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Supporting Web Standards Across Campus

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WIGG makeup

  • Steering team
    • Nate Baxley, Cordelia Geiken, Laura Hayden, Matt Sharkey, Melissa Waller
  • Working groups
    • Design - Laura Hayden (Chair)
    • Web components - Matt Sharkey (Chair)
    • WordPress - Nick Ferraz de Oliviera (Chair)
    • Drupal - Nate Baxley (Chair)
    • Glue stick - Melissa Waller has been involved across the groups

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What is WIGG?

  • Web Implementation Guidelines Group
  • Has been a grass-roots community from the start
  • Why does WIGG exist?
    • Bring together web people from across campus to produce solutions
    • Help define and refine campus web standards
    • Make “easy button” solutions available
    • Give units a common starting point to extend from
  • Deliverables
    • Guidelines on brand standard web designs
    • Web component library
    • WordPress and Drupal packages

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CMS solutions available today

  • Check with your local web support team first!
    • Local solutions and support exists
  • WordPress
    • publish.illinois.edu (PIE) - Standard components, managed backend
    • web.illinois.edu (cPanel) - Standard components, self managed, customizable
  • Drupal
    • web.illinois.edu (cPanel) - Standard components, self managed, customizable

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Future plans - More

  • More component development and deployment
  • More documentation & training
  • More outreach & community
  • More resources

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Learn more yourself at webtheme.illinois.edu/updates

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Questions and resources

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Resources

  • Web Theme webtheme.illinois.edu

Community

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Questions & Demo time!