Accolade is a WordPress theme for NMSU. I worked at five different departments at New Mexico State University and opted the use of WordPress as the CMS at each. NMSU already had in-place brand standards (HTML & CSS). Coded for better visual performance, HTML5, font embedding (which is off by default), a fixed width layout option, a  better breadcrumb layout, search and more. I also coded all the extra HTML, CSS, PHP and JavaScript necessary.

In 2011 NMSU adopted the project for future websites powered by WordPress.

You can browse a copy of the Accolade website which you can compare to NMSU’s Brand website as an example of the differences. You can also browse a copy with font embedding enabled.