{"id":4402,"date":"2026-01-14T08:51:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T13:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/wordpress\/?p=4402"},"modified":"2026-01-14T08:51:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T13:51:47","slug":"a-cleaner-clearer-bates-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/wordpress\/2026\/01\/14\/a-cleaner-clearer-bates-now\/","title":{"rendered":"A Cleaner, Clearer Bates Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With today\u2019s edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/quad.bates.edu\/bates-now\/\">Bates Now<\/a>, you\u2019re seeing a refreshed design, including updates to both the daily email and the <a href=\"https:\/\/quad.bates.edu\/announcements-dashboard\/\">Announcement Dashboard<\/a>. These changes are part of an ongoing effort to keep Bates Now relevant, readable, and well-organized, and they\u2019re informed by feedback shared in the Bates Now Readership Survey completed in fall 2025. Thank you to everyone who participated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s new<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A simpler header<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>Header images are now off by default, reflecting feedback that they often distracted more than they helped.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Happening Today<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>The curated Featured Announcements section has been replaced with a dynamic list of events taking place on the current day, ensuring timely visibility without manual promotion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A clearer announcement layout<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>Reminders and regular Announcements now appear together, with dates displayed more prominently. Announcements include image thumbnails for easier scanning, with full details available on click.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Improved Announcement Dashboard<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>The announcement creation interface has been improved to make posting clearer and more intuitive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have questions or comments, please reach out to&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"mailto:askbatesnow@bates.edu\">askbatesnow@bates.edu<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for your thoughtful use of Bates Now and for helping keep it a useful shared resource for our community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With today\u2019s edition of Bates Now, you\u2019re seeing a refreshed design, including&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_prepend":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_append":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_append_before_footer":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4402"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4403,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4402\/revisions\/4403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}