Your CMS is the ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM TECH FOCUS Jeff Abuzzahab
[email protected] #TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff 1 Minute History Catering to Software What
do we need to do? 2 years of hell CMS was the Problem should have
asked DramaFighting No WorkPeople Quit One CMS Complicated
Proprietary Complete Failure
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff 1 Minute History Put People First! People
are Happy People are Productive 4+ Years of Web Bliss 100+ Web
Sites With What Software? Together we plan Content, Delivery, then
Software Results?
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Dreamweaver Contribute SharePoint
Homegrown + WordPress Moveable Type
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff What to Expect Where I am from How we work
Sharing content Comments & downloads
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Minnesota Land of 10,000 Lakes (relatively
small lakes)
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Minnesota
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Twin Cities 40 miles approx. 3.2 million
pop.
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Twin Cities
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Twin Cities
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Twin Cities 3 miles
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Twin Cities
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Twin Cities
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Twin Cities
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff College of Education and Human Development
Curriculum and Instruction Educational Psychology Family Social
Science Institute of Child Development Organizational Leadership,
Policy, and Development Postsecondary Teaching and Learning School
of Kinesiology School of Social Work Center for Applied Research
and Educational Improvement Center for Early Education and
Development Educator Development and Research Center Institute on
Community Integration Learning Technologies Media Lab Minnesota
Center for Reading Research STEM Education Center U of M Child
Development Center Academic UnitsResearch Units Administration
Level Four Centers Alumni Development Student Services Etc., etc.
Dozens of them Projects and labs
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Information Technology Web Team four
people Re-est 2008 IT + Comm hybrid Full authority plan, design,
build We work with a content strategist in each major unit Similar
skills, fit to their area Stereoscope original handheld
technology
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Collaboration & Trust Work together
from the start CSS/HTML framework direct editing Governance by
leading up
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Content Strategy News stuff happens Events
come to our thing People learn from these humans Courses we sell
these Search sharing half our traffic
flickr.com/photos/jlarson/267277436/
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff News - Criteria COPE Create Once, Publish
Everywhere Many writers Over 40 authors Non-hierarchical Stories
where they belong flickr.com/photos/theilr/2425819693/
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Library Blog Easy setup 2 steps
Customizable, use our frameworks Good search rankings
blog.lib.umn.edu/cehd/news
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Logical Navigation
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Behind the Scenes
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff It Works. But The blog is here
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff How do we Share?
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Feeds RSS & Atom
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Feeds are XML Extensible Markup Language
Transports data Nested in nodes
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Feeds are XML
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Feeds are XML
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Feeds are XML
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Feeds are XML
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Feeds are XML
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Feeds are XML
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff XSLT Extensible Stylesheet Language
Transformations Produces HTML Makes decisions based on XML nodes
Good at matching and counting How to get finished HTML on our
sites? flickr.com/photos/anselmhook/246779180/
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff The Script Discussed with our backend
developers we collaborate! Gave us a script, set four variables
getRssFeed("News",
"http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cehd/news/CollegeHP.xml",
"/attributes/XSLT/News-HP.xslt", "Sorry, the news feed is currently
unavailable."); div id where should it go? Feed URL which XML to
use? XSLT how should it display? Error message what if it breaks?
Tons available for whatever flavor you scoop: ASP, PHP,.NET, etc.
and we
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Unordered list Title and link 3 stories
with category college home page Homepage
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Department Thumbnail, title, link 8
stories, rotated with JavaScript
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Alumni Two feeds Notes by year Sort by tag
Group by decade
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Alumni
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Feed Summary XML: flow of info The water
and hose Categories: control flow The spigot XSLT: distribute HTML
The sprinkler Your site - consumption: Dogs mouth, glass, whatever
No one owns this technology! You can Google for help! Many free
sites out there. flickr.com/photos/sailorbill/3621895805/
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Events - Criteria Similar criteria as news
COPE Create Once, Publish Everywhere Many writers
Non-hierarchical
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Events - Build Could do this with a blog
or Google cal Talked with backend developers They already had a
calendar Made a copy for us
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Link Pro
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Link Pro
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Link Pro
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Link Pro Custom feed URL determines amount
and type of information Feed for iCal as well, use in Google
calendar The numbers determine the information pulled Changing
category name does not affect feed
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Events Three different sites
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Events Three different feeds
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Events
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Events Feed Navigation
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Events
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff People - Criteria COPE Many writers some
edit by proxy 99.8% faculty wont update Non-hierarchical Coordinate
with University data
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff The U Provides
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff We Can Use
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff But We Want This
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Or This
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Or This
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Or This
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Or This
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Or This
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Tool Function Its called the People Tool
Pulls in U data We add our information Bio, short and long
Publications and presentations CV, headshot Useful contact info
Pull data with feeds
flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/2504275282/
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff GetRSSFeed
"http://apps.cehd.umn.edu/people/admin/RSSFeed.asp x?id=abuzz002",
"/attributes/XSLT/People-ProfilePage.xslt", "Sorry, we are
experiencing some technical difficulties that are probably Jeff's
fault. Send Jeff an email right now and let him know the internets
have broken. Thank you." Code on Page Same script, different XML
(feed) and XSLT!
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff GetRSSFeed
"http://apps.cehd.umn.edu/people/admin/RSSFeed.asp x?id=abuzz002",
"/attributes/XSLT/People-ProfilePage.xslt", "Sorry, we are
experiencing some technical difficulties that are probably Jeff's
fault. Send Jeff an email right now and let him know the internets
have broken. Thank you." Code on Page Copy page, change this ID,
and voil! A new profile page. Have fun with the error message!
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff GetRSSFeed
"http://apps.cehd.umn.edu/people/admin/RSSFeed.asp x?id=abuzz002",
U of M id & email! Code on Page It is simply the persons ID
which is also used for email, so super easy to look up.
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Courses Situation University has this
information Sequestered to online catalog a.k.a. hidden
flickr.com/photos/orinrobertjohn/4269369463/
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Courses - Criteria We can do better Place
course info where students expect to find it! Custom grouping make
up programs! Display many terms
flickr.com/photos/heliocentric/490326810/
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Courses Link Pro
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Courses - PsTL
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Courses - PsTL
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Courses - FSoS
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Courses - FSoS
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Courses - CEHD
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Search - Criteria Share Google Search
Appliance Search results should show in the site, keep user Search
results are in XML What if we queried other data at the same
time?
#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Compare Contrast One CMS failure Many
Tools success! Siloed failure Collaboration success! 10 people two
offices failure 4 people one office success! Software Culture
Central Staffing Before After with content strategists
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Will it Work? Know your environment Start
small, build momentum Talk to people Creativity is usually
rewarded
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#TPR3z.umn.edu/j eff Take Away Stay off the ice! Content first
software last Web standards, your best friend! Web is never done
People make it all happen Jeff Abuzzahab [email protected]
z.umn.edu/jeff @abuzzahab
