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Everything you need to know about that gigantic banner image that will be splashing across the newly revamped UM-Flint website FIRST THING’S FIRST: What is this “hero” thing that the has been getting tossed around throughout the development of the university website’s redesign and migration to Drupal?At it’s core, a hero is really just a […]
June 27, 2013
content strategy, design, graphics, hero image, photography, photos
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 […]
June 14, 2013
CakePHP, drupal, forms
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 […]
June 14, 2013
abbreviations, best practices, brand consistancy, colors, icons
If you couldn’t attend this takeaways session, please leave your thoughts in the comments section below.
May 29, 2013
debrief, highedweb michigan, next steps, takeaways, umflint
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 […]
May 24, 2013
card sorting, Tips
The moment you have been waiting for: new business card and stationery designs with UM-Flint’s updated logo and wordmark! Before you read on, please know that if you still have a stockpile of stationery with the old logo, please use it! Trees do not need to be sacrificed for the sake of the brand. This […]
May 22, 2013
business cards, stationery, university of michigan flint
The new UM-Flint logo updates continue! The University of Michigan-Flint license plate with the State of Michigan has been updated to include the new logo: The UM-Flint license plate sales benefit student veterans and can be purchased on the Secretary of State website.
May 15, 2013
license plate, Scholarship, state of michigan, um-flint, veterans
This is an exciting opportunity to learn from peers working in higher education throughout the region.
May 10, 2013
conference, flint, highedweb, higher education, michigan, technology, umflint, web
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.
April 30, 2013
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 […]
April 30, 2013
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