creating a dynamic online faculty directory by phillip coxwell

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• Out of date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

QUESTIONS

Phillip Coxwell

Email: coxwept@auburn.edu

Twitter: @philpepe