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One particular criticism voiced by observers was that they had been shown designs with a blue backgrounds, and the website broke a cardinal rule of web design by using a stark white background instead. Designers at [[DKV]] noted that a strong consideration in choosing the background color of the page was how it would look when projected onto a screen at presentations to alumni. You know, as opposed to how aesthetically pleasing it would be to web surfers. | One particular criticism voiced by observers was that they had been shown designs with a blue backgrounds, and the website broke a cardinal rule of web design by using a stark white background instead. Designers at [[DKV]] noted that a strong consideration in choosing the background color of the page was how it would look when projected onto a screen at presentations to alumni. You know, as opposed to how aesthetically pleasing it would be to web surfers. | ||
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| + | === Banner logo re-design === | ||
| + | [[Image:CULogo2004.gif|thumb|The banner logo from 2004]] | ||
| + | [[Image:CULogo2006.gif|thumb|The banner logo from 2006-present]] | ||
| + | The banner logo at the top of the new design drew some raised eye-brows - the crown incorporated into the design was the 'secularized' crown with spades that had been designed by the Medical Center during its rebranding, rather than one with the traditional crosses (such as the one used as a design element of the 1996-2000 version of the site). In 2006, the banner logo was changed to include a more 'traditional' design.<ref>http://bwog.net/2006/07/28/the-second-coming</ref> That logo as since been adopted as the official "logo" of the university.<ref>http://www.columbia.edu/cu/identityguidelines/blue290.pdf</ref> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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* [http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/cuhome.html Columbia.edu design December 1996-2000] | * [http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/cuhome.html Columbia.edu design December 1996-2000] | ||
| + | == References == | ||
| + | </references> | ||
[[Category:Websites]] | [[Category:Websites]] | ||
[[Category:IT]] | [[Category:IT]] | ||
Revision as of 18:54, 13 February 2010
Columbia.edu is Columbia's domain name and home page. It was notoriously behind the times until a few years ago.
The domain name was registered on July 5th, 1985, and the first servers for the domain were hooked up in September 1985.
You can submit photos for the slideshow to the webmasters, who may crop them and put them up.
2003 Design
In December 2003, Columbia launched a new version of its homepage. After soliciting feedback from various sources, the website designers produced a design that was largely unexpected by students who'd had input earlier in the process. University Senator Jennifer Schnidman CC '06 is quoted at the time as saying "We gave the designers a lot of feedback and ultimately the direction they chose to go in was something completely different than what we suggested," noting that student council members had approved a much more traditional design in terms of color, layout, graphics, and fonts. Frank Wolf, chair of the web advisory committee responded that "You can't design by committee. There are always going to be some people who want something tweaked."
One particular criticism voiced by observers was that they had been shown designs with a blue backgrounds, and the website broke a cardinal rule of web design by using a stark white background instead. Designers at DKV noted that a strong consideration in choosing the background color of the page was how it would look when projected onto a screen at presentations to alumni. You know, as opposed to how aesthetically pleasing it would be to web surfers.
Banner logo re-design
The banner logo at the top of the new design drew some raised eye-brows - the crown incorporated into the design was the 'secularized' crown with spades that had been designed by the Medical Center during its rebranding, rather than one with the traditional crosses (such as the one used as a design element of the 1996-2000 version of the site). In 2006, the banner logo was changed to include a more 'traditional' design.[1] That logo as since been adopted as the official "logo" of the university.[2]
History
References
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