Designs for College SitesWestern Theming for Academic Units using Drupal

August 2011: New Homepage delivered

Spring 2012: Requirements for College sites

defined; Design team launched

September 2012: Developer hired to build

Drupal template for College and

Department sites

Fall 2012: WCE and CFPA started their sites

Late fall 2012: Design finalized in response to

user surveys

Project History

Designers from Across Campus:

Admissions

Including a Student Employee

College of Fine and Performing Arts

University Communications

ATUS

ALSO: User Surveys in August and November

Design: A Team Effort

August Survey

15 responses helped us determine problem areas

in our designs

November Survey

138 responses showed us the best-liked aspects

of the three candidate designs

Final design combined most successful aspects

of the draft designs

Design: User Surveys

Design: Accessibility First

Mobile Access built in – automatically adjusts for phone and tablet use

Human Access built in

Meets color contrast recommendations

Supports keyboard only or mouse use

Supports College Customizations

Header ImageCollege name can be text or logo

Menu and NavigationDifferent colleges have different navigation needs

Colors and Styles of Graphics and Content in Content Area

Footer Links

Final College Design

http://west.wwu.edu/atus/web/college-designs-final.shtml

Western Header

College Header andMenu Bar

Content for College or Department

College FooterWestern Footer Insert

Variations Welcome

College Status

Woodring actively moving their content to Drupal

CFPA began the move to Drupal, but lost their developer and

will be stalled for a bit

CBE recently relaunched much of their static site, and have

started working on their Drupal site

Huxley will start the process after hiring a web coordinator this

term

Gradschool revamping their current template site, interested in

Drupal

College Status

Convert design to Drupal theme (in progress)

Test theme on various devices

Work with each college to develop custom

content styles

Start talks with next colleges

Install automation tools to speed creation and

maintenance of new sites

Next Steps

Questions?