Maintaining Your WebsiteUsing Cascade CMSPresented by Chris Cheung and Marketing & Communications
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Getting to Cascade
• http://cms2-app.content.uci.edu:8080
• Log in with your UCINet ID
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The Menu Bar
• [Swoosh]
• Home
• New
• History
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[Swoosh]
• Publishing queue
• Preferences
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The Dashboard
• “Recycle bin”
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Where is my website?
• SITEs pulldown vs. Health Affairs
• Asset tree
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Your Site Assets
• Folders
• Pages
• Files
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File naming Pro tips
• Don’t use spaces or symbols
• Use dashes between words
• Use lowercase
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The Folder
• URLs
• Properties
• /_CMS/ folder
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The File
• /docs/ or /pdfs/ folder
• /images/ folder
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The Page
• Default content area
• Regions & blocks
• Metadata
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Metadata
• What It Is
• Why It Matters
• Best Practices and Tips
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Page Tabs
• Edit
• Move/Rename
• Copy
• Publish
• More -> Delete
• More -> Versions
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The WYSIWYG Editor
• Formatting text
• Inserting images
• Creating links
• HTML view
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Events and News Items
• Data Definitions• Text boxes• WYSIWYG boxes• File, radio button, checkbox
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Publishing
• DEV vs. PRO
• ASP vs. XML
• Pro tip: publish the page where the update appears!
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The Asset Factory
• New 2-column page
• New Spry collapsible/tabbed menu page
• New spotlight/feature (story)
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Features and Spotlights
• What Makes a Good Feature?
• What Makes a Good Spotlight?
• What to Use and When
• Help!
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News & Events
• Consider Your Audience
• News and Event Posting Guidelines
• Staying on Top of the News
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Resources
• http://www.healthaffairs.uci.edu/training/
• http://www.oit.uci.edu/computing/wcg/cmsCE/
• http://cwo.ucsd.edu/cms/training/
• http://hannonhill.com/kb/
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More Resources
• This presentation:
https://webfiles.uci.edu/ccc/download/CascadeTraining.pptx
• Chris Cheung’s contact information• [email protected]• 714-456-7719
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Web Standards Guide
• Where Is It? www.healthaffairs.uci.edu/training/
• Photos & Images
• Video & Flash
• Metadata & Page Titles
• Left-Hand Navigation
• Phone Numbers
• Styling Text – Do’s and Don’ts
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Digital Marketing Team
We are here to help you!
• Daphne Tam, ddtam, x7601
• Kris Lindgren, klindgre, x7342
• Rosemary McClure, rmc, x2947
• Heather Shannon, heather.shannon, x7657
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