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A new era at Vanderbilt: The College Halls
Aug. 22, 2011—Vanderbilt University is set to begin construction of the next phase of its residential college system – College Halls at Vanderbilt, and as part of that, a new website was needed. Using the architectural renderings of the new buildings as inspiration, we created a site that contains information about the new buildings, plans for the...
Scholarships website moves to Omni
Aug. 18, 2011—The Merit Scholarship Opportunities website moved to Omni this week. Previously manually maintained via Dreamweaver, now the site is centrally managed within OmniUpdate and can be easily edited and managed by staff in Financial Aid and Admissions offices. This site migration was what we should refer to as a “lightning round migration” … we migrated...
vanderbi.lt link shortener
Aug. 9, 2011—Have you seen the new vanderbi.lt shortened links appearing around the interwebs (especially on @VanderbiltU‘s Twitter account?) We recently launched a link shortening service for Vanderbilt: vanderbi.lt. Rather than using a generic shortener like bit.ly or ow.ly – we decided we’d like to have a branded solution that clearly shows that the content is from...
Video: Create a simple image gallery
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Video: Write and Publish Posts
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How do I get started?
Aug. 9, 2011—Create your account by logging in with your VUnetID and ePassword by clicking on the Create Your Site link on the right. You will receive an email that will contain a link that ACTIVATES your my.vanderbilt.edu account. After activating your account, login here to actually create your my.vanderbilt.edu website (you will also see any existing...
We’re hiring! (update: we’ve hired!)
Jul. 16, 2011—Update This position has been filled by Kelsey Wynns, who joins our team Sept. 12. Welcome, Kelsey! University Web Communications is looking for a talented full time Web developer to work in a fast paced team on high profile university Web sites. View full details and apply on the Vanderbilt HR website » Job Description...
Oh say can you see? It’s the new American Studies site!
Jun. 28, 2011—The website for the redesigned American Studies site went live June 21. The site also includes information about the American Studies Sustainability Project, a campus-wide program for the 2011-12 year featuring curriculum, speakers, exhibits etc. They wanted a look that felt like Americana with a touch of Hatch Show Print (Hatch does all their Road...
New Services: Monthly Training and Help Desk
Jun. 7, 2011—Monthly Training Sessions University Web Communications now holds monthly training sessions on two university-supported content management systems, OmniUpdate and WordPress. New users will be trained at this time as well as users who need a refresher. Persons interested in learning more about OmniUpdate or WordPress may also attend. Registration is requested so that we can...
Career Center debuts new Omni site
May. 23, 2011—The Career Center recently launched a redesigned website using the OmniUpdate CMS. The goals of the redesign were threefold: Targeting the Career Center homepage toward students Beefing up content for employers Bringing the Career Center into the Vanderbilt family look The redesigned site meets the Career Center’s goal of simplifying and quickly providing relevant content...
MyVU and Vanderbilt View now powered by WordPress
May. 5, 2011—Earlier last month myVU, the news source for Vanderbilt faculty and staff, and Vanderbilt View, the monthly magazine, merged with the Vanderbilt News web presence. This allows us to greatly simplify how we communicate news at Vanderbilt. Prior to the merge, many news stories would be posted twice, verbatim. Once on the Vanderbilt news website...
Free range content
Apr. 15, 2011—More stories. More platforms. Shrinking media market. Same amount of staff. What’s a content producer to do? Set your content free. Allow it to graze and mingle where it, and its readers, listeners and viewers are. Let it reproduce on any and every site that wants it. House it in a flexible and adaptable barn...