Look and feel
As part of the EdWeb development project, we have instituted a wider range of visual design and local branding options.
Local design elements
In response to significant demand, EdWeb users are now able to distinguish the look of their site via a range of elements including colour palettes and local footers. Services can also display their logo in the banner by using the subsite branding option.
If you need help with any of these new design elements, feel free to pop into a Website Support Clinic to discuss how you can best present localised elements within the way EdWeb works now.
Website Support Clinics - University Website Programme
EdGEL
The Edinburgh Global Experience Language (EdGEL) is a set of best practice guidelines, explicit style guides and tools that describe design principles to support the University brand.
EdGEL is intended to help anyone creating an online system to present a harmonised and consistent user experience whilst retaining local control of the design. As such, it is used by EdWeb but available for many other University systems, including EUCLID, MyED, PURE and Learn.
EdGEL is a collaborative development between the University Website Programme, Communications & Marketing and IS Applications division, supporting best practice in the promotion of the University brand.
What does EdGEL provide?
Originally developed as a toolkit to support the design evolution of the EdWeb CMS, the long term goal is for EdGEL to fully support a consistent University digital experience and for it to be used by core University services.
In addition to guidelines and documentation, the most important characteristic of EdGEL is that it makes available live code examples of design elements and patterns, available EdWeb content type outputs and work in progress. A full copy of all the latest code is available to download from the EdGel website.
Global Experience Language in other institutions
The concept of a 'Global Experience Language' is used at several other large organisations, including the BBC and Stanford University.
Stanford University Open Framework
Responsive design
The way your EdWeb content displays will depend on the device it's being viewed on.
Responsive design - how will my content look on different platforms?