UM-Flint University Relations

Hot off the Drupal email press: We are pleased to report that the UM-Flint website migration project is complete. All content from the current UM-Flint website has been moved into the new Drupal Content Management System. Training is well underway, and nearly every department has sent someone to training in preparation for the launch on […]

The following message was sent to Drupal users by Sean Bellows. If you did not receive this email, but would like to be included in email updates like these, please contact Alaina Wiens in  University Relations. As we move closer to the October 1 launch of the new university website, we are working to make many […]

Drupal training is underway, and departments are being introduced to the new content management system. The hour-long introductory training sessions orient users to the Drupal environment and walk them through editing/adding content. But there’s so much more! To build on what you learn in your first Drupal training session, and for individualized help with your […]

The university’s web transition is moving full speed ahead! With so much work going on at once, we know that things can get a little murky. Here, answers to some of the most frequent questions we receive. If you have a question of your own, please let us know! What is migration and when is […]

Earlier this week, members of University Relations and ITS held a “Forms Forum.” Staff from several departments came together to discuss the plethora of forms that exist on their current websites. Our goal: to gain a better understanding of user needs and talk about future solutions with the implementation of Drupal. Following are notes from […]

With the update to the University of Michigan-Flint’s logo and new brand identity guidelines, University Relations is happy to offer social media icons for campus. These icons are considered “official,” and will only be created for approved department and program social media accounts. You can find your social media icon in MediaBin under “Logos and […]

Since UM-Flint’s web transition project began, we in University Relations have been throwing around the term “card sorting” like it’s going out of style. We tell you that card sorting will help you organize your web content, will open your eyes to how your website should be structured, and will be fun. Who wouldn’t want […]

It’s been a few weeks since you’ve heard anything from University Relations about the big “website transition” project. In our Web Transition Workshop this March, we explained how we’re planning to tackle to move to Drupal and the redesign of www.umflint.edu. Since then, work has been done to finalize the designs for our new website.

Thank you to all who attended the Google Analytics presentation last week with Matthew Adams from the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Web Services. Matthew has shared his slides from the session, which are posted below. Google Analytics Slides If you’d like to have a Google Analytics profile set up […]

The purpose of the following report is to identify trends in community behavior across the University of Michigan-Flint’s social networks. The content shared on Facebook and Twitter was categorized into topic types, which are fairly consistent between the two. The only exceptions include: Response and User Content on Twitter (not used on Facebook). Social Network Summary […]