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Questions List

  1. What are news and calendar feeds?
  2. How do I include news items in my group's webpage?
  3. What are the stylesheets?
  4. Can I customize stylesheet's specifications?
  5. What are Type(s)?
  6. What is this '<!--#include virtual...' thing?

Questions and Answers

  1. Q: What are news and calendar feeds?

    A: Using the myBrandeis Calendar and Group modules, every Brandeis department and club has the ability to maintain both a calendar and a news listing.

    Group feeds are a simple way to include those listings on a group's own webspace.

    To create a feed (You must be an administrator of the group you want to create a feed for.):

    1. Go to the http://my.brandeis.edu/groups/admin and click on 'manage feeds' for the group you would like to administer.
    2. Fill out the form with the details you would like.
    3. Then, when after you have submitted the form, you will be given a single line of code to include in your group's web page.


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  2. Q: How do I include news items in my group's webpage?

    A: Here are some simple step by step instructions for creating a news or calendar feed:

    1. Go to http://my.brandeis.edu/groups/admin. This page will have a list of all the groups for which you are administrator.
    2. Click 'Manage Feeds' next to the groups whose feed you would like to create. You will be directed to a page which allows you to add, edit, and delete calendar and news feeds for your group.
    3. Click 'Add a News Feed' or 'Add a Calendar Feed' at the bottom of the page. This will direct you to a form to fill out with the details of the feed.
    4. Fill out, and submit the form. You will then be directed to a confirmation page saying the feed was sucessfully added. At the bottom of this page, there will the code to insert into the group's webpage.
    5. Copy and paste this code into your group's webpage.
    6. And you're done!


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  3. Q: What are the stylesheets?

    A: Stylesheets take the data from the group's calendar or news listing, and formats it. For example, one style shows just the headlines of the news stories with a link to the full story. Another stylesheet has a summary of the story and a thumbnail photo below the headline.

    You can further customize your news or calendar feed with css.


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  4. Q: Can I customize stylesheet's specifications?

    A: Yes! You can format the feed using css styling.

    The <!--#include virtual..> tag will put a div into your html page with an id="cal" for calendar feeds and id="groupnews" for news feeds. Then, there is a table with classed td's. So, you can put style definitions in your header for the classes (eg. <td class="cal_date">). For the exact classes, you can view the feed source.

    For more information on using CSS see...
    W3Schools
      or
    CSS Links


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  5. Q: What are Type(s)?

    A: Types are categories for News and Calendar items. When you create a new listing, you have the option of putting it into a type.

    You can create calendar types for the groups that you manage from http://my.brandeis.edu/btime/types. News types can be created from an individual group's news admin page which is accessible from http://my.brandeis.edu/groups/admin.

    Then, when you are creating a new feed, you can create different feeds for different types. For example, you could have one feed for 'Colloquims', one feed for 'Meetings', and then one feed for all listings.


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  6. Q: What is this '<!--#include virtual...' thing?

    A: This is the code that you should paste into your website where you want the feed to show up.
    <!--#include virtual="/www/web.../feed_id.html"-->


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