Comments for CC Web Overhaul & Redesign

Comment on Soft Launch of Institutional Site by Karen

Karen — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:22:53 +0000

Hi Karen,

Thanks for your feedback.

1. Here’s a direct link to the Honor Council video: http://vimeo.com/24927671 You probably saw it after viewing the time lapse video currently on the home page. We’ll make sure it is added to the Honor Council site and may also feature it specifically on the home page when we remove the time lapse video.
2. The feedback form should be working on the site again — sorry for the problem.
3. I believe the individuals with photos at http://www2.coloradocollege.edu/welcome/trustees.asp are the chair and co-chairs. Once we move that site to the new CMS, we may be able to add more photos.

Regards,

Karen

Comment on Soft Launch of Institutional Site by Karen Pope, '70, Parent '04

Karen Pope, '70, Parent '04 — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:28:25 +0000

Hi,
1.Cannot locate outstanding Honor Council short video, which I thought I saw on the main page last week …. have poked around and don’t find it.
2. Tried to send inquiry via WEBSITE FEEDBACK and got message that “user doesn’t have write permissions to Contentlet.”
3. As an Alumni Trustee, I would be pleased to be pictured on the page that lists Trustees.

Comment on In Praise of the New Website by A Very Concerned CC Senior

A Very Concerned CC Senior — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 01:27:48 +0000

Just saw the redesign today, and I have to say that I agree with the commentators in the Catalyst article. The “fun” in question is not so much fun per se, but the commodified ‘fun’ that can only be expressed in scare quotes, and fools no one. What the new design expresses is not some down-to-earth value of CC students, but a crude, plastic mock-up of it. The viewer sees only a shallow “lifestyle” as conceived of by marketers and advertisers–and this is *obvious* to the type of student CC would otherwise attract, and worse, to the type of top-notch employer/graduate school that would otherwise hire/enroll a CC grad!

A previous commentator has posted: “I see nothing here that smacks of specious self-promotion or seeing ourselves as a vacation party playground for students, devoid of any intellectual seriousness, the hard work of the classroom that enables our students to enjoy CC even more.”

…I’d direct the commentator to the “Pikes Peak Region,” “Departments & Programs,” and “Outside the Classroom” pages, as well as ANY of the pages under the heading of “Life at CC.” This is all to say nothing even of the visual design.

It all reads like the sort of *parody* of a liberal arts college that have come into vogue in the cultural debate as of late.

But perhaps that’s the problem. CC has become so obsessed with its own image, in some bougie cultural vacuum, that it’s feeding back into a hyper-exaggerated, bloated kind of pomp, disconnected from the realities of the contemporary world, and the values of those who can’t just live off of their parents’ trust funds / posh connections upon graduation.

I’m a CC student, and I feel that my sense of concrete reality is underrepresented in the new design, even if it is overrepresented in some Catalyst article.

Comment on Okay, departments: here are three options! by Marie Davis-Green

Marie Davis-Green — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:43:16 +0000

I prefer the placement template. It feels the most dynamic especially for the Drama and Dance Department. I think pulling them into the website initially is most important. Easily accessible bullet points that lead to pages with greater content (such as the bikini template) could then be the follow up. I also agree with Ryan Haas, avoiding the most predictable, less standard layout would be best.
Thank you for your work on this!

Comment on In Praise of the New Website by Cathey Barbee

Cathey Barbee — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:03:20 +0000

I think Katie exemplifies the rationale behind White Whale’s and the working group’s approach to the web site redesign. Eloquent. Articulate. She totally gets CC! That’s the image I’d love to see the college present to its external visitors (and a great reminder to us insiders of why we do what we do).

Comment on Offices, a couple mockups for you by Karen

Karen — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:08:32 +0000

Hi Rafael,

Thanks for the feedback! We will have something for student organizations soon…

Comment on In Praise of the New Website by Rafael

Rafael — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:04:27 +0000

I totally agree. Good job!

Comment on Offices, a couple mockups for you by Rafael

Rafael — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:03:43 +0000

Great job with the designs!! I was wondering, do you have mockups for student organizations?

Comment on In Praise of the New Website by John Simons

John Simons — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:16:41 +0000

I’ve been through all of the mockups, and I think this is a spectacular web page, with superb art work and continuous subjects of interest, mixing color with black and white, inside the classroom with outside the classroom. We take advantage of our dramatic locale while emphasizing the importance of serious academic work. This web page after all is aimed at future CC students, but I see nothing here that smacks of specious self-promotion or seeing ourselves as a vacation party playground for students, devoid of any intellectual seriousness, the hard work of the classroom that enables our students to enjoy CC even more. Parents will see this too. CC is famous for mixing work and play, and you and White Whale have captured that beautifully. And I’m delighted to see the very large number of CC faculty and students and staff who have deeply involved themselves in this process. It’s going to be a huge success, I believe.

Comment on In Praise of the New Website by arielle gross

arielle gross — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:16:56 +0000

Agreed on all accounts. Supremely said, Katie.