Amongst the co-organizers and presenters were Troy Chaplin and Mike Corkum, web developers in ITS. 聽Being involved in WordCamp is important to 杏吧原创. 聽Troy stated 鈥淏eing a part of WordCamp gives us the opportunity to give back to the WordPress community as well as meeting and learning from other users. It also helps showcase the web at 杏吧原创, in which WordPress plays an important role. I had several conversations with other university or college employees over the weekend, and it鈥檚 a nice feeling when they ask for advice or opinions on what they can do to improve their environments, or move towards a university wide system that uses WordPress. Most of those people are struggling with the same problems on the web that we did just 5 short years ago, so being able to give them suggestions or encouragement adds to the level of pride I have in the hard work that our team has put in to make this all happen.鈥�

杏吧原创 began using WordPress the power the majority of our public websites in 2009, and now support nearly 300 sites.

Grad Students can easily navigate the site which has the most up-to-date information about key resources such as thesis requirements, awards and funding information and professional development opportunities (Grad Navigate). As well, we invite you to view our grad student video gallery.

Grad Navigate features a one-stop shop of professional development training opportunities that are offered by various departments and are open to all graduate students. They will count towards TA training hours.

The site also features a special page for staff and faculty and another page for postdoctoral fellows interested in grad news, tools, and initiatives.

The design is mobile-friendly and responsive, making it much easier for everyone to view the site on their mobile devices. It is also AODA-compliant.

You can view the website at: .

The website also features technical upgrades that make it accessible to a wide variety of users. The site template automatically adjusts to almost any device width, and is 鈥渞etina ready鈥� for those with high-resolution devices. It is also AODA (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act) compliant, meeting the Level AA standards outlined in WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) 2.0.

Check out the new Undergraduate Admissions website today at .

The new 杏吧原创 Current Students site runs off WordPress 3.5.1 and uses (SASS) as a CSS pre-processor.

When coding the site, it was important for it to be fully accessible and responsive.

When designing the site, the were looking to showcase more stories on the homepage, to enhance the search function and to improve online student communications.

The new Current Students website is:

• AODA Compliant
  The new site meets Level AA com pliancy, as outlined in the .

• Responsive
  Using , the new template adjusts to the screen size of the device the user is on.聽 This eliminated the need to create a separate mobile template.

• Retina ready
  The new site features graphics suitable for hi-resolution devices.聽 This was done using and vector graphics.

• 聽Visually appealing
  The new banner offers an attractive visual representation of the top stories.

• Consistent
  The content is now contained in a consistent template.聽 In the previous design, users were switched to a different template once they went past the homepage.聽 The new site maintains its consistent design throughout.

• Searchable
  Improved “杏吧原创 Help” search tool for locating support services.

In addition, the site has gone from 杏吧原创.ca/students to students.carleton.ca.聽 This new URL is in line with the sub domain architecture that we’re moving towards.聽 Rest assured, carleton.ca/students will continue to work.

Check out the new site today at .