Cascade Tip of the Month: How to Keep the Publisher Publishing
It’s August and time to kick off another sure-to-be-stellar academic year. But with this excitement comes a very busy period for those of us maintaining the university’s web presence. (Hey, that’s...
View ArticleTribe Responses Upgrade
Tribe Responses has been redesigned and includes many new features. All forms and collected data is still intact and accessible in the new environment. The admin panel looks a bit different but is...
View ArticleCascade Tip of the Month: A Lesson in History
Are you harnessing the power of history? Cascade offers several ways to save time and clicks by using your recent history—here are two of the most helpful and often overlooked. Quickly find a recent...
View ArticleCascade Tip of the Month: The Shortcut Menu and Other Time-Savers
We all love a good lifehack. Even a little one. Learn how to shave valuable time and clicks from your Cascade editing: The Shortcut Menu This tool is available on any asset, anytime, and is a real...
View ArticleCascade Tip of the Month: New! Build-Your-Own-Button Feature
With this new feature you can add a button to the content area of your page without the help of a designer. By simply applying a style from the dropdown menu, you can turn your link into a button that...
View ArticleCascade Tip of the Month: Take Advantage of our New Q&A Sessions
Once a month Cascade experts from Creative Services are on campus to assist you. Don’t miss this opportunity for one-on-one assistance with your site. Have you consulted the Help Pages, but you’re...
View ArticleCascade Tip of the Month: Get the Most Out of Your Relationships
No, this isn’t a self-help thing. Wait, maybe it is. A few months ago, Cascade added a Relationships tab. We love it and use it daily. (Click to enlarge) What is it? For assets such as images,...
View ArticleCascade Tip of the Month: Simplify Your Visit Us Page
Gone are the days of updating directions and embedding maps on your Visit Us page. Reduce your upkeep AND help visitors find you by adding a link to your building’s Campus Map page. Visitors will find...
View ArticleCascade Tip of the Month: What Does THAT Button Do?
The WYSIWYG Editor The WYSIWYG (pronounced wizzy-wig) is the editor built into Cascade in which you input and format page content. What You See Is What You Get. Behind the scenes it does the...
View ArticleTime for a little summer cleaning
Although I’m pretty sure the idea that summer is the “slow” time on a college campus is more myth than fact, not being knee deep in the typical academic year goings-on does afford a bit of time to take...
View ArticleCascade Tip of the Month: Did my page publish yet?
Do you find yourself hitting “refresh” over and over on your live site wondering if your publish job has gone through? There’s a setting for that. If you’re tired of guessing, you can set your user...
View ArticleMason School of Business website refreshed… next?
After nearly a year of non-stop design and code makeovers our final school website has been refreshed. Sharing updates from the School of Education, Law School, VIMS and Arts & Sciences, the Mason...
View ArticleCascade Tip of the Month: What’s in a (System) Name?
A lot, actually. Especially when it comes to your image and document file names. This is the point of a recent post about naming your web files by Donna Lehmann (great find, Kathy L.). I’ll hit the...
View ArticleTribe Voices v2.0
Last week we released an update to Tribe Voices (free, web-based software that makes it easy for W&M people and organizations to create simple websites). You may not notice a lot of changes on the...
View ArticleNow it’s (a little) easier to find your way on campus
…we can’t guarantee a brick won’t trip you on your way there though. Today Creative Services launched a new interactive and searchable campus map. We’ve consolidated all of our campus location...
View ArticleVIMS website… caught and released!
The Virginia Institute of Marine Science website is the latest member of the William & Mary responsive “suite.” Some screenshots… Desktop: Mobile: ~ Mark Windley
View ArticleSchool of Education website refreshed
The School of Education joins the responsive party bringing a fresh color palette, new home page, and loads of new photography! Desktop: Mobile: ~ Mark Windley
View ArticleCascade Tip of the Month: Easier Browsing of Your Stored Images
Have you gone searching for an image in your storage folders, only to find you can’t remember the file name? Try switching to the Gallery view and browse the folder’s contents visually instead. Select...
View ArticleWilliam & Mary Law School website refreshed
All rise. The responsive William & Mary Law School website is now in production. Turn on all electronic devices and enjoy! On desktop… … and mobile! ~ Mark Windley
View ArticleCascade Tip of the Month: Watch Out for IE11!
Recently some folks have found their Internet Explorer updated to IE11 and that it’s causing a loss of functionality in the Cascade editor, or WYSIWYG. While some programs you work with may require...
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