Q & A

I would either use some of the photos from the Biggest Loser (from the NBC web site) or use some photos off of Google for a weight loss poster. Since these pictures are on the internet, and essentially public domain, I wanted to make sure it would be okay to use them. Can you please advise me as what would be the best way to go about this?

Even though they are on the Internet, the photos are copyrighted to NBC or the company that has taken/purchased the photographs. You would need written permission from the owner of the photograph to use it for any marketing.

 

Web Policy Review

Legal Notice

Section IV.A.1.G. of the University Web Policy states that a prominent notice or a direct link to the notice regarding any non-official sites to which the official UK materials are linked must be included at least one time. The purpose of the notice is to indicate that, even though links exist for the user's convenience, the other sites are not managed by the University and the University takes no responsibility for their contents.The notice must be worded as follows:

  • WARNING: Some Web sites to which these materials provide links for the convenience of users are not managed by the University of Kentucky. The university does not review, control or take responsibility for the contents of those sites.
Official Versions
Section IV.A.1.H. of the University Web Policy states that Official Web materials which include statements that represent University policy must state explicitly whether the version on the Web is the official version or, if an official version exists elsewhere, where and how to find that version.
  • "An Equal Opportunity University" on a Web site's Home Page and contacts page.
  • Links to "higher level" Web materials to facilitate navigation.
  • Identification of the materials on each page as being from the University of Kentucky.
  • The name of the individual or department responsible for the materials either on each page
  • The e-mail address of the responsible individual or a departmental e-mail address either on each page
  • The date on each page when the materials were last updated.
  • Prohibition against disabling the "Back" button of the browser
  • Prohibition against opening any other site within the frameset of the Web site.

Please see the Web Policy for further details.

Commencement

From Joan Shropshire and Erika Kalim in SiteLab:

If folks are managing a UK college site, they need to update their graduation information links to the url for UK Commencement 2006 at http://www.uky.edu/commencement.

Sorry we did not make this request at the meeting on Tuesday.

Site Reviews

Remember to check any links you may have that point to these sites, as the pages may have changed.

Updates

Bye-bye, FrontPage in New Office, Says Microsoft
http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/001460.html
Death Of A Meta Tag
http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/article.php/2165061
Things to do With Firefox 1.5
www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/11/29/firefox-15/
Dreamweaver 8 patch
www.macromedia.com/support/dreamweaver/downloads_updaters.html#dw8
Internet Explorer 7 Beta is available
www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie7/default.mspx (for critique - http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/)
Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2005
www.useit.com/alertbox/designmistakes.html
10 Web Moments That Changed The World
http://www.webbyawards.com/press/webby_top_10.php
Interactive Voice Response Cheats to Find a Human
http://gethuman.com/
CSS Tip: You Are Here!
www.netmechanic.com/news/vol9/css_no1.htm


Notes from Campus

UK Libraries

UK Libraries went live with a new site on Dec. 19, 2005. at www.uky.edu/Libraries/. The old site will be available throughout May 6 but will not be updated. If you link to the site, please check it out. The old pages will include a link to the new site, so you can take your time updating any links. A preview of our new site is available now. See www.uky.edu/Libraries/nlws.html for information.

In particular, the Medical Center is now part of the site. Please note that the mcl url has changed to www.uky.edu/libraries/mcl. The old mcl site (www.mc.uky.edu/medlibrary) is still available until May but is not being updated. The new mcl site can be accessed via the new url or by clicking one of the two "campus libraries" buttons/links on the library system home page and selecting "medical center library" from the list of libraries. Also the Med Center AV library now has its own Web site and is accessible via the url (www.uky.edu/libraries/mcavl or via the same campus library links on the system site.

Please contact WEBADMIN@LSV.UKY.EDU if you have any questions or comments on the new site.

 

Important Dates

TRAINING UPDATE: Web@UK - April ?? in 106 McVey Hall
Register: http://www.uky.edu/
HR/HRD/Training/
ClassReg.html

Web Publishers Meetings

South Campus on March 20, 2 p.m., location TBD
North Campus March 21, 2 p.m. location TBD