Amherst College: test area

another test webform

dhamilton — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:28:56 +0000

another test webform David L. Hamilton Tuesday, 3/19/2013, at 9:28 PM

does it send me to the edit more

test form

dhamilton — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:13:03 +0000

test form David L. Hamilton Tuesday, 8/28/2012, at 3:13 PM

this is a test form

test form number infinite

dhamilton — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:04:26 +0000

test form number infinite David L. Hamilton Friday, 11/5/2010, at 9:04 AM

testing emails from webforms

dhamilton — Tue, 07 May 2013 20:08:32 +0000

testing emails from webforms David L. Hamilton Tuesday, 5/7/2013, at 4:08 PM

this is a test webform to see what happens with urls in webform email confirmations

testwebform

dhamilton — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:29:11 +0000

testwebform David L. Hamilton Friday, 2/15/2013, at 1:29 PM

this is a test webform

here is sharing

dhamilton — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 18:41:22 +0000

here is sharing David L. Hamilton Monday, 7/28/2014, at 2:41 PM

there

instagram embed

dhamilton — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 14:27:00 +0000

instagram embed David L. Hamilton Wednesday, 7/9/2014, at 10:27 AM

erm from windows

dhamilton — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 18:08:00 +0000

erm from windows David L. Hamilton Tuesday, 1/14/2014, at 1:08 PM

I need some text here qwith some formatting so I am going to screw around and see where it gets me.

Some headers

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Another different header

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dhamilton — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 17:59:26 +0000

ffegdfgd David L. Hamilton Tuesday, 1/14/2014, at 12:59 PM

Amherst College

Web Services, Q4 2013

Quarterly Highlights

Overview: The Web Services Group maintains the college’s web content management system, and develops web applications that facilitate the work of college departments.

PREVIOUS 2013 Q3 (July – September)

Academics. Changes to curricular data collection and display per CEP/Registrar – new data about courses offerings and requirements [complete]
Accessibility. Additional accessibility enhancements to website. Weekly reports are being generate [ongoing]
Admission. Applicant interest finder revamp – this tool connects prospective students with content about the college that’s matched with the interests they express in their application. [in progress, September completion]
Advancement. Reunion payment migration – Reunion registration payment must also be migrated off of the old electronic payment vendor (Nelnet) and onto the new vendor, Cybersource [defer until next quarter]
Advancement/Career Services. Career Center Mentoring tool phase II. Alumni support was rolled out for reunion – student support is being rolled out this fall. [complete]
Calendars. Enhance College calendar presentation, tools – provide better searching and sorting tools, better, faster user interface, better integration with additional sources of calendar data. [in progress – mid/late October completion]
Five Colleges. Transition in 5C Inc. website management, support to reduce their reliance on Amherst resources [complete]
MyAmherst. Enhancements to MyAmherst to enhance content presentation, user control over content, access to many additional sources of content, and incorporating many suggestions from the community. [Anticipate mid-late October completion; may defer rollout/work until interterm]
Web infrastructure.
- Develop a tool that allows an interactive method of presenting stories about the college, with templates for various departments for mobile devices [in progress]
- Enhance how Amherst appears in search engines, by incorporating ‘microdata’ to facilitate better indexing by search engines. [complete]
  - Responsive design phase II – additional enhancements to the college’s website design to provide even better support for mobile devices. [defer because of anticipated site redesign]
  - Develop new image gallery tool with better user interface, support for third party image hosting solutions, better support for mobile devices, and more presentation choices (templates) for image gallery creators. [in progress, early October completion]
  - Install, configure Varnish Cache to enhance site performance [early-October completion target]
  - Woodside. Website for Woodside daycare center [in progress, late September completion]

UPCOMING 2013 Q4 (October – December)

Academics.
- Rewrite academic department listing page to address accessibility issues
- Develop more effective mobile (responsive) design for course scheduler
- Accessibility.
  - Continuing accessibility enhancements to website
  - Develop new campus map to address accessibility issues, incorporate feature requests.
  - Advancement. Reunion payment migration – Reunion registration payment must also be migrated off of the old electronic payment vendor (Nelnet) and onto the new vendor, Cybersource (from previous quarter)
  - Calendar. Enhance college calendar presentation, tools – provide better searching and sorting tools, better, faster user interface, better integration with additional sources of calendar data. [Continued from previous quarter]
  - Emergency notification. Rewrite emergency notification tools, incorporate into MyAmherst, provide 5C Inc. with data feed
  - Human Resources. Jobs.amherst.edu maintenance to address security issues
  - Public Affairs. Editorial workflow system for news publishing
  - Strategic Planning. Support strategic planning process by developing tools for community engagement
  - Web infrastructure.
    - Build tool to allow time-sensitive users (Dean of Students, Admission, Dining Services) to build permission groups from data
    - Cross training for two major pieces of campus architecture (digital asset management, virtual computing labs) to broaden IT staff support for tools
    - Enhance video publishing by developing or licensing and integrating video transcoding system.

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dhamilton — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 18:08:00 +0000

David L. Hamilton Friday, 10/11/2013, at 2:08 PM