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2016 Drupal Training / Open Session Schedule

Drupal sessions take place throughout the year. If you have questions about overall content strategy, how to use Drupal, or anything web related, please join us. Currently, all sessions are scheduled to take place in 431 French Hall, and are drop-in with no registration required. Some of these dates may become workshops focusing on specific […]

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UM-Flint Drupal Widgets by Column (in Desktop View)

All UM-Flint Drupal widgets were designed for the following, specific uses. Everything you need to achieve within Drupal can and should be done by using these widgets properly. By adhering to these guidelines, you help ensure a consistent, quality user experience throughout the UM-Flint website—regardless of the device used.

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New Drupal Workshops and Vital Drupal Info

The following are some important announcements regarding new Drupal workshops and new changes within Drupal that will effect your unit’s website:

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Fall Drupal Help Sessions

Open Drupal help sessions have been scheduled throughout the summer months and into fall semester. If you have questions about content strategy, Drupal, or anything web-related, please join us. All sessions are drop-in with no registration required. This year we’ve also added Drupal workshops that will focus on specific issues and solutions. New and longtime […]

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Open Web Sessions

The Open Web sessions are drop-in and located in 431 French Hall. The sessions are conducted by staff of both ITS and University Relations and are aimed at assisting you with any web questions.   Open Web Sessions Schedule: Monday, January 12 9:00am-11:00am Tuesday, January 27 1:00pm-3:00pm Wednesday, February 11 10:00am-12:00pm Thursday, February 26 2:00pm-4:00pm Friday, March […]

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How to Promote Events and Announcements

Step 1: Rethink Press Releases The web changed everything about how messages reach audiences. We are no longer dependent on traditional media outlets (newspapers, television, radio, etc.) to produce and distribute information we want audiences to receive. We can do that ourselves through our own websites, social media, and newsletters. However, that does not mean […]

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Drupal Open Sessions, August – December 2014

Drupal open sessions will begin being offered again in mid-August. These sessions are a great resource for technical and content assistance with your website, as well as new Drupal user training. There is no need to register, and you are welcome to drop in at any time during a session (however, we ask that new […]

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Summer Drupal Help

As we move into summer, we know that schedules and demands vary. We won’t be holding regularly scheduled Open Drupal Sessions in the summer months, but a list of fall semester dates will be shared with you all in the coming weeks. In the meantime, we’re happy to help you with your websites and Drupal questions. […]

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Content and Kipple

The Failures in Our Success In the crazy rush to overhaul the University website before our contract with our previous CMS-provider expired, a lot of talk was made about content and organization. Unfortunately, that crazy rush left little time to really elaborate on or help out departments with those two things. Instead, people were given […]

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Mobile Killed the PDF Star

PDFs are a wonderful thing. These little file gems are great for sharing information. Our email inboxes are full of PDFs promoting campus events. For a period there in the new millennium, the humble PDF was a transformative way to stylishly communicate information. And then along came the mobile device revolution. Mobile killed the PDF […]

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