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Provost’s presence peps up
Mar. 19, 2013—When the Provost’s Office approached us about a redesign for their website – one that would be a vibrant academic hub for the university – we were on board. After all, their previous site was a little staid. And the chief academic officer of the university deserves a website that showcases our research and faculty...
Spring cleaning for Nashville
Mar. 19, 2013—Ok, not the city of Nashville – it’s great the way it is. But our website that brags about how great Nashville is was in need of some sprucing up. Fun fact: Vanderbilt’s Nashville site was the very first site we moved into our content management system, OmniUpdate, in June of 2010. We’ve come a...
We need a website TODAY: The beauty of my.vanderbilt.edu
Jan. 17, 2013—“I know you guys are really busy, but – I need a website right away. Like, TODAY.” They’re the words that every project manager dreads, and hears about once a week. We understand: Work piles up, deadlines sneak up on you, you plan an entire publication around a website and then forget to ask someone...
Kudos to us!
Jan. 10, 2013—Pardon us while we take a moment to toot our own horn. Our weekly project, “Our Favorite Tweets of the Week” has been recognized in the Council for Advancement and Support of Education’s (CASE) district competition (along with some of our outstanding colleagues in Public Affairs). “Tweets” was recognized in the social media strategy and execution category. Each...
Web Communications presents: Open office hours
Jan. 10, 2013—Beginning this month — each Tuesday from 1 to 3 p.m. — Web Communications will be offering in-person assistance with any questions/issues you may be having with your Web Communications supported website. You can drop by our offices in Baker Building and a member of our office will assist you with your questions. No appointments necessary —...
2012 with Web Communications
Dec. 20, 2012—2012 has been a busy year in Web Communications! We’ve launched projects, trained users, answered hundreds of help desk tickets, tweeted, facebooked, flickr’d and youtube’d—and had a pretty good time through it all. Here’s our year in review—as an infographic, what else?!? :)
Anchoring Down with BOWL CENTRAL
Nov. 28, 2012—Anyone who follows me on twitter knows I am a HUGE Vanderbilt football fan. I paint my nails black and gold for home games, am a season ticket holder, and bleed black and gold. During home games, I also post for Vanderbilt on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sooo… when we get to the point in the season...
Blair School of Music moves from Drupal to Omni and WordPress
Nov. 26, 2012—In September, the Blair School of Music migrated their website from Drupal into OmniUpdate and WordPress. Alongside the migration to a new content management system, we also redesigned the site — streamlining navigation and adding in some standard Vanderbilt theme elements to the design (a modified brand bar and footer section — which tie in...
School of Engineering now powered by WordPress and Omni
Oct. 26, 2012—Earlier this fall, the School of Engineering launched their new web presence powered by OmniUpdate and WordPress. As part of the move to OU and WP, we also rolled our a brand new look for their site — with a cleaner, streamlined look, simplified navigation. Their homepage includes easily editable content blocks for featured stories...
Peabody launches new site powered by Omni
Sep. 18, 2012—Earlier this year, we began working with Peabody on migrating their large web presence into OmniUpdate. They were with another vendor, and had been unhappy with the features and ease of use for quite a while. Omni was a perfect solution for them — providing easy to use content management tools and built-in workflow allowing...
Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health launches a new WordPress site
May. 29, 2012—We love a good partnership, and that’s exactly what we have with the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health. We set up a WordPress install for Kristin Centers from VIGH, and she took it from there, designing her own header and migrating all of her own content. We simply provided any needed help and support along the...
Health and Wellness move to Omni/WordPress
May. 25, 2012—Earlier this year, we launched a brand new web presence for the Health and Wellness division, which is comprised of four departments: Health Plus, Occupational Health Clinic, Work/Life Connections and the Child and Family Center. Previously five separate websites — we merged the four internal department sites into the overall Health and Wellness site —...