The Website Wednesday meeting is intended for anyone who maintains, edits, designs, or develops websites at Princeton University. No technical background is necessary to benefit from this event.
The meeting is held one Wednesday per month and the format consists of both presentations and round table discussions, followed by 30 minutes of one-on-one consultations with a WDS staff member.
Topics are driven by YOU. Please submit and vote on topics. Vote often!
When we meet in person, lunch and refreshments will be provided and seating is limited. You must RSVP to becca@princeton.edu before each meeting.
Upcoming Meetings
- June 17, 2020 - Virtual Commencement Events - Panel of speakers - take a tour of various virtual events held by the University, hear how they were made, and lessons learned.
Past Meetings
May 20, 2020
- No meeting held
April 15, 2020
- Accessibility 2020: Making it Normal & Not Scary (John Jameson, OIT)
March 18, 2020
- Publishing Important Content to Websites (Jill Moraca, OIT)
February 19, 2020
- Audience-focused Content and Design (Jessica Monaco, Web Development Services, OIT)
January 15, 2020
- Setting Website Goals (Jill Moraca, OIT)
December 18, 2019
- Which webform tool should I use? (Ash Hadap, Sushma Mendu, and Jill Moraca, OIT)
November 13, 2019
- Website Case Studies (Jill Moraca and Tonya Gibson, OIT)
October 16, 2019
- The Usability Lab (Susan Spraragen and Tonya Gibson, OIT)
September 18, 2019
- What's new at Web Development Services, Top 5 Website Tune-up Tips, and Call for Topics (Jill Moraca, Web Development Services, OIT)
June 19, 2019
- Drupal's CSS Injector (Lingyan He, Jessica Monaco, and Joanne Tunney; Web Development Services, OIT)
May 15, 2019
- Design Trends (Jessica Monaco, Web Development Services, OIT)
April 17, 2019
- Webform Best Practices (Jill Moraca, Web Development Services, OIT)
March 20, 2019
- Google Analytics (Christian Knoebel, Office of Communications and Jill Moraca, Office of Information Technology)
February 20, 2019
- Cancelled due to snow
January 16, 2018
- Accessibility Guidelines and Best Practices (Mary Albert and Damian Sian, User Experience Office, OIT)
December 19, 2018
- Princeton's video services, storage, embedding tips, and captioning (David Hopkins, Senior Manager, Video Production Support, OIT)
November 14, 2018
- Building libraries of resources (and avoiding long lists of links) (Jill Moraca, Web Development Services, OIT)
October 17, 2018
- Ambient Video Best Practices (Danielle Alio, John Jameson, and Ushma Patel of the Office of Communications)
September 19, 2018
- Top 5 Website Tune-up Tips
- Round Table - topics for this year
June 20, 2018
- How to choose the right website option for my needs. Which ones are University-supported?
May 16, 2018
- A discussion about publishing events and archiving them on websites
- The Timeline (Matt Hood, OIT)
- Publishing Events on Websites (Jill Moraca, OIT)
April 18, 2018
- Case Study: Center for Hellenic Studies Website Redesign - Greg Duncan, Web Project Manager, Center for Hellenic Studies
March 21, 2018
- Cancelled due to snow
February 21, 2018
- How to keep your website fresh, interesting and relevant to your audience (Jessica Monaco, Manager of Design and Content Strategy, Web Development Services, OIT)
January 17, 2018
- Writing for the Web (Jill Moraca)
December 20, 2017
- Welcome and announcements
- What's new in Template System
- Tags, taxonomies, and meta tags - best practices and strategies (Maritza Cruz and Michelle Scott)
November 15, 2017
- Welcome and announcements
- What's new in Template System
- Template System - new Tiger theme (Jessica Monaco)
October 18, 2017
- Welcome and announcements
- What's new in Template System
- Managing users and permissions. Content workflow (drafts, etc.)
- Office of Communications - how do they do it? (Christian Knoebel)
- Demo of Template System roles and publishing. (Byron Veale)
September 20, 2017
- Welcome and announcements
- What's New in the Template System
- Round Table - topics for this year
June 21, 2017
- Welcome and announcements (5 minutes)
- What's New in the Template System (5 minutes)
- Communicating effectively with web designers/developers - Michelle Scott, Content Strategist, Web Development Services, OIT (10 minutes)
- Round table discussions (30 minutes)
May 17, 2017
- Welcome and announcements (5 minutes)
- Website Accessibility - Damian Sian, Senior Web Accessibility Advisor, User Experience Office, OIT)
April 19, 2017
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Closed captioning and video production - David Hopkins, Office of Information Technology
March 15, 2017
- Photoshop Alternatives
- Acorn - Byron Veale, Web Development Services
- GIMP - Axel Haenssen, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Paint Shop Pro - Charlie Kreitzberg, User Experience Office
- Pixlr - Andrew Lehman, Project and Technology Consulting Office
- Aviary + Photography Usage Best Practices - Jessica Monaco, Web Development Services
February 15, 2017
- What's New in the Template System - Byron Veale, Web Developer, OIT
- CSS and Drupal: Best practices and practical tips using the Template System - Michael Muzzie, Manager of Development, and Joanne Tunney, Web Designer, OIT
January 18, 2017
- Testing Publications functionality on your Template Site.
- Website Accessibility for Drupal Template System content authors - Damian Sian, Senior Web Accessibility Advisor, User Experience Office, Office of Information Technology - cut short by the fire drill - we'll bring him back!
December 21, 2016
- User research 101: What is user research, how to design a test, how to understand the results,and what to do with the results (including a brief show and tell of Usability Hub) - Michelle Scott, Content Strategist, OIT (15 minutes)
- A case study in user testing - Tonya Gibson, Project Manager, OIT and Joanne Tunney, Web Designer, OIT (10 minutes)
- User research for the main U website project - Christian Knoebel, Digital Manager, Office of Communications (30 minutes)
November 16, 2016
- Behavioral Analysis - how are people using your website what the research shows - Charlie Kreitzberg, Senior User Experience Advisor, OIT
October 20, 2016
- What's New in the Website Template System? - Henry Umansky
- Intro to the next All Our Ideas topic - Behavioral Analysis - how are people using your website
September 28, 2016
- What's New in the Website Template System? - Henry Umansky
- Continuation of the Content Governance topic
- Define content governance
- Office of Communications - presentation and tips - Christian Knoebel
August 17, 2016
- What's New in the Website Template System? Learn about "Zippy Iguana" - Henry Umansky, WDS
- New Theme Design - Learn about Siberian - Joanne Tunney, WDS
- Round Table Discussion: Content Governance - how you’re your department decide which content goes on the website (and its tone, voice, etc).
July 27, 2016 Inaugural Meeting
- Overview and purpose of meeting and solicit topics via All Our Ideas website – Jill Moraca, WDS
- Getting started with migrating from Roxen to Drupal – Jill Moraca, WDS
- Changing the look of your Template Site – Joanne Tunney, WDS