Web Team Blog

As part of the effort to phase out CLIDs across the University, all web ambassadors will now use ULIDs as their usernames. You’ll use your ULID instead of CLIDs to log in (or, if you were part of the first group of ambassadors, you will use your ULID instead of the firstname.lastname login you had...

Good news for the new year! Webmaster extraordinaire Eric and web developer extraordinaire Ryan have put in place a new module that lets us do something we’ve never done before. Now, all web ambassadors—when logged in to their sites—can view all unpublished pages, regardless of who authored it. How...

Here's what we've been doing, what we're getting ready to do, and how we need your help to do it! Update on Websites Here’s a quick recap of our successes from the last few months: College of Liberal Arts launches sites First, a long overdue congratulations to the College of Liberal Arts for...

Over the next few months, we will be transitioning from the old ULink to a new ULink portal, as part of the University's transition to the Banner data system. We launched the first piece of the new ULink this week: Fall 2016 advising and registration! Upcoming launches include employee information...

March will mark three years since we launched the first University websites in Drupal, and since then we've launched nearly 150. It's been quite a journey and is a major accomplishment that we all share. So take a second to pat yourself on the back for all of your hard work. As we begin the final...

Congratulations to our web ambassadors for the College of the Arts, School of Music and Performing Arts, and Department of Visual Arts, who have worked really hard to create brand new sites that are — if I do say so — pretty fab. The College of the Arts has a really vibrant and exciting set of...

Spotlights are a great way to draw attention to specific information on your website, as well as add dimension and variety to the different pages on your site. We have to commend you, our web ambassadors, for really taking advantage of these tools to make your sites dynamic and interactive. So...

For all University websites, we use Google Analytics to tell us things like: How many people are visiting the website Peak traffic days and times How people are navigating through the website How people are getting to the website What devices they're using So you know: all web ambassadors can have...

Congratulations to our newest owners of an official UL Lafayette website: The Institute for Coastal and Water Research! The Institute for Coastal and Water research is a fairly new research institute on campus, and has absorbed the work of the Institute for Coastal Ecology and Engineering, on top of...

Websites are a lot like the interactive, multiple-choice, multiple-ending book series called " Choose Your Own Adventure." As a kid, I was obsessed with the series and I wasn't alone, seeing as how it is the 4th-bestselling series for children ever published. In the books, the protagonist—that is...