Archive for the ‘Website Redesign’ Category

Who wants FREE professional development for the holidays?

I know, I used one of those catchy headlines to get your attention, but it looks like it worked, didn’t it? Anyway, between the egg nog, cookies and chocolates, I think the holiday season is the perfect time to regroup and slow down a bit to reflect on what you accomplished over the past year […]

Higher Ed Experts Webinars: Email Newsletters, Photo, Video, Live Streaming, Web Content Strategy, WordPress and Redesign

Now that I’m almost done with conference season (4 down -EduComm, eduWeb, High Ed Web & SIM Tech- and 1 to go – CASE conference for publication professionals), it’s time to share the program I designed with my faculty team from Higher Ed Experts for folks working in institutions. As I explained last week at […]

A WordPress 3.0 theme to do more with less at The University of Alabama

Offering a consistent look and feel on the Web at a big university is a challenge. When implementing a content management system across hundreds of units or departments isn’t an option – for budget reason, some institutions have to adopt a different approach. At the University of Alabama, the central web communications team includes only […]

An in-house new redesign for Macalester College website

This is just a quick post about a newly redesigned website: Macalester College’s. Nick Balcom Raleigh, Online Communications Coordinator at Macalester, emailed me a couple of weeks ago about the redesign – so it’s about time I share it with you :-) The new version was developed in-house by a team of four and has […]

Usability Testing: Why invite your boss and VP to observe your next tests

Whether you’re working on a big redesign project or have embraced a more iterative redesign approach, usability testing should be considered as one of your web work cornerstones. I’m sure you’ve already read or heard that testing with only 5 users will provide you great insights to improve the usability of your website (Gosh, I […]

Want to use Drupal, WordPress or DotCMS as your next CMS? Register for “Open Source CMS Fair” Webinar Series by April 9!

Have you noticed how more and more institutions choose open source content management systems such as Drupal, WordPress or DotCMS to power their websites? The trend has been accelerating these past few months with several high profile redesigned websites such as Duke University and Bates College as well as other redesigns in process. With more […]

Check out more than 400 higher ed websites with a single click

More than 500 redesigned were submitted to eduStyle as redesigns last year. That’s what discovered Stewart Foss, the driving force behind this web design gallery dedicated to higher ed websites, as he was working on his next webinar about higher ed redesign trends scheduled on February 16, 2010 (Registration is open until February 8, but […]

Register for Web Redesign Boot Camp Webinar Series by Feb 2nd, 2010 and get 4 extra webinars for free

I’ve mentioned this series back in December, but it’s time for a reminder packaged with a great offer if you move quickly – as it will be available to a limited number of registered institutions. Web Redesign Boot Camp is a 3-webinar series scheduled on February 16, 17 and 18. It will provide you with […]

Boston University has redesigned its homepage

You might have already read the excellent article including a short video interview about BU redesign on BU Today, but in case you haven’t heard yet: there’s a newly redesigned homepage in town. Here are the Before and After screenshots of BU Homepage (you can also look at the really great timeline included in BU […]

Higher Ed Experts Webinars in 2010: WordPress for Magazines, Web Redesign, Analytics and Open Source CMS

And, that’s just for January, February, March and April 2010. I’ve tried to put a program that will help you do your job even better at a time where you are asked to do a lot more with a lot less (time, money, staff…) As usual, places are limited, so it’s always wise to register […]

Check out the 14 survey winners on Higher Ed Experts’ new website

Wow, I haven’t blogged for the past 2 weeks… Anyway, I just want to make a quick post to thank you all the 559 persons who took the Higher Ed Experts/eduStyle/Uwebd/Collegewebeditor.com Survey and let you know that the official list of the 14 winners of the prize drawing is now available on Higher Ed Experts’ […]

Duke gets a new homepage powered by Drupal and… campus stories

After Bates College last month, Duke University unveiled its new homepage on October 1st. The last design was done in 2006 and had definitely a Google-ish kind of look. Duke Homepage (2006) With the new design Duke’s homepage look and feel is less unique, but it is definitely more user- and content-friendly. Stories – told […]

The registration deadline for Going Mobile Webinars has been postponed to this Friday (October 16) at 9PM ET

Last week, I attended the rehearsal of Dave Olsen‘s webinars on how to create a mobile website for your university in 24 hours or less. And, I’m happy to report that he has really done a lot of work to make the implementation of MIT Mobile Web very easy through the integration of some Google […]

Bates College goes beyond the usual homepage redesign with Home 4 running on WordPress

Have you seen Bates College’s new homepage? You should check it out. It is really different and innovative. Bates College Not because it uses fancy graphics or animations, but because Jay Collier and his team at Bates College have decided to make this redesigned homepage more than just a collection of the usual navigation scheme, […]

The registration deadline for Web Redesign Boot Camp Webinars has been postponed to this Friday (April 17) at 9PM ET

If you’re a regular of this blog, you know that I try to be as flexible as possible with registration deadlines for Higher Ed Experts webinar series. If I get a few requests to postpone the deadline a bit, I always try to accommodate people who want to sign up at the last minute. Well, […]

Website Redesign on a Dime: Tools, Tips and Tricks to Redesign Your College Website

My third UB column for 2009 is now available in the April issue as well as online: “Web Redesign on a Dime: Tools, tips, and tricks to revamp or upgrade an institutional website.”” In this article, I’m sharing a lot of really useful (and cheap) resources and tips for anybody planning or working on an […]