Transcript UCLA Office of Instructional Development

UCLA Office of Instructional Development
Web Site Redesign
May 20, 2005
Web Site Revision Goals
Create fresh look
Promote OID’s services across campus and the internet
Re-architect structure: move web site from unit-based to
function-based
Distribute authoring, editing, and posting to trusted members
Web Site Options
Static web pages
Content management system
Static Web Pages
Content consists of web pages stored on file system
Posting is centralized through a web master
Authoring may require knowledge of HTML
May require specialized software to create and manage site
Content Management System
Web site content stored in database
Authoring and posting distributed to trusted users
No knowledge of HTML required to create content
Additional CMS Benefits
Content workflow: author to approver
Built-in document management
Database storage provides full-site searching
Allows for dynamic web site architecture
Why Plone?
Open source, cross platform
Common tools (Apache web server, Python language)
Rich community of developers
Growing use (three new books since October 2004)
All content managed through a web browser
Standards-based: CSS, XHTML, RSS
Extensible platform - Products (i.e., calendar, wiki, versioning)
Why Plone? (cont.)
Stable
User-friendly
Integrates well with Apache
Dynamic news and events
Tight, extensible security: permissions down to object level
Users can share content and grant equal or less permissions
without need of admin support
Who Uses Plone - Business and Industry
State of Hawaii
NASA / JPL Mars Rover Site
WCBS-TV New York
Who Uses Plone - Education
Connexions Project - Rice University
UC Davis School of Medicine
Eduplone.net
Plone Installation - Quick Install
Everything in one folder
Propagates multiple Python installations
Hierarchical
Plone Installation - Manual Install
Each technology install separately
Single Python install for entire OS
Clarifies relationship of technologies
User Roles
General Public
Member
Owner
Manager
Document States
Visible
Publish
Search tool
Navigation
Login
Print page
Email page
Bread crumbs
Units: TEC selected
Content area
Subheadings
User Training
Hands-on training sessions
Custom Documentation
How-tos (Eleven 2-3 page docs)
User guide (33 pages)
On-going updates and modifications
Next - Live Site Demo
Skinning - default Plone look and CSS
Admin interface and backend