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PHILL IP COXWELL @ PHILPEPE
CREATING A DYNAMIC ONLINE DIRECTORY
WHAT WE HAD
WHAT WE HAD
• 5 Departments (Biology, Chemistry,
Geology/Geography, Mathematics, Physics)
• Over 150 Faculty
• Updates – Emailed them uploaded
• Pages were:
• Unorganized
• Out of date
• Unnecessary Burden
WHAT WE HAVE
WHAT WE HAVE
• Each faculty member has a department page.
• Each page uses a standard layout, but is flexible for
departments
• Each department has a correct and up to date list
of all faculty.
• All pages are in one central location.
• Updates handled by departments/faculty so
burden is spread instead of being on one person
WHAT WE HAVE?
• Main Faculty Folder
• Each department has a folder
• Each Faculty has a folder under each department
• Faculty Folders consist of Index page, photo folder and optional Research page folder
• They can also link to their research page
WHAT WE HAVE
• Each department has a Faculty Index Page.
• This page pulls info from each faculty page within the departments folder.
• Creates a dynamic and up to date list of all faculty.
• List changes as individual pages are changed.
WHAT WE HAVE
HOW WE DID IT
• Built the Individual
Faculty Pages
• Built separate Asset
Factories for each
department
• Data Definition,
Configuration Set and Content type are all
specific to each
department.
• Faculty can link to their
“Research” or “Lab”
pages from here.
WHAT WE HAVE
HOW WE DID IT
• One Index page for each department
• Pulls the needed info from each faculty member’s page/folder and organizes it.
• Used Velocity for the formatting
• Some also have page organized by research area
• Built to fit each department
• ZERO UPDATING!
DEMO
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