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May 22, 2006
Fall 06 Design: Moved Log Out Link
Based on some user feedback (and internet convention), we swapped the myUMBC app links (myUMBC, Blackboard, WebMail) and the user info/log out link on the black toolbar at the top of the new portal design. We also added small icon to the log out link to make it stand out a bit more.
This change adheres to two internet conventions:
1) A link to "home" in the upper left corner
2) A log out link in the upper right corner
I don't know what we were thinking with the original placement.
Old: http://userpages.umbc.edu/~bcjones/portal/2006-05-20/
Current: http://userpages.umbc.edu/~bcjones/portal/current/
Posted by bcjones at 12:18 PM | Comments (1)
May 17, 2006
Web/Portal Redesign Update
The offices of Information Technology and Institutional Advancement are collaborating to create a major redesign of UMBC's online presence beginning late this summer.
Sometime in August, a redesigned Web home page and a redesigned myUMBC portal will replace the current versions, and launch a year-long process of evaluating, testing, redesigning and adding to both our Web site and our portal (myUMBC.)
The new myUMBC will look much different from the current version and will feature a "start tab" with news for students and an emphasis on campus events.
The redesigned Web home page will feature more pictures of campus and new navigation based on the needs of various user groups (current students, prospective students, etc.)
The process is iterative and both UMBC's Web site and myUMBC will continue to change over the next year. The new look and feel set for this summer marks only the start of the process that will eventually bring more consistency to the Web site and more personalization to the portal.
Click here an early look at the latest (and still evolving) versions of:
myUMBC
UMBC's Home Page
If you're interested in knowing what's planned each tab in myUMBC, take a look at our list.
And check back often to see the latest updates. You can access the Web Development Team blog at http://www.umbc.edu/webdev.
Posted by jward at 2:44 PM | Comments (6)
May 5, 2006
Note to Campus Web Developers
Hello Web Developers and Designers. I'd like to help us all do a better job of supporting each other. It might feel like you're out there alone on an island, trying to make your web sites work, but you're not.
I've updated the UMBCWEBDEV mailing list (feel free to enroll yourself through myUMBC) and I'm working on updating the Web Development site (Please e-mail me with any thoughts about what you'd like to see there.) We also have a blackboard community (feel free to enroll yourself if you're not a member) and we in OIT and OIA are hoping to make better use of this blog as a tool to let you know what's going on with web development, especially as we redesign the UMBC Web site and portal for a Fall 2006 launch.
Look for bloggin about the redesign to start later this month!
Please use the mailing list to communicate with each other, and feel free to post comments here. Whatever problems you're having--there's a good chance someone else on the list has had and solved the same problem.
In the meantime, could you let me know what kind of meeting/training/workshop might be helpful this summer?
Thanks!
Jackie Ward
Posted by jward at 8:31 AM