What's new?

August 26th, 2008

Updated Welcome Message

The Welcome to the University Portal message has been updated to better reflect our intentions and keep you in the know with current information about YaleInfo.

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Pop-up boxes can hinder your browsing experience, so we got rid of them! Apart from a few exceptions you won’t see those security pop-up messages anymore while interacting with YaleInfo.

A Sunny Outlook

A new weather portlet has been released that provides up-to-date and accurate weather information. Better yet, it’s fully customizable and includes international support. Know what the weather is at all times!

Links, Links, Links!

We know how much you value the Faculty, Staff, Student, and YaleInfo links so we added new links and updated the existing ones. If you have suggestions about adding links, please send them to itswebteam@yale.edu.

A Refresing Demo

Previously, many different people using the demo account to explore YaleInfo caused the layout to get cluttered. New functionality has been added to refresh the layout every hour. Show your friends and experiment all you want, if the layout gets cluttered, it will refresh in an hour.

YaleConnect Email Comming Soon

Information Technology Services is building a new interface to integrate interactive features of email into YaleInfo. If your email was displaying in the past, it will continue to work as usual. If your email is not currently available in YaleInfo, we have provided you with a link to access your email inbox.

Where's the Feedback Form?

We value your feedback and we also want to optimize the space you can use on the screen. The Feedback form link is now located at the top of every page. Let us know what you think! We’re always happy to hear any suggestions or comments you may have.

January 23rd, 2008

New My Calendar portlet supports the popular iCal standard

On Wednesday January 23rd we deployed the new My Calendar Portlet to the YaleInfo University Portal ( www.yale.edu/portal/). My Calendar allows aggregation of iCal feeds into a single convenient view. The initial focus of this My Calendar is to enable students to see a personalized course schedule on their YaleInfo pages.

My Calendar supports the increasingly popular iCal standard for Internet and Web calendars. My Calendar allows you to add and customize a selections of Yale events calendars, course schedules, and a wide range of general iCal calendars from the Web.

You'll find the new My Calendar portlet listed when you use under the "Add Portlets" link at the top right of all YaleInfo pages.

We welcome your comments and suggestions

Please continue to use the temporary comment box in the footer of all YaleInfo pages! These comments provide our YaleInfo Portal Team with valuable feedback as we work to improve the useability and functionality of the portal.

About the YaleInfo portal

This latest version of the YaleInfo campus portal was launched on August 26th, 2008. The YaleInfo Portal Team made substantial improvements to several usability aspects as well as updated and improved new content for YaleInfo

The YaleInfo campus portal was first launched in 2003, and significantly revised in 2005. YaleInfo is based on the open-source uPortal technology. Yale University is an active member of and contributor to the JA-SIG uPortal development group.