Cascade Tip of the Month: Reusing Announcements
Announcements are simple pages that can be pulled into a listbox as prominent links in the right column of your home page (or any other page for that matter). The most common question we hear, “I’d...
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Higher Ed Marketing Awards
I stayed up for the Oscars last Sunday….didn’t win anything. But, I was pleasantly surprised the next morning to receive early notification of the winners in the Higher Education Marketing Report’s...
View ArticleCascade Tip of the Month: Quick Check Your Edits
Once you’ve completed your edits and have published, be sure to go check them out on your live site. Sounds silly, right? Don’t laugh! Really. You may be surprised how many common errors can be caught...
View ArticleSMUG Social Media Bootcamp, recap
We had a great turnout for our Social Media Bootcamp, sponsored by the Social Media Users Group here at W&M. Folks from departments and offices all across campus (and from VIMS) joined in the...
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Size matters.
We’re strong proponents of the “content is king” mantra for higher ed websites. But, if reading our content is cumbersome on smaller screens will we miss an opportunity to make a connection? Enter...
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Crowdsourcing a photo slideshow for #wmgrad
In previous years our office had helped collect photos for the Commencement ceremony opening slideshow. With the doors opening at 9:30 am, this slideshow repeated for a couple of hours, followed by a...
View Article“Happy Holidays” in June
Each holiday season, Creative Services works with President Taylor Reveley to deliver a multimedia greeting to the William & Mary community. Most years, the greeting takes the form of a single,...
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There’s a New Kid in Town
Last week we welcomed Lisa Crawford, our new senior videographer and multimedia producer. Lisa spent several years at Virginia Commonwealth University as a senior producer and teaching video production...
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Hey good lookin’…introducing W&M’s new responsive design
Back in April we mentioned that we were working on a new responsive design for the main W&M website (www.wm.edu). After a few browser fights (thanks Internet Explorer), a dozen test devices and...
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Now it’s (a little) easier to find your way on campus
…we can’t guarantee a brick won’t trip you on your way there though. Today Creative Services launched a new interactive and searchable campus map. We’ve consolidated all of our campus location...
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