Archive | April, 2013

A Preview of the New UMFLINT.EDU

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.

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Google Analytics Workshop Recap and Slides

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 […]

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Commonly Confused Graphic Design and Web Design Terms and Concepts

This mini-glossary seeks to avoid all confusion that can arise from using terms like header, heading, and headline interchangeably.

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Free Webinar: “How to Embrace Content Strategy”

As part of our ongoing effort to make UM-Flint’s transition to the Drupal content management system as smooth, inclusive, and informative as possible, University Relations invites you to attend this free webinar on a key concept: Embracing Brand-Driven Content Strategy “Before social, multichannel, responsive, etc., there was content. And it’s still a challenge. Even if […]

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UM-Flint Social Media Report: January 1 – March 31, 2013

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 […]

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Slip Sliding Away: The End of Gizmos for www.umflint.edu

I am a fan of XM radio. One of my favorite stations is The Bridge, which is nothing but the music of the singers/songwriters of the 1970s. I don’t care if it dates me, but I love that channel. Driving into Flint today, I heard Paul Simon’s, “Slip Sliding Away.” You know, the nearer my […]

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Registered Mark (R-Ball) Usage and New UM-Flint

As of March 28, the R-ball will only be required on sales merchandise, all other platforms and usage will not require this distinction.

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