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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 [email protected]
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 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: