Office of WEB

The Web Office supports the Southwestern community as part of the Office of University Relations. Along with our colleagues in Information Technology Services (ITS), we manage Southwestern's institutional Web site. We also advise all offices and departments in building Web strategies that raise their electronic profile while maintaining the University's high standards for design and usability.

Our website showcases our staff, samples of our work, and downloads to help you conceive and produce an effective Web presence. Thanks for visiting us: we look forward to learning more about your communications needs!

CMS Documentation & Training

LiveWhale is the "Content Management System" (CMS) that serves up the Southwestern University Web site. LiveWhale gives our users the ability to edit their content directly from the web pages they manage, from any browser connected to the Internet! Learn more »

Graphic Standards & Web Style Guide

Standards exist to bring unity of expression to the many pages of a Web site, each with its own audience, agenda and author. This resource presents the styles and guidelines for use on the Southwestern University Web site.

Web Development Tips

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    Horizontal Attention Leans Left
    Web users spend 69% of their time viewing the left half of the page and 30% viewing the right half. A conventional layout is thus more likely to make sites profitable.
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    Scrolling and Attention
    Web users spend 80% of their time looking at information above the page fold. Although users do scroll, they allocate only 20% of their attention below the fold.
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