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Thursday, September 17, 2020
We know many of you are looking forward to moving your websites into our new web theme. Due to other priorities within ITS, we are not yet where we need to be with our new server environment - and we cannot go live with sites in the new theme without this new environment. We... More
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Each month we are profiling one of our Web Services team members. This month we hear all about Alex! How did you enter this career? I have been passionate about computers since I was young, playing around with dead computers trying to build my own working one. When home computers started becoming more popular... More
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
We often tell website maintainers that if they are looking for help they should contact the service desk. Have you ever wondered the purpose is in to creating a middleperson between you and Web Services? It seems counterintuitive to make a request go through more stages rather than fewer. But there is some very... 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
Monday, June 15, 2020
What makes a really good webpage? It's hard to narrow it down to just one thing, but today we have a tip that can turn a good webpage into a great webpage. Using calls to action. So, what is a call to action anyway? Calls to action, often abbreviated to CTA, are anything you... More
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
There are seven new features that you’ll be able to use in the new cuTheme, and we’re rolling out a seven-series blog post to keep you informed about the changes you should keep on your radar. Today, we’re covering number five out of seven: Accordions. You are all probably wondering what an Accordion is.... More
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
What is a story? Glad you asked! In this fourth post of the cuTheme Update blog series, we are covering stories, which are a great feature that comes with the cuTheme. Some of you may have used stories before in the old theme, and some of you might have never heard of stories. Whether you're... More
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Are you excited about our new cuTheme yet? If not, you should be! And here’s why. There are seven new features that you’ll be able to use in the new cuTheme, and we’re rolling out a seven-series blog post to keep you informed about the changes you should keep on your radar. Today, we’re... More
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Have you heard? We have exciting plans to roll out our new cuTheme within the next few months. Yep, the wait is almost over. Get ready for a fresh new look! The new theme will combine our existing cms and framework themes so that users (you!) have more flexibility, scalability, and usability. With the... More
Thursday, December 5, 2019
As you know, we've been working on developing a new theme for our 550 websites. If this is news to you, I encourage you to read A New theme for Carleton Websites is Coming well as our last CU Theme Progress Report. As announced at our last Coffee Break, we are aiming to begin roll... More
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Our public websites and its contents must meet WCAG 2.0 AA by January 2021 as outlined in the Accessibility Standard for Information and Communications. WCAG 2.0 is an internationally accepted standard for web accessibility developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). It defines three levels of compliance - A, AA and AAA. Level A equates... 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
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