Today’s update comes courtesy of Carley! Course search reskin Lewis has been polishing his design to reskin the course search section of the website. It’s looking really good – particularly the use of ‘St Andrews blue’…
Content migration – undergraduate scholarships All of the undergraduate scholarships pages have been migrated, and the fees and funding section is looking much closer to what we plan to launch with. There are still a…
How to adjust controls for touch This interesting video is a great explanation of some of the challenges we face when designing for touch screens. Over 75% of all mobile users use one digit to select options, and not…
More content migration I have been working on migrating more content. Undergraduate scholarships have now all been migrated, and will now need to be checked. I have now moved on to postgraduate scholarships. Content…
When will more people visit Gov.uk using a mobile or tablet than a PC? Mobile and tablet traffic to the Admissions website almost doubled during 2013. Mobile/tablet traffic is rising all the time. But often the largest…
We have decided to update this blog throughout the test phase of the new Study at St Andrews website, to keep everyone up to date with our progress. Today the alpha phase launched. The website is still nowhere near…
The 3 most surprising insights from a 200 website eye-tracking study I was surprised by some of the findings featured in this eye-tracking study. This research serves as a reminder of how young the web is as a medium,…
Last week (Sunday 19 January) the Nielsen Norman Group published an incredibly helpful article offering ten design guidelines for university websites: University Websites: Top 10 Design Guidelines. Their summary:…
The first project of the digital communications team is a relaunch of the website for prospective students. This project began about a year ago, long before the digital communications team was formed. Lean sessions In…
Sheffield SU – We are all international students The video makes an interesting point – one that fits with the original ethos of the website developed by the Lean group, which was that the whole website should be…