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.

Designing and Teaching an Online Course

Starting September 17th, learn how to teach and design an online course during an
engaging 6 week programme.

Lea Hartmeyer een van de vier winnaars Archiprix 2024

Op zondag 16 juni heeft een onafhankelijke jury de winnaars van de Nationale Archiprix 2024 bekend gemaakt. Alumna Lea Hartmeyer, van de Master Track Landscape Architecture, is een van de vier winnaars met ‘The Forest Formerly Known as… Parkstad’. Julia Ravensbergen (Building Technology) en Jakub Biernacki (Architecture) hebben een eervolle vermelding ontvangen.

Willem van Valkenburg made EDEN Fellow

Willem van Valkenburg made Eden Fellow We are proud to announce that, Willem van Valkenburg, Executive Director of the TU Delft Extension School for Continuing Education has been made European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) Fellow . He receives this distinction for his outstanding contribution to promoting digital learning in Europe. Van Valkenbur g joins the EDEN Fellows Council and in this role will draw upon his extensive expertise in online, open and distance learning to provide strategic input for the Management Board. He will be an ambassador for EDEN in Europe and beyond. Willem has made it his life’s work to advocate for online, accessible education for professionals accross the globe, and sharing resources far and wide. He has been a driving force in positioning the Extension School as a leader among European providers of Lifelong Learning. He, and his team, recently also secured a grant from the Dutch government that will help to streamline operations and cement that position. His vision has been instrumental in ensuring that our courses and programmes give individuals the knowledge and skills to contribute to positive societal change and continue to adapt to this rapidly evolving world. Van Valkenburg expresses his delight at the award, “ The goal is always to make the biggest impact possible, for the individual and society. None of us are in this field for the accolades, but receiving recognition from your peers that you are achieving what you set out to do, is of course immensely gratifying.” He looks forward to furthering the good work of EDEN Digital Learning Europe, playing an active role in the network to promote best practices among all knowledge institutions in Europe whether they are beginning their Lifelong Learning journey or are further along the road. EDEN Digital Learning Europe This is a not-for-profit international educational association and professional community for smart learning. Established following the UK's exit from the European Union, its mission is to foster knowledge exchange and enhance understanding among professionals in distance and e-learning. It seeks to facilitate the sharing of best practices and policies throughout Europe and beyond. The goal is always to make the biggest impact possible, for the individual and society. None of us are in this field for the accolades, but receiving recognition from your peers that you are achieving what you set out to do, is of course immensely gratifying. Willem van Valkenburg

A phase inversion strategy enables thicker NMC811 electrodes for high-energy density Li-ion batteries.

Increasing the electrode thickness, thereby reducing the proportion of inactive cell components, is one way to achieve higher-energy-density lithium-ion batteries. However, when thicker electrodes are produced using the state-of-the-art slurry casting/drying procedure, this results in higher electronic and ionic overpotentials and/or mechanical failure induced by binder migration. Ethanol-induced phase inversion can effectively address these issues, as the inclusion of this processing step can produce robust, thick battery electrodes with improved electrochemical performance. These electrodes achieve higher available storage capacity per square centimeter and volume, using proven scalable technologies. Pranav Karanth, Mark Weijers, Pierfrancesco Ombrini, Davide Ripepi, Frans Ooms e Fokko M. Mulder A recent publication describing how these high capacity electrodes were obtained and tested electrochemically can be found in: A phase inversion strategy for low-tortuosity and ultrahigh-mass-loading nickel-rich layered oxide electrodes: Cell Reports Physical Science H2020 project ‘SOLIDIFY’ Within the H2020 Solidify consortium comprised of, among others, IMEC, EMPA, Fraunhofer, VDL, Umicore, and TU Delft, research was performed to arrive at high energy density solid-state lithium-metal batteries. The phase inversion-based NMC-811 cathodes that were developed by researchers at MECS/ ChemE/ TNW have been selected for the demonstrators resulting from the project, where these electrodes are infiltrated with the solid electrolyte precursor to arrive at a solid cathode composite, and then combined with a thin solid-electrolyte separator and a lithium metal anode. Pranav Karanth Mark Weijers Fokko Mulder Read the publication here

De grens tussen boeren en tijgers droogt op

Een rivier aan de voet van de Himalayas scheidt boer en tijger en vormt de basis van een voedselketen. Nu deze rivier aan het opdrogen is, ontstaan conflicten tussen hen en komt het leefgebied van de tijgers en de boeren in gevaar. Rivieronderzoeker Kshitiz Gautam wil de balans tussen mens en natuur in het gebied herstellen.

Op een scooter hobbelde promovendus Kshitiz Gautam weken heen en weer over keien langs de oever van een helderblauwe rivier in Nepal. Bewapend met een knalgroene digitale meetlat zocht hij naar aanwijzingen van vroegere waterstanden, zoals getallen die de lokale bevolking op muren, bomen en stenen heeft geschreven.

Bètavakken saai? Niet als een TU student de lessen geeft

Een stuk of tien robots staan netjes in een rij in de klas te wachten tot de les begint. Het is de laatste les van een driedelige pilot, waarbij TU student Amos Yusuf, leerlingen van het Stanislas VMBO/MAVO robots heeft laten bouwen en programmeren. De pilot is een samenwerking tussen de middelbare school, de TU en NUVO, een organisatie die studenten langdurig aan scholen koppelt. Bijzonder, want zowel de studenten, leerlingen en docenten leren, en profiteren van deze lessen.

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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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