These are the recommended steps to announce and promote your new Department Web Framework site:
Pre-launch:
Department
- Set launch date in consultation with A&S Web Team.
- Inform faculty and grad students of launch date; invite them to preview the site and update their profiles by specific deadline.
- (Optional) Web specialist attends faculty meeting to introduce them to the site.
Day of launch:
A&S Web Team
- Enable caching and performance optimizations
- Submit new site to search engines for indexing
- Update link on College’s website and in departments database
Department
- Redirect traffic from old site to new (A&S Web Team will assist)
- Backup old site offline and remove from server (A&S Web Team will assist)
Day after launch:
A&S Web Team
- Check error logs to confirm that redirects are working
A&S Marketing & Communications Team
- Announce new site on social media
- Update links on Fact Sheet
Department
- Announce new site to your mailing lists
- Announce new site on social media
- Update links on email signatures, social media profiles, electronic letterhead and documents
- Listing Coordinator updates link in UW Office Directory (contact office-directory@uw.edu if you're not sure who that is)
Post launch:
Department
- Remember to send help requests to asweb@uw.edu
- Mention new site in upcoming newsletters and other departmental communications
- Update links on printed materials when replenishing supplies
- Remind your faculty and staff to update links on email signatures and personal websites