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My institution is moving from a very decentralized Web presence where little is reviewed before it is published to the public website to instituting a centralized review of most content before it is published to our live site.My institution is a small (approximately 2,000 students) and we've ramped up staff to support a centralized workflow review model and to assist academic and administrative departments with content writing, site updates, etc.A couple of us come from previous institutions…See More

The Web Producer and Editor provides content writing and editorial support for the Davidson College website and digital initiatives. She or he creates original content for academic and administrative websites and works closely with departments to produce and edit Web copy, profiles, and online stories for multiple audiences, including prospective and current students, alumni, and parents.This is a new position providing content support for the redesigned Davidson website. Project details are…See More

Can anyone recommend some alternative services to SiteImprove, that carry a less expensive price point, and that will regularly crawl webpages for the issues listed below and provide detailed reports?SEO - missing meta descriptions, keywords, etc.accessibility - alt tags, accessible attachments (e.g., PDFs), etc.broken links and pagesspellingoptimized image sizeI'm ideally looking for an online-based service, but would consider something that is installed on a Windows server or desktop. Prefer…See More

We are in the process of recommending the implementation of a new Web Governance and Web management/publishing model at my institution in addition to moving from a very decentralized workflow to a centralized workflow where several professional web staff are in place to support campus clients with web content writing, site updates, etc.Governance ExamplesI'm looking for examples of higher ed institutions that have changed their Web governance structure from one where web management…See More

I'm looking for examples of websites that offer great Web governance standards, policies, procedures, and guidelines. We're in the middle of a redesign and have been thinking about Web governance since the start of project discovery and have identified many areas to focus our work before we launch. We're hoping to not have to reinvent the wheel and find folks willing to share their Web governance standards that we could adapt for our institution. I'm finding many commonalities across the Web…See More