News

Catch up with the latest University Website Project, website, CMS and cPanel news.

9 September 2019

New CMS development updates

This last month has seen many improvements being made to our CMS. Here’s what’s new.

Department of Civil Engineering homepage

10 September 2019

More sites go live

The latest batch of new websites has gone live as the University Website Project continues in full swing. Here are the most recent sites to be successfully migrated across to the New CMS.

Training for the new content management system taking place.

15 July 2019

Three things we've learned while delivering new CMS training

A quick update on how things are going with the training for our new content management system (CMS) and the improvements we’ve made since onboarding the first group of editors.

How the new Politics homepage looks like

17 June 2019

Two more departments go live - and other project news

An update about the Department of Politics and the School of Architecture being the latest sites to be migrated to our new content management system, and a few more exciting things happening with the UWP.

A screenshot of the new web support homepage (new CMS)

10 June 2019

Web support site update

Our web support site has had a makeover. Take a tour to see what's changed.

Digital drop in - Wednesday 10 July

You’re invited to a monthly drop-in session to discuss specific web problems or ask questions to experts face-to-face.

18 June 2019

Our first department website goes live

The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering is the first academic department website to be migrated to our new content management system.

4 April 2019

Firth Court - The University of Sheffield

University Website Project drop in - Thursday 31 January

You’re invited to a monthly drop-in session where any aspect of the project can be discussed.

28 January 2019

University Website Project soft launch - Thursday 5 July

The first pages of the new website will go live next week - do let us know your feedback.

29 June 2018

A new approach to navigation (part two)

We're testing a form of horizontal navigation to be used on individual sub sections of the new website.

4 June 2018

Brick by brick: a pattern library for the new University website

A new set of in-page design elements will help CMS editors create effective content and also maintain a consistent visual style across the new University website.

4 May 2018

A screenshot of the new prospective postgraduates website page

Planning for roll out of the new website

An update on what we've been working on since the soft launch of the new University website.

13 April 2018

Drupal and why we chose it

Drupal is the content management system we've chosen for the new University website. Find out a little more on the reasons for selecting Drupal and why we think it's a good fit for our needs.

12 April 2018

Moving on to the next phase of the project

The first phase of the University Website Project is complete and we’re now working out next steps in order to put the first pages of the new website live later in the year.

15 March 2018

Wireframing our pages

In this update we'll give a quick overview of wireframes and how we're using them.

1 February 2018