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• Images for Impact

• Date: 30th April 2018

• Location: ORB 2.12

• Time: 1 - 2pm

• Storytelling for the web

• Date: 21st May 2018

• Location: West Wing 9

• Time: 1 - 2pm

• Social Media Smarts

• Date: 11th June 2018

• Location: West Wing 6

• Time: 1 - 2pm

• Embed with Video

• Date: 2nd July 2018

• Location: West Wing 6

• Time: 1 - 2pm

Upcoming Webshots

Revitalising Your Home PageWith Noelette Hurley

Page Layouts

• How a UCC webpage looks depends on the page layout applied

• November 2017 – All existing CMS sites were given a make over

Revamped Homepages

• A selection of top level sites got an overhaul, not just a reskin

You and yours

• This session is about your homepage

• How do you get from

The Path to Change

• In the case of the School of Music and Theatre there was a major event

happening – The partnership with the Cork Oprah house was soon to be

confirmed

• This would be a very public announcement and a lot of traffic could be expected on the site

First Contact

• Initially the School of Music and Theatre contacted UCC’s content strategist Maurice Ryder.

• Maurice brought the Web Team in to help with the change over

• This would also be your first step in getting the new “fancy” landing page as your homepage

• Email cmssupport@ucc.ie

First Steps

• CMS Support will duplicated your site to the Test Internet

• CMS Support will:

• Apply the new page layouts

• Expire Old homepage content

• Add a minimum of two new content types to your new page

• The Banner image

• The Menu Block

Step Two

• Once you’ve requested that your site be duplicated:

FREEZE

• Make sure your moderators know not to make changes to your live site• Any changes made after the site has been duplicated will be lost when the updated site

is made live

Technically staff will be able to make changes, we just don’t want people having to duplicate their efforts by having to redo edits, but of course if something needs to change as a matter of urgency it would be possible

Ready, Steady, GO!

• Now that you are set up in the test internet you’ll need to know what content types you have available to you and how they work

• Documentation detailing each of the new content types can be found at:• https://www.ucc.ie/en/dewg/webshots/

2017 Banner

Up to 3 images, can be used as a link.

Landing page only

2017 Circle Links

Uses fixed icon set

Landing Page Only

2017 Landing Page Menu

Block

Lists live sections of site.

Hidden sections will now

appear

Allows for limited text above

the list of sections.

Landing Page only.

2017 – Spotlight

Unlimited entries

Can use the group feature to have two

separate sets on a page.

Links optional

Works on all sections

2017 – Profile

Student, staff, researcher, centre – highlight

stories that matter

Can link to sections, internally or externally

Pop out modal possible

Link to YouTube video possible

Works on all sections

2017 – Link Box Carousel

Think functional homepage boxes but

unlimited. Boxes will scroll

2017 – Link box Wrap

Is very similar to the link box carousel but will

break content on to a new line when needed

Works on all sections

2017 – Connect box

One Box – one social media post. 4 is a row.

Connect Box – Multi

This is the four smaller boxes

Future Sessions & Support

Go to: https://www.ucc.ie/en/dewg/webshots/

For CMS Support email:

cmssupport@ucc.ie