We've removed the UC Seal from Site Builder

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When we launched the newest Site Builder designs earlier in 2019, we made available the UC Seal as a logo for a site.  In fact, we went so far as to make the UC Seal the default logo for new sites.  According to the UC brand guidelines, this was a mistake on our part.  

From the University of California brand guidelines (http://brand.universityofcalifornia.edu/guidelines/the-uc-seal.html#!how-to-use-the-seal):

How to use the seal

PLEASE NOTE: The primary identifier of the university for marketing, public outreach and awareness-building is the wordmark, not the unofficial seal.

Exceptions include communication from the president's direct office, official financial documentation, legal documents, regental communications and other formal university functions. Because the unofficial seal is an important symbol for the university, it is critical that the integrity of the seal — and the rest of the brand system — remain intact.

 

uc seal

 Oops!  

Obviously, the solution to this problem would be to remove the UC Seal from Site Builder.  This is exactly what we did.  

For example, before:

sb3-uc-seal-before

...and after:

sb3-uc-seal-after

Looks better to me!

There were 51 sites that were using the UC seal; those sites no longer show a logo.  Here's a full listing of affected sites:

4-H Policy Handbook
A Test Site
Agriculture Ombudsman
Almond Nutrient and Water Management Field Days
Alternatives to Citrus in the Fight Against ACP/HLB
Amador County Farm Day
Andrew Test
ANR Business Operations Center
ANR Learning and Development
ANR Office 365 Upgrade Project
ANR Survey System Help
ANR Website Accessibility
At Second Street
Be Smart About Safety
Bees and Pollination
Cannabis Producer Survey
Citrus Program
Climate Resilient Agriculture
Cluster Test
Communication Services & Informatioion Technology
Design 4 Test
DesignTest
DNA Demystified
Food Leaders Summit
Fruit & Nut Research & Information Center Sandbox
Fruit & Vegetable Preservation Resources
Goals and Accomplishments for Academics
Good Fire Alliance
Healthy Soils
Imperial County UC Calfresh Healthy Living
Information Technology
Kings County Nutrition Ed. (Test)
MFA
MG Test NEW
Privacy and Information Security
Project Board Help
Rodent Management Workshop
Rosenberg Int'l. Forum on Water Policy
SB3 Test-2019
Seed Mixer
Sheri's Practice
Site Builder 3.0 Help
Star Trek Captains
Style 4 Conversion Republish test
Test UC Food Safety New
test UC Master Gardeners of Butte County
UC Dairy
UC Food Safety
UCPath Test Site
WebinarTest
Zoom

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