The new YaleSites platform empowers organizations and departments to benefit from balancing Yale’s established and strong identity with a unique one. The team that created the new Indigenous Leaders at Yale website used theme settings, image capabilities, graphics, and a cool footer option featuring their logo for visual impact.
For Cayetana Navarro, Program Manager, Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Department of Medicine, using the YaleSites platform was an intuitive experience.
Visual elements were very important to us, partly because we are so new as an organization and with this website. Since we don’t have a long history, we wanted to be sure there was plenty of visual appeal to help visitors know who we are. Uploading images and getting them where they needed to be on the page was very easy, and we look forward to doing more with images in the future!
Cayetana Navarro, Program Manager, Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Department of Medicine
ILY selected the Shoreline Summer color palette and used Theme Settings to add another layer of personalization and visual appeal to their site.
ILY highlights upcoming events on their homepage, making great use of the Teaser Details to boost engagement. Then, they took advantage of the Mega Footer to showcase their logo and highlight important links.
Cayetana added that the platform allowed for site development quickly under a time crunch and that the team is pleased by how straightforward it is to make updates.
Visit the Indigenous Leaders at Yale site for a great example of how photography and identity elements can be leveraged to tell a story.
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By fine-tuning their Theme Settings and adding a logo to the Mega Footer, the Indigenous Leaders at Yale were able to give their site a distinct visual identity.
This footer variation is an ideal choice when you need to include unique branding elements and supplementary support content on your YaleSite. It supports including:
Go to Settings > Footer Settings and select “Mega” to give the Mega Footer a try!