WebTeam -- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Minutes (Dec. 22, 2004) Web Advisory Committee

Present: Dr. Robert Badgett, Alan Miller, Dr. Keith Krolick, Doug Hartzler, Jim Barrett and Mary Yanes.

Committee members approved the Oct. 27 minutes.

Jim Barrett gave the webmaster's report. He said:

Server traffic in November rose 71 percent, to 1,435,828 page views over the same month in 2003. He also said he would publish a three-year comparison in January.
The WebDeveloper plug-in (Mozilla/Firefox) navigation bar is useful in assisting with html coding and other issues. The bar can be found in the Firefox browser under Tools/Extensions.
Web sites accessibility testing would begin in January.

In new business, Doug Hartzler distributed a list of upcoming features in PeopleSoft 8.9 portal (March 2005) and reviewed the items. Among the topics were content management, collaboration tools, site management and business integration features.

With the existing portal, Dr. Keith Krolick suggested labeling portal menu items with more identifiable words or phrases for better navigation.

In old business, Mr. Barrett updated the committee on action since its April 28 decision to seek removal of three websites in the uthscsa.edu domain that were considered off topic. He said the sites remain functioning, and discussions continue.

There was no other business, and the meeting was adjourned.

-- Minutes prepared by Mary Yanes
-- Approved Jan. 26, 2005