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Content Management, Web Design
300 Content Contributors + 2 Redesign Efforts = 1 Awesome Website
It’s no secret that redesigning a website can be a little intimidating. But add hundreds of content contributors in 75 counties across the state, subtract hours of wasted work, multiply by two redesign efforts, and you’ve got yourself one tricky equation. Learn how the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service team managed to solve this problem and simplify the process of managing web content.
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The Skinny on "Lean"
Here at OmniUpdate, our product development process reflects something very simple, yet integral to our mission: in order to develop products our customers really want, they must be involved in the process. We are incredibly lucky to have such a collaborative user community. This past April, we took customer engagement to the next level when we released version 0 of our newest module, OU Alerts.
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Content Management, Web Design
Five Guidelines for Mastering Your Website Redesign
At OUTC16, Sylvia Nicosia, Director of Web Programming and Development at Farmingdale State College, talked about five guidelines to follow when rolling out a new website. Learn her secrets to success for a better website and redesign experience.
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Website Redesign: How to Give Site Visitors What They Need
At OUTC16, Sylvia Nicosia, Director of Web Programming and Development at Farmingdale State College, gave a detailed presentation on her institution’s most recent website redesign. Using analytics and qualitative data, Nicosia and her team developed a simple, yet powerful design where information architecture meets the expectations of their site visitors. Learn about their journey to a successful website redesign.
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Content Management, Web Design
When Bad Ideas Work: Clarion University's Road to Web Governance
Jason Strohm took to the stage at OUTC16 to talk about bad ideas — and why they work! Strohm is the web designer and developer at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, where the institution's website recently became a "20-year overnight success." Learn about the evolution of Clarion's website from 1996 to the present.
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How to Improve Your Website's Usability and Make a Good Impression
When starting a new book, the reader might give it a few pages or maybe even a couple of chapters to let it catch her interest. When it comes to your website, you’ve got a matter of seconds to capture her attention. Usability is understanding what your audience wants from your website and providing it in a way that is efficient and intuitive for them. Learn about five important areas to focus on when evaluating your sites’ usability strengths and weaknesses.
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Using Information Architecture to Streamline Website Navigation
Have you ever been on a website that was so badly organized you couldn't find information you knew was on the site? This is the effect of poor information architecture (IA). Good IA enables users to navigate intuitively so that they find what they're looking for in the shortest time and with the least effort possible, all while being engaged with your site. When IA is done well, the user doesn’t even notice the structure of information.
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The Halo Effect and Your Website
In social psychology, the Halo Effect is classified as a cognitive bias where an individual transfers his feelings about one aspect of something and extrapolates it into an overall opinion about it. So what does the Halo Effect have to do with your website? Actually, everything. The Halo Effect is not fair, but it is a definite reality.
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Accessibility Matters: Is Your Website Up to Code?
When building a website, the focus tends to be on how content is designed and managed, but we may be forgetting an important element that can cut down visibility when left unaddressed: content accessibility to people with disabilities. As part of #OUTC16, Justin Gatewood, Webmaster at Victor Valley College, showed us how to S.I.F.T. through a website’s content for accessibility.
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Utilizing an Untapped Resource: Student Interns
When you think about the website needs of most colleges and universities today, you can’t help but put hiring more staff at the top of that list. In many circumstances, however, there are a tremendous amount of hoops to jump through to make that a reality. But what if there was a way to get all the help you needed without taking a bite out of the budget or hiring full-time employees?
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