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Cynthia Mijares Posted by Cynthia Mijares on Friday, March 22, 2013 - 11:32am

Welcome back! This is the fourth blog post in a series on how to create a Drupal 7 personal website using Stanford Sites. Last time we looked at attaching documents to our Sites website.

Cynthia Mijares Posted by Cynthia Mijares on Friday, March 15, 2013 - 9:00am

Welcome back!  This is the third blog post in a series on how to create a Drupal 7 personal website using Stanford Sites. Last time we looked at using the Quick Steps to get started editing our Sites website.

Megan Erin Miller Posted by Megan Erin Miller on Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 5:17pm

less is more graph

When it comes to reaching your readers, less is more. When you are adding blocks and content to your site, ask yourself, "Does this help my reader find the thing they are looking for?"

What is the primary task you are trying to get them to do on your site? Is it being overshadowed by all the other things on the page? How can you reduce the amount of content on each page and make the message simple?

Cynthia Mijares Posted by Cynthia Mijares on Friday, March 8, 2013 - 9:00am

This is the second post in a series on creating your personal Drupal 7 site using Stanford Sites, a free service provided by Stanford Web Services.  In the last post, we talked about how to request your Drupal site on Stanford Sites.

a face for radio Posted by Zach Chandler on Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 9:56am

At SWS, I have developed an improved method for vendor selection over “traditional RFP”, but it can take a little explaining—to clients and vendors alike—as to why it’s better, and why its worth the time investment.

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