Communication Standards Blog

Update to OpenText User Guide Includes New and Updated Sections

April 14, 2011 16:22

The user guide to the OpenText CMS has been updated again to reflect several changes the EERE sites have seen in the past year or so: a new template, a mobile variant, and other features such as the feedback widget. The updated version

of the guide is now available on the Communication Standards site, and it will be our final version of the document, due to the planned move to the Drupal platform for the EERE Centralized Web Hosting Environment. [More]

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Internet Explorer 6: No Longer Part of EERE's Testing Suite

April 1, 2011 17:35

Internet Explorer 6 has been removed from EERE's testing suite! What does that mean? Well, if you're a Web developer, you're probably already jumping for joy, because this will make it faster and easier to code websites in general. [More]

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Learn about Usability and User Research Tools that are Available for EERE Use

March 7, 2011 18:51

Recently, we've talked a lot about tools that can be used to test the usability of our EERE websites and learn more about our website users. As you know, EERE's Technology Advancement and Outreach office has recently made four online usability tools available for use by EERE programs: Survey Gizmo, Crazy Egg, Web Sort, and Tree Jack. [More]

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Podcast #6: How to Create and Run a Blog

March 2, 2011 12:59

The sixth podcast in the "Introduction to Standards Podcast" is out! This podcast discusses everything about running a blog on EERE. It explains what you need to think about when starting a blog, what you have to do to get it running, and what you'll need to do to keep it alive. [More]

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The Project Review Team's Information Form Has Been Revised

February 14, 2011 11:51

The form that you fill out to initiate your team's check-in with the Project Review Team for a new website project has been revised. The project information form, which is also posted on the home page of the PRT Wiki, now incorporates the task list and schedule that your team once filled out with the project charter a little later in the process. [More]