Website Improvements #3: Better Performance

During the week since the new website has launched you many have noticed slow page-load times, especially when logged in and saving edits. For the past week the Web Application Development team and our colleagues in Central Systems & Network Services have been working to improve the performance of the site and prevent low performance […]…Continue Reading Website Improvements #3: Better Performance

Website Improvements #1: Reducing home page load time by 80%

Now that the new www.middlebury.edu site is live, we’ll be making continuous updates to improve the design, interface, and performance of the site. After launching the site, the most obvious area requiring improvement was load time for the homepage. Even on campus, the page would take between 12-15 seconds to fully load. Most of this […]…Continue Reading Website Improvements #1: Reducing home page load time by 80%

New WordPress Themes

New WordPress themes have been added to WordPress at Middlebury.  This blog has been updated to use Translucence, an interpretation of theme designs drafted by White Whale as part of the Web Redo project.
Translucence, like ShadowBox, is a theme series that includes a number of variations and options for layout.  This blog is currently configured […]…Continue Reading New WordPress Themes