Essential CMS Features for Higher Education Websites

Higher education websites can demand a lot from their content management systems. Since there are literally dozens of CMS options and features to consider, how can we narrow it down?

With a core practice in higher education, we've seen—and resolved—all kinds of CMS implementation challenges. Here we'll take a look at some must-have CMS features for your higher education website.

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What I Learned at Acquia Engage 2021

Last week, I attended the 8th edition of Acquia Engage, a two-day event full of learnings and connection opportunities by Acquia, one of the largest contributors to the Drupal open source. We at Evolving Web are proud to be Acquia Silver Partners, allowing us to support our clients with Acquia's enterprise cloud and marketing solutions, which complement Drupal's open source content management tools.

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Evolving Web’s Guide to Improving Your Social Media Accessibility

People are having more and more conversations on social media. It's our job, as digital communicators, to include everyone in those conversations. Web accessibility means that we don't leave people out of digital experiences. Social media accessibility works the exact same way.

In this article, we'll present you with some ideas, best practices and guides for creating accessible social media content.

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How to Have Your Drupal 7 Theme Ready for Drupal 9

If you develop for Drupal 9, you probably noticed that theming has improved a lot. And if you're upgrading your theme to D9, given Drupal 7's upcoming end of life in November 2022, you'll find the job considerably easier if you follow some basic but crucial steps.

Let's look at the main theming features on Drupal 9 and how to have your Drupal 7 theme ready for this latest version of Drupal.

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Drupal GovCon 2021: How to Attend and What to Expect

Drupal GovCon 2021 is a few days away. It's a major event for those who use, develop, design, and support Drupal focusing on government. Evolving Web is proud to be their sponsor in another initiative to promote Drupal in the government sector: later this month, we'll host a webinar about the future of web content in the Canadian government with Drupal WxT. Now let's check what awaits you at this year's all-virtual Drupal GovCon.

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7 Frequently Asked Questions About Drupal 8 End of Life

Drupal 8 reaches end of life in November 2021. With the deadline fast approaching, we're getting questions from the Drupal community about how this change will affect them. Here's a quick Q&A based on the most frequently asked questions about it.

Why is Drupal 8 end of life before Drupal 7?

It's much easier to upgrade from Drupal 8 to 9 than Drupal 7 to 9. For this reason, Drupal 7 end of life has been extended to November 2022 to give Drupal 7 site owners more time to upgrade.

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Our Top 6 Session Picks At DrupalCon Europe 2021

DrupalCon Europe 2021 is almost here. It is one of the major events in the Drupal community global calendar, and we at Evolving Web are very excited about it. After all, taking part in those gatherings is one of our favourite things about working with Drupal. We've been sponsoring and participating in DrupalCons for a long time, so we're proud to see these events grow and become the places where Drupalists share their knowledge and experiences.

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10 Higher Education Websites We Love - Part 1

Designing, building, and maintaining university and college websites can be a daunting task. Audiences can range from prospective and current students to faculty, researchers, funders, and policymakers. And universities and colleges sometimes have dozens, if not hundreds, of faculties, administrative units, or sub-organizations, each with their own objectives, and sometimes with a distinct brand, tone, and voice.

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Implementing Content Publication Workflows in Drupal

Producing relevant, up-to-date online content is a challenge for content managers everywhere. The bigger your content output and the more stakeholders you have involved in the process, the harder it is to keep track of whatever is being created, edited, and published. If this is your use case, what you need is a clear, easily manageable content publication workflow.

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Our Team’s 5 Favourite Work-From-Home Tools

Work from home is here to stay, even in a post-pandemic world. When COVID made companies figure out new processes to deal with remote operations, it uncovered new ways of staying productive and balancing work and life effectively. The result is that, while offices are reopening, many businesses are giving their workforce the option of being remote for part of the week or even going WFH indefinitely.

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