Transcript Content Management System

Carleton CMS
(Content Management System)
Overview
Background
• www.Carleton.ca serves 40 million web pages a year
• The website is Carleton’s first impression on prospective
students and faculty
• Currency and accuracy of these pages impact Carleton’s
credibility and reputation
• Currently departmental websites are developed &
maintained on ad hoc basis
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Issues
• Disjointed “look and feel” across www.carleton.ca
which may or may not convey Carleton’s brand
• Inconsistent navigation & terminology
• Difficulty searching
• No support
• Departments use expensive software with no training
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The University’s Solution: Carleton CMS
Carleton CMS is a University decision, initiated by the ISSC, aimed at:
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Separating content from presentation to achieve a
consistent look and feel across University sites
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Delivering a cutting edge product complete with RSS
feeds, event calendar option, analytics, search function, forms
to email feature, video integration, and more
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Delivering a complete service offering which includes
website consultation, migration of existing content, and
ongoing support
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Providing a web interface for content input at no cost to
clients
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Carleton CMS service does NOT offer:
• Custom web design per department
• Custom web application development
• PHP/MySQL web hosting
• Copywriting service during or after migration
• Custom graphics creation
• Analytics training
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Summary
Carleton CMS service delivers:
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Consistent Navigation & Look’n’Feel
Complete migration process
Training and documentation
Ongoing support
Web-based updating
Analytics set up (training not provided)
All at no cost to the client.
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For more information please visit the
Carleton CMS website at
www.carleton.ca/cms
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