Captain’s Log: Preparing for a Website OverhaulEmbarking on a website redesign can feel like you’re the person in the Red Shirt in the landing party. With the right preparation, we can transform it from a challenge into a clear, strategic success. We’ll provide a brief overview of these best practices and tools:– project goals: identify […]
Learn from the Website Management Center of Expertise (WCoE) at the IT Pro Forum! With a year of hands-on experience and the successful support of four early adopter groups, we’ve gathered crucial insights into streamlining website migrations. We’ll address common pain points when moving between hosts, configuring content management systems, and adopting the Illinois Web […]
At the University of Illinois, we’re embarking on a quest to unify our websites under the Illinois Theme look and feel. But if your website is in a different theme now, how do you approach converting stylized content and structural elements within your pages from another look and feel into the Illinois Theme? Join Sydney […]
Lead User Experience Design Specialist, Technology Services
Been meaning to get around to setting up Google Analytics on PIE or another WordPress site, but intimidated by the hill to climb? Join the ad-hoc Google Analytics team for a hands-on lesson in how to start from square 1 and end up with a fully set up Google Analytics instance on your WordPress site […]
A brand new WordPress installation will give you a Hello World page, and not a lot of guidance beyond that. Meanwhile, as one of the most popular web content management systems, WordPress has become a high-value target for bad actors on the web. Understanding how to properly secure your WordPress website is critical to ensure […]
While the process of creating a publish.illinois.edu namespace takes about 5 minutes, the process of getting a website built from scratch takes more time and effort, and not all our customers are familiar with the WordPress Block Editor. In order to simplify site creation, we’ve developed two basic site templates – one designed for a […]
Confused by the University’s generous helpings of acronym soup? Not sure who’s responsible for what after all the reorganizations and transfers? Come to IT Pro Orientation, where we’ll help each other parse the acronyms and reconnect the dots.
In today’s world, communications platforms are more vital than ever. But not all platforms are created equal, especially when it comes to accessibility. Join Keith Wessel and Dena Strong for a comparison of the accessibility and ease of use of platforms including Teams, Zoom, Slack, Skype for Business, and others.
IT organizations across the university are the first point of contact with our customers. The more we can have them contribute to the direction of service operations and development, the better. Agile service management invites a group of IT pros (and maybe users) as stakeholders in deciding how the team spends its time and effort […]