Blog http://www.bigbluehat.com/products/blueink_cms/blog BigBlueHat blog en-us Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:15:57 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss BlueInk CMS A couple new Screencasts http://www.bigbluehat.com/products/blueink_cms/blog/2010/4/7/a_couple_new_screencasts We've added a couple new screencasts to our brief but helpful BlueInk Screencasts page. The screencasts are, I'm afraid, a bit large, but I think you'll find them informative and witty...much like Joffre Swait, the gentlemen who created them for us.

You can check out Mr. Swait's growing BlueInk site at thebirdandbaby.com.

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  • Added web statistics access via the 'stats' link in the BlueInk bar
  • Crossfading galleries can now have their speed of rotation changed via Display Settings
    • 2nd
  • Added easier image selection to description fields on Events, Photos, and other content items
    • ]]>     Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:22:03 -0400 /products/blueink_cms/blog#html-53     August http://www.bigbluehat.com/products/blueink_cms/blog/2009/8/31/august
    31st
  • Document links now include the original document's file name, so downloads are easier to find and make more sense
  • Fixed Event date saving problem when editing an Event
  • Added the ability to hide Event fields when displayed in a Calendar list
    • 28th
  • New User Account messages now include the site URL, so you know which of your several BlueInk sites the registration came from
    • 27th
  • User registration forms can now be built to use e-mail addresses en lieu of user names
  • Added Comment Box content type to be available later this year
  • Added Create Event form action for use to collect site user contributions via custom web site forms
    • 26th
  • Added Comment moderation option to Blogs and the upcoming Comment Box content type
  • Added finer grained location and organizer fields to the Event content type as well as a free form "hosted by" field
  • Location and organizer field groups now display as hCard elements embeded within the Event's vCalendar markup (good for SEO!)
    • 25th
  • BlueInk now records the Editor who creates or updates each content item
    • 21st
  • Fixed HTML special character output in navigation elements
    • 13th
  • Blog Posts can now be reordered manually (as before), by posted on date (descending or ascending), or by the content items created date (descendign or ascending)
    • ]]>     Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:21:00 -0400 /products/blueink_cms/blog#html-52     July http://www.bigbluehat.com/products/blueink_cms/blog/2009/7/31/july
    23rd
  • Added Bandwidth and Hard Drive usage statistics under the 'site info' link in the BlueInk bar
    • 22nd
  • Content item lists can now be viewed grouped by the page on which they are published
  • The default alphabetical listing now displays item in bold weight type if they are currently published on a page
    • 20th
  • Read More links can now be added to Blog posts by inserting a page break into the text item
    • 15th
  • When creating a new page, you can now choose to copy items from an existing page onto your new page
    • 6th
  • Added Date fields to custom built Forms
    • 3rd
  • Added the ability to create an e-mail response to custom built Form submissions
    • 2nd
  • Improved image caching to speed up galleries and general site loading
    • 1st
  • Designers can now use the media attribute on styles to create print-only stylesheets or target other CSS media types
    • ]]>     Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:19:00 -0400 /products/blueink_cms/blog#html-51     June http://www.bigbluehat.com/products/blueink_cms/blog/2009/6/30/june
    25th
  • Gallery edit screen now includes buttons to edit or delete photos directly without needing to find the Photo separately
  • Added a "manage" screen for Photos for easier viewing, editing, and deletion
  • Added a description field to Photos for captions, credits, or other directly related content
    • 18th
  • Added a "manage" screen for Blog posts to make them easier to find, edit, and unpublish
    • ]]>     Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:10:00 -0400 /products/blueink_cms/blog#html-50     Pre-May 2009 Changes http://www.bigbluehat.com/products/blueink_cms/blog/2008/11/12/pre_may_2009_changes
  • Calendars and Events are now available on all package sizes
  • Comments can now be hidden or allowed per post
  • Blog Archive pages now inherit their design from the main Blog page
  • RSS feed generation is now 10.5 times faster
  • Added URL-based login form. Add ?blueink to the end of your web site's URL to show the login form
    • ]]>     Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:09:00 -0500 /products/blueink_cms/blog#html-49     Beta Release Feature log http://www.bigbluehat.com/products/blueink_cms/blog/2008/7/30/beta_release_feature_log In the last 6 months BlueInk has undergone a major overhaul. BlueInk version 1.0 was very similar to many other Content Management Systems (CMS) with one major exception: content and pages were two separate things. This distinction gave us options for building web sites with more flexibility than the competitors, but something was still missing. Enter BlueInk version 2.0!

    BlueInk version 2.0 offers a departure from the typical "admin" section for managing a web site. BlueInk now sits atop your web site allowing you to view the page you're editing while you edit it. Along with this massive interface improvement, we've also added the following features to this new version:

    • Pages can now be reordered via drag-and-drop from the Pages Tree.
    • Massive speed boost via client-side caching goodness. (Thank you, YSlow!)
    • Pages can now be set to redirect to internal or external URL's rather than loading their content. This is handy for site restructuring.
    • Much faster URL resolution for quicker page load time.
    • Added the following Content Types:
      • Photos - Upload multiple photos at once, and edit them after uploading to customize their captions.
      • Galleries - Select photos to output in a "lightbox" style gallery. (More styles coming soon!)
      • Events - Input structured event information that will be output in the hCal Microformat for better findability by search engines such as Yahoo!'s SearchMonkey.
      • Calendars - Group various events and display them in an upcoming event list.
      • Documents - Upload multiple documents and link to them from within Text content items.
      • Audio - Upload multiple audio files at once, link to them, output an in-page player, and add them as posts to a Blog Page to create a Podcast.
      • Videos - Upload multiple video files at once and embed them into Text content items.
    • Added more complete Blog functionality:
      • Pages can have a "view type" of Blog allowing for content on that page to appear as blog posts with published dates.
      • RSS Feeds are generated for Blog Pages. Just add ".rss" to the end of that pages URL.
      • Commenting with CAPTCHA for humanity verification.
      • Override "published on" date for each blog post.
      • Drag-and-drop blog posts to various columns to present them as featured posts or smaller "quick posts."
      • Add non-blog content to any part of the blog page (even among posts). This is useful for running ads, displaying "about" paragraphs, or other ancillary content.
      • The number of visible Blog posts can be limited per Blog Page.
      • Each Blog generates an Archive that can display all posts within a given year, month, or day.
    • Made the following improvements to the Text content type:
      • Choose links directly from Photos, Documents, Video, and Audio content items.
      • Embed Flash video or other Flash animations into pages.
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