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Mastering Cascade CMS: Essential Tips for Effective Website Maintenance

Join Chris Cheung in this comprehensive presentation on maintaining your website using Cascade CMS. Learn how to navigate the interface, manage site assets, and publish content effectively. Understand the importance of metadata and adopt best practices for file naming and organization. Discover useful features like the WYSIWYG editor, and gain insights into managing news and events to engage your audience. This resource is perfect for anyone looking to enhance their website management skills on the UCSC platform.

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Mastering Cascade CMS: Essential Tips for Effective Website Maintenance

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  1. Maintaining Your Website Using Cascade CMS Presented by Chris Cheung and Marketing & Communications

  2. Getting to Cascade • http://cms2-app.content.uci.edu:8080 • Log in with your UCINet ID

  3. The Menu Bar • [Swoosh] • Home • New • History

  4. [Swoosh] • Publishing queue • Preferences

  5. The Dashboard • “Recycle bin”

  6. Where is my website? • SITEs pulldown vs. Health Affairs • Asset tree

  7. Your Site Assets • Folders • Pages • Files

  8. File naming Pro tips • Don’t use spaces or symbols • Use dashes between words • Use lowercase

  9. The Folder • URLs • Properties • /_CMS/ folder

  10. The File • /docs/ or /pdfs/ folder • /images/ folder

  11. The Page • Default content area • Regions & blocks • Metadata

  12. Metadata • What It Is • Why It Matters • Best Practices and Tips

  13. Page Tabs • Edit • Move/Rename • Copy • Publish • More -> Delete • More -> Versions

  14. The WYSIWYG Editor • Formatting text • Inserting images • Creating links • HTML view

  15. Events and News Items • Data Definitions • Text boxes • WYSIWYG boxes • File, radio button, checkbox

  16. Publishing • DEV vs. PRO • ASP vs. XML • Pro tip: publish the page where the update appears!

  17. The Asset Factory • New 2-column page • New Spry collapsible/tabbed menu page • New spotlight/feature (story)

  18. Features and Spotlights • What Makes a Good Feature? • What Makes a Good Spotlight? • What to Use and When • Help!

  19. News & Events • Consider Your Audience • News and Event Posting Guidelines • Staying on Top of the News

  20. Resources • http://www.healthaffairs.uci.edu/training/ • http://www.oit.uci.edu/computing/wcg/cmsCE/ • http://cwo.ucsd.edu/cms/training/ • http://hannonhill.com/kb/

  21. More Resources • This presentation: • https://webfiles.uci.edu/ccc/download/CascadeTraining.pptx • Chris Cheung’s contact information • ccc@uci.edu • 714-456-7719

  22. Web Standards Guide • Where Is It? www.healthaffairs.uci.edu/training/ • Photos & Images • Video & Flash • Metadata & Page Titles • Left-Hand Navigation • Phone Numbers • Styling Text – Do’s and Don’ts

  23. Digital Marketing Team • We are here to help you! • Daphne Tam, ddtam, x7601 • Kris Lindgren, klindgre, x7342 • Rosemary McClure, rmc, x2947 • Heather Shannon, heather.shannon, x7657

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