The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University

Peabody website development blog

Things are changing

You may have noticed a few subtle changes to the Peabody website in recent days. We're in the process of updating the technology that runs the site, adding features that have become standard since the site was last updated back in 2005. Over the coming weeks we'll update a few features at a time. Nothing will be radically different, but you'll see a few changes:

1. First, and perhaps most important, we have an updated text editor.
2. We've added comments to blogs, so they function more like actual blogs—please comment on this blog if you have any questions or concerns.
3. These comments also link to the message boards. It's a little tricky to explain, but if you run a message board on your pages check it out.
4. Blogs now have RSS—add this blog to your reader and get updates automatically.
5. We've added a nifty feature to image galleries that make them a bit easier on the eye. See below for an example.

So, for the meat of this post: an introduction to the new text editor.