The Web Press open has been relocated to the office of web strategy and development in Meyer Alumni Center suite 601 through Friday, August 20, 2021.
The regularly scheduled time of 2-4 p.m. remains in effect.
Please contact the web help desk at 417-836-5271, weekdays, or webpress@missouristate.edu if you have any questions.
Web Press editors:
Have you posted a COVID-related notice or update on your website in the last 15 months?
It’s probably time to remove that messaging.
With campus returning to normal this fall, COVID policies are expiring.
You’re encouraged to review your site and assess any COVID-related messaging. This may include mask requirements, virtual appointments, online classes and more.
Contact us if you need help.
Removing or updating your COVID messaging is a great way to keep your audience and website visitors informed.
Over the past year, many of Missouri State’s academic websites have undergone redesigns.
Here’s a recap of what we’ve done and what’s ahead.
As part of a comprehensive marketing project with the college, many of the redesigns have focused on the McQueary College of Health and Human Services and its departments.
We started with the college site and went from this:
To this:
The new MCHHS website went live last fall.
The success of the MCHHS redesign is shown in the numbers.
Through Google Analytics, we compared a three-period for the website: pre-redesign and post-redesign.
Highlights include:
Going forward, we plan to continue emphasizing analytics in our redesign strategy.
We’ve also completed recent redesigns for two MCHHS departments: the School of Nursing and the new public health and sports medicine department.
These new websites feature the key aspects of our redesign strategies over the past 12 months:
Over the next 18-24 months, all department websites under MCHHS will undergo redesigns.
Through the academic website project, several other departments and programs have undergone redesigns over the last year as well.
Defense and strategic studies got a much-needed refresh. The new website highlights DSS’s unique programs and location (Washington, D.C.)
Other redesigns since 2020 include:
The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed down our redesign workflow.
In the coming months, we’re hoping to pick up our usual pace and continue these redesigns, which we normally rotate among Missouri State’s eight colleges.
The Web Strategy and Development team recently led the process to acquire a new content management system (CMS) for university websites. This means that all Web Press sites will have an entirely new and improved editor experience. The name of product is Omni CMS, offered by Modern Campus (formerly OmniUpdate). The Omni CMS platform was developed specifically for Higher Education and has many features that we will utilize.
Some of the many advantages this new system will bring, are:
We are planning for website migration to take place in April and May of this year. When we are ready to migrate your site, we will reach out to editors and work together to complete site migration to the new Omni platform. Prior to that, we will be connecting with various departments and units to help ensure websites are up-to-date. Old and outdated content will need to be removed and cleaned up. This will result in a much smoother process and a more pristine website after migration.
We look forward to collaborating with our colleagues to usher all of our websites into this new platform. You’ll be hearing from us in April or May, but please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions at web@missouristate.edu.
The web strategy and development office is pleased to welcome Valerie Cummings to our staff.
Valerie comes to us from Missouri State Outreach, where she spent over 25 years as the Director of Marketing and Promotions. In this role, Valerie designed and managed the Outreach website.
She also managed various projects and marketing campaigns, and developed front end coding skills that she’ll be using in her position as front end designer/developer.
We are very excited have Valerie join our team, and look forward to all the experience and talent that she will bring.
