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Rather than a blog, I like to think of this space as a personal notebook that is open and available for all to see. If I'm already keeping notes for my own various uses, why not share them publicly and hopefully provide value to others as well?

Shopify Liquid Templates - Display HTML Content ONLY if Product has a Specific Tag

If you'd like to show some HTML content on a Shopify product page ONLY if the product has a specific tag, the following is the trick that will help you (hopefully!).

My use case: In one of my Shopify stores, I wanted to automatically show a different set of Frequently Asked Questions and Testimonials for each type of product I had. To accomplish this, I decided to tag each piece of content with the type of product it was. Then I wrote up some simple HTML to display for each product type. Then, I inserted the following for/if statement into the product-template.liquid:

How to add a Shopify Store as a Subdomain of your Existing Website

How to add a Shopify Store as a Subdomain of your Website

I was interested in adding a Shopify store to my existing website, while also using the domain name I already had (rather than use the storename.myshopify.com web site address that Shopify provides). The solution that made most sense, in my head at least, was to make the Shopify store accessible through my domain name as a subdomain.

As in, make the Shopfiy store accessible via shop.mydomainname.com, where mydomainname.com was my existing site.

How to Install Microsoft Office with your Penn O365 account (for Faculty, Staff)

All full-time University of Pennsylvania faculty and staff with O365 accounts are eligibile to install Microsoft Office (including Word, Excel, Outlook and Powerpoint) on up to 5 devices (including computers and mobile devices). To install on your computer, click here for instructions.

Mailman Mailing List Best Practices

In the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, we use the open-source python-based Mailman mailing list software. There are many options that can be configured on a per-list basis. The information in this post contains general notes, how to's, and best practices for listserv management -- some aspects, including the list default settings, are specific to our use case at the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing.

How to Add Penn Academic Calendar to Outlook Web Calendar (O365)

Many staff and faculty at the University of Pennsylyvania enjoy having the Academic Calendar visible on their O365 Outlook Calendar. To add the Penn Academic Calendar to your Office365 Web Calendar (OWA), follow these instructions.

How to Fix / Restore Access to Shared Calendars in "the new Outlook" 2019

At the University of Pennsylvania, our Office365 users suddenly lost "edit" access to the shared calendars they had previously set up in their O365 calendars. The calendars still appeared, they just weren't modifiable. This is a huge deal, because we schedule many public spaces and manage staff schedules through shared calendars.

An Exploration of the Art in Saint Peters Village

St. Peters Village forest is a remarkable, ever changing treasure trove of seek-and-find art. It's a thought-provoking, living art exhibit, showcasing many emotions and experiences of the lives we share. True art happens among this forest canvas.

How to Disable Default Two-Sided Duplex Printing on Mac via CUPS

Some printers (and their drivers) default to two-sided printing, which many people do not prefer as the default option. Luckily, this can easily be disabled via the CUPS web interface. There are probably other ways to accomplish this, too, but I found this to be quick and painless. At the time of this post, this is tested and working on Mac OS 10.14 Mojave.

How to Migrate Apple MacOS Contacts into O365

This is the process I used to copy a user's MacOS Contacts into their O365 address book (a.k.a. "People"):

1.) Open the user's Apple Contacts application on their computer.

2.) Select all of the contacts and dragged them into a blank Apple Numbers spreadsheet (there's no way to export direct to CSV from Apple Contacts).

3.) Export a sample CSV file from OWA to figure out the column structure. Clear out all of the entries, leaving only the column headers.

Our New Live Streaming Rig at the University of Pennsylvania

Our new live streaming setup at the University of Pennsylvania

At the Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania, we've been live streaming events on a near daily basis for years. We are really excited to be completely upgrading and overhauling our Arts Cafe performance space and technology for the first time in many years. Here's what our new live streaming setup will look like.