While some people may be kicking back to relax in the summer, this season keeps the Extension Service and combined Experiment Stations busy with fairs, field days, harvests, and lots of engagement from our communities. The EESC web team also pushed ahead through June and July to complete tasks mentioned in the June 11 blog, and continues to field and respond to requested changes to the new website. Here are a few new improvements that have rolled out recently:
Print, Email, and Social Sharing
Like an article or interested in an event on the site? Web visitors can now share it on social media, print it, or email it to others. Look for the new action icons on each content page.
Find Us Faculty and Staff (A-Z)
Searching the breadth of faculty and staff in the Extension directory is now easier by clicking on the A-Z menu at the top of the page.
See All Latest Content
New content added by EESC and content teams occurs daily and scrolls across the home page. Now visitors can access all recent content by clicking a homepage button or going to the direct link to see all recent content on one page.
Entry Changes
When editing or entering new content, the web groups can now see revisions made and use the revision comments field to make internal notes.
Additionally, when you type in the title field of a new piece of content, on the right side of the screen will appear any links to existing content that may be similar to help identify duplicates.
When adding a photo to the website that has limited permissions, mark the “Don’t allow reuse of this image” checkbox that appears when selecting the image.
Also, when saving content as a “draft”, “in review”, “archived”, or “published”, you can now sort by this status, and by author, all the content entered by your group. This helps to monitor content entered as needed.
Coming Next
- Improved text and spacing on desktop computer screens
- Design changes for different sections of the website
- Behind the scenes development that make future features possible
Keep sending us your questions or changes that you see needed through our Web Support.
