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 […]
From writers to designers, outside stakeholders, front-end/back-end developers, user experience, accessibility, SEO, and QA experts, these projects pass through a lot of hands before they are complete.. and let’s be real, is a website ever REALLY done? Collaborating across all these different fields of expertise can be challenging, but good project management and documentation can […]
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 […]
Front-end Developer and UX Liaison, Strategic Communications and Marketing
Learn to effectively use the Hosted Brand Assets to maintain brand consistency and ensure accessibility. We’ll review examples of how we are using the assets across various use cases and provide strategies for implementation in your own projects. Discover how we are working with WIGG and other campus groups to refine and improve our brand […]
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 […]