Editors of the website were informed last week that April 11 is no longer the proposed launch date for a new website. Instead, the launch has been pushed back to sometime later this month.
There are a few more glitches to work out with both our design vendor and our web content management system vendor contracted to implement the new design. Additionally, since the new site requires reworking of existing pages, some department content editors can use the extra time to fix the formatting of their pages.
What’s the hold up?
- both vendors are not sure what’s causing the second large homepage image to disappear on smaller screens
- the search box is not functioning reliably on mobile devices
- a styling fix is required for homepage factoids that have a single digit number
- navigation menus are unmanageable in the current implementation
- hyperlinks are not working inside tabs
What are the benefits to waiting?
Besides everything working as it should, we’ll have:
- an improved functionality for emergency notifications
- the ability to hyperlink inside program announcements
- additional options for using buttons
Editors, members of the web workgroup, and two hourly assistants (current and former Visual Communications Technology program students) are working hard to launch as soon as possible. Please stay tuned!
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See a preview
You can see the new design elements here:
Day at a Glance 
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