Last week I blogged Tribe Voices: new software being developed by the IT Web Team.Tribe Voices isn't part of re.web, but it is related. As you know, the College is purchasing a web Content Management System (CMS) to run websites for William & Mary's academic and administrative departments. The newly-designed W&M site will offer faculty/staff directory pages, but complete personal web pages will not be a part of the CMS. Tribe Voices, designed for faculty, staff and students, will create personal websites-- thus bridging the gap.
We wanted Tribe Voices to be easy to use, so we conducted usability testing on a model version of the software in early 2008. Our testing helped us design a logical user interface, and it gave us some ideas on the features people wanted.
When Tribe Voices is released on April 30, 2008 it will contain many of the things people requested. Among other features, it will:
- Include a "wizard" that helps first-time users create a website quickly
- Have a main menu that makes it easy to find everything you need
- Be completely web-based. You can create, edit and publish web pages without ever leaving your web browser. (No mapped drives!)
- Automatically build a website navigation menu (that you can edit if you wish)
- Have a simple blogging tool that allows comments and RSS
- Allow you to place Flickr badges, maps, movies and Facebook info on your site
Read more about Tribe Voices.
posted by Joel Pattison
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