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Web CMS Catching On
Over the past few years, the
Visual Communications group in University Public Relations has developed
and continues to improve a centralized content management system (CMS)
for the UW Web site.
To help units across campus learn how to make the most of the CMS, Information Technology is now offering CMS training workshops, which are free for campus faculty and staff.
View the schedule here.
Following are features that have been developed by our Web staff and which are available to users of the CMS. Follow the links to see examples on the UW Web site of what the features offer and to help you determine what features you’d like to see on your unit’s Web pages.
• Rotating banner photos and captions,
www.uwyo.edu
• UW news stories, www.uwyo.edu/studentaff/news.asp
• Department articles/news,
www.uwyo.edu/studentaff/news.asp
• Rotating ads,
www.uwyo.edu/pharmacy
• Useful links,
www.uwyo.edu/writingcenter/links.asp
• Student advising,
business.uwyo.edu/econfin/advising.asp
• Faculty/staff/officers,
www.uwyo.edu/publicrelations/staff/staff.asp
• Reading list,
www.uwyo.edu/alt/readinglistdoc.asp
• Events calendar,
www.uwyo.edu/armyrotc/calendar/list.asp
• Frequently asked questions,
www.uwyo.edu/asuw/faqs.asp
• Faculty publications,
www.uwyo.edu/alt/publications.asp
• Faculty research,
www.uwyo.edu/kandh/publications.asp
• Adjunct faculty listing
• Graduate student listing
• Alumni listing
• Alumni news
• Feedback/comments
• Photo gallery
For more information about the CMS, contact one of our Web developers,
Pat Wolfinbarger or
Brian Spradlin.
WEB & PUBS
POINTERS
 A Higher EduStyle
EduStyle is a Web design gallery dedicated to higher education Web sites. Viewers can see theirs and other colleges’ Web sites and rate them.
(Visit
eduStyle.)
New Age Advertising
Advertising Age is a top national magazine offering insights into successful ad campaigns and great tips on marketing and designing ads.
(Visit Ad Age.)
Get Your Tiny URL Here
Some e-mail clients have trouble displaying long URLs that dynamic Web sites often generate. Shorten them up with a simple online tool: TinyURL.
(Visit TinyURL.)
Standing Apart
A List Apart published an article about “global navigation,” asking three general questions that should be considered on any page on a Web site.
(Visit A List Apart.)
Get Bound
Here’s some interesting, helpful information on various book-binding options.
(Look into binding!)
PhotoShop-ing
Adobe released a condensed version of PhotoShop, called PhotoShop Express, that runs entirely through a Web browser. It should work the same way on all PCs and Macs with newer browsers installed.
(Look into
PhotoShop.)
NEWS
Rate This
Brian Spradlin, VisComm Web guru, has a fascinating new tool on
www.uwyo.edu. At the bottom of UW news releases, there is now a “Rate This Article” section. It’s a generic five-star system and is a good starting point to get immediate and easy feedback from our Web site visitors. Go ahead and try it out. Just open any news release from the
www.uwyo.edu/news site.
New Look for
UW News Daily e-Newsletter
Brian has also updated the afternoon news feed, so if you subscribe to UW News, you’ll see a fresh look with a visually interesting format. The ingenious part is subscribers don’t need any special software: it comes across as a basic e-mail. In addition to new graphic elements, different sections are color-coded and include hyperlinks that pull back to
www.uwyo.edu. To sign up for the daily news e-mail, click here:
www.uwyo.edu/news/emailsignup2.asp.
CONFERENCES & SEMINARS
HOW Design Conference
This year's HOW Design Conference will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, May 18-21. HOW Design Conferences are great opportunities for all creative types to learn the newest industry standards and mingle with top-billing designers and firms. (Read more.)
CASE Conferences
The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, of which UW is an institutional member, offers ongoing conferences and trainings in various parts of the nation. (Read more.)
Xrite One-Day Conference
Sponsored by HP, Pantone, Eizo, and X-Rite, this one-day interactive seminar teaches how to capture, create, and specify color that will remain consistent from screen to print.
These national seminars are well known for their quality content and easy-going style and provide attendees with a thorough understanding of controlling color supported by exercises, take-away materials, and best practices one can incorporate into business immediately. (Read more.)
Educational Online IT and Business Webevents
Jupitermedia Web-event series is a comprehensive
collection of live and on-demand Web presentations exploring a
particular technology or industry. The goal of each Webevent series is
to educate and inform attendees on the latest trends, research, tactics,
and best practices. (View
the archives.)
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University
of Wyoming
Visual Communications
105 Bureau of Mines Bldg.
365 N. Ninth St.
(307) 766-2671
(307)
766-6729 fax
viscomm@uwyo.edu
Mailing Address:
Dept. 3226
1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY
82071
Want to find out how many viewers visit your Web site? Concerned about broken links?
(Inquire here.)
This Web site has information about all
UW
Web sites. Sites that are part of the UPR content
management system have additional information listed, such as what Web pages visitors are entering sites from, where they are exiting, the most popular time of day for visitors, and more!
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