First major Sitefinity system upgrade nearly complete
We took the Sitefinity CMS offline on 7/30 for a core system upgrade; it should be available to the users who are part of our staging pilot later today (about 12 people). We knew upgrades are part of...
View ArticleDraft of new web guidelines ready for review and input
We’ve been working to flesh out some updated web guidelines in time to share at today’s large meeting between the ITC and members of the UTMB web development community. These are designed to align with...
View ArticleRecap of Aug. 4 Sitefinity CMS introduction
On Aug. 4, we presented an update on the Web Reboot initiative and an introduction to the Sitefinity content management system. The session drew a large and engaged audience with a lot of great...
View ArticleForms tool, new digital campus map
At our last update, we briefly mentioned a number of new tools that are part of the Web Reboot. Here’s a little bit more about them: We now have a production example of one of the first instances of...
View ArticleWhere we stand on the Sitefinity CMS
We are still pushing for a “go live” for Sitefinity in mid-September. Last week, some pretty serious optimization and performance testing was done, with great results. Those who were in the last live...
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Can’t we all just get along?
One of the biggest challenges we face when developing or introducing new tools is browser compatibility. We’ve all experienced it: one web page will tell you your browser is too new, the next says it’s...
View ArticlePushing past “middle of September”: A quick Sitefinity CMS update
For the past month, our mantra has been “the middle of September.” This was the timeslot when we anticipated opening up the Sitefinity content management system, a key element of the Web Reboot, to...
View ArticleMarking an important milestone in our web evolution
Monday we’ll launch the new iUTMB page, and it signals reaching an important point for all of us involved in web development (and even web use) at UTMB. We’ll push the first of the new pages using the...
View ArticleThe biggest change you’re likely to not notice…
In the words of Information Service’s Toby Smith: “The internal home pages have been switched to Sitefinity. One down, one to go.”
View ArticleWork under way on “www,” registration form to be ready next week
With the launch of the new iUTMB behind us and everything humming along, there’s a lot of furious work taking place in anticipation of launching the internal home page’s big brother, the responsive,...
View ArticleIt’s a game changer, and it’s done
Today at about 12:27 pm, the new www pages in the Sitefinity content management system went live. Our home pages are now responsive, and we took a major step forward in our project to re-think and...
View ArticleMore news and info coming on heels of ITC meeting
The Internet Technology Committee met this past Tuesday, and we’re working on an update to share with our web developer community now. Stay tuned, it should be posted here before the end of this week....
View Article“Next Steps”
When we were planning the agenda for the Oct. 27 ITC meeting, there was one really clear theme: what are the “next steps.” The Sitefinity CMS is up and running smoothly and efficiently. Many of our...
View ArticleWeb Content System training class being piloted on Nov. 10; limited seats...
A date has been set for the pilot Sitefinity Content Management System training/workshop. The class will target midlevel web developers, the “designer” role–people who are setting up, building sites...
View ArticleFirst Sitefinity class is full
We have reached capacity on our first Sitefinity training session. If you are interested but couldn’t or didn’t make this first classroom session, watch this site for a webcast of the presentation and...
View ArticleSitefinity training materials and site request form now online
A good portion of the three weeks since the November Sitefinity workshop were spent fleshing out documentation and training material (including video tutorials), much of it shaped and inspired by what...
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New digital campus map in final stages of development
One component of the Web Reboot that we’ve mentioned but not talked much about is a new interactive digital map. The map is built over the Google Maps platform and offers all the neat features we’ve...
View ArticleSitefinity “Work in Progress”
The launch of any new enterprise-level solution often feels like a game of prolonged “whack-a-mole”: you address one issue, and another pops up. The development and launch of Sitefinity has been no...
View ArticleSocial media site registration coming to UTMB
One of the big components of the Web Reboot that we’ve not talked much about in this forum is an overhaul of our social media program. The work’s been running on a parallel track for more than a year;...
View ArticleSitefinity web content management system sessions scheduled for Jan. 29, Feb. 11
In the coming weeks, members of the Internet Technology Committee will be presenting additional information about UTMB’s new web content management system, Sitefinity. Two types of sessions are...
View ArticleFew seats left for the Feb. 11 hands-on Sitefinity training
As I’m writing this, about half of the available seats are available for the intermediate Sitefinity training to be offered on Feb. 11. If you’ve already registered (as of today), you are in; we will...
View ArticleMorning Sitefinity session full, few slots open for afternoon
Monday morning we filled the last few seats in the morning session for the Feb. 11 Sitefinity Intermediate training. We’ve got a few slots left in the afternoon session, from 1 – 2:30 pm. To reserve...
View ArticleJoin us Friday: Sitefinity web content management system
A high-level introduction for people new to the system (web publishers and developers) is scheduled for this week, on Friday morning. Here are details: Introduction to the Sitefinity CMS This one-hour...
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New map, provider search tool being introduced today
We’re soliciting feedback on a new physician/provider search tool and new interactive campus map. Versions of both are now live and available for your review. Here are details: New physician and...
View Article“Introduction to Sitefinity” now online
A high-level introduction for people new to the Sitefinity content management system was hosted Jan. 20. It provided a general project update and overview, defined roles and types of users, and more....
View ArticleSessions full for intermediate Sitefinity training
All slots are now full for the Feb. 11 Sitefinity training. We are looking into opening up a couple additional seats. If you’d like to be put on the waiting list, drop a note to itc@utmb.edu.
View ArticleThey took the “I” out of internet
If developing written content (for web or anything else) is part of your job, you probably know what a styleguide is, and you likely know that UTMB ascribes to a slightly customized version of what’s...
View ArticleSitefinity: Update on training, where we are today
This morning we were working with a user new to our CMS, and as we listened to her project needs and were able to rattle off solutions, I caught myself in one of those neat moments of realization. This...
View ArticleTraining survey coming soon
We were planning to host a few additional Sitefinity training sessions in late May, and here we are in June. No one’s come after us with pitchforks yet, so I’m hoping/thinking that the time we spent...
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UTMB web outage scheduled for Sitefinity CMS software upgrade: What it means
Hopefully many of you have seen the alert that’s posted for this evening: UTMB www.utmb.edu and intranet.utmb.edu home pages and other select sites hosted in the UTMB Sitefinity Web CMS will be...
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