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The Corpus Juris online Philippine law library |
The move to Joomla also provides old users some these new
features that were not present in the old version of the site:
New Website Design - old users may notice that The Corpus
Juris has implemented a new template for the website. The new design
provides both an easier browsing experience and ensures that new site
features are easily accessible and viewable.
Browsing Enhancements - new web 2.0 features provide a more
efficient browsing experience like instant font-size changes, smooth
scrolling, mootools-based drop-down menus, AJAX-based logins, and
CSS-based highlight effects.
Lightbox - the new lightbox provides for browsing images,
videos, sounds, maps, and other pages from within the page without
leaving it. By merely clicking on a link, the lightbox is activated,
and the target media is loaded while staying on the same
page.
Coding Optimizations - even though the new site includes
several new enhancements, the design team has implemented gzip
compression for all HTML, CSS, and JavaScript file transfers, thus
making page download speeds up to 80% faster than an uncompressed
transfer.
Frontpage Slideshow - the homepage will now display the most
important sections of the site and breaking news.
Commenting System - all articles can now be commented upon by
readers and supports Gravatar-based avatars. An RSS-based feed is also
available for those who wish to subscribe to individual articles'
commentary.
Discussion Forum – Based on FireBoard, the new forum has been
designed to provide community support for those who have legal
inquiries on a diverse range of subjects.
Social Bookmarking - this feature now allow readers to
bookmark their favorite articles with their social bookmarking site of
choice.
Odiogo - this provides for an all-new service which allows
readers to have the contents of a page read to them in audio while
remaining on the site and be able to download an MP3 file of the chosen
article.
Glossary - the new glossary plugin will provide for
definitions of legal terms and maxims when a user highlights certain
words or phrases in articles.
Online Dictionary - in conjunction with the glossary, the
online dictionary tool provides for an alphabetical list of legal terms
and phrases, pronunciation guide, and word directory.
The Corpus Juris web development team hopes that these new
features will enhance your experience and encourage you to entrust your
online legal research needs to Corpus Juris.
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