Web Team Blog

This website redesign is a massive project — and we need our web ambassadors' help. Here's how we're planning on tackling it all.

Thanks to web ambassador Cheryl in the Office of Campus Diversity for suggesting this topic!

After months of preparation, the new calendar is finally here! It is now available for the world to see at calendar.louisiana.edu.

The new calendar is a comprehensive view of everything happening on campus.

This calendar aggregates all events from:

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.