posted by: Daniel Westermann-Clark
You might not have noticed it, but Web Administration hosts some common images for our templates in a shared location. For example, the recommended URL for the UF signature is:
http://images.webadmin.ufl.edu/signatures/UF-Signature-Themeline.gif
Using this URL means that users don’t have to download the same image for every site they visit at UF. While it’s only a few kilobytes, chances are pretty good that your site loads a little bit faster because the image is cached. (more…)
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posted by: Bruce Floyd
Lately, it seems my whole life revolves around social media. If I’m not sending messages on our UF Webadmin Twitter account about great work being done at UF on the web or tweaking the UF Twitter account, I’m monitoring the University of Florida Facebook page to see how engaging our posts are to the fans. (more…)
Posted in Social Networking | 5 Comments »
posted by: Bruce Floyd
Here are some interesting links we came across in the month of June: (more…)
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posted by: Bruce Floyd
As part of our site evaluation of the Web Administration site, we turned to you - our users - for help. One of the methods we decided to use was a card sort. (more…)
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posted by: Bruce Floyd
After a recent notification from the Institutional Review Board that usability testing of websites would not need to be reviewed, we were fortunate enough to line up a terrific webinar from Dana Chisnell, co-author of “Handbook of Usability Testing, Second Edition” on June 6th. (more…)
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