The University of Illinois Springfield uses a Web Publishing System and Official Web Page Templates for all official department and academic program websites.
Sites are created with three important issues in mind:
- Recruitment of prospective students;
- Technical support issues;
- Web accessibility.
Where We Are Headed
Fall 2012
- Sandbox and performance scaling
- Website migration tests
- Planning [process, procedures, training, support] and initial website migration
Spring 2013
- Content migration to CMS
- Streamline migrated websites
- Train campus Publishers and Writers
Summer 2013
- Content migration to CMS
- Streamline migrated websites
- Launch new homepage
- Launch and apply new template to migrated websites
Where We Have Been
- 2012 – UIS Mobile App; development/deployment of new websites; restructure existing websites; brand materials; comprehensive Web accessibility checks and fixes for all websites; completed CMS testing.
- 2011 – Global script updates; functional updates to websites; development/deployment of new websites; comprehensive Web accessibility checks and fixes for all websites; updated CMS review/testing.
- 2010 – Global script updates; new homepage; refreshed template for top-level marketing websites; development/deployment of new website; comprehensive code fixes for website fixes; initiated social media integration; Web accessibility checks/fixes; CMS review/testing completed.
- 2009 – New homepage; development/deployment of new websites; Web accessibility check/fixes.
- 1996-2008 – Campus Web Policy approved by Chancellor’s Cabinet; Web publishing system reviewed and implemented; development and deployment of new websites; migration of legacy websites; enterprise-wide implementation of Web infrastructure.
UIS Homepage Timeline
July 2010 – Present
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- Screen grab from Internet Archive. Missing graphics on left-side.
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