Web Team Blog

We're preparing to launch a new online calendar system that will replace the current way we enter events into the website. It will go live on Thursday, Sept. 5. Any events happening after that date should be entered into the new system.

This summer, we surveyed our web ambassadors to see if they would take advantage of web team office hours if we offered them.

The overwhelming response was YES! Most of you said you would take advantage of office hours and that’d you like to have it offered every other week.

To illustrate the power of a social media campaign surrounding a national awareness week, let’s look at the Department of Nursing’s 2019 #NationalNursesWeek campaign.

You know what they say about timing — it’s everything! And it’s no different on social media.

Many departments and offices at UL Lafayette are using social media to reach students and alumni in ways that they don't traditionally use their websites. When was the last time you posted a photo gallery to your site? Or a news story that was only 240 characters long?

Contributed web team blog from Doug Dugas, University Photographer in the Office of Communications & Marketing

Compelling photos on a website are paramount. The fact that you started reading this shows you also think that better images equate to better websites.

We all make mistakes. Now there’s an easier way to undo them.

Introducing Revisions!

Revisions is basically a log of what changes you’ve made to the content of each page on your site.

What if I said you don’t have to manually update the curriculum on your department’s website anymore?

I’m confident your reaction would be something like this:

All of our websites have received a security upgrade!

What is https?

You may have noticed that the websites are now https:// instead of http://. That extra “s” is what tells our site visitors and web browsers that our websites are secure.