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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...
Logins page
May. 18, 2010—As part of the new website – we expanded upon an old student web applications page that listed the top login pages students used. We merged that into a new logins page which houses the most commonly used logins for students, faculty and staff. The mini-nav-bar at the top allows users to click on an...
It’s alive… homepage launched!
May. 17, 2010—We are happy to announce the new Vanderbilt homepage launched on the evening of May 17. Many thanks to the readers of the redesign blog who provided invaluable input throughout this process. Take it for a spin, being sure to check out the new second levels, tools, fat footer and megadropdowns, and let us know what...
Progress of the migration of news site data
Apr. 30, 2010—We’ve been chugging along on the Vanderbilt News site migration over the past several weeks. Once we finally made the decision that we would definitely be going with WordPress as the backend, we could finally start working out the process for migrating approximately 4,000 pages from the old CMS. It was a 4 step process...
Social media handbook released
Apr. 8, 2010—A new handbook for university faculty and staff wishing to use social media tools such as Facebook or Twitter to promote their program, research or department is now available. The handbook is available online. The handbook, produced by the Office of University Web Communications in the Division of Public Affairs, includes: An overview of how...
Building HTML Emails
Dec. 18, 2009—Presentation from Lacy Tite – December 2009 digitalVU meeting HTML Emails on Prezi All links mentioned available on delicious »
Presentation – Successful Web Site Redesign
Dec. 5, 2009—Powerpoint Presentation – Successful Web Site Redesign (additional resources)
Social Media and Public Relations
Nov. 17, 2009—Social Media and Public Relations View more presentations from melaniemoran.
Developing applications for Google Android and iPhone
Oct. 21, 2009—Learn the basics of developing applications for Google Android and iPhone in this seminar with School of Engineering faculty Jules White and Doug Schmidt and their students, who are in the midst of developing applications for Vanderbilt and for the public at large. This event is part of DigitalVU month at Vanderbilt.
Social Media – why it matters and how to use it in your job
Oct. 16, 2008—Listen Now: Presentation from Lacy Tite on Oct. 16: Social Media: why it matters, how it can enrich your life, and ways it might even help you do your job better. We discussed facebook, del.icio.us, twitter, flickr, google apps, netvibes, etc. – what they are and why they’re worth your time. Facebook is more...