http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/Information, tutorials and news items from the Humanities and Social Sciences Webteamhttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=130&result=0Euan Cameron`s Web Developer`s Clinic presentation slides are now available online. Please feel free to view. If you have any questions please contact Euan at his office. (link to webpage http://prezi.com/eidb757ellox/wp-applications/ with hyperlink label Presentation slides)Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:54:44 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=130&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=129&result=0 (link to webpage http://www.sire.ac.uk with hyperlink label http://www.sire.ac.uk)We are delighted to announce the launch of a brand new site for the Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE).A collaborative effort by the team’s web developers, Hanna Cannon and Heather Larnach, has produced a fantastic new site tailored to meet the specific needs of the Institute.Check out the new site at: (link to webpage http://www.sire.ac.uk with hyperlink label http://www.sire.ac.uk)Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:26:02 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=129&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=128&result=0Mozilla has officially released Firefox 6, offering a new JavaScript editor and several other tools aimed at web developers. (link to webpage http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html with hyperlink label Firefox 6 download)Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:44:12 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=128&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=127&result=0We are in the process of moving a couple of doors down to 59 and 60 George Square. Please be understanding to the fact that the normal work of the team will be a little disrupted in the next 2 days.Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:27:11 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=127&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=126&result=0Edinburgh came a close second in a recent poll of more than 46,000 students naming the best and worst places to study in the UK. The students reviewed 62 university towns and cities based on five criteria: going out, shops, transport, community and facilities, in a study conducted by accommodationforstudents.com. Read the full article here: (link to webpage http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=157805751&BBocid=today with hyperlink label...Thu, 26 May 2011 15:23:30 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=126&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=125&result=0 On Thursday 21st April former Ambassador Platt, long time China specialist, author of `China Boys` and President of the Asia Society in New York for 12 years, addressed a full house at the Confucius Institute. Showing some of his ‘home movie’ footage of the Nixon trip, and film of family and diplomatic events, and reading from his memoir, Platt talked about life in China in 1973. Audio of the talk can be found on the Confucius Institute YouTube Channel: (link to webpage...Wed, 25 May 2011 10:36:06 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=125&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=124&result=0 (link to webpage http://ht.ly/4Ko5R with hyperlink label http://ht.ly/4Ko5R) In a recent announcement, the U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) has settled two cases to make law school online application processes accessible for blind applicants...Tue, 03 May 2011 14:45:03 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=124&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=123&result=0 (link to webpage http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/conferences/umayyads2011/ with hyperlink label http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/conferences/umayyads2011/) Please visit the International Conference on The Umayyads (24-25th June 2011 at the University of Edinburgh) for the latest programme informationTue, 03 May 2011 14:38:38 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=123&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=122&result=0 (link to webpage http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/conferences/umayyads2011/index.html with hyperlink label http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/conferences/umayyads2011/index.html)An international conference on The Umayyads will be held on 24-25th June 2011 at the University of Edinburgh. The conference will revisit the Umayyad era, exploring history, art and culture in the first century of Islam in the light of recent research. Information on the programme, participants and how to register can be found on the...Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:28:56 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=122&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=121&result=0 (link to webpage http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/literatures-languages-cultures/scottish-studies with hyperlink label http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/literatures-languages-cultures/scottish-studies)Scottish Studies is a new umbrella site bringing together a wide range of courses in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences that have a focus on Scottish culture, history and society.We wanted the site to give international students a flavour of the wealth of expertise and...Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:14:31 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=121&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=120&result=0Check it out at (link to webpage http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/postgraduate/open-day/virtual-open-week with hyperlink label http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/postgraduate/open-day/virtual-open-week)After weeks of hard work, our Virtual Postgraduate Open Week website launched last week, opening booking for the 160 or so live interactive virtual sessions taking place over the week of 21-25 February. Booking for the events is open until Monday 14 February at 12 noon GMT. The Virtual Postgraduate Open...Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:59:47 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=120&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=118&result=0Helen Onslow, Lewis Carver and David Oulton join as Copy Writers in Digital Marketing.Their contact details can be found on our team website: (link to webpage http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/web-team/Who/ with hyperlink label http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/web-team/Who/)Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:49:16 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=118&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=117&result=0Hanna Cannon has joined our team as an Assistant Web Developer, replacing Fiona McKinlay who left us in December. Her email address is hanna.cannon@ed.ac.ukFri, 28 Jan 2011 14:45:24 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=117&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=116&result=0Fiona has just left us to head off to pastures new.Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:31:09 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=116&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=115&result=0Heather Larnach has joined our team, replacing Anthony Quinn who left recently. Her email address is heather.larnach@ed.ac.uk.Mon, 06 Dec 2010 13:13:03 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=115&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=114&result=0 (link to webpage http://www.clickeast.co.uk/ with hyperlink label http://www.clickeast.co.uk/) CLICK-EAST stands for `Computer-based Learning in Children: the Edinburgh Autism Social-attention Trial`. The CLICK-EAST project is a research study which is developing a new computer game for children with autism, designed to help them learn and practice basic social and communication skills in a fun way. The computer game will be written as an App for the iPad.Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:07:16 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=114&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=113&result=0Your twitter trends to use today is #uksnowMon, 29 Nov 2010 11:21:33 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=113&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=112&result=0Information about the `Lad o Pairts: James Young Simpson Bicentennial Symposium` is available at (link to webpage http://www.lifelong.ed.ac.uk/conferences/jys_symposium_2011/ with hyperlink label Lad o Pairts: James Young Simpson Bicentennial Symposium website)Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:46:54 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=112&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=111&result=0...It’s certainly taken a while, but next month should finally see the long-awaited arrival of BS 8878 – a British Standard on web accessibility. (link to webpage http://bit.ly/aD0CV8 with hyperlink label http://bit.ly/aD0CV8) Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:12:10 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=111&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=110&result=0A Google search for `ace.ed.ac.uk` provides the expected results. However Bing produces some unusual results...Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:34:53 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=110&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=109&result=0 (link to webpage http://bit.ly/aUEGiQ with hyperlink label http://bit.ly/aUEGiQ)Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:46:35 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=109&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=108&result=0Our dear colleague Anthony Quinn has left the HSS Web Team for pastures new. In his two years he worked on a range of projects, most recently working with colleagues throughout the College on the Polopoly rollout, who were – as we were – never short of praise for all his hard work. He was a joy to share an office with, and this December won’t be the same without his range of Christmas hats (although he has at least left us a box of tinsel). We wish him the best of luck at his new job and...Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:47:47 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=108&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=107&result=0So pay day does not land 2 days following a full moon, or 3 in months with the letter R in them! (link to webpage http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/finance/for-staff/pay-dates with hyperlink label Pay Day Dates)Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:42:05 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=107&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=106&result=0A new video has been uploaded to the HSS web team`s YouTube channel showing our frontend for google calendar embedded in Polopoly. (link to webpage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFtjjXhF9t4 with hyperlink label News and Events frontend for Google Calendar)Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:54:39 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=106&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=105&result=0Markdown is a lightweight markup language, originally created by John Gruber and Aaron Swartz to help maximum readability and `publishability` of both its input and output forms. Editors are available that are WYSIWYM As yet the are no WYSIWYG editors that are particularly good. The alternative is to use an html WYSIWYG editor and convert. Code to allow this is demonstrated at the HSS Wiki pages (link to webpage https://www.wiki.ed.ac.uk/display/HSSWebTeam/Markdown with hyperlink label...Thu, 13 May 2010 11:11:19 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=105&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=104&result=0A yahoo-pipes-produced feed of the UoE latest vacancies list. (link to webpage http://tinyurl.com/n3hpjo with hyperlink label http://tinyurl.com/n3hpjo) Feel free to use, but at your own risk Fri, 07 May 2010 15:29:38 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=104&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=103&result=0 (link to webpage http://www.englit.ed.ac.uk/SWINC/ with hyperlink label The SWINC website ) The Scottish Writing in the Nineteenth Century (SWINC) site went up onto the live servers on the 19 April 2010 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:53:07 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=103&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=102&result=0Our unsupported greasemonkey files are now available at our Wiki page (link to webpage http://tinyurl.com/y4xjpzc with hyperlink label Greasemonkey files on our wiki page) These files include drag and drop functionality, automatic closing of section/article tabs, and fixing and skinning the top frame. Enjoy. And use at your own riskThu, 15 Apr 2010 10:00:55 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=102&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=101&result=0Currently working on improving the ranking and structure of the British Branch of the Société Internationale Rencesvals (link to webpage http://www.delc.ed.ac.uk/french/societerens.htm with hyperlink label The Société Internationale Rencesvals - British Branch)Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:07:50 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=101&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=100&result=0Aldona is looking into SEO using a commercial site (link to webpage http://www.fmperfumegroup.co.uk with hyperlink label http://www.fmperfumegroup.co.uk) as an example. The aim is to analyse how optimising keywords, copy, links from other sites and using social networking tools such as Twitter affects the statistics.Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:09:06 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=100&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=99&result=0Seems I am getting (possible) false positives today: http://forum.kaspersky.com/index.php?showtopic=155383Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:59:03 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=99&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=98&result=0 (link to webpage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuILELE2Rng with hyperlink label Youtube Video of another greasemonkey for Polopoly) A vid of a greasemonkey that adds a button to polopoly and removes the unselected tabs quickly. A RSI-inducing minute or two saved.