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Thursday, February 1, 2024
Occasionally, we come under attack. For once, it's not for our dress sense. Instead, it's a malicious cyber-attack. This occurs a few times every year: a malevolent entity out there (in the form of a bot) finds a form on a Carleton website and bombards that form with multiple submissions. In the latest attack,... More
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
If you’re keeping up with Web Services, you might know that we wrote an article about our virtual spring cleaning last month. A vital part of this clean-up was using tags and categories. Continuing the analogy of spring cleaning, categories and tags are like your bookshelves, cupboards, and other storage. Leaving your things piled... More
Friday, September 4, 2020
When working with forms, it is important to always replace the default Send to Email: and From Email: fields in the Notifications settings. We use a third party forms plug-in called Gravity Forms for all our forms. For notifications telling you a form has a new submission you set up the form to send a... More
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
If the answer is yes ..... Web Services has you covered! We are offering our clients the opportunity to get some high quality, stock photos for their web sites. These are great for things such as banners and thumbnails. We currently has a subscription to Shutterstock. If you would like us to download images... More
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Categories are one of you website's hidden superpowers! They offer a powerful way to organize content. Think of categories as your website’s main topics. They help identify, to both the user and search engines, what your site is all about. Benefits of Categories There are several good reasons to use categories on your website.... More
Thursday, April 7, 2016
This post looks at the difference between a page and a post, and when it is appropriate to use each one. When to Use Pages Use pages for information that does not change nor need to be updated often (i.e.: contact, about, student information). Pages can appear in the navigation bar of your website or... More
Thursday, October 10, 2013
A number of Carleton CMS content editors seek our advice on ways to make their website’s homepage organized and appealing. The homepage creates the first impression to visitors on your website; it can determine whether or not visitors want to continue browsing your website. Here are the main sections you can edit on your... More
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Google Analytics is one of the best tools out there to keep track of your site’s traffic and improve your web content. When your content is fresh, it'll rank higher in search engines. However, with several reports and complicated sections in Google Analytics, not knowing what to do with all this information can be... More
Monday, June 24, 2013
Web developers from Carleton’s Web Services, Troy Chaplin and Mike Corkum, will give presentations at WordCamp Montreal on June 29 and 30. During this year’s Wordcamp Montreal, Chaplin will give an introduction to Custom Post Types, “a great feature in Wordpress that allows you to break out into specific areas of content that can... More
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
As web content creators, we all aim to make our website rank high in search engines, such as Google. To get a better ranking, it is important to analyze your web content for SEO. Sound daunting? Well, we have good news for you. In Wordpress, there is an SEO function that analyzes your content. This... More
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Content is the lifeline of website. How well have you done in content creation? Check out this infographic and see if you can add some great information to your website. Although you don't need to check off everything from this list, your content should meet most of requirements. Click the image for a... More
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
As a follow up to the previous posts Love your Links and My Name is URL, today’s post is a reminder to always consider linking best practices when writing content for your web site. We have seen many sites that copy and paste entire URLs into content or are using generic text for hyperlinks... More
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