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Supporting a Magnetic Website
The document presents tips for creating an effective departmental website, highlighting the importance of domain names, hosting, and basic website jargon. It emphasizes the roles of team members in the website development process and encourages engagement through social media. Additionally, it provides insights into website design elements like HTML, CSS, and content management systems.
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Supporting a Magnetic Website
- 1. Supporting a Magnetic Website CarolVargas-Bautista, PhD Program Administrator Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics
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- 5. My goal today Provideyou with tips to contribute to a powerful, beautiful and effective website for your department!
- 6. My goal today Technicalities Ideasin action!
- 7. Basic website jargon(from a non- expert website developer!) • Domain “Domain names are used to identify one or more IP addresses. For example, the domain name microsoft.com represents about a dozen IP addresses. Domain names are used in URLs to identify particular Web pages. For example, in the URL http://www.pcwebopedia.com/index.html, the domain name is pcwebopedia.com (…) The domain name should be simple, preferably without hyphens or numbers, and easy to spell. Registering a domain name is never free, but it is low cost and worth it”. Technicalities
- 8. Basic website jargon(from a non- expert website developer!) • Website host “The activity or business of providing storage space and access for websites” “Virtual location and server where your website is stored and managed. Some of the domain registration companies also offer hosting”. Technicalities
- 9. Exploring website design •HTML • CSS • JavaScript Technicalities • CMS (Content Management System) – storing content in some type of database. This allows it to be reused, re-purposed, and published whenever needed • WordPress • Theme Avada
- 10. Identifying who ispart of your team • IT person • Website developer • Photographer/ image edition • Content • Faculty • Students • Staff • Design and content • With branding requirements! Technicalities
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- 12. Providing resources toyour audience Take action!
- 13. Engaging with socialmedia! • Add value – analysis, information, assistance, entertainment, shareable • Be consistent • My journey with facebook and twitter experience Take action!
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Editor's Notes
- #2 - know audience (A&M vs other institutions) - First, introduce myself and the reasons why I wanted to be here today.... full disclosure - Interview for this admin position- Ex com top priority - get rid of the old website... (why- old platform, outdated content, ugly aesthetics)
- #3 - Interview for this admin position- Ex com top priority - get rid of the old website... (why- old platform, outdated content, ugly aesthetics) - New one - In this talk just describe my journey
- #10 - show html file in brackets and google chrome - Show HR page
- #11 Branding requirements http://brandguide.tamu.edu/colors.html
- #14 I dont rock yet! I just began- So let's talk about how I have engaged my audience