Web User Forum December 15, 2015
“Augusta University” Learn more at au.gru.edu.
• Search and replace was run on December 1, 2015. If you are finding Georgia Regents University or GRU in areas of the current site please let us know. If this these show up in your content please make the update. • January 21, 2016 is the planned domain change to www.augusta.edu (new branding inserted into current header template) . You do not need to make any changes on your site. Begin using the new url when sending links to others. Auto search and replace for links to gru.edu will be run by the web team (you may need to check your links to make sure they a still working after the domain switch)
• Continue reviewing your pages for up-to-date content.
New Web Server • Cloud base vendor identified for web server. Agreement with Finance and Legal. As of 12/14/15 we have not heard from legal on the agreement. • Due to server service having to change the launch date of the site re-design will be delayed. (Hopefully we will be able to launch the new site in late March 2016) • OU 10 training sessions for 2016 to come. Plans are to have at least one per week with focus on new design and templates.
Web Redesign What’s Next • Web team is currently working with Admissions, Academics, Financial Aid, Registrar and Student Life to ensure those pages are ready for review when the new site becomes available. • Migration of current content into new design hopefully midJanuary 2016. • Jan/Feb 2016 - Users to review and adjust content in new design. • New site launch Spring 2016 (March 30 is the proposed date)
Web Content Review Web Content Guidelines • Danielle Schleifer has written an excellent guide to help you with your content review. • We have a few hard copies at the meeting and have posted a link to the Guide on the Web Redesign site.
Web Content Review Web Content Guidelines • Alertbox suggest NOT TO USE “Learn More” • Instead use keywords that describe the link (review the destination page to see what it is about and add the most relevant keywords as the link)
• To use “Learn More” if you qualify it with information about what is to be learned (Learn more about our services)
Web Governance • WAC membership and endorsement of 1-year plan and first 90-day plan to be approved by Provost Cabinet. • Web Management Team to unveil Roles, Responsibilities and Relationships. • Web Management Team to identify and define the web units (Unit Leaders, Content Owners and Contributors) • Meet with Unit Leaders to present Web Governance Plan
Site Improve Where are we? •
Our broken links have gone up since last month.
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Please login to Site Improve and pull up your group to see what links may be broken within your site pages. (most of this increase is due to the search and replace)
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Be sure to check your Site Improve group weekly as we move through the domain name and new site launch.
OU 10 Training • Training on the new templates in OU 10 will be scheduled during the months of January and February, 2016. • Be sure to check the web training web page for dates, times and locations. • gru.edu/dcm/web/webtrainingrequest.php
New Calendar All web users can add events to the calendar. Be sure to include your college or department events to the calendar. • Webuser calendar instructions. • Web page on how to create an event .
Questions? Comments? Concerns?