Thank you to everyone who joined us for our website redesign preview session on 19 June. It was great to see so many people there and show you all what we\u2019ve been working on, and we hope you\u2019re as excited as we are for the launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A recording of the session and a copy of the slides<\/a> are now available. This blog post outlines the key information covered in the session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n The key dates for the final stages of the redesign process are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Details of each of these stages are below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019ve set up a test server where you can preview a copy of the whole website and see exactly how it will look once the new design is switched on. You can access the server at brandpreview.york.ac.uk<\/a> (University network or VPN only, login required). <\/p>\n\n\n\n Please take a look at this server and check over the pages in your section of the website to make sure everything is looking as you\u2019d expect it to. We\u2019re very keen to hear any feedback on anything strange that looks like it might be the result of the reworked design, such as instances where content can\u2019t be read, accessibility issues, or anything that doesn\u2019t look quite right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The copy of the website on the server is from February this year. Naturally, some content will have been updated on the live website since then. We don\u2019t need to hear about any out-of-date or inaccurate content<\/strong>, because we\u2019ll be applying the new design directly to the most up-to-date version of the live website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Similarly, if you spot content that could be improved but doesn\u2019t look to have anything technically wrong as a result of the redesign, we don\u2019t need to hear about that as part of this testing. If it\u2019s something that you would like to change on the live version of the website, please use the contact details on the page or talk to the relevant department, or email communications-support@york.ac.uk<\/a> and we\u2019ll work on that with you separately. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You can log any issues or queries directly on the draft web pages using a simple feedback tool called Bugherd. You\u2019ll just need to look at the draft page, click a button and then leave your feedback alongside the content in question. Everyone working on the site will be able to see everyone\u2019s feedback and comments to save duplication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To give your feedback:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you would like to leave general feedback on the redesign as a whole, please fill out our feedback form<\/a>. Positive comments are very welcome, as of course are any ideas for improvements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Wednesday 9 July, the website will stop publishing updates and access to the Web CMS will be suspended<\/strong>. This will allow our team to move everything to the live server and test it thoroughly, so please bear with us through the disruption. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Any website updates will have to be made manually by the Communications team and so will be limited to urgent updates only. If you know you have time-sensitive content that needs to go live between 9-14 July, please get in touch with us at communications-support@york.ac.uk<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We look forward to hearing your feedback about the new design. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Timeline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Check your pages on our test server<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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