Upgrade of Symplectic Elements
The Symplectic Elements system will not be avaliable on Friday 17 February from 7-9 am. The ICT team will be upgrading the current version to v3.7.13. This upgrade will temporarily effect Personal Web...
View ArticleTwitter tips
If you are new to twitter and are thinking about incorporating it into your social media strategy, here are some tips and guidelines that might help you get started. Before setting up a twitter account...
View ArticleGet some help with your web skills
A new schedule of skills surgeries is now available online. Web Skills Surgeries Schedule Following feedback from the web editor community, we have tried to make sure that all of the subjects that...
View ArticleWeb Forum – 14 March 2012
At the March forum we took a look at some new functionality which is planned for release this Spring. Dynamic Content Aggregator (DCA) – Dan O’Donnell, Web Designer/-Developer, Communications &...
View ArticleWriting for the web – additional course date
Due to demand, an additional date has been announced for the Writing for the web workshop. The additional session will take place at 9.30 – 13.00 on 17 July 2012. You can book your place via the...
View ArticleImperial Festival on your web pages
A note to all College web editors: With just a couple of weeks to go before the first Imperial Festival you might like to let your web audience know what is going on by putting a web advert for the...
View ArticleCentral list of seminars
A new central listing of research seminars has been created: www.imperial.ac.uk/researchseminars It is hoped that having a central listing should increase awareness of these talks, and promote them...
View ArticleWeb Forum – 16 May 2012
At this months web forum Saul Batzofin, Infrastructure Programme Manager, ICT, spoke about the progress that has been made on the Personal Web Pages (PWP) Review and the new PWP templates. The current...
View ArticleNew news article creation forms are now live
I’m pleased to announce that the first of two major phases of the new News project is now complete. This morning we launched the newly developed news article creation forms. This means that when you...
View ArticleThe CMS editor – Firefox 16.0.1 bug
The latest version of Firefox (16.0.1) has a bug. This bug affects a few forms in the CMS editor and may affect other web based systems. Detailed below is a list of the forms that we have found that...
View ArticleWebsite Redesign 2012 – Discovery week
The website redesign project has kicked off. If you are not yet familiar with the project, the aims are: • to ensure that Imperial’s website meets the needs and requirements of a diverse range of...
View ArticleSharePoint Workspace Upgrade
On March 7th, Workspace, the repository that holds uploaded documentation, linked to via the Content Management System (CMS) will be upgraded from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010. What this means...
View ArticleImperial brand and audiences
Following an intense Discovery week, led by our agency, Domain7, we have been busy discussing their findings and how to take these forward. Domain7 have reported back on what they have learned about...
View ArticleA change of web technology?
What features would a good CMS provide? The web redesign project is considering a change in scope to include a possible change in our web technology. Recent changes to the way in which external systems...
View ArticleNew website redesign blog launched
As the website redesign project moves from concepts stages to planning our sitemap and information architecture and onwards to design s, we have launched a separate blog for College staff and students....
View ArticleOctober web forum
The October Web Forum updated attendees on progress with the Website Redesign project. It featured contributions from Olivia Davenport, Website Redesign Programme Manager and Domain 7, the design...
View ArticleSocial media planning- know your audience
Top Tip 2 - Know your audience In the previous post – Social media planning - top tips we discussed how to get to know your audience before you choose platforms or create a plan. We can use a social...
View ArticleSocial media planning – top tips
Are you starting out with social media at work? Or have you been asked to develop a strategic approach to social media, but don’t know where to start? Well fear not! I have some top tips that Tess and...
View ArticleMobile what?
Mobile what? When it comes to redesigning a website, the terms mobile-optimised, mobile-friendly, mobile-responsive, are thrown around a lot. But what are we actually talking about? Let’s start with a...
View ArticleMaking your website accessible
Userite Richard Warren and Grahame Page are specialists in web usability and accessibility and work for a company called Userite. The Userite team has a wide range of experience covering website...
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