This month we are taking a break from our research summaries to report on the changes and upgrades made to the Printing Industry Center's redesigned website, which launched today!

The website now features a new, clean look and feel, and several new features have been implemented to enhance the user experience. (You can also read about the site updates online here.)

As you may have noticed, the design for our eReview has changed as well in line with the new site design! We hope you like it. The new eReview features are discussed after the information on the site features in this email.

Key features of the new website include:

RSS Feed for News Items
RSS is an easy way to keep updated on the news that's of interest to you. Instead of having to go to websites to see if there's a new story or feature, you can use RSS (which stands for Really Simple Syndication) to tell you every time the news you want is updated.

If you are interested in receiving RSS updates from the Printing Industry Center, click on the icon in the side menu of the Center's website (see image to the right), and you will then be able to set up our RSS feed in your news reader of choice.

There are many news readers to choose from, such as the easy to use, web-based Bloglines and Google's Reader. News readers display RSS information feeds from your chosen websites on your computer. Here is a comprehensive list of news readers.

Manage Your Account Online!
You can now manage your account (subscriptions, contact information, etc.) easily from our website. In order to update your subscriptions, visit http://print.rit.edu/users/newsletter/

Once there, input your email address as shown below:

This will then show you your subscription preferences for the eReview and PrintReview communications:


In order to subscribe or unsubscribe from the eReview, check or uncheck the box next to "Yes, I want to receive the eReview."

In order to edit your contact information and your subscription preferences for the PrintReview, you will have to login using a password. (The username is your email address.) See the image below:

The first time you login, your password will be set to: picsloan

You will then see a page like the one below, where you can change your subscription status for the PrintReview and update your email address, contact information, and mailing address.

You can also change your password by clicking on the "Change Password" link located in the side menu under the "Account Options" heading (see image below). Please change your password after logging in for the first time!

And that's it! Please make sure to login whenever you need to change your contact information.

Note: If you ever need to unsubscribe from any of our lists, you can do so by unsubscribing for either one of the communications once you're logged in.

Improved Searchability with Page Tags
Page tags are words or phrases that describe the content on a specific page, news item, or research item on the website. In order to search for other content that has the same page tag as the page or item you are viewing, all you have to do is click the tag of interest and the site will show a search result for that tag (see the images below for an example).

Clicking the page tag desired...
...leads to this page:

To view all of the tags on the site, click on the header "Page Tags" and you will see the "Tag Cloud" of all the tags used on the site (see image below).

Clicking the "Page Tags" header...

...leads to this page:

Key features of the new eReview design include:

Easy Email Forwarding
Tired of forwarding HTML emails to colleagues only to see pictures missing and the design askew? Well, now you can prevent that from occurring with our "Forward this eReview." link in the sidebar of this email. This will take you to an intermediate page where you can enter a colleague's email address to send the eReview with no translation problems along the way!

Subscription Management
Another way to quickly update your account is to use the "Update your profile." link in the sidebar of this email. This will redirect you to our website where you can edit your profile as described previously.

In order to unsubscribe at any time, just click the "Unsubscribe from this list." link. This will redirect you to our website where you can unsubscribe from either one or both of the communications as described previously.

Conclusion
Next month, we will return to our research summaries with a review of a thesis by SPM graduate student Marianne Engum entitled "Implementing Lean Manufacturing into Newspaper Production Operations." Until then, please log in to the website to make sure that your account is up to date!

If you have any questions about the new website, please contact Ashley Walker, Communications Manager, at aswppr@rit.edu.