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When placing images on the web, it’s important to be thoughtful about the size and file name given to the photo used. The image guidelines created by the UND Web Team ensures the user experience is optimized for both desktop and mobile devices, and that organization is maintained within OmniUpdate by using straightforward naming conventions. […]
UND launched a revised people listing snippet that is more accurate and less work for web managers to maintain their Contact Us pages. The new snippet is called “People Listing, Auto by IDM” and is a hybrid of the Manual People Listing and Auto From Directory snippets. The snippet automatically creates a people listing based […]
The UND Directory hosts individual profiles of faculty and staff. All employees have the ability to update their profile by listing their specialties, biography, education, list of publications etc. This information is easily picked up by search engines like Google. It is also used by Marketing & Communications to pitch experts to the media, generate […]
OmniUpdate (OU) has gadgets that allow users to view their site analytics without having to go through Google Analytics. Page Analytics OmniUpdate Page Analytics are available to all site users in Gadgets. Users can pull page-specific data and information with specified timeframes including: Number of page visitors and new page visitors Page views and unique […]
There are several places on the UND website where information is pulled directly from the current academic catalog (hosted in a software called CourseLeaf): Department websites use the ‘Course Display’ snippet to auto-pull the course name, number of credits and short course descriptions The Program Finder ‘Courses You Could Take’ section displays six selected course […]
The UND Events Calendar at calendar.UND.edu will update to a new theme on December 21, 2020. This date was chosen to align with the semester break when calendar and website traffic decreases. All features you use when submitting an event will remain the same. The main difference is the new theme is image heavy to draw attention […]
Demand for COVID-19 notifications across the UND website is strong. To quickly address needs, we issued a post on how to use the available alert snippet. The alert snippet is a universally accepted color system used to report technical issues for systems such as Blackboard, Campus Connection etc. After consultation with UIT, it was determined […]
With the fluidity of the COVID-19 pandemic, alerts have been an important tool for communicating time-sensitive information across the UND website. Alerts can be used on individual pages or messages can be communicated universally across all UND websites. Alert Snippet The Alert Snippet is available to OmniUpdate users to communicate information on individual web pages. […]
All Program Finder index pages are getting a facelift with an updated look and more dynamic ways to display content. While most content will remain the same, pages will be revised to improve search rankings (i.e. Google, Bing) and ensure they meet accessibility requirements. All other existing pages (Requirements, How To Apply, UND Online, and […]
Any recipient of federal money must make their digital technology accessible to people with disabilities. It’s the law. For the UND website, this means anyone should be able to interact with and learn from our website without barriers. We weren’t meeting the mark. UND uses Siteimprove, a paid service, to ensure pages in our content management […]