CMS Essentials January 2013 v1.4.3. CMS Essentials: Course outline Brief recap of the Web Awareness...
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CMS Essentials
January 2013 v1.4.3
CMS Essentials:Course outline
Brief recap of the Web Awareness and Writing course with ongoing references to:•University website: Visual Identity and Web Standards•The work of web services•Web roles and responsibilities•Writing for the web
CMS Essentials:Course outlineOn completion of this course you will be able to:
•Find help and resources (tutorials, web support, site editors and Faculty Web Editors)•Open a page for editing•Find your way around the CMS workplace•Edit a page, including creating links•Paste content from Word or other sources•Publish content•Use the Person Finder macro to add contact details•Know what to refer to Faculty Web Editors (for departments, research groups/centres) or Web Services (for professional services)
What is a CMS?
Contenttext, pictures, videos, and other media displayed on the web
Management Systema way of organising all the content, and separating the way it is presented from the data itself
What will I or won’t I be able to edit?
The template
Part 1: Improving an existing page
Editing an existing page using the principles of web writing and good content layout.
Improving web content: web writing and layout
• Focus on what you know your audience wants
• Plan: prepare and organise content in advance
• Decide and place your conclusions first
• Place 'calls to action' at the top (submit, apply, visit)
• Should the content be kept, cut down or culled
• Look at other University web pages for duplication
• Use plain English and be brief, direct and clear
• Regularly review: relevant, up to date, engaging?
• For effect: don’t centre text in the web page and don’t put headings in bold
Break
Part 2: Common tasks
• Pasting content from another source• Uploading and linking to a PDF• Understanding publishing• Adding contact details
Any questions?