May 14, 2013
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In previous years our office had helped collect photos for the Commencement ceremony opening slideshow. With the doors opening at 9:30 am, this slideshow repeated for a couple of hours, followed by a video of the graduates making their traditional … Continue reading
April 16, 2013
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We’d like to know a little more about you. Many thanks to Google Analytics for their Audience Overview. Here’s a little something from our stats that jumps off the page. In the past year, over 11% of visits to the … Continue reading
April 11, 2013
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We’re strong proponents of the “content is king” mantra for higher ed websites. But, if reading our content is cumbersome on smaller screens will we miss an opportunity to make a connection? Enter responsive design. It’s new. It’s exciting. You … Continue reading
April 5, 2013
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We had a great turnout for our Social Media Bootcamp, sponsored by the Social Media Users Group here at W&M. Folks from departments and offices all across campus (and from VIMS) joined in the two-hour session as we went through … Continue reading
March 11, 2013
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Once you’ve completed your edits and have published, be sure to go check them out on your live site. Sounds silly, right? Don’t laugh! Really. You may be surprised how many common errors can be caught right away with a … Continue reading
March 1, 2013
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I stayed up for the Oscars last Sunday….didn’t win anything. But, I was pleasantly surprised the next morning to receive early notification of the winners in the Higher Education Marketing Report’s 28th Annual Educational Advertising Awards. William & Mary scored three … Continue reading
February 1, 2013
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Announcements are simple pages that can be pulled into a listbox as prominent links in the right column of your home page (or any other page for that matter). The most common question we hear, “I’d like to re-use my … Continue reading
January 16, 2013
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This has been a busy week for Creative Services as we launched updates to two important communication tools. First, is an update to Social Stream, our version of a social media directory. If you have seen it before, the “Official” … Continue reading
December 3, 2012
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There is an easy way to promote your social media channels in your Cascade site. Check out the buttons in the left column of the W&M Information Technology site for an example. Interested? Involve your Cascade Manager in policy decisions … Continue reading
November 9, 2012
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…to do a lot of things, actually. But I’m thinking about what goes into presenting a unified web presence. On a site of over 50,000 pages. Maintained by nearly 1000 web editors. One piece of this puzzle is training. Since … Continue reading