As part of an IEEE-wide outreach to staff and volunteer site managers, the IEEE Digital & Creative Innovations Team is requesting your attention to update one or more of the following required IEEE brand and digital compliance elements to make your website or application aligned with the rest of the IEEE digital presence. IEEE digital […]
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is marked on the third Thursday of May each year. It is observed to raise awareness about accessibility from a technology perspective. The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking, and learning about digital access (web, software, mobile, etc.), as well as inclusion and people with different […]
Site name: IEEE Smart Village Site URL: https://smartvillage.ieee.org/ Site launch date: 14 February 2019 Site purpose: The IEEE Smart Village website is the primary public facing communications tool for this IEEE Foundation Signature Initiative. The team had several objectives with the re-design. The first was a modern look to attract and inform a broad cross-section […]
This online guide about migrating a website to a new CMS or hosting solution includes an interactive checklist of tasks. IEEE users who are moving from a pure HTML site to a WordPress solution for example, should find this useful. The checklist includes reasons for considering migration, guidelines for planning and testing, and a set […]
Minding your Ps and Qs — literally Many of us have heard the expression, “mind your ps and qs.” One unconfirmed theory of the origin of this expression stems back to when typesetters needed to be able to recognize these letters backwards, ensuring that the letters “p” and “q” were not mixed up inadvertently. The […]
NEW Brand Identity Guidelines version available now! Download the latest version of the IEEE Brand Identity Guidelines, for a comprehensive view detailing use of the IEEE brand across all traditional print and digital communications platforms. This new iteration includes additional information added about the approved IEEE brand fonts, particularly for use within digital applications. […]
Site name: IEEE Author Center Site URL: http://conferences.ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org/ Site purpose: The recently launched IEEE Author Center website includes a new conferences section. This new section provides an easy way for authors to find the best conference to showcase their work in addition to sharing best practices and guidance on how to become a conference […]
Site name: IEEE eXpress Conference Publishing Site URL: https://ieeeexpressconferencepublishing.ieee.org/ Site purpose: IEEE eXpress Conference Publishing (eCP) is an in-house publishing service that works with IEEE conferences to produce quality conference proceedings—the published collection of technical papers accepted for presentation at a conference. The new IEEE eXpress Conference publishing website highlights these conference publishing services through […]
Site name: IEEE TryEngineering Site URL: https://tryengineering.org Site purpose: The IEEE TryEngineering website was re-launched recently. TryEngineering aims to empower educators to foster the next generation of technology innovators. The site provides educators and students with resources, lesson plans, and activities that engage and inspire. How does this affect the IEEE digital presence? The digital experience […]
In October of 2018, Google announced that it would sunset the consumer version of the Google+ (Google Plus) social media platform. Enterprise customers using Google+ within companies through G Suite will continued to be supported and Google will be launching new features purpose-built for businesses. Now Google has released details on how the consumer […]