The Web Implementation Guidelines Group (WIGG) has been working collaboratively for the last few years to facilitate and promote consistent website design templates for the Illinois Campus. Hear how this collaboration came about, how it has been successful, what lessons you can learn from our experience, what’s on the horizon and how you can become […]
Tag: Melissa Waller
How Did They Do That?’ Under the Hood with Illinois Themed Websites
Tags: Bryan Jonker, Melissa Waller, Robert SlaterDid you know Bevier Cafe’s menu runs on publish.illinois.edu? Or that the College of Education’s Study Abroad browser uses the Illinois Theme to present data pulled from GitHub? Join members of the Web Implementation Guidelines Group for a look under the hood of some of the coolest interfaces built with Illinois Theme components – and […]
Campus Drupal Website Framework
Tags: Bill Gutierrez, Melissa Waller, Nate Baxley, Tyler RubachThe Web Implementation Guidelines Group has been working on several efforts to make building websites on campus easier for everyone. Drupal is a popular CMS on campus and now it’s easier to use than ever. Come learn how to use this easy to deploy, campus branded Drupal solution and what features it brings. Also learn […]
Campus website theme updates
Tags: Laura Hayden, Matt Sharkey, Melissa Waller, Nate BaxleyAt the last IT Pro Forum, you heard about the new campus website brand standards. Now hear about the new developments that have happened in the last 6 months. Many new features, improved designs, and more WordPress theme options and a new Drupal theme and framework. Also learn about the webtheme.illinois.edu website where you can […]
Cross-Unit Collaborations — When things just have to get done
Tags: Cordelia Geiken, Laura Hayden, Matt Sharkey, Melissa Waller, Nate BaxleyThere are many great committees and groups on campus that have been formed with formal charters and pre-negotiated deliverables. However, sometimes you need to bring people together quickly to work on a problem and create a solution. The Web Implementation Guidelines Group (WIGG) is a group that was formed completely organically and has now helped […]
Delivering Consistent Web Design Templates Across Multiple Platforms
Tags: Cordelia Geiken, Laura Hayden, Matt Sharkey, Melissa Waller, Nate BaxleyThere are a large variety of web publishing situations across campus today. With the push from the Chancellor last year to adopt the new branding standards, many units are searching for a way to bring their websites into compliance. The WIGG efforts have created branded themes for WordPress and Drupal and made those available to […]
Illinois Drupal Framework: Coming Together to Create Powerful Websites
Tags: Bill Gutierrez, Melissa Waller, Nate Baxley, Tyler RubachThe colleges of ACES and LAS have been using Drupal to power our websites for many years. We’ve pooled our experience to create a system that can be deployed to any hosting solution (including campus cPanel), supports the new campus brand standards out of the box, and is built with customization and expansion in mind. […]