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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...
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...
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...
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...
Psychological Sciences moves to Omni
Mar. 17, 2011—The Psychological Sciences website comprises information about both the Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science and the Department of Psychology and Human Development at Peabody College. When we took on this migration into Omni, the previous site had been built on and expanded over the years until it was nearly bursting...
Neuroscience Program + WordPress = New easily maintained website
Mar. 7, 2011—Built almost entirely by the client, this website is the new online home for the Neuroscience program (an interdisciplinary concentration offered to VU undergrads drawing upon a variety of scientific disciplines ranging from molecular biology and biophysics, to computational science and engineering, to the study of behavior and cognition.) Alex Carpenter and Jen Overstreet contacted us...
House Organ magazine launches WordPress site
Feb. 28, 2011—House Organ is the magazine for the staff, faculty, volunteers, and students of Vanderbilt University Medical Center. It is published monthly by the Office of News and Public Affairs of Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Previously a manually built website, the site is now housed in WordPress. Issue archives are automatically generated, the jquery slideshow is built...
Vanderbilt Law Review goes live
Feb. 14, 2011—We assisted the Vanderbilt Law Review in updating their existing WordPress site. Prior to their redesign, they were running WordPress with approximately 18 active plugins. We were able to reduce this to only one – while also cleaning up the code and making the site run more efficiently. The Vanderbilt Law Review site is using...