Web Services
Web Development & Interface Design (
WDID) provides hosting and development services to offices, departments and faculty at the University of Kansas. Our services include:
Please contact webservices@ku.edu or 785/864-0469 with questions or to discuss your project.
Web site evaluation
& consulting
Available to: KU Departments, Offices and Faculty
Service Details:
- Work directly with clients to analyze content, audience, use,
etc. of existing web site(s)
- Help identify necessary resources (staff, software, content, etc.)
to improve existing web materials and/or processes for web maintenance
- Advise developers of best practices and tools for improving and implementing
online content
- Ensure that web materials consider maintenance issues, accessibility,
and quality control
Benefits: Improved online content and management of web
sites based on best practices and supported tools.
Availability: Determined by scope of project
and scheduling of developer resources
Free consulting for offices/departments/individuals not to exceed 3 hours
Additional hours billed at $30 per hour
Web design and implementation
- KU Template
Available to: KU Departments, Offices and Faculty
Service Details:
- Analysis of content, audience, use, etc. of existing web site(s)
- Identification of key content (existing or new)
- Conversion of existing materials and creation of new pages in the
KU Web template (see http://www.ku.edu/site/how/ for
more details)
- Site mockup for early evaluation by client and/or users
- Staff training in Dreamweaver to maintain and add to the site following
completion of the project
- Ongoing technical support for Dreamweaver and site structure by phone
or scheduled appointment
Benefits: Improved online content and management of web
sites based on the KU web template, best practices, and supported tools
Availability: Determined by scope of project
and scheduling of developer resources
User Assistance: Dreamweaver support for departmental/office
staff
Requirements: The completed web site will
be hosted on KU central web servers
Department commits to providing a contact person for the project who
will:
- Provide or revise necessary content
- Act with authority to approve design and direction of the site
- Identify departmental staff to maintain site or enter into
a maintenance agreement
- See the project to its end in a timely manner
$600 per site*
* If the scope of the conversion exceeds a standard departmental
site, additional hours will be estimated at the beginning of
the project at $30 per hour. Web site conversion does not include
web database integration or extensive application development/programming
Web design and implementation
- Custom site development
Available to: KU Departments, Offices and Faculty
Service Details:
- Analysis of content, audience, use, etc. of existing web site(s)
- Identification of key content (existing or new)
- Creation of visual design and information architecture
- Site mockup(s) for early evaluation by client and/or users
- Staff training in Dreamweaver to maintain and add to the site following
completion of the project
- Ongoing technical support for Dreamweaver and site structure by phone
or scheduled appointment
Benefits: Improved online content and management of web
sites based on best practices, and supported tools
Availability: Determined by scope of project and scheduling
of developer resources
Requirements: The completed web site will be hosted
on KU central web servers
Department commits to providing a contact person for the project who will:
- Provide or revise necessary content
- Act with authority to approve design and direction of the site
- Identify departmental staff to maintain site or enter into a maintenance
agreement
- See the project to its end in a timely manner
$30 - $40 per hour
Estimate provided after consultation based on scope and size of site.
Web Maintenance
Available to: KU Departments, Offices and Faculty
Clients may contract with Web Services to maintain existing web sites.
Service includes content updates, additions, and/or reformatting of existing
documents (such as Word or other HTML) as requested by the client.
Maintenance does not include redesign of site or other online applications.
Maintenance Contract:
- $75 for 3 hours/month (use it or lose it time)
- Monthly maintenance agreements are available and guarantee maintenance
requests will be fulfilled in 2-4 business days (usually sooner).
- 6 month minimum contract required. Number of hours/length of contract
may be negotiated with Web Services.
As-Needed Maintenance:
- $30 per hour (one hour minimum)
- Scheduled on an "as available" basis with Web Services development
staff.
- Availability of development staff is not guaranteed and maintenance
contracts have priority.
Web Application Development (database/programming)
Available to: KU Departments, Offices and Faculty
Web Services provides custom programming and database integration for web
based applications. The range of services include:
- PHP and Perl programming expertise
- Oracle or MySQL databases
- Custom user and administrative interfaces
Benefits: Improved online content and management of web
sites based on best practices, and supported tools
Availability: Determined by scope of project and scheduling
of developer resources
Requirements: The completed web site will be hosted
on KU central web servers
$40 per hour
Project estimates and consultation free and available on request