Waterloo Content Management System (WCMS) 3 is now available | Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Information Technology

Information Systems & Technology’s Web Development team is excited to announce the launch of the new Waterloo Content Management System (WCMS) 3 platform.

This launch only impacts sites that want to use the current standard (FDSU) theme. This launch does not include the conference, publication, or single-page themes, authenticated sites, or sites that require custom modules. The launch of WCMS 3 does not impact Waterloo Scholar websites.

Requesting a WCMS 3 website

Standard (FDSU), non-custom WCMS 3 websites, hosted in the new Pantheon environment, are now available for request. This means:

Site owners can request a new website in WCMS 3.
Site owners can schedule the migration of a WCMS 2 website to WCMS 3.
In lieu of migration, site owners can also request a WCMS 3 site and begin to rebuild an existing WCMS 2 website.

What is different in WCMS 3?

Most changes will be noticeable to content maintainers working within the system to build websites, though there may be some visual changes to sites (e.g., content layout). Two larger changes include the new horizontal menu, appearing across the top of websites (was previously a vertical, left-hand menu), and the removal of the “Log in” link from website footers. Watch the new WCMS 3 videos to learn more about these changes and compare WCMS 2 to WCMS 3.

Additional resources

See the Initial release comparison web page to see what will and what won’t be available at launch.
WCMS 3 for site maintainers YouTube playlist.

WCMS 3 training and support resources.
Learn more about the Building the Next WCMS project.

Questions or concerns? Please submit to wcms@uwaterloo.ca.