The Department Web Framework is a free service provided by the UW College of Arts & Sciences Marketing & Communications team. We design, build, and host websites for the College's departments, so they can focus on their content and communication strategies.
There are currently 33 departments using the framework service. It is available to academic departments in all four divisions: Arts, Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences. If your department is interested in joining, contact Shane Fricks. What if I'm not eligible?
We've got lots of tutorials and background information in our documentation and help section.
For notices of system downtime, upgrades, new features, and workshops, join the asweb-users mailing list.
Not all units are eligible for the framework. Learn more about Arts & Sciences web services at the College's Marketing site.
This fall, our team is developing new websites for American Ethnic Studies (AES) and American Indian Studies (AIS). Look for their sites to launch in January 2015.
Our next Department Web Framework Users meeting will be:
Wednesday, November 12, from 10-11am
CMU 202 (Simpson Center seminar room)
Anyone who plays a role in editing department websites is invited to attend. Our tentative agenda is:
Choosing Images for Your Front Page: What kind of images make a strong, positive impact? What type of images should you avoid? How can you get more photos? We’ll share some strategies for finding and selecting great photos to maximize the power of your front page.
Department Web Framework editors are invited to the quarterly Social Sciences and Humanities Marketing Roundtable. Within the next few weeks the UW is rolling out a new brand, and we will be dedicating our entire meeting to covering how that impacts you and what to expect. Even if you’ve been a part of some of the brand meetings over the summer, we encourage you to attend. We're hoping we will be able to dive deeper into the messaging and have an in-depth Q&A session with our representative from central marketing.
The Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies is the 16th department to join the College of Arts & Sciences Department Web Framework. View their new site at http://gwss.washington.edu
The Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) is the fifthteenth department in the College of Arts & Sciences to join the Department Web Framework. Explore their new website at http://dxarts.washington.edu.
The Department of Linguistics has a new Department Web Framework site! Visit it at http://linguistics.washington.edu.
The first department from the Social Sciences Division to join the Department Web Framework is the Law, Societies & Justice Program. Visit their new website at http://lsj.washington.edu
The School of Drama has a new website built in the Department Web Framework. See it at http://drama.washington.edu
This spring work is underway on three more department websites: Linguistics; Law, Societies & Justice; and Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies. Look for their sites to debut this summer.
Our next Department Web Framework users meeting will be Wednesday, April 30, from 10-11:00am in CMU 065.
Based on feedback after our combined meeting with the Humanities & Social Sciences Marketing Roundtable, we have decided to separate the meetings this quarter. Attendance was high and there is clearly a lot of interest in marketing and communications topics. You are welcome to attend whichever meetings have agenda items that apply to you, or send other representatives who would benefit from the information.