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Friday, May 26, 2023
Accessibility! Accessibility! Accessibility! Here at Web Services, you may notice we chat often on this topic, though that is only because it plays such a key role in the web world. Across the Carleton domain, we want to ensure everyone has the same user experience. Below are five common accessibility issues found on websites.... More
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
We use Google Analytics to track how our Carleton websites are performing. If you have logged in to analytics recently, you may have noticed a pop-up warning. It talks about the switch to Google Analytics 4 (GA4) occurring on July 1. What is GA4? GA4 is the newest version of Google Analytics. It is... More
Thursday, April 27, 2023
Around this time three years ago, most of us were packing up our office belongings and heading off to work from home for two weeks. (Oh how naïve we were!) At the same time, Carleton had to cancel all in-person events. This meant refunding 1500 people for those cancelled events which the university had... More
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Alternative text, also known as alt text, is a short description of an image that is read by screen readers. With social media becoming an increasingly integral part of our daily lives, it's important to consider the accessibility of our content. There are three key reasons why you should start adding alt text to... More
Thursday, April 20, 2023
Welcome to the next post of our cuTheme teaser series! Today we give you a sneak peek into the video listing block. The video block lets you display your videos in a card format that creates a nice gallery on your page. Tip: We recommend that you upload all of your videos to YouTube.... More
Thursday, April 13, 2023
We held our second Web Wednesday on April 12. If you missed this recent workshop on Agile, don't worry - we've got you covered! Please find the highlights below. Sprints and Superheroes: How Agile Has Transformed the Way We Work Mary Kathryn started things off with some background on the Web Team and what... More
Monday, April 10, 2023
This Spring marks the 10th anniversary of the launch of CU Ecommerce. This is the service that allows units on campus to take money for events and services without having to resort to finding their own third-party provider. The CU Ecommerce was built by our senior web developer, Mike Corkum, back at the end... More
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Are you struggling with creating quality content on a regular basis (especially when juggling other tasks)? Content calendars might be the solution for you. A content calendar is a planning tool that outlines your content creation and publishing schedule; it provides a visual overview of your upcoming content, and their related subtasks. Content... More
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Why are we talking about rubber ducks on the Web Services blog? Turns out, rubber duck debugging is an actual thing that developers do...! As part of our Agile working process, we have daily meetings where we update each other on what we are working on. And we talk about any issues we are... More
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Instagram can be a powerful tool for building your brand and connecting with your audience. With two billion monthly active users, Instagram is recognized as the fourth most-used social media platform globally. According to Hootsuite, Instagram's median engagement rate is 17 times higher than Facebook and 33 times higher than a tweet. Building a... More
Thursday, March 23, 2023
If you missed our workshop on top navigation, don't fret - we are here for you! Today I'll be recapping our recent (and very first...) Web Wednesday that we held on March 22. It went so well and we were thrilled with the response from everyone. Please check out the highlights below! What do... More
Welcome to the second of our cuTheme teaser series! Today we are excited to give you a sneak peek into the news listing block. The news listing block lets you display your news posts on a page in a horizontal format (vs. the row/column format of the news cards). News Listing Options Look &... More
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