The Journey Begins: The Research Phase

  • Find out about the make-up of your organization:

    • Get a list of the longest unit names to use when considering space for the site title
    • Find out if you have outside partnerships and/or other special use cases
    • Plan for these issues so that as few units as possible will need work-arounds

  • Find out how your current theme is being utilized within your organization:

    • Survey:  176 top campus sites at 2.5 years after the version 2 theme released
    • Only 30% using an up-to-date, unmodified release of the version 2 theme
    • Reasons:  Dislike of theme,  difficulty in use,  "guidelines" vs. "requirements"