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Rotating photos slideshow on homepage

The site's brand new look-and-feel is epitomized by its rotating photos slideshow on the homepage. The slideshow will display exciting and popular content highlighting current/future events, faculty/staff/alumni/student spotlights, recent news stories and other features. Simply click on the photo to get to the content page. The thumbnails on the right would help you navigate the different slides on the slideshow.
Navigation

Whether you are a first-time visitor or a frequent user of the College of Public Health website, we hope you find the navigation intuitive and user-friendly. We have broken out the major areas along the side bar to the left. Also, use the links to the audience-based pages on the right side of every page for useful information and resources.
Quick Links

As we studied analytics from the previous cph.osu.edu site, we learned that visitors frequently used the site to get to pages such as WebMail, Carmen, Events Calendar etc. We now feature these and much more at the top of each page.
Audience Links

Based on our web analytics research from the previous cph.osu.edu site, we learned that visitors frequently visited certain pages on our website such as How to Apply, Degree & Programs, Course Listings, Faculty Openings, Job Leads etc. We now feature these and much more at the center of our homepage grouped under different audience sections.
Search

Web industry trends show that users choose search as the most efficient way of finding information. In order to provide a top-notch experience for users of sites in the OSU College of Public Health domain, we have invested in a Google search engine. The search box is located in navigation section of every page. Type the information you're seeking into the box and click "Go!"
Directory

The new cph.osu.edu now features a comprehensive directory. It is now easy to locate the contact information (and much more in case of faculty) by using this new feature. Click on the names to get to the individual's biography pages.
Modules

On most of our pages you would find content modules on the right side. These modules enable you to quickly get to certain sections of our webpage without having to search through navigation.
Events Calendar

It is now easy to be up-to-date on all events and happenings at The Ohio State College of Public Health. Just check out our events calendar.

Ongoing user feedback is an important component of the site. We will continue to improve cph.osu.edu based upon what you tell us. Please share your ideas and feedback to comalley@cph.osu.edu.

Web redesign background

The College of Public Health realizes that its web site should be the center of the college's communications with external audiences. The college must take advantage of emerging web-based technologies to recruit the best students, promote scholarly achievements and link audiences to the college's core missions: research, education, service. The college charged a web project team with creating a new family of web sites that takes advantage of current technologies, improved navigation and a visual identity consistent with The Ohio State University.

The project team conducted research, surveyed stakeholders, and provided periodic updates to stakeholders throughout the development process. The team selected University Relations as the design vendor. The site deliverables, including site map, design and content, were reviewed by the web project team, the IS Advisory Committee, the Executive Committee, students, external advisors and others.

Technology Notes

The pages are built around the standards of the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional DTD and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) using the methods/best practices of the Web Standards Project as well as Ohio State University's Web Accessiblity Center (WAC).

These pages are designed to be viewed by all modern standards-compliant web browsers, accessible by those with disabilities, and minimally readable by all web-reading software. Recommended browsers (free download): Firefox, Internet Explorer 7, Opera, and Safari.

It is also recommended that you NOT disable javascript or cookies in your browser because these facilitate access to some great features of the website.

Privacy

The College of Public Health website collects non-personal information to improve functionality and content, and to monitor the site's performance. Data is used to provide answers to specific questions about the usage and performance of the web site or individual web pages. At no time is site usage associated with individual IP addresses.