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WCMS: Cascade Server. to Empower People. Greg Polit Amber Harmon. Cascade Server Implementation. Guided by IU’s Strategic Plan for IT common tools, best practices, useful nav /search avoid a command and control-like structure Cascade Server is a push CMS - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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November 11, 2009
to Empower PeopleWCMS: Cascade Server
Greg PolitAmber Harmon
< PAGR > — Cascade Server to Empower People
Cascade Server Implementation• Guided by IU’s Strategic Plan for IT <AI 13>
– common tools, best practices, useful nav/search– avoid a command and control-like structure
• Cascade Server is a push CMS– leverage all of IU’s existing infrastructures
• Content authoring separate from serving– scalability
• Intelligent Infrastructure– tuning
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< PAGR > — Cascade Server to Empower People
Cascade Server Implementation• Maximum system access and flexibility for site managers
– add / edit users, groups, group membership– create site structures– add / edit administrative assets
• custom templates• dynamic menu, navigation, breadcrumb generation• asset factories• direct output to multiple content types / locations• workflows
• IT Training and Education– Site Managers training series including XML/XSLT
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Web Content Management• A good CMS should create benefits:
– “allows non-technical authors and editors to easily and quickly publish their content.”
– “makes it easier for you to manage who creates, edits and publishes content.”
– “allows for the design of a common and consistent information architecture (metadata, classification, navigation, search, layout and design).”
from http://www.gerrymcgovern.com
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Web Content Management
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• How you get there is an investment:– Trust, Training, Learning, Adapting– Organizational Commitment
– necessary input– direction– audience, goals, relevancy, timely, appropriate– web managers, content providers / approvers
– Migration vs. Redesign– http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/nt/2008/nt-2008-11-24-conten
t-migration.htm
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IU Bloomington Gateway• Launched May 18, 2009• URL: www.iub.edu• Home page includes flash
media player featuring:• Slideshow• “Hot Spot” Graphics• Video player
• Non Flash alternative• Link suggest• News and event feeds
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Video Assets• All video assets loaded once
into WCMS • Flash video (low/hi res)• Thumbnail image• Headline• Teaser• Aspect ratio (4:3 vs.
widescreen• Closed captioning• Scheduled publishing/exp• Assets placed in folder and
assigned an “order property”, which determines featured video
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• Video assets are displayed in multiple formats• Flash video with
captions• Flash video index• Non-Flash video in
dex• Video Page with
Transcript
Video Assets
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• Flash slideshow• Featured stories non-
flash alternative• All feature archive• URL:
www.iub.edu/slideshows/
Slideshows
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• Campus tour uses commercial Slideshow Pro module to display assets loaded into the WCMS
• Content available in flash and non-flash version
• URL: www.iub.edu/about/tour/
Campus Tour
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• Links are entered in the WCMS
• Links are published as JSON objects
• Links are displayed as a word is typed
Link Suggest
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• Launched August 20, 2009• Uses IU Bloomington
WCMS slideshow module with a different flash presentation
• Shares majors list with IU Bloomington gateway
• Uses link suggest module • “On the road” events
allowing display of events by region.
IU Bloomington Admissions
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• Majors entered as external links on IU Bloomington site
• Majors associated with a school & predefined set of degree options
• All majors displayed on Bloomington site
• All undergraduate majors displayed on admissions Web site
• Majors displayed in various views including “By School”
IU Bloomington Majors
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http://www.iub.edu/academic/majors/by-school.shtml http://admit.indiana.edu/academics/majors/schools.shtml
IU Bloomington Majors by School
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Federal Economic Stimulus• Launched September 14,
2009• URL:
http://stimulus.iu.edu/• Project module allowing
projects to be tagged and displayed by project theme, funding agency and campus
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Indiana Memorial Union• Launched September 6,
2009• URL:
http://imu.indiana.edu/• Reuses IU Bloomington
Slideshow player• Uses custom side boxes
for featured content
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University Ceremonies• A series of web sites
sharing common elements• Ceremonies Gateway• Commencement• Teaching awards and
Faculty Honors• Founders Day• Freshman Induction• Honors Convocation
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University Bulletins• Bulletin content entered and edited in the WCMS• Workflow and approval process• Web and PDF versions • Ability to display bulletin data on multiple Web sites• More information:
https://uisapp2.iu.edu/confluence-prd/display/WCMSP/OCS+Pilot+Effort
Direction• Continue to provide effective content creation,
editing, and publishing
• Minimize or break down the barriers to site management
• Work with OCS to identify the best way assets can be shared in Cascade Server while maintaining identification, ownership, and functionality
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Direction• Provide IU Bloomington, IU Gateway, and other
campus templates for quick content driven web site deployments
• Document and share the developed WCMS modules across the university
• Provide access to institutional data within the WCMS
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