University Web site gets makeover
Revamped site will use new technology to provide a streamlined online experience.
By: Jonathan Yongue
Issue date: 2/23/07 Section: News
Clemson University's Web site will soon be updated by Clemson's Office of Web Services, which operates under the University's Publications and Promotion Department.
The new website, according to team writer and editor Carrie DuPre, will include new features such as a new master calendar, and "more videos, enhanced visuals and lots of timely features, like the day's news and spotlights on people."
The University Web site, according to Clemson's Webmaster, Carol Usher, was created by the Division of Computing and Information Technology (DCIT) employee Barry Johnson in 1994.
Four years later the site had its one millionth hit and has since expanded and evolved as more pages are requested by departments and the number of visitors to the Web page increase.
"In the past year there have been over 24 million separate visits to the Clemson Web site and almost 124 million pages accessed," Sandi Piazza, who works on the Web site's servers, said.
Clemson's Web site actually contains around 124 million Web pages and has 50,000 different sites available for users to access information.
With the increasing number of visitors the page should expand to appeal to the different audiences, as they "go beyond faculty, staff, students and alumni to include parents, guidance counselors, media, community members and corporate partners," according to Dupre.
"Our Web site is the number one source of information for Clemson audiences," she said. "We have to make sure we present the right information in the right way to each and every person who visits."
The current Web site was put in place a few years ago. The process of developing the new one started in August of 2005 when, according to Usher, a proposal was submitted, a bid was awarded to Dell Computers to perform an extensive audit of the current site and a recommendation for implementing a new site that would better serve our visitors and goals.
The availability of new technology since the last update has had a major impact on the new Web site. With more technology at the team's expense, there will be more visual improvements, such as video features.
The new website, according to team writer and editor Carrie DuPre, will include new features such as a new master calendar, and "more videos, enhanced visuals and lots of timely features, like the day's news and spotlights on people."
The University Web site, according to Clemson's Webmaster, Carol Usher, was created by the Division of Computing and Information Technology (DCIT) employee Barry Johnson in 1994.
Four years later the site had its one millionth hit and has since expanded and evolved as more pages are requested by departments and the number of visitors to the Web page increase.
"In the past year there have been over 24 million separate visits to the Clemson Web site and almost 124 million pages accessed," Sandi Piazza, who works on the Web site's servers, said.
Clemson's Web site actually contains around 124 million Web pages and has 50,000 different sites available for users to access information.
With the increasing number of visitors the page should expand to appeal to the different audiences, as they "go beyond faculty, staff, students and alumni to include parents, guidance counselors, media, community members and corporate partners," according to Dupre.
"Our Web site is the number one source of information for Clemson audiences," she said. "We have to make sure we present the right information in the right way to each and every person who visits."
The current Web site was put in place a few years ago. The process of developing the new one started in August of 2005 when, according to Usher, a proposal was submitted, a bid was awarded to Dell Computers to perform an extensive audit of the current site and a recommendation for implementing a new site that would better serve our visitors and goals.
The availability of new technology since the last update has had a major impact on the new Web site. With more technology at the team's expense, there will be more visual improvements, such as video features.
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Mike Robertson
posted 3/15/07 @ 3:14 PM EST
Can you email me the picture of the updated clemson webpage that was in the printed issue of the tiger. I'm doing a project for the clemson GC department and it would really help. (Continued…)
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