Print

Web Task Force Accomplishments (08/09 Academic Year)

High-Level Functional Categories

• November 2008: Columbia Law School Website Facelift
  • Homepage and 4000+ interior pages received new design and functionality.
  • Homepage utilizing CMS News module to populate news stories and video clips to the site. 
• December 2008: Staging Server implemented by IT to allow on-demand and project-driven development and optimization of the CMS
• RTSB Version Upgrade from V. 6.1 to 6.3
  • February 2009: Inaugural issue of In re Alumni e-newsletter designed, implemented and sent to 40,000 Columbia Law School alumni. 
  • Elicited the following feedback from an alum: This is the best email communication I think I've ever received from the law school.”
• February 2009: New Alumni Relations site launched in CMS
  • Features new design, photo galleries, audio download
• February 2009: New Alumni Reunion site launched in CMS
  • Features audio remarks, photo galleries, new design elements and functionality enabled by native CMS modules.
• March 2009: Columbia Law School Magazine Online designed and launched in the CMS
  • Reader comments encouraged for first-time ever at Columbia Law School
  • Magazine site included online exclusive content and interactive features including dynamic maps, videos, photo galleries and an interactive timeline for Columbia Law School’s Sesquicentennial celebrations
  • Site underpinned by user-friendly Articles Module native to the RTSB CMS configured by Web Communications
• April 2009: New blog designs delivered for official Blogs@Columbia Law School
• April 2009: CalBot email template design using custom CMS view
• RSS Feeds in CMS for Columbia Law School calendars
• May 2009: Huffington Post links to SCOTUS story in online magazine
  • Link resulted in 129 unique visits to the Magazine from that referrer. 
• May 2009: Gender & Sexuality Law Program site brought back into the CMS. 
• May 2009: Graduation website launched in CMS using Magazine site as design inspiration. 
• May 2009: Curriculum Guide Business Layer Java libraries integrated into CMS
  • Will enable development of new Curriculum Guide design utilizing CMS capabilities to combine and present various academic assets
• Google Custom Search Engine on www.law.columbia.edu 
• Desktop Software upgrade to better utilize the new web services
• Admitted Students Network (AdmitNet): AdmitNet is the Law School’s online network for incoming students
• Online Photo Submission for students
• Forums. The Law school’s Forum was re-launched.
• LAWERING IN THE DIGITAL AGE CLINIC
  • Implemented Town and Village Justice site on Claroline system
  • Implemented LDA Clinic site on Claroline system
  • Migrated NY Courts system to CLS server
• MIGRATE AND UPGRADED WWW2.LAW.COLUMBIA.EDU
  • Virtualized new space on IBM Bladecenter
  • Revised dead-end link and URL redirect strategy
  • Moved Student Group Website infrastructure from University space to www2.law.columbia.edu and/or blogs.law.columbia.edu
• LIBRARY SYSTEMS
  • Migrated Library recap system from old www2 to new www2 on Bladecenter
  • Migrated remaining content to Bladecente
  • recap.law.columbia.edu for new Recap system
  • libdev.law.columbia.edu for library development
• UPGRADED MEDIA.LAW.COLUMBIA.EDU
  • This improves our ability to handle audio and video on the web
• Blogs@columbia.edu
  • Gender and Sexuality Blog
  • Gender and Sexuality Law Blog 
  • JD admissions Blog
  • News You Can Use Student Blog
• EMAIL
  • Implemented user-sided control of SPAM into new web-based Antispam system
  • Upgrade emails servers and clients to latest versions in order to take advantage of RSS feeds, widgets and other web 2.0 features.
  • Desktop Campaign manager: Campaign manager for mass e-mail distribution, particularly, HTML e- mails for events, conferences, etc.
• IMPLEMENTED LDAP AUTHENTICATION ACROSS THE FOLLOWING SERVICES
  • CLS website: www.law.columbia.edu
  • Blogs@CLS: blogs.law.columbia.edu
  • www2.law.columbia.edu
  • Wiki: https://wiki.law.columbia.edu
• IMPLEMENTED SINGLE SIGN ON/OFF (SSO) MODULE ACROSS THE FOLLOWING SERVICES:
  • Lawnet: http://www.law.columbia.edu/lawnet
  • Blogs: blogs.law.columbia.edu