Jan. 5, 2024 Open Lab Notes: Degree Finder, Digital Accessibility, Web Support Ticket
What We Are Working on
Project Websites
- Degree Finder: Officially (soft) launched! The feedback form is still available if you should see something amiss.
- Digital Accessibility: Officially launched! Get started! Take the training! Do all the things!
- Join the #digital-accessibility channel on Slack!!!
- Web Support Ticket: web.wsu.edu/web-support-ticket plus all the others I’ve created go to the new form for our web support ticketing system.
(/wst, /help, /sos, /ahhh) - Search: The new WSU Search website is in WDS and better than ever. ?
- Go URLs: We’ve revamped the go link website! It uses the safe redirect manager for Go link redirects.
- Continue to use the Web Support Ticket to request a shortened URL (go.wsu.edu) or request editing access to a website to create your own Go link redirect.
Web Design System
- Newly Launched WDS Websites:
Projects
- Upcoming Projects:
- Foundation and Business redesign (working with design firm)
- Redesign of Washington State Magazine (in-house design project)
- WDS 4.0 (year-long project)
- New blocks and plugins
- Resource post type (similar feed to news lists for resources that include title, link, summary, and source)
Glitch List
Submit a web support ticket to Report a Bug/Issue if you find a glitch.
Byte Size Tutorial
- Missing Page Title on Directory Profile Web Page (WDS Theme): If you use the H1 Heading block to override the page title on the directory page with the directory block the profile pages will not have a page title (profile name).