Alyssa Hislop's Blog Posts

How to tell Google about your Stanford Sites website

Alyssa Hislop — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 00:28:39 +0000

You've put time into creating your Stanford Sites website, so you'll probably want Google (and other search engines) to know about it. One of the ways to get this done is by submitting your website sitemap. This blog post will walk you through how to claim ownership of your Stanford Sites website, then submit the website to Google for indexing.

Stanford Sites Update, July 2018

Alyssa Hislop — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 19:02:54 +0000

Starting July 12, new group and department websites requested on Stanford Sites will live in the cloud. These websites have new modules available to them. What are they and what do they do?

Sites Superstar: Global Energy Forum

Alyssa Hislop — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 18:23:28 +0000

The inaugural 2018 Stanford Global Energy Forum website stands out as a Stanford Sites superstar. The forum is coming up in November 2018 and will gather thought leaders and decision makers from the private sector, government, academia, non-profits and media to engage in strategic and balanced dialogue about the Future of Energy.

Add a photo gallery to your site

Alyssa Hislop — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 20:06:30 +0000

Want to display a group of photos on your site? Stanford Sites now offers a solution for creating your own galleries.

Choosing NoBots instead of Stanford MetaTag NoBots

Alyssa Hislop — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 16:00:00 +0000

Are you creating a new site on Stanford Sites, but don't want Search Engines to see it? The NoBots module is here to replace Stanford MetaTag NoBots.

NoBots recently joined the growing list of modules available to Stanford Sites during the Summer 2016 Updates. It replaces the soon-to-be-deprecated Stanford Metatag NoBots module, which was featured as a Module of the Day here on the SWS Blog in 2014.

Jumpstart User Guide 2.0

Alyssa Hislop — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 21:45:46 +0000

Today we’re launching our new Jumpstart User Guide! It’s now live at: https://sites-jumpstart.stanford.edu/jumpstart-user-guide

We revamped our User Guide, originally built in 2013 on the first version of Jumpstart. Since Jumpstart has experienced tremendous growth over the past three years, we implemented today's Jumpstart features and enhancements into our new User Guide.