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Please forgive me for my bland and non-descriptive discussion title but nothing better has come to mind. I am currently battling the unemployment market and one career option I see for myself is…Continue
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Donald White Mar 3, 2011.
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"I'll echo the words of others here that you need to be able to write content as well as code to stand out. In addition, I'll add that you need to develop your portfolio as in an industry such as this it will mean far more to you than your…"
"Nancy hits the nail on the head. Higher ed web teams are generally small and everyone needs to fill multiple roles. If you can code well and write well, you are a much more appealing candidate. Coding, design, and content are so interrelated on…"
"The more knowledge you can accumulate, the more you can bring to the table. One thing that is often overlooked is content. I'm reading, and getting a lot from them, "Content Strategy for the Web" by Kristina Halvorson and…"
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I'm happy to offer you a free pass to attend our WordPress University Webinar Series if this can help you…"
"I thought about that too. Could be better than Gravity since its free.
But I still think I have the same problems there in terms of the events that go on "after" submission like Letters of Recommendation and Application review.…"
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Has anyone come across how to incorporate into WordPress how to have a student application? Maybe not for a campus at large (leaving it to something like PeopleSoft) but for smaller program specific applications. I thought about gravity forms but it's more the backend with application review, etc. that has me stumped.Any thoughts?See More
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Please forgive me for my bland and non-descriptive discussion title but nothing better has come to mind. I am currently battling the unemployment market and one career option I see for myself is highered web work as while my traditional education has not been in computer science I have worked as a web manager for two departments at two higher ed institutions. Due to cercumstances (wife's job), I am unable to search for jobs outside of Hawaii at the moment. As such I feel that if I can't get a…See More
"Greetings here are additional ones I have found extremely helpful
Broken Link Checker
CMS Tree Page View
Login Lockdown
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Simple LDAP Authentication
Sub Pages Widget
Use Google LIbraries
Word Press File MonitorWordpress Firewall…"
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11 Top WordPress Plugins Every Blog Should Have: excellent list of plugins.
WordPress Plugins @ Yoast : includes SEO plugin and plugin for Google Analytics
Not specifically plugins, but…"
"This list of WordPress plugins in several months old, but would be a great foundation for a version 3. Please add your own knowledge, correct, and…"
WordPress Plugin List
As I'm new and all to the network I'm not exactly sure how to start this but here it goes. After joining the WP group I found myself looking through all the old posts just to see what people were talking about in terms of using WP as a CMS for a higher ed site. One thing I liked reading were the posts that had listings of all sorts of good plugins, but as I read on with certain terms (like WPMU) and looking plugins up only to see they were no longer supported I realized that these lists must be…See More
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- http://www.studyabroad.org
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- WordPress, Social Media, Consulting
- What CMS are you using?
- WordPress
- What department or office are you in?
- Study Abroad Center
- Primary Job Responsibility
- *Note job information is for former position*
-Created marketing material for both online and print advertising of study abroad programs. Edited pre-departure orientation packets for students use to help prepare them for their time abroad.
-Designed and managed the UHM Study Abroad Center Website (http://www.studyabroad.org) improving user experience and producing a site that averaged over 3,500 hits per month.
-Employed the Content Management System WordPress when building the Study Abroad Center website to allow staff with varying levels of computer experience to update the site.
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