the university to achieve a more socially safe TU Delft. We are sharing best practices from the faculties. We are also learning from the approaches and experiences of other universities and organisations. We are working hard to offer different activities, sessions and tools in the next six months. At the beginning of September, we will have discussions with the NPO about aftercare for employees who have been involved in cross-border behaviour. Following the report of the Van Rijn Commission, the NPO has set up an aftercare office to support and guide (former) employees of the NPO who have had to deal with cross-border behaviour in their work. In connection with the organisation of aftercare at TU Delft, we want to see what we can learn from the experiences of the NPO. Mindlab: We are preparing a series of sessions for this autumn and a series for early 2025. More information will follow as soon as possible. Why Mindlab? Mindlab is a performance that fits seamlessly into a time of rethinking and reorientation. The intention is that these performances will help us to have conversations about what a safe and inspiring climate within the University means and how we can create it together: how we teach, how we lead, how we research, how we ensure a safe working climate and what everyone's own responsibility is in this? Follow this link for more information on Mindlab, developed in collaboration with Utrecht University. Work conferences are mentioned in the Plan for Change as an important source of input from the wider TU Delft community. The organisation of the working conferences will be energetically started after the holiday period. Highlighted: Faculty initiatives A lot is already happening in various places within TU Delft in the context of social security. For example, after the spring consultations in the last few weeks, the faculties have told us a lot about the initiatives they have taken and are planning. By way of illustration, we are happy to share a few initiatives here, as there is too much going on to mention them all in this update. A full overview will be available on the Student Portal as soon as possible. Workshops and training for students and staff, including: active bystanders and inclusive leadership, cultural intelligence, bias observation, D&I, interviewing skills for reporters, addressing behaviour. Social safety as a standard agenda item at meetings and town halls. Attention in deans' press releases. Facilitated meetings to have 'real' conversations with each other. Discussion of social safety and integrity in R&O meetings. Attention to MedMon findings in team meetings. Think tanks and brainstorms with students and staff. PhD students organise meetings with each other and with staff. EWI etiquette: rules of courtesy visible on all screens in the building. Pilot group for development and selection assessments for promotions. Further development and implementation of social security initiatives. Thanks to all this input from faculties, departments, staff and students, we are working in an increasingly focused way to improve social safety at TU Delft.

Grant for Amy Thomas to further explore unexpected results

When you discover unexpected results during your research, you often can’t do anything with it. Because the research plan and budget didn’t allow for it. To explore these kinds of results either way, seven projects receive a small top-up grant thanks to the Impact Explorer call. This top-up will also be useful for Dr. Amy Thomas and her research about the role of gender in design of buildings and interiors.

Maarten van Rossem in gesprek met Herman Russchenberg

Maarten preekt met hoogleraar Herman Russchenberg over wolkenmanipulatie en andere manieren om de planeet af te koelen. ‘Climate engineering is voor God spelen, maar onvermijdelijk. Anders warmt de aarde te veel op.’

Van Der Waalsweg closed during Owee 2024

The car park on Van Der Waalsweg is used for various events From 18 to 22 August, this year’s Introduction Week (OWee) will take place in Delft. During these days, all kinds of events will be organised in the city and around the campus for the incoming first-year students of Delft. With these events, we hope the new students get to know the campus, each other and the city better. So that they can get off to a good start with a new phase in their lives! During this week, the car park on the Van Der Waalsweg will be used for various events such as the Opening Party and the Cantus Sing-Along. The car park at the Van Der Waalsweg will be closed from Wednesday the 14th of August 17.00 hrs until Friday the 23rd of August 17.00 hrs. Please check whether you can travel to the campus by public transport or by bike on these days. Are you coming by car? Then you can park at P2(van den Broekweg) or P-TNW (van der Maasweg).

Our new fitness is opening soon!

Great news! We’re thrilled to announce that our brand new fitness facility, created in collaboration with Eleiko, is ready to open! On Monday 5 August our fitness space will be open for you to explore and enjoy. Drop by and check out the new features and equipment we’ve added to enhance your workout experience.

Martin Skrodzki receives NWO grant for playful science communication project on AI awareness

Martin Skrodzki, from the Computer Graphics and Visualization group, has been awarded the NWO WECOM grant. The aim of this NWO programme is to fund science communication projects that promote the connection between science and society. The goal of Martin’s research project is to  enable an AI-informed generation of tomorrow. He is creating an exhibition of four pop-up suitcases that teach the technical fundamentals of AI, and engage the general public in discussions about ethical issues surrounding AI.

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Tabs as Grid Elements

What changed?

Tabs were difficult to manage, especially when you wanted to re-use and swap content from other pages. Therefore, the tab element has been redesigned for a more user-friendly interface, a better overview of the embedded content, and the added possibility to cut/paste and reference elements in it.

The old Tab element still exists and is not automatically replaced, but will be phased out. For this purpose, the old version has been disabled for editing. In the following weeks, we'll be changing all existing Tab Elements to Tabs Grids. Should you however come across an old Tab Element and you find yourself unable to edit it, please contact your local content manager.

How can I create a new Tabs Grid?

Tabs Grids are created like all other grids. When creating a new element, under Grid Elements, select Tabs grid. This will place a grid on your page with 5 rows, each row representing one of the tabs.

