BY MARCELLO PRATT ICO @ MPRATT ICO

SU MAGAZINE IN CASCADE

ABOUT ME

Director of Web Services

for

Advancement and External Affairs

Develop all types of sites.

THE SU MAGAZINE

H O W M A N Y O N L I N E ?

HOW MANY UNIVERSITIES HAVE A MAGAZINE?

SU MAGAZINE

NOT JUST A SITE

A magazine is different than a site.

SYRACUSE U MAGAZINE

Published Three times a year

Fall/Winter, Spring and Summer issues.

ARCHIVING

Keep each issue for archiving.

Even the older ones.

Look and feel can change in future issues.

S T A F F D E V E L O P S I N I N D E S I G N

PRINT DESIGN FIRST

OLDER ISSUES

Flash based system.

Costly to develop and maintain issues.

B L A H !

OLDER ONLINE VERSION IN FLASH

T R I E S T O M I M I C T H E P R I N T V E R S I O N .

NOT MOBILE, FLASH ONLY

NEW PROCESS

Use Cascade.

Keep issues in same form.

Use configuration sets to maintain the

individual issue.

S T A F F D E V E L O P S I N A D O B E I N D E S I G N

PRINT DESIGN FIRST

P R I N T A N D O N L I N E

LATEST ISSUE

ISSUE STRUCTURE

ISSUE STRUCTURE

CONFIGURATION SETS

CREATING AN ISSUE

Copy any current site folder.

Adjust index blocks to index new folder.

Usually takes a few minutes to setup a new issue.

Need to automate process

FUTURE

Why not use sites?

ISSUES WITH SITES

Pro: Site copy feature could streamline new issue

setup.

Con: New Sites could clutter up the Site dropdown.

HOW DOES IT LOOK?

Look and feel is independent of Cascade.

Each issue keeps the original look and feel from when

it was developed.

THE FUTURE

FUTURE

iPad/Mobile display.

Design using responsive design.

AND….

Questions?

Marcello Prattico

mapratti@syr.edu

@mprattico