{"id":4003,"date":"2015-05-27T11:13:53","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T11:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/?p=4003"},"modified":"2015-05-27T11:13:53","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T11:13:53","slug":"nilex-gets-a-style-makeover-does-your-mypad-site-need-one-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2015\/05\/27\/nilex-gets-a-style-makeover-does-your-mypad-site-need-one-too\/","title":{"rendered":"NILEX gets a style makeover &#8211; does your MyPad site need one too?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypad.northampton.ac.uk\/nilex\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4006\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/05\/NILEX-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a>A number of old themes are being retired in MyPad in June and have already been replaced with a new set of responsive designs that will work well on mobile devices. If you use a <a href=\"http:\/\/mypad.northampton.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\">MyPad<\/a> site for teaching or personal use it is worth checking whether you are using old themes (you will be prompted when you log in) and updating them or just consider one of the new themes to freshen up your site and make it smartphone friendly.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/mypad.northampton.ac.uk\/nilex\" target=\"_blank\">NILE External Resources Site<\/a> (NILEX), which lists free applications you can use to create content for use in NILE, \u00a0has undergone such an update and continues to expand &#8211; there are now over 50 resources covered. \u00a0Latest posts include <a href=\"http:\/\/mypad.northampton.ac.uk\/nilex\/2015\/05\/26\/canva\/\" target=\"_blank\">Canva<\/a> (an online graphics and infographics creator) and <a href=\"http:\/\/mypad.northampton.ac.uk\/nilex\/2015\/05\/27\/appsheet\/\" target=\"_blank\">AppSheet<\/a> (which creates free IOS and Android data-driven apps using Google Spreadsheets).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypad.northampton.ac.uk\/nilex\"><\/a>A number of old themes are being retired in MyPad in June and have already been replaced with a new set of responsive designs that will work well on mobile devices. 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