Template Change Log

Date

Changes

2009-10-03

List tags: Modifications were made to the text.css and optional.css to add padding to the right side of <ul> and <ol> tags.

Locked files: The template downloads included locked versions of each file. That has bee fixed.

Favicon link: The link to the M favicon used by the U's home site is now absolute. Template users can use this as a default or update to use their own favicon.

Related Links heading: The heading in the left navigation for Related Links was mistakenly a link itself. That has been changed.

2009-09-01

Search field and lists: Version 4 of the templates fixes the alignment of the search field and allows for bulleted and numbered lists without an additional style.

2009-06-10

760-pixel wide templates: The "template_new.css" has been updated to fix rendering problems for the 760 header and footer on our friend IE6. Download new code from the template download page.

2009-04-03

Horizontal navigation: When adjusting the window size of a template that uses the horizontal navigation in IE6, such as the index_2.6.4.html template, the links didn't move along with the window. So, for example, as you make the window more narrow, the links just begin to fall off the page rather than moving in as they should. To fix, add position: relative; to the body element in the text.css file.

2009-03-24

Horizontal navigation: The dropdowns in the optional horizontal navigation menu on the templates were not fully working. The explanation and the fix: When using a relative path to an HTC file with url in an external CSS stylesheet, IE calculates the location of that file based on the page you have loaded, not the stylesheet where this declaration is included. So, what might work on a top-level page won't for second-level and deeper directories.

Once the absolute path to the .htc file is determined, use that with behavior:url() in the optional.css style sheet.

For example: {behavior:url(http://www.mysite.umn.edu/lib/htc/csshover2.htc);}

2009-03-02

FAQs: Some old things and some new things in the templates have been noted on each template download page including how to make a bulleted list, reminders to update meta and alt tags, checking all template links, and link etiquette.

2009-02-18

Breadcrumbs: Breadcrumb links were added to the secondary pages.

2009-02-10

Privacy: The privacy link was wrong. It should be http://www.privacy.umn.edu

2009-02-10

Incorrect image path: The paths to many of the background images in the template.css file were wrong. If you can't see the search area and myU and One Stop buttons in the top right corner of the templates, then you'll need to either download a new set and update your template.css file, or change the background images in your template.css file from, for example, (../../../assets/img/btn_onestop.gif) to (../../assets/img/btn_onestop.gif). There was one too many ../

2009-02-10

Print style sheet: The index_2.7.3.html now works with the print style sheet. The fix was to add a </div> after the </h1> on the graphic header, then remove the </div> right before the <!-- END RIGHT COLUMN --> comment tag.

2009-02-10

Extra folder: There was an unnecessary php folder and file in the "lib" folder. You don't need it, it can be trashed.