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 outline On 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? Content text, pictures, videos, and other media displayed on the web Management System a 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?