While the Contact page is one of the most visited pages, I had put it off for a time, wanting to redesign the pages that really needed work first. While not the best, the Contact page was functional and was easy enough to skim. After redoing the other pages though, the Contact page started to … Continue reading »
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Adding HTML Attribute Exceptions to WordPress KSES
UPDATED: June 14, 2013 Okay, so I’ve updated this post to something that actually works and with a real example
Services Redesign & Content Overhaul
Not too long ago, I posted about the revised IA of the Services section of the website. Staff consultations followed particularly to apprise them of recommended changes and to take the opportunity to revise the content. I created mockups, which I got feedback on. Finally, the page went live. Consultation is Key Based on the … Continue reading »
About Us Redesign & Reorganization
The website redesign continues! Next up is the ‘About Us’ section. I find it more difficult to do sometimes, because our users don’t use the About section nearly as much, so don’t always have much of an opinion about it. Although it goes against my usual inclination, I decided to go ahead with only minimal … Continue reading »
Making Your Website Accessible Part 3: Content WCAG Compliance
This is actually a repost of my guest post on the ACRL TechConnect Blog.
Services Card Sort & Revised IA
So this time I did a proper card sort, because the services section is a lot bigger than the others. How to group services and the pages therein is also a lot less clear cut.
Code4Lib Pre-Conference: Fail4lib
Being a smaller session, there was a lot of tangents and what not, so apologies if the notes seem a little disorganized. – Slides How do you measure “value” or success of projects in library setting where ROI is not measure in the amount of money? Some Flavours of Failure technical failure failure to effectively … Continue reading »
Redesigning the Digital Commons Page
Recently, our team has been assisting with a new initiative to make sure documents sent in to our institutional repository (IR) are accessible. I won’t go into much detail, but since this new initiative was being launched, it was proposed to have the digital commons (our IR) page redesigned for the launch. Old Page The … Continue reading »
Implemeting an Issue Tracker (Redmine)
For more than half a year now, I’ve been trying to get an issue tracker fully implemented for our IT team within the library. I admit that I’m still working on it. Getting the system up and running was easy enough, but trying to work it into people’s workflow isn’t so easy. Choosing the Issue … Continue reading »
Revised Articles Section & New Landing Page: Using a Card Sort to Clean Up
As part of the ongoing effort to improve the website, I have been redesigning the website one section at a time. Earlier in the term, I did the Research Help section. In the last couple of weeks (that’s right, only about 2-3 weeks!), I worked on getting the ‘Articles’ section cleaned up with a new … Continue reading »
