Web Services

Email web support your changes.

For edits always provide:

web address and clear description of what you want done:

URL: https://www.csu.edu/foundation/boarddirectors.htm 

• please add the attached image and bio for Jane Smith
• remove the red-eye from camera flash

copy additions in red, removals with a strikethrough

URL: https://www.csu.edu/foundation/boarddirectors.htm

Angelique David

Board Secretary

Board Chair EMD

COO & General Counsel, Ziegier

New Web Pages Provide:

• Navigational clickstream to where this page should go
• Copy spellchecked & reviewed for grammar
• Instructions that are not copy updates, in red all caps for example:  (ANIMATED SLIDESHOW HERE)
• For group collaboration, create & share a google doc with your team to write the content. Once your team approves the copy, forward a link to web support with instructions.

Please submit the best quality images you have in terms of lighting and resolution.

Name the file clearly and concisely to what this is about, use underscores for spaces. 

We will by default retouch and color balance images to improve quality before posting. We will crop images if we see better cropping. We by default put images at the top left at a size that fits across the width of the cellphone. We wrap text around the right side if possible so on a computer there is not dead wasted space. 

Provide to Websupport

• URL and location on the page the link resides on.
• The URL the link will go to when clicked.
• The exact verbiage for the link as we do prefer not to show a lengthy web address.

eg: "The Black Media Conference is hosted by CSU every year in April bringing many industry professionals together."

• To keep the navigation consistent and predictable, we ask links going outside CSU to be only added to main body page which is shown in gray. The right hand-navigation is reserved for links to csu.edu pages, and belong with the topic in the blue bar with home icon above.
  
• Links that go outside csu.edu, we ask you change the default setting of current window to open in a new window.

  

Provide Video Information

• File named clearly & concisely (we will use this name for the headline in youtube).
• Name of playlist to add or new playlist to create.
• Video in .mp4 format.
• Timecodes of where to crop video if needed and any edits you may need.
• Poster image (this is the preview people will see) by providing: 
  1.  image attached in an email,
  2. timecode (start and end times) on the video to extract one from, and
  3. a few words to use if we are to create the video for you. 

Emailing websupport@csu.edu is best as we are often in meetings or on urgent updates. 

Douglas Hall (DH) Room: 122

9am to 5pm, Monday - Friday

Good Web Writing Practices

• Clear — Ensure your writing is exceptionally clear to others. Always put yourself in the position of the reader. 
• Concise — Web visitors are looking for quick & fast answers. Concise copy is more impactful and directly to the point. Trim whatever content is not needed and your reader will have an easier time locating that golden needle in a haystack. 
• Consistent — The eye scans visually for colors, boldness, spacing. Always check your usage of UPPERCASE, Sentence Case, periods, bold to be consistent.
• Headlines & Subheads - Put extra effort into choosing the correct verbiage for these. They act as directional signage on a highway getting visitors to their intended destination. The first word should most often be what separates and is unique over other headlines.  "Masters Program Benchmarks" is better than " The Benchmarks of the Masters Program at CSU" 
• Repetition — Avoid using the same word repeatedly at the start of each item in a series. Better to move that word into a headline and use a bulleted or numbered list. Proof your copy to not have the same sentence or another form of the same thought in your copy. Abbreviate repetitive words, and only show the unabbreviated version once at the beginning of your story.
• Scrolling —  Remove excessive words and elements that cause scrolling. You want a breadcrumb trail on every page, so that you get a visual of what the next item of interest is without having to scroll. Even abbreviating "and" to "&" can make make a headline in a column take up on less line of type.
• Visual — Use tables, bulleted lists, images, logos, slideshows & videos. "An image is worth 1000 words."

Google meetings are a great way to discuss updates and improvements to your website. These often work better than in person, as we can share our screens. Please invite:

• mgondek@csu.edu
• schang@csu.edu.

Use the "Find a Time" tabbed option to choose an open slot. 

Click "Add Google Meet..." to give us all a link for the meeting.

If you use the search at the top right, and a 404 nto found error is coming up

The free Grammarly chrome extension significantly improves your spelling & grammar. This works on any text being edited in webpage text input fields including gmail & google docs. Grammarly works OUCampus classic version (click on edit button), but not in the new mode (shift-click on edit button). Grammarly often flags adding "the" for web writing you can avoid adding an extra word if is good without.

Is no longer needed to update website, since the update of the update to Omni CMS. You will need VPN Access for information that is not public, such as  cougar connect or campus phone directory