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What you need to know about the newest Google Analytics
Have you ever looked Google analytics for your website? If you have a UF site, the likelihood is Google analytics is running in the background, feeding you valuable information about your site traffic. In this article, I’ll touch on why analytics are important and a current issue facing analysts. Why are analytics important? I use
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“Virus Alert” notifications!
Web Push Notifications “Wait, I don’t use McAfee…” If you use a browser to search the web, you’ve probably received a pop-up requesting access to send push notifications. For example, Facebook will ask to send desktop notifications so you can see new activity, even if the browser is closed. For a legitimate website, this poses
Web Infrastructure Update – Fall 2022
This year the web server infrastructure for the college has changed – the servers, the software, and the way they are connected to each other is different than it had been previously. The impetus for the change began as an attack against our web server. Bad actors attempted to compromise WordPress by sending thousands of
Users.clas Websites Going Away
During the 2020-2021 academic year, we will be migrating websites from users.clas.ufl.edu into our WordPress installation at people.clas.ufl.edu. If you have a users.clas.ufl.edu website (for example users.clas.ufl.edu/gatorlink), you may contact CLAS Communication Support and they will be able to assist in migrating the content. At the end of the academic year (May 2021), the user.clas.ufl.edu
Two New Departments
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is proud to announce its two newest departments – Media Services and News & Publications. The Media Services department was created to address the growing print and web needs of our expanding college. The team is led by Jonathan Ciaccio and consists of 5 other staff members. Print
Creating Online Forms: Six Common Mistakes
Many departments have started the transition from simple PDF or Word Doc forms to forms submitted online. For each site, we provide an easy-to-use form builder tool called Gravity Forms. This can be used to create simple contact forms or newsletter signups to application submissions, etc.
Upcoming Web Server Changes
This fall CLAS IT will begin migrating WordPress sites to our new web server infrastructure. The new infrastructure will bring about some important changes, the most important of which will be the deprecation of non-secure HTTP.
Starting a Website for Research or Groups
If you’re looking for a good way to share resources in a particular field or promote collaboration across colleges or departments, you may want to create a new website. CLAS IT offers hosting and support for department and personal websites, but this also is available for research groups, organizations, and officially-recognized programs and center.
Websites Made Easy with people.clas.ufl.edu
Are you tired of fighting with HTML or Dreamweaver just to update your CV, or to make a change to your web pages? If so, CLAS IT has a solution for you.