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Style Update – Fall 2019
Sep. 25, 2019—The Division of Communications implemented a web typography refresh for all websites using the Vanderbilt theme on Wednesday, September 25. This refresh is based on feedback from the Vanderbilt community and reflects the trend toward larger, simpler fonts in digital spaces. The primary changes are: Font sizes and line heights increased for all text Source...
Vanderbilt Website Theme Updates
Jul. 24, 2017—We are rolling out an update to all Vanderbilt websites over the coming weeks/months, which includes a long-overdue refresh of the Vanderbilt Theme that is used on OmniUpdate and WordPress sites. The refresh includes many style changes to bring sites more closely aligned with the main Vanderbilt website. Vanderbilt Brand Bar The Vanderbilt Brand Bar...
Click here to find out why you shouldn’t use “click here” on your website
Jul. 17, 2017—We’ve all seen it… To sign up, click here. To watch a video on this topic, click here. Read more about this topic here. But just because “click here” is ubiquitous on the web, doesn’t mean it’s best way to help your readers navigate your website. Here are a few reasons to avoid it: SEO:...
WebComm wins 3 TCPRA awards
Jun. 10, 2017—
YouTube tips and tricks
Sep. 12, 2014—When having your videos uploaded to the university’s YouTube channel, it’s important to include descriptive titles, good tags and a helpful description. Remember, these will not only help your videos be found on YouTube, but everywhere else too: YouTube is the world’s second-largest search engine. So write with search engine optimization in mind: Title Keep...
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...
WordPress BLOG theme for Vanderbilt
Oct. 22, 2010—Today we’re releasing a secondary version of the Vanderbilt WordPress Theme – this one is blog-centric. The BLOG THEME has all the same features of the main VU theme – but the homepage, archive pages, navigation and sidebar are geared towards a blog website and not a departmental / information website. It relies heavily on...
Using Picnik as a handy (free!) photo editor
Aug. 30, 2010—We have a lot of clients who need to be able to edit images for their websites – picnik to the rescue! Â For those of you out there who don’t have Photoshop — picnik will allow you to quickly and easily crop, resize, remove red eye, alter exposure, and more … all for free and...
Presentation: Technology in the Classroom
Aug. 27, 2010—Derek Bruff, senior lecturer and assistant director of the Center for Teaching, gave a presentation in the August 27 digitalVU meeting on technology in the classroom—useful not only for those who interact with students, but also for those wanting to learn more about interactive and digital friendly presentations. I think everyone got a little something...
Get to know the GRID … 24 columns that the VU site is built on
May. 28, 2010—The Vanderbilt website backbone is a 24-column grid that is based on Blueprint. Our grid system is a condensed version of the blueprint system (for instance -we did NOT include the push and pull selectors.) The grid is 950px wide, with 24 columns spanning 30px, and a 10px margin between columns. Using a grid system...
Simple Template Files Released
May. 19, 2010—These template files are STATIC html pages. The easiest way to get them is to right click on the pages and view source, and save that as an html file on your machine. You can customize it however you want. Simple second level page template Full featured second level page template (with image slider, flickr...