Joe McClain told me about a web site that offers an alphabetical index of American Universities. This Index of American Universities is sponsored by the University of Florida.
Back in early February, we shared the link to a similar site on this blog. That site is organized by state. See U.S. Higher Education Web Sites - http://oipr.depaul.edu/open/general/usedu.htm
posted by Susan Evans
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Current Students Gateway
Anyone who has studied the new W&M web design probably noticed the "Information For" button in the top left-hand corner. When a web visitor clicks on this button they will be presented with a series of links (as in, "Information for... Current Students, Faculty & Staff, Friends & Neighbors, Parents, Alumni").
So if a freshman visits the homepage and clicks on "Information for Current Students," what will he see? In truth, we want our visitors to answer this question as much as possible. Review the proposed list of links, but if you have suggestions, we would love to hear them.
posted by Joel Pattison
So if a freshman visits the homepage and clicks on "Information for Current Students," what will he see? In truth, we want our visitors to answer this question as much as possible. Review the proposed list of links, but if you have suggestions, we would love to hear them.
posted by Joel Pattison
Friday, February 29, 2008
Kindred Spirits
I love driving to VIMS. It's always a relaxing 25 minutes on the Colonial Parkway.
Today, Mark Windley and I spent a couple of hours meeting with Barb Parcell (VIMS webmaster) and Dave Malmquist (VIMS communications director) about their plans for a new VIMS web site. mStoner is creating a new home page design (blue for water?) for VIMS and their site will be part of the new web CMS.
We talked time tables and design choices - and contributed ideas about everything from web writing to project planning. Mark and I promised to share various documents and spreadsheets developed for our own re.webing.
Enjoyed a return trip on the Parkway and fired off a few attachment filled emails to Barb and Dave.
posted by Susan Evans
Today, Mark Windley and I spent a couple of hours meeting with Barb Parcell (VIMS webmaster) and Dave Malmquist (VIMS communications director) about their plans for a new VIMS web site. mStoner is creating a new home page design (blue for water?) for VIMS and their site will be part of the new web CMS.
We talked time tables and design choices - and contributed ideas about everything from web writing to project planning. Mark and I promised to share various documents and spreadsheets developed for our own re.webing.
Enjoyed a return trip on the Parkway and fired off a few attachment filled emails to Barb and Dave.
posted by Susan Evans
Monday, February 25, 2008
W&M Faculty: We Need You!
We are beginning the writing phase of the W&M web redesign project. A critical and challenging task will be writing the text for the Academics section of the new website. "Academics" is one of a handful of navigational links that will appear on every page of the new website.
The opportunity to describe our exceptional core academic programs is an important undertaking and we need your help. To support this writing effort, we welcome the thoughts and ideas of as many faculty members as possible.We would appreciate your input by March 11. Your collective contributions will be provided to members of the re.web project team and to the professional writers at mStoner. Thank you.
posted by Susan Evans
The opportunity to describe our exceptional core academic programs is an important undertaking and we need your help. To support this writing effort, we welcome the thoughts and ideas of as many faculty members as possible.We would appreciate your input by March 11. Your collective contributions will be provided to members of the re.web project team and to the professional writers at mStoner. Thank you.
posted by Susan Evans
Saturday, February 23, 2008
re.web Project Hits the One Year Mark
Today, we celebrate the one year mark of re.web. On February 23, 2007, W&M's provost, Geoff Feiss, announced the effort to renew www.wm.edu. We've tackled a lot in 12 months:
- identified funding and created a budget
- established a project site and blog
- gathered the active web redesign advisory committee
- conducted an RFP process
- selected a web consultant
- participated in web strategy conversations
- researched and recommended content management software
- selected, and perfected, a new design
- facilitated 29 formal campus presentations
posted by Susan Evans
Friday, February 22, 2008
What's with the Latin?
Some of you have noticed that all of the web design prototypes we've been unveiling contain Latin. The use of Latin as placeholder text is intended to allow you to focus on the layout of the web page, not the readable content.
Turns out this is an ancient practice with roots in the printing and typesetting industry. Read more at http://lipsum.com/.
posted by Susan Evans
Turns out this is an ancient practice with roots in the printing and typesetting industry. Read more at http://lipsum.com/.
posted by Susan Evans
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Headlines
W&M is fortunate to have committed students reporting for our student news organizations. Here's the re.web news coverage to date.
The DoG Street Journal (February 5, 2008)
"New College Web Site Design Announced" (Jake Nelson)
The Flat Hat (February 8, 2008)
"Makeover for wm.edu" (Alex Guillen)
The Virginia Informer (February 18, 2008)
"College's New Web Site" (Aimee Forsythe)
posted by Susan Evans
The DoG Street Journal (February 5, 2008)
"New College Web Site Design Announced" (Jake Nelson)
The Flat Hat (February 8, 2008)
"Makeover for wm.edu" (Alex Guillen)
The Virginia Informer (February 18, 2008)
"College's New Web Site" (Aimee Forsythe)
posted by Susan Evans
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