BLOCKS Tutorials

↥ Q: How do I add curated news?

What do I need?

The plCurated_News persistent list in your "lists" folder must contain one or more URLs for event documents with "-web" images.

What do I do?

Add the following code to the ... section of your index_html page.

<tal:NEWS_CURATED
  define="DATA python: REQUEST.set('DATA', {
    'SOURCE'   : LISTS.plCurated_News(),
    'TEMPLATE' : MASTER.ptNews});"
  content="structure MASTER/ptWrap" />

What should I see?
In this example, the persistent list has two URLs.

Bringing 'space trash' safely back to Earth

First Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellows Honored

↥ Q: How do I add dynamic news?

What do I need?

An event manager reference with one or more event documents with "-web" images.

What do I do?

Add the following code to the ... section of your index_html page.

<tal:NEWS_DYNAMIC
  define="DATA python: REQUEST.set('DATA', {
    'PUBLISHED' : True,
    'SORTS'     : [ 'show_date' ],
    'SOURCE'    : container.getRoot().Engr.AboutUs.News.Spotlights['2018'](),
    'TEMPLATE'  : MASTER.ptNews});"
  content="structure MASTER/ptWrap" />

Replace container.getRoot().Engr.AboutUs.News.Spotlights['2018'] with the reference.

What should I see?
In this example, the most recently published event documents with "-web" images in container.getRoot().Engr.AboutUs.News.Spotlights['2018'] are displayed.

↥ Q: How do I add tagged news?

What do I need?

One or more event documents with "-web" images that have been tagged with a specific tag.

What do I do?

Add the following code to the ... section of your index_html page.

<tal:NEWS_TAGGED
  define="DATA python: REQUEST.set('DATA', {
    'PUBLISHED' : True,
    'SORTS'     : [ 'show_date' ],
    'SOURCE'   : MASTER.pyTagSearch('Research'),
    'TEMPLATE' : MASTER.ptNews});"
  content="structure MASTER/ptWrap" />

Replace Research with the tag.

What should I see?
In this example, the most recently published event documents tagged as "Research" and with "-web" images are displayed.

↥ Q: How do I add "manual" wide news?

What do I need?

The URL for an event document with a "-web" image.

What do I do?

Add the following code to the ... section of your index_html page.

<tal:NEWS_WIDE
  define="DATA python: REQUEST.set('DATA', {
    'AMOUNT'   : 1,
    'MAX_TEXT' : { 'TOP' : 1000, 'BOTTOM' : 1200 },
    'SOURCE'   : 'https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/AboutUs/News/Spotlights/2018/bringing-space-trash-safely-back-to-earth'});"
  content="structure MASTER/ptWrap_Wide" />

Replace https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/AboutUs/News/Spotlights/2018/bringing-space-trash-safely-back-to-earth with the URL.

What should I see?
In this example, a URL of 'https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/AboutUs/News/Spotlights/2018/first-lillian-gilbreth-postdoctoral-fellows-honored' has been manually entered. The story will show no more than 1000 characters from the body.

Bringing 'space trash' safely back to Earth

Talk about space junk. Orbital debris from spacecraft, the defunct satellites and fragments of spent rockets left suspended in Earth’s atmosphere, are slowly making their way back to Earth. Objects usually return after a few years, but debris trapped in higher orbits can remain for more than a century.

Purdue University’s David Spencer, associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics, aims to develop a system that in the future would deorbit spacecraft launched by companies like SpaceX, OneWeb, and Boeing, as the spacecraft complete their missions. A space junk animation is available here.

Why is this important?

↥ Q: How do I add curated wide news?

What do I need?

The plCurated_News persistent list in your "lists" folder must contain one or more URLs for event documents with "-web" images.

What do I do?

Add the following code to the ... section of your index_html page.

<tal:NEWS_WIDE_CURATED
  define="DATA python: REQUEST.set('DATA', {
    'AMOUNT'   : 2,
    'FLIP'     : False,
    'MAX_TEXT' : { 'TOP' : 1200, 'BOTTOM' : 1000 },
    'SOURCE'   : LISTS.plCurated_News()});"
  content="structure MASTER/ptWrap_Wide" />

What should I see?
In this example, the first two URLs in our plCurated_News persistent list are displayed. The top story will show no more than 1200 characters from the body. The bottom story will show no more than 1000 characters from the body.

Bringing 'space trash' safely back to Earth

Why is this important?

“There are a number of high-value orbits that have become so populated with defunct satellites and debris spacecraft that they’re approaching a tipping point,” Spencer said. “Once that tipping point is reached, a cascade of uncontrolled collisions can occur, rendering the orbit unusable. And into the mix the thousands of satellites that companies plan to launch into orbit in the next several years, and the problem becomes much worse.”

First Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellows Honored

Five of the world’s most promising young engineering scholars have been honored by Purdue Engineering as inaugural recipients of the prestigious Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellowship in recognition of their outstanding scholarly achievements and proposed innovative interdisciplinary research and its potential for broad impact on industry and society.

More than 100 applicants with recently awarded PhDs from top institutions around the world were considered for these awards.

The men and women come from the mechanical; chemical; environmental and ecological; materials; electrical; and biomedical engineering disciplines and were installed as Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellows at an event celebrating Dr. Gilbreth’s distinguished career on November 9, 2018. Rikky Muller, assistant professor at the University of California at Berkeley and 2017 National Academy of Engineering Gilbreth Lecturer, was the keynote speaker.

Read more: First Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellows Honored

↥ Q: How do I add dynamic wide news?

What do I need?

An event manager reference with one or more event documents with "-web" images.

What do I do?

Add the following code to the ... section of your index_html page.

<tal:NEWS_WIDE_DYNAMIC
  define="DATA python: REQUEST.set('DATA', {
    'AMOUNT'    : 2,
    'MAX_TEXT'  : { 'TOP' : 1200, 'BOTTOM' : 1200 },
    'PUBLISHED' : True,
    'SORTS'     : [ 'show_date' ],
    'SOURCE'    : container.getRoot().Engr.AboutUs.News.Spotlights['2018']()});"
  content="structure MASTER/ptWrap_Wide" />

Replace container.getRoot().Engr.AboutUs.News.Spotlights['2018'] with the reference.

What should I see?
In this example, the most recently published event documents with "-web" images in container.getRoot().Engr.AboutUs.News.Spotlights['2018'] are displayed.

↥ Q: How do I add tagged wide news?

What do I need?

One or more event documents with "-web" images that have been tagged with a specific tag.

What do I do?

Add the following code to the ... section of your index_html page.

<tal:NEWS_WIDE_TAGGED
  define="DATA python: REQUEST.set('DATA', {
    'AMOUNT'    : 2,
    'MAX_TEXT'  : { 'TOP' : 1200, 'BOTTOM' : 1200 },
    'PUBLISHED' : True,
    'SORTS'     : [ 'show_date' ],
    'SOURCE'    : MASTER.pyTagSearch('Research')});"
  content="structure MASTER/ptWrap_Wide" />

Replace Research with the tag.

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↥ Q: How do I add curated news?

↥ Q: How do I add dynamic news?

↥ Q: How do I add tagged news?

↥ Q: How do I add "manual" wide news?

Bringing 'space trash' safely back to Earth

↥ Q: How do I add curated wide news?

Bringing 'space trash' safely back to Earth

First Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellows Honored

↥ Q: How do I add dynamic wide news?

↥ Q: How do I add tagged wide news?