Release Notes: 2017 Q4

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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.

Why do you start to walk like an elderly person at the age of 25?

In this video, Eline van der Kruk shows how your body changes throughout the years!

TU Delft | Campus The Hague at Liberation Day Festival The Hague 2024

On May 5th, a day of national liberation and celebration of freedom, the board of Dentatus, the student association of the Master Engineering & Policy Analysis, represented the student community and TU Delft | Campus The Hague at the Liberation Festival on the Malieveld. From 12:00 to 20:00, they were present in the vibrant "student area" of HI The Hague to converse, connect, and celebrate the festival of freedom. In The Hague, the city of peace and justice, we understand the importance of freedom, including the freedom to study. Therefore, the board of Dentatus joined other student boards to honor this value and meet the community. During the festival, these boards also had the opportunity to welcome Councilor Saskia Bruines. Her presence underscored the importance of the relationship between the city and its students. Discussions with student boards of The Hague highlighted the importance of a thriving student city and how we can continue to develop The Hague together to support both academic and personal growth. The Liberation Festival on the Malieveld served as a platform for knowledge exchange and community building. It was a day where various voices came together to form a shared vision for the future of our city and its students. We are grateful for the dedication of the Dentatus board and look forward to continuing our commitment to promoting freedom and growth in The Hague. For an impression of the day you can view the aftermovie here !

Interview H2 Platform

The H2 Platform has been interviewed by Europoort Kringen. Read this article (in Dutch) on what we do and why.

NWO funds investigation on commercialization of ultra-sensitive proteomics technologies

To stimulate real-world application of protein research at the TU Delft Bionanoscience department, the Dutch Scientific Organisation (NWO) has appointed researcher Carlos de Lannoy as fellow of the Faculty of Impact.
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New Training: Intercultural Communication in Education!

Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) offers a new training designed to foster understanding and inclusivity in diverse classrooms.

Update from the Supervisory Committee: What is our path towards a socially safe TU Delft?

The steps towards a socially safer environment Over the past few months, we have been working intensely on social safety at TU Delft. It is a topic that requires all of our attention, not just now, but on an ongoing basis. Even after 15 May, the day when the plan for change will be submitted to the Education Inspectorate. Valuable input A lot of input has been gathered over the past few weeks. Colleagues and students have shared valuable insights and ideas, expressed concerns and exchanged experiences. They did so at dedicated meetings, in-depth sessions, or regular (team) meetings, but also during informal gatherings in coffee corners and corridors. The suggestion box alone received over 320 responses. Professor Naomi Ellemers, an organisational psychologist at Utrecht University and chair of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences’ advisory committee on social safety at Dutch universities, also shared useful insights and ready-made guidance during a meeting with our department heads, faculty secretaries, deans and the Executive Board. With the Mindlab theatre show, we engaged with managers on what makes a pleasant and safe working environment, how we can work together on it and what everyone’s responsibilities are. By creating an environment in which dilemmas can be discussed, there is room for an open dialogue to take place. Embedding reactions A common reaction from colleagues and students over the last few weeks has been not to move too quickly towards ready-made solutions. After all, (cultural) change is not possible without acknowledging what is going wrong. You can’t just gloss over it. That is why it is important to acknowledge the suffering that people in our university have experienced or are still experiencing. The first step is to make space, to stop, to listen and to reflect. Only then can we really talk about the future. About what it will take to make TU Delft socially safer. Action versus change The intended action plan for the inspectorate has therefore become a plan for change. It is a document that we will continue to develop and flesh out together, even after it has been submitted to the Inspectorate. The plan, which will be submitted to the inspectorate on 15 May, already takes into account as much as possible of the input gathered in recent weeks. Input that cannot be included now, will be used at a later stage in the change process. A first version of the change plan has now been circulated and many colleagues have been able to provide feedback. All this feedback was discussed in detail last Monday (6 May) in a feedback round with around 40 colleagues, and including delegates from the Works and Students Councils. Essential questions were addressed, such as: what is our shared vision of a socially safe university, what can we do now (concrete actions in the short term), what can be fitted in at the same time, and what will be needed additionally? Above all, what is needed to structurally ensure social safety at our university in the long term? How can we make social safety values part of our daily work and study culture? How do we become a university that we can be proud of in all respects, and where everyone can enjoy working and studying? What next? This week we are still working hard on the final version of the plan to submit to the Inspectorate. Once submitted, the plan will be available on this page. After that, it will continue to be updated regularly, as this plan is a starting point for change, not a finishing line. In the coming period, the Executive Board will be attending faculty spring meetings where social safety is on the agenda, as well as attending (informal) faculty and management meetings already scheduled, in order to stay in touch and listen. Discussions with students will, of course, also take place in the coming period. The Supervisory Committee would like to thank everyone for their feedback, ideas and suggestions. We take all feedback to heart and will continue to do so.

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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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