Many departments and offices at UL Lafayette are using social media to reach students and alumni in ways that they don't traditionally use their websites. When was the last time you posted a photo gallery to your site? Or a news story that was only 240 characters long? What I would like to ask you...
Contributed web team blog from Doug Dugas, University Photographer in the Office of Communications & Marketing Compelling photos on a website are paramount. The fact that you started reading this shows you also think that better images equate to better websites. Notice I stated “better” images, not...
If you are planning an event for the summer or fall, use these tools to promote your event on campus. University Events Calendar The most important thing you can do is put your event on the calendar. Enter your event one time on your website’s calendar, and it will automatically be included in three...
We all make mistakes. Now there’s an easier way to undo them. Introducing Revisions! Revisions is basically a log of what changes you’ve made to the content of each page on your site. It keeps a record of who made the changes and how each change differs from the version before it. You can also...
Search engine optimization (SEO) is something we all know we should be doing, but most often it’s an afterthought (at best). And who can blame us? When you’re attempting to redesign 10+ sites at a time with a strict three-year timeline, search engine optimization isn’t necessarily the number one...
What if I said you don’t have to manually update the curriculum on your department’s website anymore? I’m confident your reaction would be something like this: via GIPHY Or maybe it's more like this: via GIPHY Either way, it’s not your responsibility anymore. We’ve worked closely with the Division...
All of our websites have received a security upgrade! What is https? You may have noticed that the websites are now http s:// instead of http://. That extra “s” is what tells our site visitors and web browsers that our websites are secure. All of our websites now use an SSL certificate (also known...
We’re always aiming to make our websites more effective tools. An effective website has the information that prospective students need so they can choose the right program — and the information that our current students need to succeed while they’re here. But how do we know if they’re effective...
We’re embarking on a new adventure! With your help, we’re going to start working on a new look for UL Lafayette’s websites. “What do you mean, with my help?” We want your input! We want to know what you love about the University’s website, what you hate, what could be better, what needs to stay the...
On Wednesday, Jan. 31, the web team updated the webforms capabilities across all of our sites. Long story short, it was time for an upgrade. Here’s what’s changed. Creating conditional fields The way you create conditionals has changed for the better. It’s much easier to set up “if this, then that”...
