Webmaster and Web Author Presentation 20130814

Information for Webmasters and Web Authors

August 14, 2013

Adopting UF Branding & Template

or Adapting ^

• African-American Studies • Biology Graduate Student Association • Biology Majors • Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions • CLAS IT • Florida Survey Research Center • Geography • History • Religion • Seahorse Key Marine Lab • Sociology and Criminology & Law • Shared Services Center • University Writing Program

• Biology • Classics • Languages, Literatures, and Cultures • Linguistics • Sahel Research Group • Samuel Proctor Oral History Program • Spanish and Portuguese Studies • Teaching Center

Production Sites

In Development

webservices.it.ufl.edu

Migrating to Content Management System

From I: drives to WordPress

Departments & Centers sites.clas.ufl.edu

Personal Sites people.clas.ufl.edu

Themes

Themes

Visual Editor – Pages & Posts

Visual Editor - Menus

Content Management

Content Management

Home Page News Archive Page Sidebar

Plugins

wordpress.org/plugins/

Events Calendar Forms

Things to Consider Before Migrating

• URLs will change or will require redirects • Template and layouts are standardized • Domain name required for department sites • Everything must be uploaded to new site • Any sub sites may need to be reorganized • Have to request new plugins

New Features for Fall 2013

Schedule & Expire News

Page Management

Page Management

Select Sidebars

Select Sidebars

Tables

Tables

Subdomains for New Sites

Problems with Subdirectories

clas.ufl.edu/afam → afam.clas.ufl.edu African-American Studies

history.ufl.edu/oral → oral.history.ufl.edu Samuel Proctor Oral History Program

Domain Name Choices

• Department *.biology.ufl.edu • CLAS *.clas.ufl.edu • Centers *.center.ufl.edu • Institutes *.institute.ufl.edu • Program *.program.ufl.edu • Group *.group.ufl.edu • UF *.ufl.edu

Request a Domain: http://net-services.ufl.edu/domains/domain-choice.html

Create Internal Sites using SharePoint

CLAS UF Connect – share.clas.ufl.edu

Policies for Web Development & Applications

UF Web-related Policies

• Use a *.ufl.edu domain name • Identify department, site contact, link to UF • GatorLink accounts should be used for login • Avoid advertising when recognizing supporters • Ensure compatibility with assistive technology • Don’t change the UF Signature

UF IT Web and Domain Policies - http://www.it.ufl.edu/policies/

Social Media Accounts

• Step 1: Academic Affairs Approval – Director/Department Chair – College – Margaret Fields – http://www.aa.ufl.edu/social-media

• Step 2: University Relations Registration – http://socialmedia.ufl.edu/policies.php

• Step 3: Follow/Friend the official UF Account

socialmedia.ufl.edu

Security

Questions?

CLAS IT Service Request form http://it.clas.ufl.edu/forms/request/