Slip Sliding Away: The End of Gizmos for www.umflint.edu
I am a fan of XM radio. One of my favorite stations is The Bridge, which is nothing but the music of the singers/songwriters of the 1970s. I don’t care if it dates me, but I love that channel. Driving...
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How to Conduct a Card Sorting
Card sorting with UM-Flint’s School of Management Since UM-Flint’s web transition project began, we in University Relations have been throwing around the term “card sorting” like it’s going out of...
View ArticleDrupal “Do’s and Don’ts” for the UM-Flint Responsive Web Redesign
DO If you have a lot of text: Consider using a 2-7-3 layout, because a 2-10 can put too many words on a line making text difficult to read, particularly for people with certain vision problems or...
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Team Effort Offers Glimpse of UM-Flint’s Content Future
With Drupal as UM-Flint’s new content management system, opportunities to implement new strategies for getting the right content in front of the right audience at the right time are now possible. In...
View ArticleSimple Changes to Make Big Improvements to Your Drupal Website
UM-Flint’s Offices of University Relations and ITS are still developing a full-fledged, fully operational Web/Drupal/Content guide. Until that’s ready, you can get some broad, foundational content...
View ArticleMobile Killed the PDF Star
PDFs are a wonderful thing. These little file gems are great for sharing information. Our email inboxes are full of PDFs promoting campus events. For a period there in the new millennium, the humble...
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Content and Kipple
The Failures in Our Success In the crazy rush to overhaul the University website before our contract with our previous CMS-provider expired, a lot of talk was made about content and organization....
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How to Promote Events and Announcements
Step 1: Rethink Press Releases The web changed everything about how messages reach audiences. We are no longer dependent on traditional media outlets (newspapers, television, radio, etc.) to produce...
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New Drupal Workshops and Vital Drupal Info
The following are some important announcements regarding new Drupal workshops and new changes within Drupal that will effect your unit’s website: Left-Sidebar for Navigation Only Because of the way...
View ArticleUM-Flint Drupal Widgets by Column (in Desktop View)
All UM-Flint Drupal widgets were designed for the following, specific uses. Everything you need to achieve within Drupal can and should be done by using these widgets properly. By adhering to these...
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