SPH Informatics & Computing Services

Classroom Services & Room Scheduling Unit

Web Services

• Contact Information & Hours
• Training & Documentation
• Web Development Resources
• Personal Web Sites
• Group Web Sites
• Course Web Sites
• Conference/Symposium Web Sites
• Database-Driven Web Sites
• Online Surveys
• Request for Web Services Form

E-Learning & Instructional Technology

Distance Education

Site Menu

Related Links

• Public Health Library
• Information Technology Central Services (ITCS) at the University of Michigan

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Training & Documentation

• Best Practices for Designing Accessible Websites
• Better Web Browsing
• Broken Link Reports
• Displaying RSS Feeds
• Dreamweaver Training
• Information for Outside Developers
• Online Payments on SPH Websites
• Other Training
• Using Web Forms at SPH
• Usability Testing
• Web Development Resources
• Web Site Usage Statistics
• Web Site Visibility

Better Web Browsing

Tired of pop-up ads? Not sure if you are using the right web browser? Seeing an old version of a web page? Need a plug-in? Worried about online security? View our tips for Better Web Browsing and Safe Web Browsing.

Broken Link Reports

We provide monthly broken link reports to each SPH Department. If you would like a report generated for your site, please contact us.

Displaying RSS Feeds

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a popular means of sharing content (such as news headlines) without requiring readers to constantly contact a site for updates. RSS feeds contain headlines and hyperlinks to longer articles or web pages. The SPH web site generates an RSS Feed for our Calendar of Events.

If there is a RSS feed that you would like to display on a page in your web site, you can use the free Feed2JS service to create a JavaScript snippet that can be embedded on your page. Instructions are available on the Embedding a RSS Feed on a Web Page workshop handout.

Dreamweaver Training

Dreamweaver may be purchased at a discount from the following sources:

• M-MarketSite via Wolverine Access
• the UM Computing Showcase
• Adobe using their education store.

The Teaching & Technology Collaborative provides free hands-on Dreamweaver training workshops during Fall and Winter semesters. SPH Web Services also holds Dreamweaver workshops. Dreamweaver training is also offered by the ITCS Education Services.

Workshop Hand-Outs

• Dreamweaver: Basics (PDF, 916K, updated June 2009)
• Dreamweaver: Adding a Rollover Image (PDF, 88K, updated June 2009)
• Dreamweaver: Cascading Style Sheets (PDF, 664K, updated June 2009)
• Dreamweaver: Web Forms (PDF, 391K, updated June 2009)
• Dreamweaver: Accessible Web Sites (PDF, 366K)
• Instructions for using the SPH Broken Link Reports
• Processing Photos and Adding them to your Web Pages (PDF, 398K, updated September 2009)
• Creating a Lightbox Slideshow (PDF, 529K, updated September 2009)
• Embedding a RSS Feed on a Web Page (PDF, 162K, updated October 2009)
• Embedding Videos on a Web Page (PDF, 172K, updated October 2009)
• Adding Meta Data with Dreamweaver (PDF, 148K, updated November 2009)

Other Training

Workshops are also available specifically for UM.SiteMaker and CTools .

Usability Testing

Interested in testing the usability of your web site with real web users? SPH Web Services has performed Usability Testing on several SPH-hosted web sites. Please contact us for more information.

UM's Digital Media Commons also offers an excellent Usability Lab if you prefer test your web site yourself.

It is important that you test your web site in all web browsers. Please see our Better Web Browsing page for information on where to download all the latest web browsers.

Web Development Resources

Want to learn more about developing good web sites? Please see our Web Development Resources page for information on good web development practices, common mistakes, and making your web sites accessible to the disabled.

Additionally, we have created SPH Web Publishing Guidelines specifically for web sites hosted at SPH.

Web Site Usage Statistics

Interested in obtaining web site usage statistics for your web site? Usage statistics are continuously compiled and reports are available to SPH Faculty & Staff on the SPH Intranet under web site Tools.