1. WordPress Unit Web Coordinators
Monthly Summit – September 2018

2. “Technology is a word that describes something that doesn’t work yet
“Technology is a word that describes something that doesn’t work yet.” - Douglas Adams

3. Agenda Recent site launches Theme enhancements Training update
Mass migration status
What’s coming
Q&A

4. This brings us to 75+ live sites in WordPress!
Recent site launches
FIPA – Budget August 9th, 2018
SBS– Family Violence Institute August 23rd, 2018
FIPA – Comptroller August 9th, 2018
CHHS– UCAN August 23rd, 2018
FIPA – Strategic Planning August 9th, 2018
CHHS– SHERC August 23rd, 2018
CEFNS – School of Earth and Sustainability August 9th, 2018
Franke– Franke General August 23rd, 2018
EMSA – Transfer & Commuter Connections August 9th, 2018
Franke– Advising August 23rd, 2018
CEIAS – CEIAS General August 15th, 2018
Franke– Career Development Office August 23rd, 2018
Research – NAU Research August 16th, 2018
Franke– Veteran Student Center August 23rd, 2018
Research – High Performance Computing August 16th, 2018
Franke– Hotel & Restaurant Management August 23rd, 2018
EMSA – JacksCard August 16th, 2018
ITS– Experience Design September 6th, 2018
CAL – Auditoria August 16th, 2018
CAL– Art Museum September 6th, 2018
CEFNS– Center for Science Teaching & Learning August 23rd, 2018
NAU Online September 6th, 2018
SBS– Politics and International Affairs August 23rd, 2018
Statewide Campuses September 6th, 2018
SBS– Sociology August 23rd, 2018
This brings us to 75+ live sites in WordPress!

5. Theme enhancements
Three Enterprise theme and two Marketing theme releases in August:
“Sticky” top navigation and CTA elements on most site pages
NAU logo updates
Enhancements around Styling, Navigation, Posts, and Forms
Campuses now added to building field in Directory
Bug fixes, updates, accessibility & functional improvements
Theme feedback can be given at:
More updates, features, and enhancements are coming!

6. https://nau.edu/its/learn/wordpress-editor
Training update
Training site has been updated at
Online self-guided trainings are now available!
Closed Caption is available for all trainings
Open labs are available and scheduled through the end of October

7. Mass migration status
180 sites have been migrated by WordHerd and 175 have had initial QA and menu work complete at
Roughly six sites remain to be migrated and are in final stages of processing
New platform work is proceeding with a Dev and Test environment established.
Prod is being built and a staggered launch process is envisioned to begin occurring in mid- October
Site Steward work can continue with DIY sites currently in staging
SiteImprove groups and reports are built
Initial test group work has been positive and their feedback is being used to refine the process.
Rollout to all areas will occur in October.

8. What’s coming
While still being finalized, Quarter 2 (October 1 – December 31) high level deliverables currently include:
Academic workflow rollout with University Marketing
Directory enhancements and further integration with Faculty 180
Post enhancements and establishing toolset for syndication
Search results page redesign
Initial scoping of internal/external content split
Plug-in review and rollout of additional plugin features
Ektron decommission planning

9. Thank you for the continued support and involvement to deliver a high- quality OneNAU website!
Questions?