Maintaining a departmental website is usually an add-on to someone's responsibilities. While the process of updating sites has been simplified through the use of better tools (e.g. Contribute), the task of maintaining content is still too difficult. In addition, use of Dreamweaver templates do not provide sufficient separation of content from presentation. Members of the committee suggest that we:
- continue our research into the use of Content Management Systems. They are already being used successfully on campus.
- simplify the task of developing visually appealing, Common Look & Feel (CLF)-compliant Web sites by providing a set of templates/ toolboxes for our Web developers;
Content management sub-group
Chaired by Sean Van Koughnett,members include: Sarah Forgrave, Guillermo Fuentes, Pat Lafranier, Isaac Morland, Heather Wey, Megan McDermott, Gary Ridley, Adam Hewgill, Jaymis Goertz, Chris Gray.
Goal is to investigate web content management relating to the issues of content, training, and governance. Four key interrelated issues are identified: leadership, resources, competency, technology.
Meetings: November 2, 2007, November 30, 2007 - Survey Questions.
See the Report and Recommendations for the Web Advisory Committee Report (Feb 2008) and a summary of content management recommendations.
See implementing CLF for additional comments.