Topic: Making your own MailChimp templates
Location: ITB 2071 & Online at
https://wsu.zoom.us/j/459592374
Time: 9:30 – 11:00 am
Presenter: Lesa McPeak

This week Lesa McPeak will be returning to Open Lab to show us how to hack MailChimp email templates to get a custom feel.

As always, if you have any general website support questions or feedback open lab is a great place to bring them!

Also if you have a topic you would like to hear more about or some constructive criticism, please let us know: Open Lab Feedback Survey

This will be a general introduction training. Whether you are new to WordPress here at WSU or just need a refresher, everyone is welcome to attend.

If you are on the Pullman campus – WHERE: ITB 2071 – Please come in person.

WHEN: Thursday, September 26th@ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

If you are not on the Pullman campus :
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android: https://wsu.zoom.us/j/824608057
Meeting ID: 824 608 057

Topic: WSUWP Content Syndicate
Location: ITB 2071 & Online at
https://wsu.zoom.us/j/459592374
Time: 9:30 – 11:00 am

This week will be covering what we were going to cover last week and that is content syndication and how to pull in events and story feeds into your sites as well as how to style them. Also we’ll have a discussion about the qualtrics approval workflow.

As always, if you have any general website support questions or feedback open lab is a great place to bring them!

Also if you have a topic you would like to hear more about or some constructive criticism, please let us know: Open Lab Feedback Survey

Topic: WSUWP Content Syndicate
Location: ITB 2071 & Online at
https://wsu.zoom.us/j/459592374
Time: 9:30 – 11:00 am

This week will be an overview of the WSUWP Content Syndicate. We’ll talk about pulling stories and events from news.wsu.edu and events.wsu.edu. Then we can filter for your site’s specific purpose as well as styling.

As always, if you have any general website support questions or feedback open lab is a great place to bring them!

Also if you have a topic you would like to hear more about or some constructive criticism, please let us know: Open Lab Feedback Survey

Topic: Browser Inspector Tools
Location: ITB 2071 & Online at
https://wsu.zoom.us/j/459592374
Time: 9:30 – 11:00 am

Most modern browsers have a robust tool set for making changes and adjusting styles in real time. In this open lab we’ll dive into the inspector tools for Google Chrome.

As always, if you have any general website support questions or feedback open lab is a great place to bring them!

Also if you have a topic you would like to hear more about or some constructive criticism, please let us know: Open Lab Feedback Survey

Topic: Writing for the Web
Location: ITB 2071 & Online at
https://wsu.zoom.us/j/459592374
Time: 9:30 – 11:00 am

Writing content for the web is not the same as for other forms of media. When creating paragraphs that are meant to be scanned it is best to have clear concise language and a model that helps users find what they are looking for.

“I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.”

― Mark Twain

As always, if you have any general website support questions or feedback open lab is a great place to bring them!

Also if you have a topic you would like to hear more about or some constructive criticism, please let us know: Open Lab Feedback Survey

Topic: Security
Location: ITB 2071 & Online at
https://wsu.zoom.us/j/459592374
Time: 9:30 – 11:00 am

Last week the web team was on the road to WPCampus and we’re bringing back a lot of fun topics that the web community has been talking about at other schools. One of those being the physical security of devices such as ours and have to prevent breaches.

As always, if you have any general website support questions or feedback open lab is a great place to bring them!

Also if you have a topic you would like to hear more about or some constructive criticism, please let us know: Open Lab Feedback Survey

The web team will be on the road to Portland this week and thus will not be having an open lab session. We will see you all next Friday with lots of information from WP Campus. 

As always if you have a topic you would like to hear more about or some constructive criticism, please let us know: Open Lab Feedback Survey

Topic: Site Menus
Location: ITB 2071 & Online at
https://wsu.zoom.us/j/459592374
Time: 9:30 – 11:00 am

A bad site menu can hide information from users while a good one can help them find things they didn’t even know they were looking for. In this open lab we will be going over how to effectively and efficiently setup your site’s menu.

As always, if you have any general website support questions or feedback open lab is a great place to bring them!

Also if you have a topic you would like to hear more about or some constructive criticism, please let us know: Open Lab Feedback Survey

Topic: Keywords | Search Engine Optimization
Location: ITB 2071 & Online at
https://wsu.zoom.us/j/459592374
Time: 9:30 – 11:00 am

SEO Keywords are words and word groups that allow people to find a website through a search engine like Google or Bing. Having an effective keyword strategy can significantly improve your ranking on search engines and increase the traffic to your site. For this open lab we will cover what keywords are, how to use them, and some basic keyword management strategies.

As always, if you have any general website support questions or feedback open lab is a great place to bring them!

Also if you have a topic you would like to hear more about or some constructive criticism, please let us know: Open Lab Feedback Survey