Updates
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Searching for Answers
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A key component to the overall TCU web experience is search. We are continuously tweaking and adjusting our search index to try to connect our visitors to the TCU content they are looking for as seamlessly as possible. Our Connected Campus microsite is a convenient place to go for the latest updates and information related…
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Goodbye, Phase 1
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First of all, let me express my gratitude to all of the folks within the TCU community who contributed so much to the success of the new website! From the Web Redesign Committee to Chancellor’s Cabinet to the academic program page pilot and everything in between, your contributions made the new site possible. If you…
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Soft Launch Meetings
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We are about to open up access for the campus community to preview the new www.tcu.edu website. This core site, the digital front door to TCU, is nearing completion. We are still putting the final touches on our pages and finalizing content with our content partners across campus. Please join us at one of our…
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Academic Program Pages
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A major component of our redevelopment plan for the core website is to fill in some gaps in our page content. One of the most significant gaps relates to academic program pages—high-level information related to all of the various subjects one can study, from non-degree-granting certificates all the way through to graduate degrees. We do…
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Moving Forward in One Direction
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First off, thank you so much to everyone (and there were thousands of you) who took the time to review our design options and provide your feedback! We have combed through the polling data and the direct feedback. We have gathered insight from leadership across campus. And we have made a decision: we are moving…
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Navigation
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Each of the two design system options approaches the primary navigation differently. Mega Menu A “mega menu” is typically a large-format menu, activated by either hovering your cursor over or clicking on a primary navigation element. Once the mega menu opens, there is room to display a collection of links within the section, as well…
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Make Your Voice Heard
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We have talked about our process, discussed some of the bigger goals and provided a few sneak previews of our work. Now, it is time to let you chime in. Below, in order to provide you with a general sense of the site’s feel, you will see high-fidelity representations of the two design systems being…
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Content Management Systems
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During our all-campus sessions earlier this year, you heard me mention that we were investigating alternative web architectures to the current WordPress setup. I also know that many folks around campus want to know why. WordPress is hugely popular. It is a PHP web application that was originally created as a blog engine, a fast…
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Two Designs Diverged in a Purple Wood
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For the last several years, TCU sites have been shifting over to the Web Standards design system developed by the Office of Website & Social Media Management. This design system was used to build the Web Standards parent WordPress theme, as well as several child WordPress themes. We also have a flat HTML version available…
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New Design System
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More than a site design or even a theme, our design team is developing an updated TCU design system for our web network. But what is a design system? “A unified design system is essential to building better and faster; better because a cohesive experience is more easily understood by our users, and faster because it…