http://developers.facebook.com/

Google Translate makes your website instantly available in other languages

Add Google’s website translator to your webpages, and offer instant access to automatic translation of the pages. Adding the website translator is quick and easy. Here’s how to do it:

http://ping.fm

Ping.fm is a simple and FREE service that makes updating your social networks a snap!

http://www.silverpoint.net/design/portfolio/index.aspx

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Websites Examples:
http://www.stdavidscenter.org/

The 7 questions are:

* What Do you Think?
* How Do you Feel?
* What Will You Do?
* What is Your Opinion?
* What is Your Story?
* What is Your Experience or Example?
* What Have you Been Working On?

BuddyPress – http://buddypress.org/

For WordPress users, BuddyPress may be an attractive option. With BuddyPress you can turn a WordPress MU installation into a social networking site.

EXAMPLES:
http://flokka.com/about
http://weheartthis.com

BuddyPress is too many features for me but examples are good for ideas

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interesting – http://www.socialgo.com/

What you will create as result of following ALL or SOME recommendations in this guide WILL NOT make you an authority blogger. It will earn you income (I have tested each part of the strategy) but how much will depend on your efforts as with any internet venture.

Allow me to explain the Main Idea first:

Create a WordPress blog that will have a Content optimized for Search Engines, posted automatically at some interval and promote itself without getting you banned from social networks. Have that content monetized. Rinse and Repeat the process.

Sounds simple enough? It almost is and while I haven’t seen a single product that accomplishes that task I have found an effective combination of the few that will get VERY CLOSE! And while almost each product makes their own recommendations on blog installation and plugins, I want to share what worked for me: –> read more http://www.howtospoter.com/web-20/monetize-your-blog/automated-blog-profits-guide

Read about WordPress Theme Blix with Google AdSense (Now 2.5 Compatible) here – http://www.morearnings.com/2006/08/13/wordpress-theme-blix-with-google-adsense/ or google more

Assumption College ..intresting idea of two neatly styled ‘Information for’ and ‘Quicklinks ‘ boxes with drop-down menus
http://www.methodistcollege.edu/ – example of listed books but horizontal

University of Denver idea of faded photos (for a gallery?) that become bright onMouseOver

Viginia Tech … an idea for a footer or ContentLine

Bates College

Barclay College

Baptist Bible College

Capella University

UCLA education

Oregon University

Stanford

MIT

Athabascau

American InterContinental University

Open Universities Australia – looks like our ACM’s layout

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If you really want to dig into higher-ed web design, http://www.edustyle.net is the place to start.

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West Virginia University social network presentation page – WVU on twitter – http://twitter.wvu.edu — design by WVU Web Services.

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great red design – http://www.studyadelaide.com/

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wrong signal – I do not want to learn in an animal barn or farm — http://www.kutztown.edu/acad/commdes/

http://www.rdi.co.uk/

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http://www.csu.edu.au – red upper part and grayish content on home page

http://www.irisk-university.ru/ – good design, layout and right navigation

http://www.e-lms.ru/

http://www.naropa.edu/ – example of a banner with listed books (this idea is used too much already)

http://nlu.nl.edu/gateway/ – they have ‘get connected’ (bad buttons) on their HomePage, good social networking sites)

http://www.stonybrook.edu/ – good design + great picture as a button to College’s social webpage with buttond to facebook, yourtube, etc

http://www.facebook.com/brockuniversity – the best facebook page I’ve ever seen, hope will see more such good pages — more their facebook websites – http://apps.facebook.com/bothsidesofthebrain/ – about contest, great layout

http://www.washjeff.edu/ – great red FOLLOW US button — more sites with SocialNet links – http://wayne.edu/ + http://wayne.edu/connect/

http://www.wsu.edu/ – example of styled quick links

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Canada’s top 50 websites – 2 universities listed

http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/

http://www.ocad.ca/

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http://www.murdoch.edu.au/

http://www.bu.edu/

http://www.irisk-university.ru/ – beautiful web

http://www.augustana.ualberta.ca/ – what Mr. Ross likessite

http://www.stonybrook.edu/

In this age of information overload, a new solution is emerging that could help us cope with the oceans of data surrounding and swamping us. It’s called information visualisation.

The approach is simple: apply the rules of visual design to information – make information into images, rather than text.

from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8381597.stm
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