Launch Category
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...
VU Police Department uses WP theme
Oct. 22, 2010—Marty Wright is responsible for the Vanderbilt Police Department website. When it came time to reorganize their website – he decided to download the VU WordPress theme and give it a whirl. He wanted the VUPD site to have the Vanderbilt look – and using the WP theme is a surefire way to achieve that!...
Student Employment website moves into Omni
Sep. 30, 2010—The Office of Student Employment website recently migrated into Omni – it was a pretty straight forward content migration. The navigation remained the same and all pages were moved over pretty much as is — just in the new design.
Parents and Family Programs redesigns their website
Sep. 30, 2010—Before: Dreamweaver, manually maintained pages After: WordPress. Online editing of pages, no software required; menus automatically updated when new pages added; A previously hard to maintain map that listed all of the Parents and Family Board members is now powered by a google spreadsheet. We added a news and announcements blog, fun polls for the...
Find the Green Dots!
Sep. 13, 2010—We worked with Green Dots at Vanderbilt to build a new website that would educate the community about and encourage involvement in the Green Dot movement. A green dot is any behavior, choice, word or attitude that promotes safety for everyone and communicates intolerance for rape, partner violence and stalking. The Green Dots website features...
International Resources page launched
Aug. 30, 2010—The International Resources page is a portal of sorts to all things international at Vanderbilt. It as built in Omni, and provides links to international offices at Vanderbilt immigration services and resources information for new faculty, students and staff resources for global travelers upcoming international events
Turner Center for Church Leadership
Aug. 26, 2010—Beautiful stained glass graces the banner on the Turner Center for Church Leadership website. We worked with Michelle Bukowski to build the Omni site – launching in time for the center to advertise its full-tuition scholarship program.
Software Store launched in time for Move In weekend!
Aug. 23, 2010—ITS contacted our office for some assistance in trying to simplify their software store options. There are now two stores — and depending upon who you are and how you will pay for the products — you need to go to different stores. There are products that you can buy at both stores; some manufacturers only...
Department of Political Science launches website
Aug. 20, 2010—Our work with the Department of Political Science has truly been a pleasure. They’ve been extremely organized and were very invested in building out an informative and useful website for their department. We worked primarily with associate professors Cindy Kam, Josh Clinton and Elizabeth Zechmeister. One thing I appreciated most about working with PSCI: they...
Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions website launches
Aug. 20, 2010—We worked with CSDI co-director and assistant professor Josh Clinton on migrating the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions website. Previously – this was a site maintained manually with no centralized content management system. Within a two weeks period, we moved the content into Omni, redesigned it with a new color scheme, banner, slider...
Research on Individuals, Politics & Society website launch
Aug. 20, 2010—We worked with faculty members Cindy Kam and Elizabeth Zechmeister on migrating the Research on Individuals, Politics & Society website. Previously – this was a site maintained manually with no centralized content management system. Within a two weeks period, we moved the content into Omni, redesigned it with a new color scheme, banner, slider images,...
LAPOP goes live
Aug. 20, 2010—We worked with the Latin American Public Opinion Project on migrating their site into Omni. This is a half-Omni, half-Sitemason site. Most of the pages are in Omni — but the datasets and logins remain in Sitemason (with the new look applied). This is the fourth site we’ve worked on with the Department of Political...