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• ccc@uci.edu• 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