About This Web Site » Template Changes

Navigation Menus Improved

Curtiss Grymala — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:24:08 +0000

The navigation menus of the LFCC Web site have been updated making it easier to distinguish between a “parent” and “child” page. On any sub-page, a parent page will appear in bold and bullet points will appear next to the sub-navigation (child) items in the menu.

Connect With LFCC

Curtiss Grymala — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:18:57 +0000

You can now connect with Lord Fairfax Community College (LFCC) on your favorite social media networks. An official fan page on Facebook, a Twitter account and a YouTube account have been set up for the College.

In addition, icons for each of those social networks have been added to the home page of the LFCC Web site, making it easier to find and connect with LFCC.

Facebook

The fan page on Facebook will be used to collect and share news about the College. It will also serve as a central location from which links to all of the other official fan pages related to LFCC will be included. By visiting the “About the College” section of the fan page, you will always be able to find links and information about the fan pages that have been set up for specific areas of the College.

Only official fan pages will be posted in that section, making it easier for you to determine which fan pages are maintained by the College and which are not.

Twitter

The LFCC Twitter account will be used to post important news updates, interact with followers and let you know about fun and interesting things happening at the College. Although important closing announcements will be posted on the Twitter account, it is not intended to be a replacement for LFCC Alert. If you have not yet signed up for LFCC Alert, please do so.

YouTube

The YouTube account will be used to post and share new videos related to the College. Please feel free to visit the official LFCC YouTube channel and watch the videos that have already been posted. More will be coming very soon.

News Release Excerpts

Curtiss Grymala — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:42:58 +0000

The home page has been updated again. This time, we have updated the way the latest news releases are displayed in the bottom-right area of the home page. In addition to the news release headline, a short excerpt from the news release is now displayed with the headline.

In addition, we now have the ability to publish these excerpts from our news releases directly to the official College Twitter account, so you can keep up with College news from within your Twitter feed.

Static Promotional Buttons on the Home Page

Curtiss Grymala — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:31:48 +0000

The home page of the College Web site has been formatted to allow six static promotional items in the bottom left area, rather than the four that were previously displayed. In addition, the colors of the home page and the list of recent news releases have been improved.

In addition, we are using more profiles of people:

LFCC Success Stories – Profiles of LFCC students, donors, employees and alumni now rotate in the promotional area on the home page.
LFCC Snapshots – Short question-and-answer profiles of LFCC students are also now included in the rotating promotional area.

Promotional Home Page Items Improved

Curtiss Grymala — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:25:16 +0000

Two new features have been added to the main rotating promotional area on the home page.

Promotional Carousel – A “carousel” has been added to the rotating promotional area on the home page, allowing visitors to scroll through images of the promotional items and click on the images to see enlarged versions of the promotional items.

Promotional Videos – YouTube videos can now be posted in the rotating promotional area.

Search Engine – Minor Design Change

Curtiss Grymala — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:38:01 +0000

Today, a minor change was made to the template used for most of the College Web site.

Lately, we have been receiving feedback that some users are confused that a search engine exists on the LFCC Web site or that it can be used from any page on the Web site.

To improve and more clearly indicate what a user has the option of searching, we removed the radio buttons from the header and replaced them with a drop-down menu. We also moved the “Site Map” and “Text Only Version” links further to the left and bolded the “Search” label.

Following is a screen shot of the new look.

The new simple-search box on the LFCC Web site

A Brand New Web Site

Curtiss Grymala — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:30:48 +0000

The new LFCC Web site is now public. The old Web site has been archived, removed and replaced with the new site. In addition to a new look, the navigation of the Web site has been completely reorganized, has been moved to a new Web server for improved reliability and speed and has been infused with many new features. You can read more about the new Web site in the following locations:

A screen shot of the old LFCC Web site

A screen shot of the new LFCC Web site