How-tos

Step-by-step instructions.

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In order to modify or add to your page you must first log in to Plone 4

Fix indent error in plone event portlet

Add Image Carousel in Organizational Theme.

Course catalog page

Display course information from the catalog on a Plone page

Site Administrators

Adding a UofL Event Calendar feed to your Plone website

Add Site-Wide CSS

We used to add site-wide CSS by placing a file named local.css in the site root folder. Local.css has been discarded and we have a more elegant method now.

Add Your Own Google Analytics

Remove the Reverse Video Effect on Multi-Select Form Questions

Redirect Public Link Content Types Immediately to their Targets

By default, link content types on some sites direct visitors to a page showing the link’s target. A site-wide setting makes those links immediately redirect.

Print only main content, no navigation

Aligning fields in a row

ADA Compliance Check List

What ADA checking software is checking for, what it misses and what triggers false hits.

Generate a random unique string for invoice number

This script will add a unique string field based on the time in milliseconds.

Add a search box that looks at your site only

Site Editors

Add a video to your page.

This how-to will step you through adding a flash video player to your site. See also "how to put a flash video on the flash server" and "How to create a closed caption file".

Create a closed caption file.

Closed captioning or a transcript is required for all videos on the UofL web site. This how to tells you the basics of setting up closed captioning on your video.

Put a video on the flash server (Incomplete)

The Flash server is where all web videos should be housed.

Create a form

Plone 4 forms are easier to create and edit. This is a quick how to on creating them, also see the tutorial.

Add an email link to your page

Email links are useful on web pages to speed customer contact. This is the correct way to add them on the UofL web site.

Use Local CSS

The local CSS function in plone 4 has been improved and made easier to use.

Create an Event

Plone 4 events allow you to notify your customers of upcoming events.

Create a News Item

A news item is like a press release.

Create a collection

A collection allows you to group items in a virtual folder.

Add Collection Criteria!!!!

Collection Criteria allow you to customize your collections for specific data sets.

Create a simple spam filter for forms

Using the string field override provides a very simple filter.

Adding the E-mail Address of the Sender to a Form

By default, the form folder mailer uses a return address of no-reply@louisville.edu. This is how to fix it.

Send a Copy of a Completed Form to the Sender

By default, the sender of a form only gets the on-screen copy of what they filled out. This is how to send it to them as an e-mail in addition.

Fix Broken Thumbnails in the Marketing Hero Banner

Making jQuery work in Plone 4

Search only one U of L site

Simple Google Site Search

ADA Compliance Check List

What ADA checking software is checking for, what it misses and what triggers false hits.

Generate a random unique string for invoice number

This script will add a unique string field based on the time in milliseconds.

Avoid using mailto on your web pages

Fixing Word Wrap in Form Field Help

Content Reviewers

ADA Compliance Check List

What ADA checking software is checking for, what it misses and what triggers false hits.