Beacon Blog
Students Are Ripe Pickings for Web Content
Have you ever seen the movie Big? Definitely one of Tom Hanks' best. If you don't recall, it's the one where he plays a 12 year-old boy – Josh Baskin – who makes a wish to be "big" and wakes up in the body of a 30 year-old man the next morning. Before he [...]
4 Ways to Leverage Your Faculty For Awesome Web Content
Have your friends or family members ever surprised you with great insight into a decision you were making or problem you were trying to solve? Maybe someone helped you with great advice on the best neighborhood for your home purchase or pushed you to chase the next challenge in your career. It happens to [...]
Higher Ed Content Analysis: Stay Current with Recruitment
"The early bird gets the worm." - English proverb The battle for higher ed students starts early. If you harbor hopes of success for the upcoming recruiting year, the summer months are the best time to fine-tune your game plan. For higher ed staff tasked with maintaining your school's website, that means assessing how [...]
User Engagement Analysis: Higher Ed Recruitment Made Smarter
Congratulations from the Beacon team on completing another busy academic year! In the last few months, your campus has hosted a myriad of visiting students and their families, completed another round of final exams, framed up your incoming freshman class and sent off your most recent group of accomplished graduates to a bright future. [...]
Background Parallax Image Fix in Sliders or Content
If your project requires parallax background images, you'll want to keep this note in mind. If your slider or content area that the parallax resides in has a 3D transform attached, you'll want to remove that code for the background parallax image to properly work. You'll notice it works well in Chrome and Safari [...]
What to Expect When Expecting a Website
Is your institution thinking about a redesign? Perhaps it is time for a new look and feel, or maybe you are trying to attract more prospective students. With a busy academic schedule, it can seem daunting to tackle a redesign. However, with some planning and a little help from Beacon your redesign can become [...]