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The web environment was updated today, and because technology can never seem to go smoothly, there appears to be a new glitch. All of the drop-down menus on events and forms have lost their drop-down feature. Instead, they are displaying as lists you have to scroll through. I just had a phone call...

In my last blog, I addressed issues and new features on your mobile sites. Today, I'm happy to report that the issue of secondary navigation appearing below other blocks on some of the mobile sites has been fixed! Now all sites should have the second layer of links appear as the first thing on all...

Wednesday was a big day. The mobile version of our websites was more than two years in the making, and now users will have much more accessible sites to view on their mobile devices. Your sites are now easier to use and in the palms of students hands walking around campus. While the launch went well...

On February 11, all ÐÓ°ÉרÇø websites will be made mobile-friendly. That means ALL websitesÐÓ°ÉרÇø”including yours. The mobile layout is designed to maximize user experience within the limited frame of screens. Analytics and user testing helped inform how the mobile sites should function. Louisiana.edu...

As we get ready for the mobile launch, we're making some adjustments to our live sites so the transition will be a little easier. That includes making your news block disappear when your latest news entry is more than 90 days old. On your mobile site, news and events will be the first item to...

A quick guide to using your site's tools so you can improve the experience for every site visitor. Making your users trudge through mud to get the information they need is not exactly encouraging and doesn't say, "Welcome to UL Lafayette!" When we say "site accessibility," most often we're talking...

We're two weeks into the semester, and 2015 is well underway. It's time to stop and ask, "Is my website feeling neglected?" Sure, it's not a puppy that will remind you when it needs to eat or go out every 2 hours, but websites have needs too. They can get lonely, cobwebs can start to accumulate, and...

When it comes to new projects, we're learning that the process is almost as important as the final product. When we share that process, we all learn from each other. When Aimee and I attended the ConfabEDU conference last month, one of our keynote speakers was Austin Kleon, (author of "Steal Like an...

Our team is currently working on a mobile version of the ÐÓ°ÉרÇø's websites. It's been a lot of planning, testing, reorganizing, and conversation so far, but we're really starting to see some progress. The goal is to have everyone's sites mobile in early 2015. We need your help. As the mobile...

Aimee and I trekked to Atlanta for the annual ConfabEDU, a three-day conference for professionals who work exclusively with website content in higher education. We spent three days cramming as much information and as many ideas as we could into our brains and notebooks ÐÓ°ÉרÇø” and we spent the last week...