  • The Header in the first element of each tab will also be the title of that tab. So for instance, in this case, the Header of this text element ('How can I create ...') is adapted as Tab title.
  • You can select a colour theme by editing the Tabs Grid properties; under Appearance, select a theme (see fig.)
  • If you don't put any content in a tab, it will be invisible.

 

Any tips and tricks?

When you don't want to start a tab with a header (for instance, when it's an image), you still need to tell Typo3 which title to use for this tab. You can do so by creating a 'Header Only' element, and under Type, select 'Hidden'. This will not show the header inside your tab, but it will be adopted as Tab title.

 

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Youtube video in Header Slider

It is now possible to put a video in the Header Slider on top of any page. 

If you want to add a Youtube video to your header-slider, just paste the youtube URL in the link field of a slide; a play button will be shown on your slide, and a pop-up style video will play when the button is pushed.

Like all slides, this feature also requires you to upload an image.

View an example!

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Full Width page template

This page combines the regular Content page with the Homepage. Its features are identical to the Homepage format in many ways, but it adds the bread crumb on top, so visitors can easily find their way back.

This layout was frequently created with a workaround (Content Page with Left Column, combined with specific element settings), which is why an official option has been included instead. 

To create this layout, go to the page properties, under Appearance, select the Backend Layout 'Content page that is full width'.
(feature renaming can hopefully be included in our next release)

This page is actually an example of this layout. Click 'To Top' to view the breadcrumb.

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Special Page template

This is another new page template (see: Full Width page template). This layout is designed for a long-read format, by dividing the screen in two halves; the left one is designated for images, the right one for all content. There is also a special connection between picture and content, enabling a nice scrolling experience.
Try it out!

This layout is particularly useful for magazine-style pages.

To create this layout:

  • go to the page properties; under Appearance, select the Backend Layout 'Special Page' (see fig.).

  • On this new page, create a new element; under Grid Elements, select Special Container (see fig.). This grid consists of two columns.

  • In the left column, you place a 'Special Image' element.
    This is the image that is displayed stationary alongside the scrolling content on the right; when the visitor is at the end of the content in this Special Container, the image will scroll up, and display the next Special Container.

  • In the right column, you place a normal 100% Grid element.

  • In the element properties of this Grid Element, under Appearance, select 'Used for content on special pages..' (see fig.).

  • Inside this 100% grid, you can place all elements to your liking.

The last steps, creating a 100% grid, are necessary to create the Special layout as it was designed. This element layout compresses the width of the elements within - otherwise, the text would run the entire width of the column.

 

View the new Special Template

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Facts and Figures element

This is a new element to display, for instance, facts and figures.

To create this, add a new Fact element inside a grid. Under Theme, select the header colour.
Then, edit the grid properties, go to the tab Appearance, and choose a background colour under 'Theme'.

Please note: the fact element only properly works in combination with this coloured grid background.

What is the coolest new feature?
Fact Element
How many features are in this new release?
40
Number of new features
11

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Coloured grid background

The background colour feature for grids can also be used without a fact element. It may for instance be useful for magazine-type pages, to highlight a specific text.

Two layout guidelines:

  • Dont overdo it! These coloured grids are very dominant. Don't create an abstract piece of art.
  • See if you should add top and bottom margins (under Appearance), to prevent the grid from overlapping with other elements. 

To create this, edit the grid properties, go to the tab Appearance, and choose a background colour under 'Theme':

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Notification element

This element can be used to draw attention to a certain part of your website, or a call-to-action (for instance, when an application deadline is approaching). You can add one or two buttons. The element is available in all TU Delft theme colours.

To create this, add a new Notification element. Enter a header, text, and theme, and, optionally, one or two buttons. The buttons can either be white or transparent.

Notification element

These are not the only release notes; they are only the new elements. Check out our improvements and bug fixes!

Improvements Bug fixes

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Read More-toggle

This option allows you, in a Text element, to hide paragraphs under a 'read more'-line (as seen below).

To create this, in the Rich Text Editor (RTF) of the Text element, stand in the text on the desired location. Click on 'Insert Custom Element', then 'Tudelft', then 'Insert Readmore'. An orange marker will appear in your text.

To demonstrate this, a piece of literary history:

Alice

There was a table set out under a tree in front of the house, and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it: a Dormouse was sitting between them, fast asleep, and the other two were using it as a cushion, resting their elbows on it, and talking over its head. ‘Very uncomfortable for the Dormouse,’ thought Alice; ‘only, as it’s asleep, I suppose it doesn’t mind.’Read more

The table was a large one, but the three were all crowded together at one corner of it: ‘No room! No room!’ they cried out when they saw Alice coming. ‘There’s plenty of room!’ said Alice indignantly, and she sat down in a large arm-chair at one end of the table.

‘Have some wine,’ the March Hare said in an encouraging tone.

Alice looked all round the table, but there was nothing on it but tea. ‘I don’t see any wine,’ she remarked.

‘There isn’t any,’ said the March Hare.

‘Then it wasn’t very civil of you to offer it,’ said Alice angrily.

‘It wasn’t very civil of you to sit down without being invited,’ said the March Hare.

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Image side caption

An option has been added to display a caption next to an image. This was a feature in the original design, and works well in storytelling articles.

To create this, go the the element properties, under Appearance, and choose 'Image fullwidth with caption'.
On the General tab, under Description, fill in the caption text.

The caption can now be placed next to the image.

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