1. Designs for College Sites
Western Theming for Academic Units using Drupal

2. Project History
August 2011: New Homepage delivered
Spring 2012: Requirements for College sites
defined; Design team launched
September 2012: Developer hired to build
Drupal template for College and
Department sites
Fall 2012: WCE and CFPA started their sites
Late fall 2012: Design finalized in response to
user surveys

3. Design: A Team Effort
Designers from Across Campus:
Admissions
Including a Student Employee
College of Fine and Performing Arts
University Communications
ATUS
ALSO: User Surveys in August and November

4. Design: User Surveys
August Survey
15 responses helped us determine problem areas
in our designs
November Survey
138 responses showed us the best-liked aspects
of the three candidate designs
Final design combined most successful aspects
of the draft designs

5. Design: Accessibility First
Mobile Access built in
– automatically
adjusts for phone and
tablet use
Human Access built in
Meets color contrast
recommendations
Supports keyboard
only or mouse use

6. Supports College Customizations
Header Image
College name can be
text or logo
Menu and Navigation
Different colleges have
different navigation
needs
Colors and Styles of
Graphics and Content in
Content Area
Footer Links

7. Final College Design

8. http://west.wwu.edu/atus/web/college-designs-final.shtml
Western Header
College Header and
Menu Bar
Content for College or
Department
College Footer
Western Footer Insert

9. Variations Welcome

10. College Status
College Status
Woodring actively moving their content to Drupal
CFPA began the move to Drupal, but lost their developer and
will be stalled for a bit
CBE recently relaunched much of their static site, and have
started working on their Drupal site
Huxley will start the process after hiring a web coordinator this
term
Gradschool revamping their current template site, interested in
Drupal

11. Next Steps
Convert design to Drupal theme (in progress)
Test theme on various devices
Work with each college to develop custom
content styles
Start talks with next colleges
Install automation tools to speed creation and
maintenance of new sites

12. Questions?