wcms: cascade server

November 11, 2009

to Empower PeopleWCMS: Cascade Server

Greg PolitAmber Harmon

< PAGR > — Cascade Server to Empower People

Cascade Server Implementation• Guided by IU’s Strategic Plan for IT <AI 13>

– common tools, best practices, useful nav/search– avoid a command and control-like structure

• Cascade Server is a push CMS– leverage all of IU’s existing infrastructures

• Content authoring separate from serving– scalability

• Intelligent Infrastructure– tuning

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< PAGR > — Cascade Server to Empower People

Cascade Server Implementation• Maximum system access and flexibility for site managers

– add / edit users, groups, group membership– create site structures– add / edit administrative assets

• custom templates• dynamic menu, navigation, breadcrumb generation• asset factories• direct output to multiple content types / locations• workflows

• IT Training and Education– Site Managers training series including XML/XSLT

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Web Content Management• A good CMS should create benefits:

– “allows non-technical authors and editors to easily and quickly publish their content.”

– “makes it easier for you to manage who creates, edits and publishes content.”

– “allows for the design of a common and consistent information architecture (metadata, classification, navigation, search, layout and design).”

from http://www.gerrymcgovern.com

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http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/

http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/

Web Content Management


• How you get there is an investment:– Trust, Training, Learning, Adapting– Organizational Commitment

– necessary input– direction– audience, goals, relevancy, timely, appropriate– web managers, content providers / approvers

– Migration vs. Redesign– http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/nt/2008/nt-2008-11-24-conten

t-migration.htm

http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/nt/2008/nt-2008-11-24-content-migration.htm

http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/nt/2008/nt-2008-11-24-content-migration.htm


IU Bloomington Gateway• Launched May 18, 2009• URL: www.iub.edu• Home page includes flash

media player featuring:• Slideshow• “Hot Spot” Graphics• Video player

• Non Flash alternative• Link suggest• News and event feeds

http://www.iub.edu/


Video Assets• All video assets loaded once

into WCMS • Flash video (low/hi res)• Thumbnail image• Headline• Teaser• Aspect ratio (4:3 vs.

widescreen• Closed captioning• Scheduled publishing/exp• Assets placed in folder and

assigned an “order property”, which determines featured video


• Video assets are displayed in multiple formats• Flash video with

captions• Flash video index• Non-Flash video in

dex• Video Page with

Transcript

Video Assets

http://www.iub.edu/videos/

http://www.iub.edu/videos/

http://www.iub.edu/videos/Jordan-Greenhouse-Tour.shtml


• Flash slideshow• Featured stories non-

flash alternative• All feature archive• URL:

www.iub.edu/slideshows/

Slideshows

http://www.iub.edu/slideshows/

http://www.iub.edu/slideshows/


• Campus tour uses commercial Slideshow Pro module to display assets loaded into the WCMS

• Content available in flash and non-flash version

• URL: www.iub.edu/about/tour/

Campus Tour

http://www.iub.edu/about/tour/

http://www.iub.edu/about/tour/


• Links are entered in the WCMS

• Links are published as JSON objects

• Links are displayed as a word is typed

Link Suggest


• Launched August 20, 2009• Uses IU Bloomington

WCMS slideshow module with a different flash presentation

• Shares majors list with IU Bloomington gateway

• Uses link suggest module • “On the road” events

allowing display of events by region.

IU Bloomington Admissions


• Majors entered as external links on IU Bloomington site

• Majors associated with a school & predefined set of degree options

• All majors displayed on Bloomington site

• All undergraduate majors displayed on admissions Web site

• Majors displayed in various views including “By School”

IU Bloomington Majors


http://www.iub.edu/academic/majors/by-school.shtml http://admit.indiana.edu/academics/majors/schools.shtml

IU Bloomington Majors by School

http://www.iub.edu/academic/majors/by-school.shtml

http://admit.indiana.edu/academics/majors/schools.shtml

http://www.iub.edu/academic/majors/by-school.shtml

http://admit.indiana.edu/academics/majors/schools.shtml


Federal Economic Stimulus• Launched September 14,

2009• URL:

http://stimulus.iu.edu/• Project module allowing

projects to be tagged and displayed by project theme, funding agency and campus

http://stimulus.iu.edu/


Indiana Memorial Union• Launched September 6,

2009• URL:

http://imu.indiana.edu/• Reuses IU Bloomington

Slideshow player• Uses custom side boxes

for featured content

http://imu.indiana.edu/


University Ceremonies• A series of web sites

sharing common elements• Ceremonies Gateway• Commencement• Teaching awards and

Faculty Honors• Founders Day• Freshman Induction• Honors Convocation


University Bulletins• Bulletin content entered and edited in the WCMS• Workflow and approval process• Web and PDF versions • Ability to display bulletin data on multiple Web sites• More information:

https://uisapp2.iu.edu/confluence-prd/display/WCMSP/OCS+Pilot+Effort



Direction• Continue to provide effective content creation,

editing, and publishing

• Minimize or break down the barriers to site management

• Work with OCS to identify the best way assets can be shared in Cascade Server while maintaining identification, ownership, and functionality


Direction• Provide IU Bloomington, IU Gateway, and other

campus templates for quick content driven web site deployments

• Document and share the developed WCMS modules across the university

• Provide access to institutional data within the WCMS


wcms: cascade server

Documents

pagr cascade server

structure cascade server

featured video

multiple formatsflash

nonflash versionurl

flash media player

nontechnical authors

common tools