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:15:01 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=98&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=97&result=0The Web Team have created a drag and drop to help speed up re-ordering of already created pages in edit mode of Polopoly. An example showing it in practice is at (link to webpage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0XfnEs0ZcM with hyperlink label http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0XfnEs0ZcM)Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:39:16 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=97&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=96&result=0Anna Rogers (Ace Publicity Editorial Assistant), Courtney Hagen (HSS College Publicity Editorial Assistant) and Lee Bunce (HSS College Publicity Editorial Assistant) are now being line-managed and working with the HSS College Web Team. We are extremely happy to have these talented editors working towards migrating the College sites into Polopoly.Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:22:36 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=96&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=95&result=0 (link to webpage http://tinyurl.com/yzgdzzw with hyperlink label http://tinyurl.com/yzgdzzw) The team have created a temporary RSS feed of the University of Edinburgh`s News while we wait for an automated feed created by Polopoly.Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:32:46 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=95&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=94&result=0Some good guidelines and how-to`s have been published at: (link to webpage http://www.webaim.org/techniques/acrobat/ with hyperlink label http://www.webaim.org/techniques/acrobat/)Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:26:34 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=94&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=93&result=0Natascha Kearsay, Corinne Redfern and Nigel Zimmermann have started work for the HSS College and are based at Room 3.02, 56 George Square, EdinburghFri, 31 Jul 2009 12:25:05 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=93&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=92&result=0The first phase of migrating the School of ACE into Polopoly has been completed by the School, the WDP team and HSS Web team. Phase 2 is currently in progress.Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:20:28 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=92&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=91&result=0MSc European Studies: (link to webpage http://www.llc.ed.ac.uk/european/ with hyperlink label http://www.llc.ed.ac.uk/european/) This is a new Masters course, exploring the interaction between languages, cultures and politics in a European context.Thu, 14 May 2009 10:49:25 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=91&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=90&result=0The new Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies` site went live on the 6th April 2009. (link to webpage http://www.medren.ed.ac.uk/ with hyperlink label http://www.medren.ed.ac.uk/) Edinburgh University is home to one of the largest communities of medieval and renaissance specialists internationally, with over 70 members of staff actively pursuing research in this field. Subjects taught include history, history of art and architecture, languages and literatures, music, divinity,...Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:01:29 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=90&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=89&result=0Sebnem Susam-Sarajeva, Charlotte Bosseaux and the HSS Web Team have recently launched a new website for the (link to webpage http://www.llc.ed.ac.uk/graduateschool/translationstudies/ with hyperlink label Translation Studies Graduate Programme/LINK]. The new site contains a wealth of information about the Translation Studies programme, including (link to webpage http://www.llc.ed.ac.uk/graduateschool/translationstudies/Staff/index.htm with hyperlink label Staff Profiles) (link to webpage...Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:37:49 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=89&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=88&result=0Anand Sengodan`s contract and position as Web Team Manager for the HSS Web Team has come to a close. The team and colleagues from across the college wish Anand all the best for the future.Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:27:12 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=88&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=87&result=0The (link to webpage http://www.confuciusinstitute.ac.uk/ with hyperlink label Confucius Institute for Scotland) and the HSS Web Team have launched a new section on the Confucius Institute website outlining the Hanyu shuiping kaoshi (HSK) or Chinese proficiency certificate (link to webpage http://www.confuciusinstitute.ac.uk/hsk/ with hyperlink label http://www.confuciusinstitute.ac.uk/hsk/)The HSK certificate is used by educational institutions and potential employers to assess if potential...Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:12:34 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=87&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=86&result=0The HSS Web team and the Confucius Institute of Scotland have been working closely to increase the Institutes online presence. The HSS Web Team have recently created and styled a YouTube Channel to help achieve as wide an audience as possible for the videos the Institute creates. You can visit the channel at (link to webpage http://www.youtube.com/user/ConfuciusScotland with hyperlink label http://www.youtube.com/user/ConfuciusScotland)Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:12:34 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=86&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=85&result=0Dennis Martin temporary contract recently came to an end. The HSS Web Team will miss his amiable manner and professional competency. We will all miss his company. Good luck Dennis with whatever you choose to do in the future.Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:24:15 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=85&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=84&result=0The HSS Web Team and the Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies department are soon to release a News and Events system for the IMES website, (link to webpage http://www.imes.ed.ac.uk/ with hyperlink label IMES). This will keep staff, students and the wider world up to date with the latest departmental activities.Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:51:58 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=84&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=83&result=0The new site for School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures has now been launched. It can be viewed at (link to webpage http://www.llc.ed.ac.uk with hyperlink label http://www.llc.ed.ac.uk).Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:53:38 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=83&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=82&result=0Dennis Martin has joined our team in the role of College Assistant Web Developer.Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:42:59 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=82&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=81&result=0The team has two new College Assistant Web Developers. Anthony Quinn and Fiona McKinlay both bring new knowledge and fresh ideas to the team from their previous roles outside of the University, and will provide valuable input on a number of new and forthcoming projects.Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:14:26 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=81&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=80&result=0The Moray House School of Education - Considerable redevelopment and restructuring of the Post Graduate and Research Centre pages for the RAE. - Templates have been created and the pages will now be re-developed for the rest of the School and for the Undergraduate pages in the coming months. The actual population of the U/G pages will take 6 weeks. The University of Edinburgh/NSPCC Centre for UK-wide Learning in Child Protection - This was a completely new development of a site for...Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:18:10 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=80&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=79&result=0As of Monday 29th October the HSS web team has gained a new member Christopher Chestnut. Christopher has joined us from the student support team and having past experience with the Office of Lifelong Learning one of the clients supported by the web team we are sure that he will be a valued member of the team.Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:32:44 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=79&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=77&result=0The Confucius Institute for Scotland in the University of Edinburgh has been set up with Sino-Scottish government backing, to promote the teaching of Chinese language and culture in Scotland. The project to develop a website for this institute was undertook by the Humanities and Social Science webteam, and we have produced a high quality CSS Standards Compliant design which is inline with the Confucius Institute branding. Our news system has also been implemented into the website, which...Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:32:11 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=77&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=76&result=0 As of Monday 30th of July, both Alan Sloan and Peter Heery are leaving the web team to move into new roles within the University. Alan is moving to the Kings Buildings to work as a senior computing officer in the Network team, and Peter is moving to the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine to the E-Learning team to work in systems development. We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our colleagues well, and to thank them for helping us dramatically improve the world wide...Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:17:55 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=76&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=75&result=0The classics website now has a news system added to it. There is a RSS feed available for this system, and you can be kept up to date automatically with new articles using your RSS reader. You can view the news articles at (link to webpage http://www.shc.ed.ac.uk/classics/news with hyperlink label www.shc.ed.ac.uk/classics/news)Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:55:55 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=75&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=74&result=0The webteam have just finished a new website in the School of Arts, Culture and Environment. The Msc in the city website was developed in close collaboration with the Head of Architecture Dr. Stephen Cairns, and the Programme Director for Cultural Studies Dr Ella Chmielewska. The website successfully merges the University of Edinburgh branding guidelines to the cemented fast passed city life, replicated throughout the website design, giving birth to a magical place of 1001 walls. About...Thu, 10 May 2007 13:39:53 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=74&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=73&result=0The web team has just completed a redesign of the Economic and Social History website for the School of History and Classics. Working closely with our academic colleagues within Economic and Social History, we created a brochure site promoting the undergraduate and postgraduate courses available within the department. This site has been designed to allow our colleagues within Economic and Social History to update their content using Adobe Contribute. Phased redevelopment The new Economic...Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:39:53 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=73&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=72&result=0Many web users use search engines like Google to find information on the internet. The further up the list of results your site is, the more likely a user will look at your site. What is Search Engine Optimisation? Search Engine Optimisation is the name given to various methods of modifying your web page in order to achieve high results in these search engine listings. Successful Search Engine Optimisation can increase the number and quality of visitors to your site. What can I do...Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:25:45 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=72&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=56&result=0Good writing is especially important to us as educators as our ability to communicate ideas is paramount. If the University of Edinburgh fails to get information across clearly, correctly and cohesively on its websites then why should anyone believe it does so on its courses? While it is difficult to ensure consistency across the College web pages, this reference guide should help minimise mistakes and inconsistencies, helping to present the College as a professional, reliable and efficient,...Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:17:55 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=56&result=0http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=70&result=0Good web copy is similar to good print copy in that the aim of the copy and the audience are the writer`s two main considerations. While the aim of a detective novel is to entertain the reader, the aim of your site is to inform your user. The audience for the novel has time on its hands and is looking to be entertained. The audience for your web page has limited time and is looking for specific information. Users use websites in a fundamentally different way than they read a printed artefact...Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:17:02 GMThttp://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/webteam/blog/article.php?article_id=70&result=0