As a content editor, you play a vital role in ensuring our website is inclusive and accessible to all users. Website ADA compliance means meeting the standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which increasingly applies to digital content. By creating accessible pages, you’re not only helping us avoid legal risks—you’re making our content usable…
Replacing and Deleting Media Files in Drupal
Recently, the UTC Web Dev Team implemented the Media Replace module alongside the Media Delete module in Drupal to help tame the file management beast that often plagues busy websites. Managing and updating media files—especially those used in multiple places like PDFs, images, and logos—can quickly become a tedious task. The Media Replace module streamlines…
Creating the Registrar’s Annual Academic Calendar
The development of the annual Academic Calendar is a key responsibility coordinated by the Registrar’s Office to ensure timely communication of important academic dates and institutional deadlines. The UTC Web Team (both Marketing and the Web Dev Team) provides support to implement the Academic Calendar each school year during the previous spring. The Registrar’s Office…
Updating an Employee Profile Bio Page: Digital Measures
The UTC website provides faculty members with the opportunity to display professional information such as their biography, teaching areas, academic credentials, research and scholarship, and service activities. This content is powered by a data feed from Digital Measures, a system where faculty members maintain and update their own information. On faculty and staff listing pages,…
Creating Better Image and PDF Files for Your Site
Good file management is like good housekeeping… …no one notices it until it’s missing. As we move to our new host environment, the UTC Web Team is evaluating file storage and making some adjustments and recommendations. Storing large files directly on a website consume valuable server space and can dramatically slow down page load times,…