Web Alerts

Links

• Web Alerts Login
• Request a Web Alerts Account
• TCNJ Campus Events Calendar
• Tutorial
  

To-Do Items

Jedi

Sith - bugs now being fixed on sith

1. iCalendar file generator
   
2. Cal events will stay up for a year before disappearing off the calendar
   
3. Space between image icons and text. - where?
   
4. Display full image - looking into this
   
5. Copy Event, Copy Announcement - done but needs testing
   
6. Create RSS Feed Page for channels
7. Event Type filters - did this for TCNJ events for homepage
   
8. Reordering code for homepage cal
   
9. We should add a campus event calendar link to the event on the calendar entry page (Winkel)
10. New RSS icon (Winkel)
    
11. Include on Local Calendar; need link to info (Winkel)
    
12. Style for news archive: http://www.tcnj.edu/~ccr/news/archive.html (Winkel)
    
13. Remove onload method (Andrew)- ?
    
14. Display xml as html for event feeds (Andrew) - ?
    
15. Copy event info to description (Andrew) - Copies the times, location, sponsor, and email for the event into the description
    
16. Design for "Manage News Releases" tab for Public Affairs Admins. (Andrew)
    http://www.tcnj.edu/~webtest2/apps/webalerts/manage-news.html
    
17. Design for "Channels" admin pages. (Andrew)
    http://www.tcnj.edu/~webtest2/apps/webalerts/manage-channels.html
    http://www.tcnj.edu/~webtest2/apps/webalerts/manage-channels-review.html
    
18. Make sure TinyMC setting are optimized/updated (Andrew)
19. Group ID: 1059. On Review Calendar Events. Delete sort icons at top of columns and replace with sort dropdown at bottom. (Andrew)
    
20. Change settings on accounts to turn on features that are not being used (Kelli)
21. Update training materials (Kelli)
    -Differences between Announcement/News Release, how to write
    -Preparing media for upload
    -Explanation of appropriate announcements for each channel
    -Setting up an embedded Web Alert feed on your Web site
    -Setting up an embedded calendar feed on your Web site
    -Managing Settings
    
22. Dynamic resize of thumbnail images to 100 by 100 pixels - Done, it will resize an image so the longer side is resized to 100 pixels, and the other sized is sized down smaller to maintain the aspect ratio.
    

Test Scripts

Announcements

1. add announcement, display announcement (title only,  title & description)
   
2. archive announcement, display archived announcement
3. add announcement from archive
4. add link, display link
5. add full-size image, display full-size image
   
6. add thumbnail image, display fill-size image
7. add audio/video, display audio/video
8. add priority, display priority
9. add press release
   
10. add channel, display channel

Events

1. add event, display event as feed (title only,  title & description), display on campus events calendar, display on local calendar
   
2. archive event, display archived events?
3. add event from archive?
4. add link, display link
5. add press release
6. email notification?
   

News Releases

1. add press release
   
2. view press release history? (also displays approved events, and channels items)
3. email notification?
   

Channels

1. add channel request
   
2. view channel history? 
3. email notification?
4. view channel summary
5. approve channel requests
6. channel archive?
   

Settings

1. features
2. department
3. rss display
4. rss icon
5. manage users
6. success screen

Feeds

1. web announcement, podcast, events?
2. web announcements archive, podcast archive, events archive?
   
3. instructions for embedding feeds
   

Account Issues

1. Deprecated accounts to be deleted: 2666; 2606; 2526; 1332; 2668; 1923; 2107; 595; 2106;
   
2. Local Calendar accounts: Bonner, SBDC, OAVI
   
3. List of the top 20 most active accounts in WebAlerts (based on current/archived activity), as well as all accounts that had no previous activity.  I have more information/numbers/a further breakdown if needed.  See attachments for the list.

Communication to WebAlerts Users

Modular Features

At A Glance Group Summary

You can view a summary of all your active content organized by feature.

Web Announcement Attachments

TCNJ News Channels

TCNJ News will soon be organized into channels (e.g. Announcements, Academics & Research, Arts, Events, etc.). You will be able to submit Web Announcements for consideration for these channels.

TCNJ Campus Events Calendar & Group Calendar

Calendar Events can be submitted to TCNJ's Campus Events Calendar and to your own group calendar embedded on your Web site. Career Services currently uses a Web Alerts calendar for their events here: http://www.tcnj.edu/~career/calendar.html